Webinar Series: Excursion Risk Management

Webinar Series

Webinar 1: School Excursions, a Risky but Essential Business

Webinar 2: The Issues and Complexity of Managing Excursion Risk

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

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

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Excursion Risk Webinar Recordings Available Now

The following webinar recordings are available now. Simply complete the form at the bottom of this page to access recordings immediately.

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

About the Presenters

Jonathan Oliver | Jonathan is a Senior Governance Risk and Compliance Consultant working with CompliSpace school clients. He has more than 10 years’ experience in the school sector as a teacher, compliance and legal adviser and more recently as a Business Manager. Jonathan has been a solicitor for nearly 30 years and worked in both private practice and community legal centres.

Craig Craig D'cruz | Craig is the National Education Lead at CompliSpace. He began his education career in 1983 and has taught in a number of non-government schools including Catholic, PSA, Anglican and Greek Orthodox schools. He spent 22 years as a Deputy Principal and Principal and five years as the Industrial Officer at the Association of Independent Schools of WA.

Deanne Deanne Cannizzaro | Deanne is a Project Manager/Consultant for School Compliance in Melbourne. Deanne has a varied education-based background which includes 7 years teaching in the UK and independent boys’ education in Melbourne. Her most recent senior leadership position was as Director of Programs and Activities where her portfolio consisted of areas such as co-curricular programming (e.g. sport and music) as well as excursions and Outdoor Education.

Ian Hird | Ian joined CompliSpace after implementing PolicyPlus, CompliLearn and Assurance at a school where he was Deputy Principal/Head of Secondary School. His career in education has included roles in teaching (English and History), Boarding, Head of Faculty, Enrolments and Marketing, Director of Curriculum, and Deputy.