Meeting Minutes
Meeting date
Meeting time
Attendees Must include student, supervisor/teacher and at least one (1) colleague
Topics discussed
Feedback provided
Improvement suggestions made

You have been working at Acorn College for 18 months. There are students attending the college who have a range of additional needs, including learning disabilities. It is careers day, and the 6^th-grade students are making posters on different jobs they would like to have in the future. Whilst assisting with activities, you overhear the education support worker, Lilly, telling a student who is drawing people dressed in unusual clothes that they will never be able to work at a 'normal job'. The student insists they want to be a fashion designer, but Lilly keeps telling them that there is a place where students like them go to work when they are old enough. It is a factory environment where people who are slow learners do things with their hands, following simple instructions It is not the first time you heard Lilly making negative remarks to or about students. Lilly is a senior education support worker, yet you feel that she is not supportive but quite negative towards the student's goals and aspirations. Also, Lilly is your best friend's sister-in-law, and you meet her often at your best friend's house.

You ask Lilly about her approach to supporting the student, and she tells you that your role is to make students understand and accept their capabilities and abilities, not to sell them dreams that could never come true. You believe this conflicts with guidance provided to you by your supervisor and does not reflect the school's philosophy of supporting all students to learn and achieve.

• Recognise potential ethical issues and dilemmas and discuss with supervising teacher, including confirming understanding and clarifying information to ensure consistency.
• You must describe what happened and express your feelings about what you saw and heard. The supervisor will then advise you on the best course of action, taking all parties into consideration. Finally, you can confirm their understanding and clarify anything you might have missed.
• Review your conduct, share with and seek feedback from others to confirm continuing compliance with legislation and policy and procedures and suggest improvements.
• You must share what occurred, seek advice from your supervising teacher, and reinforce what is ethical concerning various legislation such as the Anti-discrimination Act and policies such as the inclusion policy and the teacher code of conduct that guides all education workers. You must also suggest ways to improve the processes in place at the school.
• Identify and promptly report incidences of non-compliance.
• You must report the incident to your supervisor, which is a part of the role play. The supervisor can then decide how to deal with the matter. They may prefer to refer this to the Principal, and a meeting may be held.
• Identify and respond to real and perceived conflicts of interest.
• You must address the conflict you have knowing their colleague on a personal level for a long time and the difficulties between what is ethical or right for you and what is legal and right for the school and students. This can be discussed with your supervisor.
• You must discuss the overlap of knowing the colleague and feeling a personal responsibility toward that person and weighing it against the legal implications of not following policies such as the Inclusion policy.

Adhere to legal and ethical requirements in work practice according to organisational policies and procedures and the scope of the role.