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Protecting Your Professional Identity

Protecting Your Professional Identity. Ken Corish Education Adviser ICT Plymouth Children’s and Young People’s Trust Chair of South West Grid for Learning eSafety Advisory Group. Can I respond to a comment about the school on Facebook ?.

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Protecting Your Professional Identity

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  1. Protecting Your Professional Identity Ken Corish Education Adviser ICT Plymouth Children’s and Young People’s Trust Chair of South West Grid for Learning eSafety Advisory Group

  2. Can I respond to a comment about the school on Facebook? How should I respond if I am subjected to cyber bullying by pupils? Can I use a school computer to book holidays etc during lunch time or after school? Can I use my mobile to take photos or videos on school trips? Can school limit my private online publishing? Should I text a pupil in the evening to remind and encourage him to complete a project? Can I use Bebo to discuss a topic with my students? Should I continue to use my social network site?

  3. Responsibilities • Section 12 Communication with Children and Young People (including the Use of Technology) • Adults should not share any personal information with a child or young person. They should not request, or respond to, any personal information from the child/young person, other than that which might be appropriate as part of their professional role. • Communication between children and adults, by whatever method, should take place within clear and explicit professional boundaries. This includes the wider use of technology such as mobile phones text messaging, e-mails, digital cameras, videos, web-cams, websites and blogs. Adults should ensure that all communications are transparent and open to scrutiny.

  4. Responsibilities Paragraph 8: Bringing the profession into serious disrepute Conduct in this category would include behaviour which was seriously detrimental to the standing of the profession but where no criminal offence was committed. “not attempt to establish an inappropriate relationship with a pupil by means which might include sending e-mails or text messages to pupils of an inappropriate or personal nature.” “exercise extreme caution in connection with contact/web cam internet sites (for example chat rooms, message boards, social networking sites and newsgroups) and avoid inappropriate communication with individuals under 18 or with whom you may be in a position of trust.”

  5. Staff use of technology in school

  6. Staff use of technology socially

  7. Staff can equally be targeted What are the differences between physical bullying and cyberbullying? Distance apart Cannot see or judge the response of the person Perceived anonymity 24/7 with little respite Publishing hurtful images can seldom be recalled Less aggressive. A bit of a wind-up! Different bully profile Much quicker to escalate Increases number of bystanders

  8. Staff can expect ...

  9. www.gotoourplace.com/ictadvice and choose “Protecting Your Professional Identity” from the left hand menu ken.corish@plymouth.gov.uk Thank Youquestions?

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