15 tips to encourage pupils, parents and staff to get involved in e-safety
The recent E-safety Seminar held in collaboration with ChatFOSS, saw teachers from across the country coming together to discuss e-safety issues in their schools.
We heard from Henry Platten of eCadets about empowering children to embrace technology. Michael Brennan from Tootoot discussed his experience of bullying at school and how this lead to the development of their safeguarding reporting tool for schools. Tim Pinto led a discussion on the Ofsted requirements for e-safety and Alicia Coad of ChatFOSS rounded off the formal presentations with information on social media and working with parents.
To complete the day, all the delegates worked together to come up with 15 tips to help engage the whole school community with e-safety. Here are their suggestions:
Pupil Empowerment
Enlist Cyber-Buddies as peer mentors and a point of contact for pupils
Give students a voice on e-safety issues
Carry our data surveys in the classroom on current apps etc
Engaging Parents
Share survey findings with parents
Share e-safety videos with parents too
Regularly drip-feed e-safety news/web links to keep it current
Curriculum
Ensure all staff and governors are up-to-date with e-safety issues
Involve all staff with e-safety education, in particular PSHE
Have students deliver curriculum content in assemblies etc
Digital Literacy
Encourage pupils to choose a new name for e-safety/digital well-being
Work with pupils and staff to create a school policy
Establish 'Digital Leaders' to help share knowledge
Staff
Ensure all staff understand everyone is responsible for e-safety
Let staff know that it's ok to ask for help
Include videos in e-safety awareness training
If you would like to share your tips for engaging the whole school, please email news@e-safetysupport.com
An extra tip received from Mary at a secondary school in London is to include e-safety tips on student planners.
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Safeguarding Essentials
on July 07, 2016 11:59