Pastoral Care
Overview
The Staff Kiosk ‘Pastoral Care’ menu offers programs that centralise behaviour and wellbeing management, enabling staff to record, search, and report on Pastoral Care (PC) entries for students with flexible filters.
This menu can be accessed by navigating to the Staff Kiosk Toolbar, and selecting ‘Pastoral Care’.
Schools can run it as either a point-based (merit/demerit) or non‑point-based system, with configurable Types, Conducts and Outcomes (such as detentions, warnings or playground duties). Staff can log single or bulk entries, manage outcome completion (e.g. detentions), and communicate via notifications, email or SMS with teachers, non‑teachers, parents and students based on specific criteria like Type, Conduct or Outcome. Pastoral Care information can also be surfaced in Parent Lounge, where parents can view, filter, acknowledge and print their child’s entries.
Refer to ‘How to Setup Staff Kiosk Pastoral Care’ for setup details.
Check out these videos for more information:
▶️ Managing Pastoral Care Outcomes Video
▶️ Adding a Pastoral Care Entry Video
▶️ Scheduling Pastoral Care Outcomes into the School Calendar Video
User Security Permissions
Access to the programs within this menu is controlled by security points in the ‘Pastoral Care’ section of TASS.web System Admin > Users > Portal Security Permissions for Staff Kiosk. Each program has its own separate security point. Refer to the relevant program article for more information or contact your school’s TASS System Administrator for access.
About the Pastoral Care Menu
The programs within the Staff Kiosk ‘Pastoral Care’ menu have the ability to:
Search for existing PC Entries using multiple filters (at the top of the screen).
Print a list of PC Entries.
Enter a single PC Entry for a student.
Enter bulk PC Entries for multiple students.
Edit an existing PC Entry.
Cancel an existing PC Entry.
Manage detentions and other Outcomes that require a 'Completion' process.
Communicate (notification, email or SMS) to designated teachers and non-teachers when a PC Entry has been logged for a student with a particular Conduct.
Communicate (notification, email or SMS) to parents when a PC Entry has been logged for a student with a particular Conduct.
Communicate (notification, email or SMS) to students based on PC Entries with a particular Type, Conduct or Outcome.
Email selected students and parents using multiple filters, e.g. All students who have performed community assistance this term.
A Pastoral Care system can be run as:
A point-based demerit or merit system.
A non-point based system.
Essential Setup Elements for the Pastoral Care system include:
Types configured in Staff Kiosk Pastoral Care > Types (Setup).
Examples include:
Class/Curriculum.
Sport/Extra Curricular.
Playground.
Community.
Conducts configured in Staff Kiosk Pastoral Care > Conduct (Setup).
Examples include:
Academic mention.
General merit.
Classroom participation.
School community assistance.
General community assistance.
Uniform Infringements.
Bullying.
Fighting.
Technology misuse.
Disruptive in class.
Stealing.
Outcomes configured in Staff Kiosk Pastoral Care > Outcomes (Setup).
Examples include:
Detention.
Warning.
Playground duty.
Sent from class.
Homework support.