Your Private Life?

Can comments on twitter be used against you as a teacher?

Human rights at work – here. Interesting, within the text it mentions…Your employer has the right to monitor communications within the workplace as long as you are aware of the monitoring before it takes place. Monitoring can cover: emails; internet access; telephone calls; data; images. Your right to a private life means you have the right to some privacy in the workplace. You can’t be monitored everywhere. If your employer doesn’t respect this, they will be breaching human rights law (as well as UK law).

Comments / opinions on this are appreciated.

 

New School Year…Same Old (macro) Politics

September bring a new school year, but as I have been stuck at my computer this morning, I hear various calls from educators who maybe excited to back in front of their pupils, but the macro politics of their setting continue to frustrate. I noted this tweet from @danhaesler which sums up the feeling of many:

(Original Tweet: http://twitter.com/danhaesler/statuses/110635654047731712

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Macro politics within schools can be horrible. People vying for power; nasty comments/reactions to colleagues (usually down to jealousy); lack of professionalism are all evident in many settings which can make the experiences of adults not too pleasant. Most adults do not let this effect their teaching, but it can eat the individual internally. What, I think, is missing in many establishments is the sentiment noted in the tweet above. At the end of the day, teachers are there for the pupils. Each setting should have a shared sense of responsibility towards their pupils, giving every pupil the experience they deserve (they all deserve the best). Politics within schools will never disappear, but when it starts to impact on the learning of pupils, then it needs addressing.

 

The Secret of Teaching

Carole (@Just_Education) The secret of teaching is to appear to have known all your life what you just learned this morning. Sat Aug 20 19:47:53 2011

 

Advice from @PieCorbett

Never dodge the right word because of its spelling – have a go and press on with the writing.

http://twitter.com/PieCorbett/status/103375772626075648