In addition to the cross-College Disciplinary Policy all faculties should produce and adhere to their own detailed faculty behaviour agreement. Minor Behaviour Tutors are expected to challenge minor behaviour, such as persistent lateness or poor attitude issues from their students and within their group. If the behaviour persists tutors are expected to take the issue to Student Services. Student Services will then to the student with the tutor and look at the best way of moving forward, it might be decided that the discussion is enough and no further disciplinary action is needed. However if it is deemed that further action is needed or this is a repeated incident then the disciplinary procedure will be used. See examples of minor disciplinary issues in Appendix 1. Behaviour Major behaviour incidents should be reported directly to the Curriculum Team Manager and Student Services. In most cases these types of incidents would be as a result of actions that have been intended to threaten or harm students or staff. However these types of incidents could be continuation of persistent minor behaviour that is having a negative effect on the group or academic indiscipline. In some cases it may be appropriate for students to be asked to leave College until an incident has been investigated further (for their own or others safety or to ensure a fair investigation) if this is the case then the Curriculum Team Manager for that area must let the parents know if the student is under 18. Restorative Practice Carlisle College is committed to using restorative practice as a way to proactively and reactively deal with any student conflict. Restorative conferences, both formal and impromptu as well as circles may be used at any point during the disciplinary procedure as a way of dealing with conflict. Any restorative conferences that occur will include those people affected by the incident. This could include students affected, possibly family members, members of staff affected and Curriculum Team Manager. Only trained members of staff can facilitate a conference. Suspension There may be instances where students involved in incidents may need to be suspended temporarily from College. This could be to allow a fair investigation to take place, ensure the safety of students involved or to prevent an incident escalating and involving more students; only Director of Curriculum and Vice Principal can decide if a student is to be suspended. If it is deemed that any students under 18 need to be suspended then their parents or carers must be informed that the student has been suspended and should not return to College until they have been informed that they may return.
In addition to the cross-College Disciplinary Policy all faculties should produce and adhere to their own detailed faculty behaviour agreement. Minor Behaviour Tutors are expected to challenge minor behaviour, such as persistent lateness or poor attitude issues from their students and within their group. If the behaviour persists tutors are expected to take the issue to Student Services. Student Services will then to the student with the tutor and look at the best way of moving forward, it might be decided that the discussion is enough and no further disciplinary action is needed. However if it is deemed that further action is needed or this is a repeated incident then the disciplinary procedure will be used. See examples of minor disciplinary issues in Appendix 1. Behaviour Major behaviour incidents should be reported directly to the Curriculum Team Manager and Student Services. In most cases these types of incidents would be as a result of actions that have been intended to threaten or harm students or staff. However these types of incidents could be continuation of persistent minor behaviour that is having a negative effect on the group or academic indiscipline. In some cases it may be appropriate for students to be asked to leave College until an incident has been investigated further (for their own or others safety or to ensure a fair investigation) if this is the case then the Curriculum Team Manager for that area must let the parents know if the student is under 18. Restorative Practice Carlisle College is committed to using restorative practice as a way to proactively and reactively deal with any student conflict. Restorative conferences, both formal and impromptu as well as circles may be used at any point during the disciplinary procedure as a way of dealing with conflict. Any restorative conferences that occur will include those people affected by the incident. This could include students affected, possibly family members, members of staff affected and Curriculum Team Manager. Only trained members of staff can facilitate a conference. Suspension There may be instances where students involved in incidents may need to be suspended temporarily from College. This could be to allow a fair investigation to take place, ensure the safety of students involved or to prevent an incident escalating and involving more students; only Director of Curriculum and Vice Principal can decide if a student is to be suspended. If it is deemed that any students under 18 need to be suspended then their parents or carers must be informed that the student has been suspended and should not return to College until they have been informed that they may return.