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Online Rules Best Practice

We strive to create safe online learning spaces and support anyone who willingly follows our values.

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Accordingly, we make available to our partner schools our Terms of Engagement for distribution to teachers, parents, and students prior to engagement with our online programs.

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Terms of Teacher Engagement Online

​Myself

  • I will consider what Monash Tech School is trying to achieve with:

    • Design Thinking​

    • Student Capabilities

    • Integration of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) and HASS (Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences) and real-world challenges.

  • I will be comfortable, confident and capable of dealing with student behaviour issues.​

  • I will consider what I want to learn by participating in the online programs.

 
My Work

  • I will attend to the online program, student health and wellbeing matters that arise.

  • I am aware of my legal responsibilities; I will actively manage the class in the online sessions and I am able to address issues that arise.

  • I will participate in the activities if requested.

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Culture of Support

  • We will support the work of Monash Tech School facilitators rather than focussing on other matters.

  • We will encourage students to collaborate, apply their critical thinking, improve on their work, and share their work when requested.

  • We will work together to ensure adequate online student supervision at all times within the online programs.

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Collective Responsibility

  • We will contact Monash Tech School if we have unanswered questions before an online program commences.

  • We will brief and provide students with program information and appropriate etiquette.

  • We will familiarise ourselves with online program requirements, including software, account creation, pre-work, and assessment tasks.

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Terms of Student Engagement Online

​Myself

  • I am mindful and open to learning online.

  • I feel ready to learn.

  • I understand that learning online might be a challenge for the staff, teachers, my peers, and myself.

  • I have the right to feel safe and speak up for myself. I have a responsibility to speak up for others.

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My Work

  • I will take on the challenges asked of me by the facilitators, my teachers and my peers, and ask for help if I feel I need it using the chat feature.

  • I will support the work of the staff by showing them and the online materials respect. I am responsible for hurt or any harm I have done to others.

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Culture of Support

  • We respect our time together by respecting each other's need for privacy, safety, and security.

  • We support each other by equally contributing to the work, including others in the work, and sharing responsibility for the quality of the work.

  • We trust each other by allowing others the freedom and space to learn.

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Collective Responsibility

  • We are aware of how our online presence is presented to others and are mindful of each other's security and safety.

  • We are aware that online learning might be recorded for student safety and learning purposes.

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Staff Personal and Professional Conduct Online

​Myself

  • I will stay true to my role and responsibilities; and recognise there are limits and boundaries to my relationships with other staff, students, and adults.

  • I will ensure my personal interests (financial, private, or business) do not interfere with my duties; and where it might be perceived, conflicts are declared.

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My Work

  • I work within the limits of my professional expertise while seeking to extend my skills and abilities.

  • I am committed to my own professional learning.

  • I will maintain confidence when discussing workplace issues.

  • I will maintain professional relationships with parents, industry representatives, and partner school representatives.

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Culture of Support

  • I share responsibility in keeping all learners safe.

  • I maintain objectivity in my relationships with others.

  • I will provide opportunities for all learners to learn and treat them with courtesy and dignity.

  • I will demonstrate collegiality.

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Collective Responsibility

  • I am aware of my legal responsibilities online in relation to:

    • discrimination, harassment and vilification

    • negligence

    • mandatory reporting

    • privacy and security

    • occupational health and safety

    • professional registration and accreditation

  • I will work effectively with our partners, the Tech Schools network, and the Department of Education and Training.​

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