Consultation Arrangements

At Glenroy Secondary College the consultative arrangements for 2024 will be:

Structure

  • Principal
  • Assistant Principal (Principal nominee)
  • AEU staff representative
  • ES representative
  • Teacher representative

Operational procedures

  • The chair will be the principal and we will follow ‘Glenroy College’s meeting norms’
  • Meetings will occur every 2-3 weeks and be within the normal hours of  attendance. The schedule of meetings will include the consultative committee
  • Tenure for Consultative will be per calendar year
  • Arrangements to enable committee members (where the structure involves a  committee) the opportunity and time to canvass views in their school
    • time will be provided at the end of each staff meeting for staff reps to canvass views. 
    • The AEU reps will schedule other meetings with the sub-branch where required. Additional time may be provided where needed and that request will come through the consultative committee
  • Time release for one union nominee to enable consultation with the union sub-branch, which must not be less than provided in subclause (4)(d)(iii);
    • the union rep will be provided with the equivalent of one period per week with  additional blocks of time via negotiation with where a significant school change is occurring
    • arrangements for allocation of this time will occur as part of the normal allotment process in term 4, and the union sub-branch will ensure a process for this to be allocated is completed to support this timeline
  • The treatment of confidential material as it relates to employees of the school
    • all consultative committee members understand and agree that personal information disclosed during discussions will be treated confidentially
  • The method of recording and communicating decisions to staff
    • Minutes will be sent to the principal for finalisation and distributed to all  staff via Teams