[Year 12 IT Apps] Policy regarding Cyber-bullying

[ken price]

Hi Kevork

I found it useful to keep policies as consistent as possible between ICT
matters and non-ICT matters.

In this instance, it would mean having the same policy basis for external
cyberbullying as you do for external bullying generally (eg bullying in the
shopping mall, at weekends etc)

This might help. If your school treats weekend bullying as a school matter,
it would logically treat external cyberbullying the same way. If it sees it
as a police/parent matter, ditto.

If the policy is different between ICT-related and non-iCT-related bullying,
it would be interesting to know the rationale.

If by external you mean using external services to bully in school time -
that's the same as using a Telstra mobile in school time to bully a student,
or using a US-made tool to beat another student. The instrument of bullying
seems irrelevant and the issue seems to be a school matter as it happens in
school time when students are in school care.

None of this has any legal status of course, but it seems logical (to me
anyway!).

Cheers
Ken (TASITE Tasmania)


On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 1:28 PM, Kevork Krozian <
Kroset at novell1.fhc.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
>   A potentially curly one for you although I am in no doubt about my
> attitude to the issue.
>
>  We are just finalising our Acceptable Use Policy and want to use correct
> and current language for the cyber bullying component.
> The issue is that cyber bullying can be twofold -- one which occurs on the
> school system and the other which occurs on external systems such as
> MySpace, Facebook , YouTubem Hotmail , chatlines etc.
>
> There shouldn't be any doubt about school attitudes to internal bullying,
> but what are the attitudes about bullying on external systems ? Do schools
> have policies to deal with it exactly the same way as if it happened on the
> school system once the evidence is in ? or do schools consider it an
> "external" matter that should be dealt with by parents and possibly police ?
>
> If there is any current wording that has worked for any schools out there
> maybe even based on legal advice it would be great if I can have a copy to
> adapt for our local policy.
> Whilst I am sure most readers would be interested in the positions schools
> hold and have taken, if anyone wishes to keep it off list a direct reply is
> fine too.
>
>
>
>
> With thanks
>
>
>
> Kevork Krozian
> IT Manager , Forest Hill College
> k.krozian at fhc.vic.edu.au
> http://www.fhc.vic.edu.au
> Mobile: 0419 356 034
>
>
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