Social Media & Electronic Policies – Schools Edition

Times Live recently reported that a teacher who had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a pupil earned a harsh rebuke before being fired. Social media can be a wonderful tool for your school when used effectively, however, it can easily decimate the reputation / good will of your school. This discussion is aimed at helping you protect your schools image from a social media crisis and dealing with social media and electronic policies within the workplace.

This discussion is aimed at helping you protect your schools image from a social media crisis and dealing with social media and electronic policies within the workplace.

Angus will give you clarity on rights and responsibilities and answer questions like:

1. What is Social Media?
2. What are the effects of Social Media?
3. Can an employer restrict social media or access to social media in the workplace?
4. Can an employer place restriction on how an employee uses social media even outside the workplace?
5. What limits can be set?
6. What policies and steps can be put in place to protect the school?
7. How can Social Media be used to benefit the school and/or employer / employee relations?

MORE ABOUT ANGUS:

We love doing webinars with Angus. He has a wealth of knowledge that he generously shares this with attendees. This coupled with his dry sense of humour make Angus’s webinars both highly valuable, informative and entertaining. Angus is an admitted attorney with over 20 years’ experience, 10 of which have been in his own law firm. Angus’s experience includes being appointed as an Acting Judge in the Labour Court in 2017. He has lectured part-time for the faculties of Law and Science at Pearson Institute and the faculty of Law for the University of the Free State and is a SETA accredited facilitator and trainer.