Although there were several hot topics over the last school holidays, one of the hottest since our return was the implementation of the new behaviour policy and procedures. What many of us experienced on Day 1 Term 4 was changes to systems that, in some cases didn’t work as expected. The DoE provided all schools with a simple method for recording suspensions etc on ERN to give a similar experience to ebs4 without the double entry required. Schools who use third party systems (e.g. Sentral, Compass, etc) do not need to use ERN to record suspensions.

Over the last week or so, ITD have been working with these third-party providers to fix the glitches that many of us have experienced and have had daily meetings to resolve problems. The DoE is also working to provide a range of updated letter templates for schools.

Since Sentral is a NSWPPA corporate sponsor, I am providing a link to their Wellbeing requirements for NSW Department of Education Term 4 2022. The new NSW Department of Education (NSW DoE) Behaviour policy requires configuration updates to how incident and suspension data are handled within Sentral. This document contains an overview of the changes and new workflow process.

And a video regarding the new suspension policy: