Facebook photos 'could cost teachers' careers'
Headteachers are trawling the web looking for posts from careless teachers on social networking sites like Facebook, union officials have warned.
[NB: Don't they have something more productive to do? I think I know how to reduce budget deficits...]
Related Tags:teacherfacebookphotosprivateschoolTeachers who post ‘inappropriate’ holiday pictures online or snaps taken at raucous nights out are being disciplined by school leaders for breaking the General Teaching Council for England’s code of conduct.
Others have received informal warnings for attending gay pride marches or being involved in relationships with colleagues, the NASUWT union said.
One teacher couple who used fetish clothing outside of work were told they were not upholding the ‘moral standards’ of the school, the union said.
More: Teacher investigated over 'semi-naked' Facebook photos
[NB: Semi-naked... i.e. she is in a bikini or mono-kini... I thought Brits were over their Victorian scare of the flesh...]
The NASUWT said there had been a surge in disciplinary hearings and informal action since the code was brought in.
Other cases have included teachers being disciplined for putting pictures on Facebook of them drunk or wearing skimpy clothes.
‘It is being held over teachers’ heads like a giant sword of Damocles and is having a huge impact on their private lives,’ said Ron Clooney, of the NASUWT.
‘Unscrupulous employers are hiding behind it when they want to get rid of a teacher. They are using it to try to add gravitas to allegations.’
The code of conduct was introduced in October 2009, prompting concerns that it would intrude into teachers’ private lives.
It says teachers should display ‘standards of behaviour both inside and outside school that are appropriate given their membership of an important and responsible profession’.
[NB: Boy, I really really fucking hate that concept...]
A spokesman for the National Association of Head Teachers said: ‘There has to be a consensus and a debate about what is responsible behaviour. Teaching is a community role and their actions should not be at odds with that.’
The General Teaching Council said there was no evidence of increased referrals to the council relating to non-criminal behaviour in teachers’ private lives.
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There has to be a consensus and a debate about what is responsible behaviour. You bet. And it's funny how people can excuse their own behaviour and even be tolerant of others' ... as long as it doesn't make the news... In which case, mandatory 'moral concern' has to be displayed lest other people think you were a low moral individual...
The Moral Purge continues: Teachers targeted
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