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Caff · 28-03-2011, 13:17

[QUOTE=Chris;35200808]As Marty says, regular school activities don't require parental permission, only those things that are beyond routine, like school trips, medical inspections/injections etc.

The thing about the proposed law is that it seems to be intended as clarifying what teachers are able to do, not compelling them to do anything. If NASUWT members or any of your mum's colleagues don't wish to make use of the option when dealing with cyber-bullying then there's no reason why they should.

I'm somewhat suspicious of the Union's intervention to be honest. It appears to be motivated by a desire to make sure that teacher's duties are as narrowly defined as possible rather than giving them freedom to do whatever is necessary to maintain good order at school, for the benefit of the majority of pupils.[/QUOTE]

Sadly - I have to agree.

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Caff Inactive Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,785	Re: NASUWT teaching union attacks school phone powers [QUOTE=Chris;35200808]As Marty says, regular school activities don't require parental permission, only those things that are beyond routine, like school trips, medical inspections/injections etc. The thing about the proposed law is that it seems to be intended as clarifying what teachers are able to do, not compelling them to do anything. If NASUWT members or any of your mum's colleagues don't wish to make use of the option when dealing with cyber-bullying then there's no reason why they should. I'm somewhat suspicious of the Union's intervention to be honest. It appears to be motivated by a desire to make sure that teacher's duties are as narrowly defined as possible rather than giving them freedom to do whatever is necessary to maintain good order at school, for the benefit of the majority of pupils.[/QUOTE] Sadly - I have to agree.