How has our school developed and promoted our expectations and behaviour and online SEL behaviour guidelines?

• The School’s online SEL expectations need to be developed collaboratively with students, staff and parents to provide a common understanding of what are the digital SEL expectations for all the school community.
• Regular communication of the online SEL expectations – and consequences of poor online behaviour – is essential so all members of the school community are aware of the actions that will be taken, e.g. school website or portal, newsletters, assemblies, staff meetings and school planning processes
• By understanding what constitutes online SEL behaviours staff (and ideally parents) can model appropriate behaviour and ensure students also engage in these behaviours. School staff can provide constant, prosocial adult modelling.
• Students can be actively involved in the promotion of a positive whole school culture by developing and promoting positive messages such as respect and support, especially in the online environments. Use the Telethon Kids Institute’s Cyber Leaders’ handbook to help students influence positive action among their peers by building and developing their leadership skills and cyber safety knowledge to help prevent or reduce harm from their behaviour when online.
• The eSafety Toolkit for Schools supports schools to create safer online environments and includes resources to help schools improve their practices.