Support Structure
To support students who might have difficulty managing their learning or whose behavior or attitude might not meet our expectations, the process of responding is as under:
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Advisory: Every time the school intervenes to maintain student wellbeing, it is primarily advisory. This means verbal advice (teacher-to-student, wellbeing
Team-to-student, or parent/student/school meetings), and/or formal letters to parents. All interventions will begin with an advisory process, and all written advice
is recorded.
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Follow up: A student may be assigned a learning mentor to follow an individualized program. The goal would be to foster positive behavior and attitudes that
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better support both individual learning and community needs. All mentoring goals are negotiated and recorded.
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A student may be required to undertake work to develop a better understanding of the values expressed through the school's mission. This may take the form of
individual or in-group reflection.
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Counseling: A student may be required to follow a counseling program to address behavioral concerns or attitudes that cannot be managed through our mentoring
programs. The goal would be to foster appropriate behavior and/or attitudes in the community. This service will be external.
Sanctions
To promote individual wellbeing and to address legitimate concerns about inappropriate behavior or attitudes, a student would need to spend time with members of the Wellbeing Team.
This will require temporary absence from the daily routine of the learning community necessary to accommodate advisory, mentoring, or counseling meetings. A student who fails to
work constructively with our Wellbeing Team and/or fails to address behavior or attitudes that are seriously incompatible with the school's expectations of the proper behavior, may
be required to pay fine and if so required may be removed from the School as a last resort
Pakistan Law
If a concern is serious enough under Pakistan Law to be reported to the authorities, the Wellbeing Team will manage this with the prior approval of the Head of School and, where
appropriate, with due notification to parents and in this respect, the school will act vigorously to protect all individuals in the community from drugs, violence, weapons, sexual
harassment or theft.