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Quality Indicator 7: Management and support of staff
7.1 Staff sufficiency, recruitment and retention |
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- The induction of all new staff includes an equality and anti-discrimination element
- Staff have a clear understanding of local and national policies and procedures for dealing with sexist, homophobic or sexually abusive incidents
- Sexist or homophobic comments made to staff or adult visitors are dealt with very seriously and the victims of such abuse are fully supported by management and other staff
- The Senior Management Team acknowledges and praises the work of staff who contribute to or make specific efforts in developing gender equality in the school
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7.2 Staff deployment and teamwork |
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- A senior member of staff has responsibility for co-ordinating and championing equality and anti-discrimination matters for the school, with appropriate training and support
- A member of staff ( e.g. librarian) should be remitted to develop communication systems to inform staff of resources and initiatives pertaining to gender equality. This might be in the form of advice on notice boards or email bulletins
- An Equalities Working Group meets regularly to support the senior member of staff and initiate activities
- Care is taken to ensure that decisions about employing, promoting or deploying staff in different stages or subjects are not influenced by gender
- Staff meetings, non-contact time and working groups are organised to ensure all staff, including part-time staff, are able to make effective contributions to the work of the school
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7.3 Staff development and review |
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- Awareness of equality issues and legislation, and commitment to promoting equality (including gender equality) forms part of the framework for the review process
- Continuous Professional Development on equalities, including gender equality, is undertaken by all staff annually as a whole school programme to update on developments and refresh ideas and practice
- Continuous Professional Development sessions are organised to allow part-time staff the opportunity to attend
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