REMOTE LEARNING -Safeguarding Guidance-

During live video, teachers will ensure that:

• There are no one-to-one lessons.
• The lesson is hosted on Zoom or Google Classroom so only students, pupils and staff within the organisation can access this. Google Classroom and zoom both has a waiting room, which prevents students and pupils from accessing the lesson before a member of staff is present.
• The lesson is recorded. During in online/remote learning, staff and students/pupils should continue to communicate and act in a professional manner as if in school.

Staff should:

• Maintain their usual professional relationship with pupils/students.
• Keep their own camera turned on.
• Manage student’s microphones  and cameras as needed 
• Always use professional and ‘safe’ language. Be mindful that family members of students and pupils may be within earshot of the live lesson.
• Maintain normal expectations for students/pupils, as you would in school lessons.
• Ensure students/pupils are aware of these expectations when delivering live video lessons.
• Whichever method of remote learning is being used, ensure that appropriate privacy settings are in place and GDPR compliance is maintained. For example, do not share your screen with the class if it shows confidential information (e.g., SIMs).

When delivering a live lesson, ensure that:

• Only relevant pupils/students can access the lesson.
• Pupils/students are not sharing personal information via the chat function.
• Students/pupils use the “hands up” and “chat” function in a live lesson to ask questions.
• Challenge any inappropriate behaviour from pupils/students and report it as you would in school. For serious concerns, it may be necessary to remove students from the online learning activity to ensure the learning of other pupils/students can progress.
• Any safeguarding concerns should be reported to the relevant safeguarding leads using the usual channels.

Pupils/Students:

• Should behave as if they were in school and in the classroom – they should be reminded of this at the beginning of the lesson.
• Pupils/students can access staff through Google classroom, live meetings and telephone calls.
• Pupils/students should use their full names so they can be identified.
• Pupils/students should ensure conversations using the chat function are appropriate and related to the lesson.
• If student are not accessing the live lessons on Google classroom, parents should be contacted .