photos,etc but rather-- our younger faculty still had posts/photos from
college that may have been perceived by some as unprofessional.
Lorri Carroll
Director of Technology
Hamden Hall Country Day School
1108 Whitney Avenue
Hamden, CT 06517
lcarroll@hamdenhall.org
work (203) 752-2606
cell (203) 215-9833
A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>Right on, Joel! Set high expectations for professionalism and make the
>phone, email, Internet, faculty rooms open for appropriate use. Does that
>make them accessible for misuse? Yes, but too often if you set the bar
>low and build a bunch of rules around it, folks spend time and energy
>living up to only that expectation and finding ways around it. Deal with
>individual problems individually and let the rest grow with the potential
>professional use.
>
>imo,
>
>sherry
>
>Sherry Ward
>Director of Technology
>Alexandria Country Day School
>2400 Russell Road
>Alexandria, VA 22301
>703-837-1317 (direct) sward@acdsnet.org
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: A forum for independent school educators
>[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Backon, Joel
>Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 9:17 AM
>To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>Subject: Re: verbage for Faculty Handbook
>
>Hi Lorri,
>
>You ask a loaded question, but I will begin with a simple answer. We have
>nothing specific in our Faculty Handbook under Professional Standards that
>refers to social networking sites. However, it would be hard to uphold the
>standards, and then practice unprofessional behavior on a social
>networking
>site. Your question, between the lines, implies that there is a concern at
>Hamden Hall that has prompted an administrative response that might be
>codified. IMHO, I would advise against such a practice.
>
>I have used social networking for thirty-two years (fifteen prior to being
>in education) as a means of giving and receiving information from people I
>trust. Most of these years, I lacked the power of the internet to make the
>process easier. Still, I attribute my professional relationships, both
>close
>and casual, established over the years, as most important to any
>professional success I have experienced. In cyberspace, I belong to at
>least
>ten social networking sites with varying levels of participation, but all
>are important at certain moments. If these sites didn¹t exist, I would
>spend
>more time on the phone or writing letters, but I wouldn¹t abandon the
>notion
>that people, at their best, are collegial and help other people. For that
>reason, I would be very circumspect about defining adult usage of social
>networking sites where you could potentially inhibit collegiality and
>professional development. Our professional standards are very clear about
>the nature of faculty relationships with students; it is a more than
>adequate guide for dealing with students on social networking sites as
>well.
>
>Joel
>
>--
>Joel Backon
>Director of Academic Technology / History
>Choate Rosemary Hall
>333 Christian St.
>Wallingford, CT 06492
>203-697-2514
>
>
>
>On 7/20/08 9:35 PM, "Lorri Carroll" <lcarroll@hamdenhall.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi All-
>> Does anyone have any verbage they could share from their Faculty
>Handbook
>> concerning social networking sites? We are thinking of adding something
>> to our "Professionalism" area.
>>
>> Lorri Carroll
>> Director of Technology
>> Hamden Hall Country Day School
>> 1108 Whitney Avenue
>> Hamden, CT 06517
>> lcarroll@hamdenhall.org
>> work (203) 752-2606
>> cell (203) 215-9833
>>
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