Organisational Planning: Roles and
Responsibilities
Board of Management
It is the responsibility of the Board of
Management to support and facilitate the school approach to SPHE, and to approve
this approach within the context of the overall school plan.
Parents
Since parents have the primary role in
the social, personal and health education of their children, the school will
provide them with the opportunities to contribute to the development and
implementation of SPHE. Among the opportunities envisaged are:
- Participating in school review and
planning of the programme
- Supporting teachers in implementing
particular aspects of the programme (RSE, Healthy Eating policy, School Code of
Behaviour, School policy on bullying)
- Discussing the learning that takes
places in the school
- Reviewing resources for specific aspects
of the programme
Principal
- Oversees the development of the school
plan
- Consults with the Board of Management
and parents with regard to the provision of resources
- Ensures that sufficient time is made
available for SPHE
- Identifies a teacher with particular
expertise and interest in SPHE to lead staff discussion and to draw up a policy
document on the place, purpose and content of SPHE
Special Duties Teacher
- Encourages teachers to participate in
the formulation of the SPHE plan
- Devises a written plan in consultation
with the school staff
- Organises the necessary resources to
implement the plan
- Presents draft documents to the staff at
meetings
- Supports colleagues as they prepare
schemes of work and implement the plan
- Informs new members of the teaching
staff about the school plan
- Provides information for parents with
regard to the implementation of the school plan in SPHE
Other teachers
- Children are more likely to gain from a
curriculum when there is consistency in the approach taken by all teachers in
the school.
- Devise balanced programmes in line with
the school plan which cater for the needs of each child
- Help the child to develop a positive
self-image
- Foster a secure environment
- Provide information for parents about
the class programme in SPHE
Ancillary and support staff
The wider school community has an
important role to play in supporting the social, personal and health education
of the children. In their interactions with teachers and children, ancillary
staff and support staff reflect the principles promoted by the SPHE programme.
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