Can teachers be Facebook friends with students?

Teachers are allowed to “friend” students on Facebook but not to communicate with them online without notifying parents first.

Should you be Facebook friends with your child’s teacher?

So be friendly, supportive and communicate with your child’s teachers. Send them notes, invite them for coffee or bake them cookies, but don’t friend them on Facebook. Friending a child’s teacher on Facebook is a two-way communication that can result in awkward situations.

Should teachers be allowed to ‘friend’ pupils on Facebook?

In a case against Benedict Garrett, a sex education teacher, the school’s policy stated that teachers must never “friend” a pupil on Facebook. Garrett, who was head of personal, social and health education at Beal high school in Ilford, Essex, used a pseudonym to set up a Facebook account after a school trip to Spain.

How can teachers use Facebook to share content?

The social networking site has published advice for teachers on how to curate different profiles for different audiences. Facebook advises teachers on how to use friend lists to sort friends into different groups, and then decide which list to share content with.

Who was the teacher who set up a Facebook account?

Garrett, who was head of personal, social and health education at Beal high school in Ilford, Essex, used a pseudonym to set up a Facebook account after a school trip to Spain. He accepted pupils as “friends” and regularly communicated with them through text messages, emails and Facebook.

Can a teacher legally add a student to a class?

That’s the joy of free speech. However, most Boards of Education have rules in their contracts that teachers aren’t allowed to add students; in some cases, this applies for a few years after the student has left the school, just to ensure that the ex-student’s friends/younger siblings are out of the school, as well.