Digital Safety – Child Safe Practices & Personal Electronic Devices NEW

**Overview: ** This one-hour Digital Safety session introduces to kindergarten staff and volunteers the Department of Education’s updated restrictions and requirements regarding digital technologies and personal electronic devices that now apply in Victoria. Duration: 1 hour.

**Who is the course for? ** This course is for teachers, staff, committee members and volunteers working within early childhood services.

Topics:

Welcome and Introduction Statement of Regulatory Expectations – National Model Code (SRE-NMC) Compliance and Guidelines for Providers Your Service’s Updated Policies Personal devices and Service issued devices Who do the restrictions apply to and when When staff can use personal devices What are the ‘essential purposes’ exceptions Records and Documentation Arrival Implementation Ongoing steps

Pre-requisites: Operate a personal computer/laptop Read and write basic workplace documents

Webinar requirements: Internet connection PC or Mac computer with audio. With web-camera/mic optional The sessions will be delivered on the Zoom video streaming platform. The link received in the booking confirmation email includes the option to download the Zoom app.