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<ul class="gel-policy-categories-card__list"> <li>Aboriginal education</li> <li>Aboriginal education procedures </li> </ul> <ul class="gel-policy-categories-card__list-showmore multi-collapse-teaching-and-learning collapse" id="category-teaching-and-learning"> <li>Animal welfare - schools</li> <li>Controversial issues in schools</li> <li>Curriculum planning and programming, assessing and reporting to parents K-12</li> <li>Inclusive education for students with disability</li> <li>Library procedures</li> <li>Multicultural education</li> <li>Multicultural education procedures</li> <li>Other activities of a religious nature in schools</li> <li>Personalised learning and support procedures</li> <li>Religious education and special education in ethics</li> <li>Special religious education and special education in ethics procedures </li> <li>Workplace learning for secondary students in NSW public schools</li> <li>Workplace learning for secondary students in NSW public schools procedures</li> </ul> <a class="gel-policy-categories__showmore collapsed" href="#category-teaching-and-learning" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".multi-collapse-teaching-and-learning" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="#category-teaching-and-learning"> Show more </a> <a class="gel-featured-teaser__arrow" href="https://education.nsw.gov.au/policy-library/policy-library-a---z?tagId=main-education:policy-library/teaching-and-learning"> <span class="far fa-long-arrow-right"></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-12 d-flex col-md-6 col-lg-4"> <div class="gel-featured-teaser-link gel-policy-categories-card"> <div class="card gel-featured-teaser_variant"> <div class="card-body gel-featured-teaser__content_variant"> <h4 class="card-title"> <a href="https://education.nsw.gov.au/policy-library/policy-library-a---z?tagId=main-education:policy-library/student-support-and-management">Student support and management</a> </h4> <ul class="gel-policy-categories-card__list"> <li>Administration of medication procedures</li> <li>Anaphylaxis and allergy management procedures</li> </ul> <ul class="gel-policy-categories-card__list-showmore multi-collapse-student-support-and-management collapse" id="category-student-support-and-management"> <li>Behaviour code for students</li> <li>Child protection - responding to and reporting students at risk of harm</li> <li>Child protection - responding to and reporting students at risk of harm procedures</li> <li>Detention and time-out procedures</li> <li>Exemption from school procedure</li> <li>Health support planning and student safety procedures</li> <li>Healthy eating procedures</li> <li>School attendance</li> <li>School behaviour support and management plan</li> <li>Selective high schools and opportunity class placement procedures</li> <li>Sport and physical activity</li> <li>Student attendance in NSW public schools procedures</li> <li>Student behaviour</li> </ul> <a class="gel-policy-categories-card__list-showmore--seeall 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Updated language in salary matching section for clarity purposes. </span> </div> <div class="col-md-3" aria-hidden="false"> <span> <span class="cell-heading">Publication date</span> <span class="d-block mb-2"> 22/11/2024 </span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row gel-results-table-item"> <div class="col-md-5 col-sm-12"> <span class="gel-results-table__link-heading"> <span class="show-on-sr">Title</span> <a class="gel-results-table__link-text" href="https://education.nsw.gov.au/policy-library/policies/pd-2004-0034-11">Sport and physical activity</a> </a> </span> </div> <div class="col-md-7 col-sm-12"> <div class="row pb-3 pb-md-0"> <div class="col-md-4" aria-hidden="false"> <span class="gel-results-table__code-text"> <span class="cell-heading">Document type</span> Policy procedure </span> </div> <div class="col-md-5" aria-hidden="false"> <span> <span class="cell-heading">Change description</span> Minor revisions of links and text to reflect current and updated information. </span> </div> <div class="col-md-3" aria-hidden="false"> <span> <span class="cell-heading">Publication date</span> <span class="d-block mb-2"> 22/11/2024 </span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row gel-results-table-item"> <div class="col-md-5 col-sm-12"> <span class="gel-results-table__link-heading"> <span class="show-on-sr">Title</span> <a class="gel-results-table__link-text" href="https://education.nsw.gov.au/policy-library/policies/pd-2002-0051-01">Community complaint procedures</a> </a> </span> </div> <div class="col-md-7 col-sm-12"> <div class="row pb-3 pb-md-0"> <div class="col-md-4" aria-hidden="false"> <span class="gel-results-table__code-text"> <span class="cell-heading">Document type</span> Policy procedure </span> </div> <div class="col-md-5" aria-hidden="false"> <span> <span class="cell-heading">Change description</span> Updates to external links that have been broken. Updated reference to the Code of ethics and conduct policy document. </span> </div> <div class="col-md-3" aria-hidden="false"> <span> <span class="cell-heading">Publication date</span> <span class="d-block mb-2"> 20/11/2024 </span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row gel-results-table-item"> <div class="col-md-5 col-sm-12"> <span class="gel-results-table__link-heading"> <span class="show-on-sr">Title</span> <a class="gel-results-table__link-text" href="https://education.nsw.gov.au/policy-library/policies/staff-only/pd-2002-0051-02">Staff complaint procedures</a> <span class="badge link-tag-container"> <span class="link-tag-icon">Staff only</span> </span> </a> </span> </div> <div class="col-md-7 col-sm-12"> <div class="row pb-3 pb-md-0"> <div class="col-md-4" aria-hidden="false"> <span class="gel-results-table__code-text"> <span class="cell-heading">Document type</span> Policy procedure </span> </div> <div class="col-md-5" aria-hidden="false"> <span> <span class="cell-heading">Change description</span> Updates to external links that have been broken. Updated reference to the Code of ethics and conduct policy document. </span> </div> <div class="col-md-3" aria-hidden="false"> <span> <span class="cell-heading">Publication date</span> <span class="d-block mb-2"> 20/11/2024 </span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row gel-results-table-item"> <div class="col-md-5 col-sm-12"> <span class="gel-results-table__link-heading"> <span class="show-on-sr">Title</span> <a class="gel-results-table__link-text" href="https://education.nsw.gov.au/policy-library/policies/staff-only/pd-2013-0454-07">First aid</a> <span class="badge link-tag-container"> <span class="link-tag-icon">Staff only</span> </span> </a> </span> </div> <div class="col-md-7 col-sm-12"> <div class="row pb-3 pb-md-0"> <div class="col-md-4" aria-hidden="false"> <span class="gel-results-table__code-text"> <span class="cell-heading">Document type</span> Policy procedure </span> </div> <div class="col-md-5" aria-hidden="false"> <span> <span class="cell-heading">Change description</span> Update mandatory document ‘Register of injuries or illness form’. 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