Webinar Series: Excursion Risk Management

Webinar Series

Webinar 1: School Excursions, a Risky but Essential Business

This 80-minute webinar provides an introduction to excursion risk management. Presented by three former school leaders and school compliance experts, you’ll learn:

• Context: the issues and complexity of managing excursion risk
• The Excursion Cycle: how is your school currently managing each part of the excursion process?
• What does ‘best practice’ excursion risk management look like?

Webinar 2: The Issues and Complexity of Managing Excursion Risk

• Taking control of excursion risk in your school
• Research into outdoor education and excursions risks and fatalities including overseas excursions.
• A review of some case law and Coroners inquests
• The International Risk Management Standard and Excursion Risk Assessment
• Non Delegable duty of care
• Effective parental permission
• External contractors and indemnity and insurance issues

Webinar 3: How is Your School Currently Managing Its Excursion Process?

• Provide an overview of the Excursion Management Cycle
• Outline the key phases within the Excursion Management Cycle
• Identify key considerations for school leaders to consider at each stage of the Excursion Management Cycle

Webinar 4: What does ‘Best Practice’ Excursion Risk Management look like?

• Additional strategies for building a strong ‘risk culture’
• Staff Training
• Building a comprehensive training program
• Building collective mindfulness
• Fostering risk thinking
• Policies and Processes
• Risk Assessments in detail
• Key excursion risk control measures
• Policy and Procedures documentation