Family Handbook 2017-18
Guidelines Havergal offers the following guidelines for faculty and staff who use social media applica ons that may be frequented by current or former students of Havergal or their families. 1. Interact with Students Professionally ● As a digital ci zen, model the behaviour you expect to see online from your students. ● Alert students to appropriate online behaviour and the proper use of social media, including comments and images. ● Maintain your professional persona by communica ng with students electronically through established educa on pla orms as much as possible (e.g., a web page dedicated to a school program, project or class). ● Maintain a formal, courteous and professional tone in all communica ons with students to ensure that professional boundaries with students are maintained. ● Do not exchange private texts, phone numbers, personal email addresses or photos of a personal nature with students. ● Decline parent‐ini ated “friend” requests and do not issue “friend” requests to a parent. ● Social network “friend” requests may be accepted only with alumnae over the age of 18. 2. Understand Privacy Concerns ● Set and maintain strict privacy se ngs by choosing se ngs that limit what others can do. Avoid blanket invita ons that use your email contacts automa cally. Students should not be among those who are allowed to post on your social media accounts. ● Assume that informa on that you post can be easily accessed or altered by others without your consent. ● Monitor regularly all content you or others post to your social media accounts and remove immediately anything that is inappropriate and require others to remove immediately any undesirable content related to you. ● Recognize that many former students have online connec ons with current students, and that informa on shared between faculty/staff and former students is likely to be seen by current students as well. Procedures ● Respect the privacy and confiden ality of informa on pertaining to students, parents, faculty, staff and other members of the Havergal community. Pos ngs in personal blogs or websites should not reveal confiden al informa on about any member of the Havergal
Last Updated Aug. 18, 2017 Havergal College Family Handbook 2017–18
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