My Pledge
It is a condition of the PGCE Programme that all Students must sign and adhere to this Computing Pledge:
I Mike Attwood, the undersigned, understand and agree to the terms of this pledge and will act in every way possible in a responsible and professional manner towards the safeguarding and E-safety of all individuals encountered on the PGCE. If I break the terms of the pledge I will inform the course director immediately.
Signed: M.Attwood (26/09/2017)
- To adhere to national and school policies regarding child protection and online safety.
- To adhere to the national CEOP guidelines see www.ceop.police.uk/ and www.thinkuknow.co.uk
- Not to make images of learners, students, school or University staff without permission from the school in the case of pupils or the individual in the case of adults.
- Not to publish, circulate or use for course or none course related purposes any image or information about a child or professional practitioner encountered as part of the PGCE programme without permission.
- Not to expose pupils to inappropriate materials or details which would allow them access such materials.
- To always anonymise material included in course related tasks and assignments.
- Not to give learners any details of personal telephone numbers, Email accounts or access to social networking accounts.
- Not to engage with learners encountered on the primary PGCE within any form of social networking.
- To report to an appropriate authority any suspicious or suspected activity encountered which might be considered to be bullying, grooming of a young person or a threat to young person.
- To act to discourage and if encountered report any form of cyberbullying.
- To promote ESafety and responsible use of ICT and web based resources so as to enable young people to interact at an appropriate level.
- If a school requires you to support homework by Email set up a separate 'professional acount' for this purpose.
- If you load sensitive pupil data onto your laptop please ensure that it is encrypted www.truecrypt.org
- My showcase Blog Site will be my own work and will accurately reflect my personal capability in Computing.
- On the first page of your showcase blog include a disclaimer to say the author is not responsible for any content which may be encountered on internet sites linked from this site e.g. YouTube.
I Mike Attwood, the undersigned, understand and agree to the terms of this pledge and will act in every way possible in a responsible and professional manner towards the safeguarding and E-safety of all individuals encountered on the PGCE. If I break the terms of the pledge I will inform the course director immediately.
Signed: M.Attwood (26/09/2017)