WhatsApp Policies for Schools

WhatsApp Groups have become highly prevalent in school and are used to communicate amongst staff members, parents and learners. While this is an effective method of communicating, what are the risks of using WhatsApp Groups?

How do we protect educators from being harassed, even after hours and ensure privacy bearing in mind that the staff, in most cases are using their personal phones and data?

Despite the introduction of the POPI Act, ill informed parents are sharing personal information or inappropriate content and perhaps complaining about content shared by teachers that they feel is not in line with POPI regulations. 

In order to protect all parties involved, it is imperative that school management teams ensure that policies are put in place and circulated in an effective manner. Join Angus Bailie for a short webinar where he will discuss the following:

• What WhatsApp group policies should you be putting in place for your school.
• Suggested rules for school WhatsApp groups.
• How to ensure that these policies and rules are effectively communicated to staff, parents and learners.
• Legislation around WhatsApp and what you can do to ensure that your school is compliant.  

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’ 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 and is a SETA accredited facilitator and trainer.