Members of the Disputes Panel need to be very responsible, fair and wise. The panel is responsible for many of the tasks the teacher normally carries out. Amongst its duties are dealing with misbehaviour or unfair play and making decisions about any disputes. All members need to sensitive to issues of race, gender and disability.
Specific Duties
Skills you will need
Essential:
Specific Duties
- Meet to make decisions about any issue that may be referred to it. Some of the issues of the Disputes Panel may deal with are:
- Disagreements between players or amongst teams
- General undesirable conduct (e.g., not participating, failure to bring uniforms, not promoting, equal competition and giving all people a fair go)
- Disagreements with umpires
- Decide on appropriate punishment for those infringing SEPEP's ethics of fair play, participation and fair go for all.
- Be responsible for public relations by:
- Maintaining a high public profile so everyone knows who you are
- Being approachable for all disputes and taking these disputes seriously, no matter how trivial thye seem
- Being publicly accountable for decisions, showing that you have been objective and fair
- Being equitable and consistent - not favouring
- Selecting appropriate consequences which deter other players from offending.
Skills you will need
Essential:
- Ability to make wise, socially just decisions which will help the season to be successful
- Ability to communicate with the teacher to ensure decisions are acceptable
- Ability to communicate with others to solve problems that may be referred to the Disputes Panel
- Ability to treat all players as equal - to not favour friends - so as to make consistent and fair decisions.
- Ability to communicate with classmates to explain decisions that have been made
- A sensitivity to issues of gender, race and disability.
Example of document produced by students in a SEPEP season.
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