Communicating behavioural expectations to students (Acceptable Use Agreements)
Template Acceptable Use Agreements are available on the Resources tab and are structured in 2 parts as follows:
- For parents:
- Our commitment – the school’s commitment to the responsible use of digital technology
- What we do – the school’s actions to ensure the responsible use of digital technology
- How parents and carers can help – information and suggestions for parents and carers
- Personal devices at [School Name] – [Optional] for schools to explain their Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program
- For students:
- What we expect – the school’s behavioural expectations for students
- My ideas on safe, balanced and responsible online behaviour – for students to complete
- Student declaration [Optional] – for students to sign and parent/carer to acknowledge
Acceptable Use Agreements support compliance with the Child Safe Standards by:
- helping to protect students from risks in online environments (Child Safe Standard : Physical and online environments promote safety and wellbeing while minimising the opportunity for children and young people to be harmed)
- empowering students with the knowledge and tools they need to be safe online and to be able to raise concerns about online incidents or behaviour (Child Safe Standard : Children and young people are empowered about their rights, participate in decisions affecting them and are taken seriously)
- ensuring that parents/carers are aware of the school’s behavioural expectations for their children while using digital technologies (Child Safe Standard : Families and communities are informed and involved in promoting child safety and wellbeing).
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Includes information on Acceptable Use Agreements
Reviewed 02 September 2024