Post (April 2008)? =
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/27/AR2008042=
702213.html?wpisrc=3Dnewsletter=20
Although we don't have language on social networking posts (specifically =
for faculty) in our handbook, when I read this article, I decided to =
refer to the article, with humor, at our upcoming new faculty tech =
training. We agreed that we didn't want to imply that our new teachers =
were behaving badly before arriving...just that they might want to think =
about the content of their profiles if they had not yet done so, now =
that they will be working with students who also use those networks.
=20
BTW Great NPR podcast. Thanks for sharing. - Vi=20
____________________________________
Vi Richter
Instructor/Academic Technology Coordinator
Phillips Exeter Academy
________________________________
From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Alex Ragone
Sent: Mon 7/21/2008 1:15 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: verbage for Faculty Handbook
We're all in for some serious perspective shifting on this topic as we =
move forward. There was a great piece on NPR's The Takeaway last week on =
the use of Facebook and our student's future political careers (Replace =
political with any career you can think of): =
http://www.thetakeaway.org/archives/2008/07/16/2
- Alex
-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators =
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Lorri Carroll
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 1:13 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: verbage for Faculty Handbook
Our issue this year was not that current faculty posted inappropriate
photos,etc but rather-- our younger faculty still had posts/photos from
college that may have been perceived by some as unprofessional.
Lorri Carroll
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 didn=B9t exist, I =
would
>spend
>more time on the phone or writing letters, but I wouldn=B9t 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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