SCHOOL MANAGEMENT

This page contains links to websites useful to principals and school councils. 

Child Safeguarding Policy for independent catholic schools in South Africa

Prepared by CaSPA and introduced by Bishop Kevin Dowling and Br Michael de Klerk CFC. Download the policy documents and a toolkit to assist the implementation of the policy.  

Download Policy

Download Toolkit

ON THIS ROCK - Building the next generation of Catholic School Leadership

CSO and the Jesuit Institute are offering a 3-year programme for Gauteng Catholic schools which will draw on the expertise of both the CIE 3-year programme and the work with the business schools.
Download Brochure

SA Catholic Bishops Conference
Care, concern, and challenge for Catholic Education: All God's children

Appraising the religious character of the school: Signs of God's presence
Download the supporting booklet : Signs of God's Presence

Curriculum News - Some important information on CAPS and the ANA results

Policy briefs & National Education Info - Catholic Institute of Education (CIE)

Policy Briefs on key issues keeps schools and the owners informed and assist in the development of School Policies. National education information and legislation...  Link to CIE website

HIV AIDS Policy
Policy on HIV AIDS for Catholic Schools issued by the SA Catholic Bishop Conference. download

Forms to assist in developing school policy.  Proforma  /   Basic form

Health and Safety 

Some Documents of continuing relevance that have been shared by Sacred Heart School, Johannesburg.

Occupational Health and Safety Act

Hazard Identification & Risk Assesment (HIRA)

School Emergency Management Plan 

Department of Education - Strategy Documents

The Department of Education of Gauteng has Issues a number of strategy documents   

LECTURES AND PAPERS

UNICEF - World's Children Report 2011
The State of the World’s Children 2011 echoes and builds on this fundamental insight. Today, 1.2 billion adolescents stand at the challenging crossroads between childhood and the adult world. Nine out of ten of these young people live in the developing world and face especially profound challenges, from obtaining an education to simply staying alive – challenges that are even more magnified for girls and young women...
Download the report

What makes a school ‘Catholic’?

Professor Thomas Groome (2002)

Bridging the Divides: A Christian Brief for Values Education in Schools

Professor Brian Hill, Emeritus Professor of Education, Murdoch University, WA, Australia (2002)

Defining the Ethos of the Catholic School: The Contemporary Irish Experience

Dr Andrew McGrady, Centre for Research in Religion and Education
Mater Dei Institute of Education, Dublin City University (2002)

Transgression, Transformation and Enlightenment: The Trickster as Poet and Teacher

James Conroy, Head of the Department of Relegious Education, University of Glasgow

Ending Corporal Punishment of Children
A handbook for working with and within religious communities

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