Before your first day
- Example: Blue Card / Working with Children Check submitted to People & Culture
- Example: IT account and email activated (Digital & Resource School Officers — see Contacts)
- Example: Confirm start date, location and reporting manager
- Example: Review the college calendar for Week 1 events
Your induction day
You'll be introduced to your Supervisor and Buddy on arrival, and meet a series of people across the day — each covering a different part of college life. This is what the current Teaching Staff Induction Schedule covers, role by role:
Welcome, mission & values, Code of Conduct and staff expectations, and the online course including Student Protection.
Your welcome pack, building fob and laptop; a visit to IT to set it up; time at your desk to complete mandatory online training.
College swipe card; Ignite (pay/leave/long service leave) and Spire (About Me, absentee/sick leave); evacuations & drills; WHS induction and iLearn; reimbursements; email protocols; SharePoint/Staff Portal/eMinerva/College Calendar.
Desk allocation in the staffroom; introduction to your buddy and supervisor; timetable, duties and first aid requirements; curriculum info; class times; the Learning and Teaching framework/handbook; Staff Handbook; staff meetings; PD opportunities; roll marking and student movement during class.
Spiritual life (prayer at Fratelli and staff briefings, Sophia Stillness, liturgies, Mass); the Franciscan Charism; Pope Francis' Laudato Si' and Integral Ecology; Houses & Fratelli Groups; building names; service/environmental activities; RE accreditation PD; embedding Catholic perspective in curriculum.
PB4L & classroom mastery; Re-Engagement Room processes (Triple R card); Houses & Fratelli; attendance; the Way of the Wolf card — a physical postcard sent home to recognise a student for significant positive behaviour, named for the college's Franciscan "St Francis and the Wolf" story. You can also log day-to-day affirmations in the Affirmation section of STARS.
Computer/logon info; location of College Drives; setting up your email signature; photocopier usage (incl. collating booklets); the Service Desk; BCE Spire.
SharePoint/Staff Portal/eMinerva; college calendar; staff meetings & briefings; excursions; exam procedures; assessment policy & flowchart; a reminder session before exam block; co-curricular activities; email protocols and contact-home expectations; your playground duty areas and how to swap; Learning Common teaching resources.
NCCD, and student information ("student snaps").
Class lists and photos from eMinerva; roll marking basics and what the symbols mean; roll marking on your phone (and when that's used); how to send a student to sick bay; which forms are used for absences/excursions/PD; enrolling for professional learning on iLearn; clean-up and prayer rosters; building names and locations.
Your first month
| Week | Focus | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Orientation & systems access | Complete IT setup, meet your team, read Staff Expectations |
| Week 2 | Teaching & learning | Review Model of Pedagogy, shadow a colleague's class if relevant |
| Week 3 | Compliance essentials | Complete NCCD, WHS and Child Safeguarding training |
| Week 4 | Check-in | Meet with your line manager to review progress and questions |
Mandatory training
Completed online via iLearn, mostly in your first day or two:
- Working with Children (Blue Card) verification, or QCT registration if you're a teacher
- Student Protection online course
- Code of Conduct / Professional Standards — see Staff Expectations
- WHS induction (with the Business Manager)
- NCCD awareness — see NCCD
Teaching staff also need Accreditation to Teach (AT) — automatic from your start date, needing 5 hours PD/year to maintain — and Accreditation to Teach Religion (AR) if you'll teach RE. Track hours via Spire → About Me; upload external PD to iLearn.
Your Staff House
Like students, staff are grouped into the four Houses — AQUA, IGNIS, LUNA and SOLIS — named after concepts in St Francis' Canticle of Creation. You'll be allocated a House; check with your buddy or House Companion which one you're in. See Our College for the full list of House Companions.
Excursions & incursions
See the full process on Routines & Key Info — approval from your Line Manager and the Deputy Principal, risk assessment 3 weeks out, and bus bookings through Karen McGarrigal.
Your wellbeing
Starting a new job is a lot. BCE offers Health & Wellbeing programs, Staff Social Wellbeing initiatives, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) — all accessible via Spire. Don't hesitate to lean on your buddy and line manager too.