member of staff Corrupting or destroying the data of other users Sending an email, text or instant message that is regarded as offensive, harassment or of a bullying nature Continued infringements of the above, following previous warnings or sanctions Actions which could bring the school into disrepute or breach the integrity of the ethos of the school Using proxy sites or other means to subvert the school’s filtering system Accidentally accessing offensive or pornographic material and failing to report the incident Deliberately accessing or trying to access offensive or pornographic material Receipt or transmission of material that infringes the copyright of another person or infringes the Data Protection Act Refer to: Action: Staff sanctions Schools should edit this table as appropriate to HR their institution. / re action The indication of possible sanctions in this Support table should not be regarded as absolute. action etc They should be applied according to the Authority teacher for context of any incident and in the light of Co-ordinator consequences resulting from the offence. Warning Disciplinary Head Technical Staff Suspension Local Police ICT filtering Deliberately accessing or trying to access material that could be considered illegal (see list in earlier section on unsuitable / inappropriate activities). Excessive or inappropriate personal use of the internet / social networking sites / instant messaging / personal email Unauthorised downloading or uploading of files Allowing others to access school network by sharing username and passwords or attempting to access or accessing the school network, using another person’s account
member of staff Corrupting or destroying the data of other users Sending an email, text or instant message that is regarded as offensive, harassment or of a bullying nature Continued infringements of the above, following previous warnings or sanctions Actions which could bring the school into disrepute or breach the integrity of the ethos of the school Using proxy sites or other means to subvert the school’s filtering system Accidentally accessing offensive or pornographic material and failing to report the incident Deliberately accessing or trying to access offensive or pornographic material Receipt or transmission of material that infringes the copyright of another person or infringes the Data Protection Act Refer to: Action: Staff sanctions Schools should edit this table as appropriate to their institution. The indication of possible sanctions in this table should not be regarded as absolute. They should be applied according to the context of any incident and in the light of consequences resulting from the offence. ICT Co-ordinator Head teacher Local Authority / HR Police Technical Support Staff for action re filtering etc Warning Suspension Disciplinary action Deliberately accessing or trying to access material that could be considered illegal (see list in earlier section on unsuitable / inappropriate activities). Excessive or inappropriate personal use of the internet / social networking sites / instant messaging / personal email Unauthorised downloading or uploading of files Allowing others to access school network by sharing username and passwords or attempting to access or accessing the school network, using another person’s account
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