Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome

    • Your journey begins...

    • Getting to know you

  • 2

    DC's Guiding Statements

    • Discovery College - Grow, Discover, Dream

    • The Five DC Outcomes

    • Activity - relating the DC Guiding Statements to your own practice

  • 3

    Leadership and Context

    • College Leadership and Structure

    • Specialist Student Support Roles

    • Activity - key professional relationships

    • Insights into the history of DC (interview with former Deputy Head of College Peter Lasscock)

    • Context and Governance

    • Quiz - Context and Governance

  • 4

    The year ahead [2024-25]

    • Strategic Objectives

    • College Calendar

  • 5

    Key Staff-related Policies

    • Staff Handbook

    • Mobile Phone Number

    • Professional Expectations

    • Quiz on Professional Expectations

    • Inclement Weather

    • Quiz - Inclement Weather

    • Emergency Evacuation

    • Child Protection at DC

    • ESF Staff Code of Conduct

    • Quiz - Child Protection

  • 6

    Building Positive Relationships

    • Building Positive Relationships

  • 7

    College Communications

    • Weekly Communication Routines

    • Staff Email Etiquette

  • 8

    Any Questions?

    • Post-course survey

Your starting point

Use this course ahead of arrival to understand what it means to be a DC staff member