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Turn-around times for non-urgent legal matters

'Turn-around' times for non-urgent legal matters are longer than would ideally be the case due to the unprecedented number of requests for legal services. The legal team reviews all requests for legal advice before prioritising the preparation of responses. This process is necessary given the modestly sized legal team attempting to serve a seemingly ever-increasing demand.

Be assured that all urgent matters (typically student-related school-based requests) will continue to be promptly answered.

Your patience and understanding is appreciated.

Michael Knight
Assistant Director
Governance, Assurance and Risk

Supplier Payment Run – Public Holidays

Due to the upcoming public holidays on Friday 18 April 2025, and Friday 25 April 2025, the payment runs have been brought forward by one day to:

Thursday 17 April 2025
Thursday 24 April 2025

The payment run will return to normal processing on Tuesday 29 April 2025.

Accounts Payable Team

Resources to Celebrate a Millennial Saint

Did you know that Carlo Acutis, the inspiring teenager who used his computer skills to share his faith, will be officially canonised as a saint on 27 April 2025, during the Jubilee of Youth week?

To mark this special celebration, CEDoW has developed digital resources that embrace Carlo's tech-savvy spirit and his passion for evangelisation. Created using apps and AI, these resources are perfect for exploring Carlo's life with your students:

For primary students: An interactive digital school magazine. Access the magazine via Publuu here.
For secondary students: A thought-provoking podcast and discussion guide. Access the guide via Publuu here.

These resources, inspired by Carlo's own use of technology to spread faith, demonstrate how to engage with and share faith in the digital age and can be explored for learning activities across Religious Education, English, ICLT, HSIE, Music and Art, and Civics and Citizenship.

The CEDoW resources for Carlo Acutis can be accessed here.

2025 Australian Catholic Education Conference – Art Opportunities for Students

Attention: Principals, RECs and Leaders of Mission

An invitation for students to contribute to the 2025 Australian Catholic Education Conference (ACEC) through art.

The 2025 ACEC will be held in Cairns from 20–22 August, and organisers are seeking expressions of interest from Catholic school students across Australia to contribute to student art displays in the conference Chapel — a dedicated space for reflection, prayer and spiritual connection.

Submission of art due date: Friday 25 July 2025.

Pulse Behaviour Dashboards Are Now Live

Behaviour related Pulse dashboards have been deployed in your school. Key personnel (school leadership, PB4L teams, pastoral leaders) now have access to the following dashboards:

Behaviour Analysis Dashboard

The following information can be found in this dashboard:

Whole school behaviour data including data from the last 14 days
Role related data including information on Impacted students
Year level behaviour trends
Behavioural pattern information across groupings

Behaviour Analysis Dashboard – Individual Student

The following information can be found in this dashboard:

Detailed view of individual student behaviour
Behaviours over time and the role a student has played in incidents
Details of each behaviour issues (Problem behaviour , teacher response , location and time)
Behaviour timing analysis KLA/Subject Analysis

Behaviour Analysis Dashboard - Problem Behaviour

This dashboard will assist schools to dive deeply into behaviour definitions and to ask curious questions such as:

What are the problem behaviour details being selected by staff?
Are there particular behaviour(s) happening in various locations?
When are particular behaviours taking place?
Does our behaviour definition matrix capture behaviours across the school Is the “other” option over represented in the data?)

Dashboards have been designed to provide easy access to your Compass portal behaviour data with the aim of:

Facilitating Data-Driven Decisions: Provide actionable insights into behaviour patterns, allowing schools to identify areas of strength and areas needing targeted support.

Enhancing Individual Student Support: Offer detailed student-level data to inform individualised behaviour support strategies, contributing to positive academic and social outcomes for all students.

Strengthening School-Wide PB4L Implementation: Visualise the effectiveness of our PB4L initiatives, enabling your school to continuously refine and improve school-wide systems and PB4L implementation.

LMS Pulse training support: To assist with navigating Pulse, you now have access to an optional training model through LMS. The module provides technical and PB4L related process guidance using a school based example with questions that guide your school to start analysing your data. The module is located here.

DLST Network Meeting #2

Please see the link to the Zoom recording and slide presentation from the DLST Network Meeting held on Friday 4 April 2025.

The following topics were discussed:

PP Meeting Bookings in Compass
Updates on PPs Moderation
Case Collaboration
Supported Enrolments
NCCD Resourcing
DLST Refresher/Induction
Partial Attendance
DLST Hub
BOL
Reminders.

Student Enrolment Destination Unknown

The Department of Education (DoE) has set up an automatic reply to any emails sent to attendance@det.nsw.edu.au that states that they only support DoE schools. This reply is misleading, as there has been no change to the process.

Please continue to follow the processes on the Compass template and send all Enrolment Destination Unknown Forms to this address, ignoring the automatic reply. DoE will still receive and process the forms as usual.

Student Attendance (CEDoW) are automatically notified through the notification chain of the Student Enrolment Destination Unknown template on Compass.

Exciting Update to the Parent Experience: Streamlined Notification of Extended Absence form

What's New?

We're thrilled to announce the launch of our new online Notification of Extended Absence form. This user-friendly form simplifies the process for parents, eliminating the need for printing or downloading documents. Now, parents can conveniently complete the application entirely online.

Parents can also notify multiple schools simultaneously with a single upload of supporting documents. Parents are also required to notify your school if their student has siblings attending other CEDoW schools.

How This Benefits Parents

Accessing the application form is now easier than ever with the form working on both mobile and desktop platforms. Parents can complete the application electronically and can also send the application for multiple students across CEDoW schools.

How This Benefits Schools

Your school's information email (info@) from student.attendance@dow.catholic.edu.au will now receive the completed extended absence application, along with all supporting documentation, as a PDF attachment.

Notification of Extended Absence Submitted by Parent Name

Please find attached a Notification of Extended Absence form as completed by Parent Name for Student(s) between 2025-03-04 and 2025-03-03.

Any supporting evidence will also be attached to this email.

Please append all attachments to the Principal Consideration Template in Compass for Extended Absences.

This streamlined delivery ensures you have all the necessary information in a single email. Simply download the PDFs and upload them to the "Principal Consideration - Acknowledgement of Extended Absence" template to process the application.

Access to the New Form

If parents attempt to enter an absence note exceeding five days in your school's Compass portal, they will be directed to the parent attendance information document that has a link to the online form.

Alternatively, if you send the communication from Compass, they may access it through the link provided in the "Communication - Notification of Extended Absence" template.

Your school may also provide a direct URL for parent access to the form via your website, newsletter, or other communication channels. The URL for the new online form is here.