Creating cybersafety use agreements

		Creating cybersafety use agreements Comprehensive acceptable use agreements (referred to in the kit as use agreements) play a vital role in developing and maintaining an effective school cybersafety programme. By providing information on the cybersafety initiatives taken by the school, as well as the school’s expectations of staff, students and their parents, use agreements emphasise the role played by the whole school community in the maintenance of a cybersafe school environment. There are four NetSafe use agreement templates that schools can download and personalise, all of which were updated in 2007 from earlier versions: School staff use agreement with background information for staff Primary – junior school students’ use agreement with background information for parents/caregivers Primary – middle/intermediate students’ use agreement with background information for parents/caregivers Secondary students’ use agreement with background information for parents/caregivers Individual schools are encouraged to decide which use agreement will best meet the needs of their students. However, NetSafe envisages that most students in years 0 - 3 would be issued with the primary – junior agreement and year 4 to 8 students with the primary – middle/intermediate agreement. The secondary students’ agreement is intended for Year 9 to 13 students, although area schools and Year 7 to 13 students may elect to utilise this agreement from year 7 onwards.