Education (General Provisions) Regulation 2017

The person in charge of a State instructional institution is its principal.

The principal must manage the institution in a way that—

ensures effective, efficient and appropriate management of public resources; and

promotes a caring, safe and supportive learning environment; and

supports and monitors the academic progress of all students of the institution.

Without limiting subsection (2), the principal must—

promote educational practices at the institution that lead to the improvement of student learning outcomes; and

provide for the effective administration of matters relating to the students of the institution; and

promote organisational and staffing structures at the institution that encourage each staff member of the institution to become, and continue to be, skilled, confident and responsible in performing his or her role as the staff member; and

promote continuous evaluation and improvement of the institution’s operations and delivery of services; and

ensure the students of the school are effectively supervised; and

while the students of the school are under the principal’s care and control, take reasonable steps to ensure—

the required standard of behaviour of the students is clearly defined; and

the standard of behaviour of the students is monitored.