Secondary Staff handbook

Staff Handbook Contents Page General Information Mission Statements Secondary Teaching & Form Rooms Lesson Timings IT: Getting Started Staff Policies Safeguarding 11 Code of Conduct 29 Digital Communications 37 Email & Internet 47 Anti-Bullying 51 Appearance & Dress Code 54 Leave Policy 57 Secondary School Sanctions 60 CPD 63 Trips 67 Complaints 77 Teaching & Learning Language Learning Policy 85 EAL Levels 89 Rewards 91 Student Absences 92 Progress Reports 93 Part General Information BVIS Mission Statement The British Vietnamese International School seeks to provide an outstanding education through dual language instruction in English and Vietnamese All students will become independent learners by means of enquiry, reflection and perseverance At BVIS we act with integrity and treat one another with respect, learning together as responsible global and Vietnamese citizens BVIS achieves its mission by: Nurturing Vietnamese language proficiency in formative years Ensuring the early acquisition of English Protecting and celebrating Vietnamese cultural customs and traditions Making secure a sense of Vietnamese place and history Fostering universal values such as personal integrity, respect for others and care for community and global issues Nurturing independent learners who are: enquirers, proactive, responsive, creative, collaborative, reflective, flexible, enterprising and able to persevere Achieving true bilingual proficiency upon graduation Aide memoire for display in all classrooms Form Rooms/Teachers 2017-18 Form Room Ground Floor 7S 031 Form Teacher Teaching Rooms 8I 13V 12V 11I 12B 032 033 034 035 036 Mr Duff/ Co Phuong/ Co Lien Mr Routledge Ms Coates Ms Walker Ms Penner Co Thuy 10B 9V First Floor 7I 037 039 Mr Webb Ms Donnelly 134 Co Nguyen 8V 8B 9I 135 136 137 138 141 142 Ms Hawxwell Mr Waddingham Ms Riley/ Tung Huynh Ms Allan Ms Ackroyd Ms Clements 306 308 304 313 Mr McConnell Mr Tohill Mr Murdoch Mr Dobson 136 137 138 139 141 142 143 249 7V 13I 331/333 332 Ms Hardiman Ms Lavender 253 255 Mr Lowry Mr Lowry/ Mr Curran 7B 344 Mr O’Donnell 304 306 308 309 310 Ms Murdoch Mr McConnell Mr Tohill Mr Livesey Mr Kenny/ Ms Walker/ Mr Waddingham/ Mr Harling Mr Dobson Ms Hardiman Ms Lavender Ms Clements Mr O’Donnell 11B 11V 9B Third Floor 13B 12I 10I 10V Subject 031 Mr Duff/ Phuong Pham EAL 032 033 034 035 036 Mr Routledge/Mr Oldfield Ms Coates Thay Tung Ms Penner Co Thuy EAL English Vietnamese English Vietnamese 037 039 131 132 Mr Webb Ms Donnelly Mr Walsh Co Lien Nguyen 133 134 135 Mr Shooter Co Nguyen Mr Cryan English English Computing Vietnamese geography History Vietnamese history Geography Mr Gunn Ms Riley Ms Allan Mr Reid Ms Ackroyd Ms Fleck Mr Blair Mr Curran 313 331/333 332/334 337 344 Business/Geography Maths Business/Economics Maths Maths Maths Maths Careers & University Guidance Business Key Stage Coordinator/Careers Biology Biology Physics Chemistry PE Physics Music Art Drama Art Key Stage Teams 7B Jonathan O’Donnell 8B Andrew Waddingham 9B Annemieke Clements Matthew Cryan 10B James Webb 11B Karan Allan Grant Walsh 12B Thuy Do 13B Will McConnell Luke Curran Key Stage Coordinator: Bruce Gunn 7V Georgina Hardiman 7I Nguyen Nguyen 7S Rob Duff, Phuong Pham & Lien Nguyen 8I Jonny Routledge 9I Gemma Riley/ Tung Huynh 8V Lianne Hawxwell 9V Claire Donnelly Ngoc Au Key Stage Coordinator: Stuart Reid 10V Bartholomew Dobson 10I Louise Murdoch 11V Louise Ackroyd 11I Eliesha Penner Nhu Pham Thuy Tran Key Stage Coordinator: Radley Lowry 12V Olivia Walker 12I Odhran Tohill 13V Victoria Coates 13I Emily Lavender Nhung Do Staff by Departments and Roles Subject Art Business & Economics Computing EAL English Geography History Learning Support Maths Music PE Science Vietnamese Staff Emily Lavender Jonathan O’Donnel Karan Allan Radley Lowry Bruce Gunn Grant Walsh Gavin Brown Robert Duff Patrick Oldfield Jonny Routledge Phuong Pham Lien Nguyen James Webb Eliesha Penna Claire Donnelly Victoria Coates Lianne Hawxwell Matthew Cryan Joe Shooter Lianne Hawxwell Jason Blair Louise Ackroyd Stuart Reid Gemma Riley David Livesey Nicole Fleck Georgina Hardiman Steve Kenny Olivia Walker Claire Harling Louise Murdoch Bartholomew Dobson David Livesey Will McConnell Odhran Tohill Thuy Do Nguyen Nguyen Tung Huynh Role Secondary Art Leader Art Teacher Head of Department Key Stage Coordinator Key Stage Coordinator Secondary ICT Leader Secondary Community Coordinator Head of Secondary EAL Exams Coordinator EAL Teacher EAL Teacher EAL/Vietnamese Geography Teacher Head of Department English Teacher English Teacher English Teacher Secondary Learning Support Leader Secondary Geography Leader Secondary Assistant Headteacher Secondary Learning Support Leader Joint Head of Department Joint Head of Department Key Stage Coordinator Maths Teacher Maths/Science Teacher Maths/ KS2 Teacher Secondary Music Leader Head of Department PE Teacher PE Teacher Head of Department Science Teacher Science Teacher Science Teacher Science Teacher Vietnamese Coordinator Vietnamese History Teacher Vietnamese Teacher Lien Nguyen Vietnamese Geography/EAL Teacher Lesson Timings Period Form / Class Break Lunch Activities Time 08.30-08.40 08.40-09.30 09.30-10.20 10.20-10.45 10.45-11.35 11.35-12.25 12.25-13.25 13.25-14.15 14.15-15.05 15.15-16.15 Duration 10 50 50 25 50 50 60 50 50 60 Registers Registers should be taken within the first five minutes of every lesson This is particularly important at the start of the morning and afternoon sessions The class register will give you access to individual student information including levels, SEN/EAL information, photograph and contact details Introduction Information from the IT Department (For Teaching Staff) This information is to help you get started using your computer If you have any questions, please contract IT support by emailing pcsupport@bvisvietnam.com Computer Login Account - - - Every BVIS employee has a private network account which can be used to log in to BVIS computers and gain access to the school’s applications (email, SIMS, room booking, Internet, IT HelpDesk etc.) Your account details (username and password) will be created by the IT department For teaching staff, the username is both your first and last names without spaces and default password is password(e.g John Smith will login with username: johnsmith and password: password ) Your account must be activated before using by logging in the system using school desktop or laptop and you will be required to change your password on first log on Email system - - All staff at BVIS have an email address in the following form: username@bvisvietnam.com (i.e johnsmith@bvisvietnam.com) You will be able to access your email both from in school or on any computer with internet access To access your email follow these steps: Type http://mail.bvisvietnam.com in the Internet browser address bar When prompted for username and password, enter your school account as follows: Username: your username (e.g johnsmith) Password: your password Mailbox size - all teachers have a mailbox limit of 2GB If your mailbox nears it limit, an alert message will be automatically sent to you It is important to regularly review and delete unnecessary emails to free up your mailbox for new mail Spam email should be automatically blocked by our spam filtering engine Sometimes however you may receive unwanted email in your mailbox Please forward any such email to the IT department (pcsupport@bvisvietnam.com) so we can arrange to block them in future ... Nguyen Tung Huynh Role Secondary Art Leader Art Teacher Head of Department Key Stage Coordinator Key Stage Coordinator Secondary ICT Leader Secondary Community Coordinator Head of Secondary EAL Exams... Department English Teacher English Teacher English Teacher Secondary Learning Support Leader Secondary Geography Leader Secondary Assistant Headteacher Secondary Learning Support Leader Joint Head of Department... advice and support to all members of staff Ensure that all procedures are in place Ensure that appropriate training is provided to all staff Decide which members of staff need to be informed about