Student Code of Conduct

The code of conduct at Carranballac College is based on Guidelines for Developing the Student Code of Conduct incorporating Student Discipline Procedures 1994 and Ministerial Order No. 1, discipline of Pupils. It also outlines some principles and practices as developed at this school in response to our unique needs.

Basic Principles
The following are the principles on which the Code of Conduct at this school are based:

• that students are increasingly responsible for their own behaviour
• that all behaviours have consequences
• that students have a right to learn in a safe and orderly environment
• that students learn and behave well when they experience success in the school environment
• student behaviour is the joint responsibility of parents and teachers
• that there are some students who need an individual behaviour plan if their behaviour is to be changed.

Classroom Rules
Classroom rules are worked out and agreed to by the students. The working of rules for each classroom varies according to the level of the students. Rules cover aspects such as: Communication, Learning, Treatment, Safety/Security, Movement, Conflict.

Teachers at Carranballac College believe all situations need to be considered individually, and that consequences need to fit the behaviour. Classroom teachers decide as unit teams how they will operate their classroom management programs.

Where teachers deem behaviour to be very serious such as bullying, violence or danger to others, or vandalism, students are to be sent to the main office.