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模块 1:欢迎来到 SKOLA

1. Welcome Aboard!

作为伦敦皇家公园内唯一一所英语语言学校,SKOLA 于 1969 年首次招收学生。我们在伦敦的青少年英语暑期学校和 1:1 在线英语课程拥有超过 50 年的教学经验。现在我们每年都会招收来自 60 多个不同国家的 1000 多名学生。

2. 我们的两所学校

These three principles form our behaviour policy and apply equally to staff and students, ensuring consistency across the school. Understanding and modelling them is vital. 

  • Ready: This means being prepared, punctual, attentive, and equipped for your role. For teaching staff, it involves following the SKOLA Teaching Framework and curriculum. For all staff, it means being purposeful and clear in communication. Poor examples include being late or unprepared.

  • Safe: Ensuring the physical and emotional safety of our students and staff is paramount. This involves adhering to safeguarding procedures, conducting risk assessments, maintaining professional boundaries, and communicating in a way that creates a secure environment. Unsafe behaviour includes violence or dangerous actions.

  • Kind: We expect all interactions to be polite, supportive, considerate, and empathetic. This applies to how we speak to students, parents, and colleagues. It means fostering teamwork and trust and challenging unkind behaviour like bullying or derogatory language.

Putting it into Practice: Your calm, consistent behaviour sets the standard. Focus on positive behaviour first ('1st Attention'). Use established routines like 'Meet & Greet' and 'End & Send' to support a structured environment.

3. The SKOLA Way: Ready, Safe, Kind

Your role is vital. Consistently model 'Ready, Safe, Kind', engage positively with students, and maintain professionalism. A key part of your role involves understanding and adhering to our core policies. You must familiarise yourself thoroughly with the full versions of:

These documents provide essential guidance for your work at SKOLA.

4. Safeguarding is Paramount

Protecting the children (under 18s) in our care is our highest priority – this is central to being 'Safe'.

  • Your Duty: All staff share this responsibility. You must read the full Safeguarding Policy.

  • Report Concerns: If you see, hear, or are told anything that causes a safeguarding concern, however small, you must report it immediately to a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) using the incident report form. Do not investigate yourself.

  • DSLs: Connor Middleton (Principal), David Stephenson (DoS Gloucester Gate), Malgosia (Explorers), Teddy (Gloucester ADoS)

  • Professional Boundaries: Maintain professional conduct at all times.

Further detailed safeguarding training will follow in Module 2.

5. Effective Communication

Our Communication Policy promotes efficient, respectful, and professional interactions aligned with 'Ready, Safe, Kind'. Use appropriate channels and respect colleagues' 'Right to Disconnect' outside working hours (except for emergencies). Please read the full policy for details

6. Summary & Next Steps

This module introduced SKOLA, our core Ready, Safe, Kind principles, your role in upholding them, the essential policies you must read, and the absolute priority of Safeguarding.

Please complete the quiz (provided separately) to check your understanding.

Module 2 will provide detailed Safeguarding training and cover school operational specifics. Welcome aboard!

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