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Mobile site News feed E­Newsletters Site map Register Log in Teachers facing fake Facebook claims (From This Is Wiltshire) Search: Search » News Sport Leisure Info Your Say Business Community Holidays Advertise open in browser customize free license pdfcrowd.com Directory Buy & Sell Dating Cars Homes Jobs Royal Wedding Elections Latest News National News Swindon Advertiser Gazette & Herald Wiltshire Times This Is Wiltshire » News » News RSS Feed Teachers facing fake Facebook claims 9:00am Monday 2nd May 2011 Print Email open in browser customize free license pdfcrowd.com Share Comments(69) A headteacher has claimed that staff nationwide are increasingly suffering abuse on social networking sites. Mike Welsh, who is head of Goddard Park Primary School in Swindon, was among a series of headteachers who warned about internet abuse at the National Association of Head Teachers’ (NAHT) conference in Brighton. Mr Walsh, pictured, who is a past president of the union, told the conference how a fake Facebook page was set up under the name of a male teaching assistant in his school in Park North. He reported how a great deal of “inappropriate” material was posted on the site. It had taken six to eight weeks and a great deal of trouble to get the Facebook page taken down. During that time, the school had needed to alert parents about the existence of the page. “In the meantime a great deal of inappropriate things were said in his name. Clearly, a lot of parents saw that,” said Mr Walsh. The Swindon headteacher and his fellow professionals are calling on the Government to draw up guidelines for tackling abuse on social networking sites. They say the incidents are indicative of the growing levels of violence they face in their work. According to the NAHT, they believe social networking sites will pose a bigger threat to schools than the Ofsted inspections in a couple of years. The union claims one in five head teachers have suffered abuse on social networking sites and there is a fear that groups outside the school’s control could campaign for the removal of a head teacher, or against a particular teacher or pupil. open in browser customize free license pdfcrowd.com General secretary, Russell Hobby said: “Sometimes it is anonymous, so you don’t know the source of the complaint. “It is a growing issue. It can be something like a pupil saying: ‘We don’t like a particular teacher – let’s get him or her’. It can seem trivial like ‘we don’t like what that teacher is wearing’. Then there is the occasional more serious incident, like someone saying ‘this headteacher needs a good kicking’.” Mr Hobby revealed that in two cases schools had called in police to investigate campaigns against heads. He pointed out that at least one headteacher had been forced out of her job over a row which was stoked up on social networking sites, to the later regret of the parent who realised their school had lost a good leader. “It can be parents, it can be pupils – ex­pupils is a common thing,” he said. “Younger people are more likely to do this. Facebook will obviously be a bigger threat than Ofsted in years to come.” Another delegate, Sue Street, told the conference about the difficulties caused by Wikipedia and how difficult it was for schools to counter inaccurate entries. The London deputy head said: “A lot of schools have to have a person spending part of the week checking to make sure that what’s posted on sites is an accurate reflection.” Comments(69) Robfm, South Marston says... 10:10am Mon 2 May 11 As someone who has been a frequent target of such malicious activity I've realised that the cowards who do this need to be pitied. It is easy to deal with an opponent and transparent attack on ones integrity, not so with those who use hotmail accounts, and proxy servers. open in browser customize free license pdfcrowd.com I content myself in the knowledge that those who really know me know the truth, not the inventions one frequently sees even on here. So my advice is to contact the sites concern and get the pages removed. It won't put a stop to it so in the end we just accept that you can't stop cowards being cowards if you don't know who they are, and yes I know this comment will now lead to a torrent, which will rather prove my point. Report this post » Register/Log In » Phantom Poster, Swindon says... 5:19pm Mon 2 May 11 Oh please, less of the martyrdom! Your case is in no way comparable to teachers having false facebook pages set up for them. With your blatant use of these pages for self publicity (which is not their purpose) you only reap what you sow. Report this post » Register/Log In » Robfm, South Marston says... 6:19pm Mon 2 May 11 Derr, I post like any other poster. The fact that you and others frequently mention my pub is hardly my fault. But how about this for self promotion, or UKIP,. http://www.bbc.co.uk /programmes/b007tjf8 open in browser customize free license pdfcrowd.com 45.43 minutes in Thanks for that PP Report this post » Register/Log In » Phantom Poster, Swindon says... 6:58pm Mon 2 May 11 I'm presuming that you are mentioned somewhere on that link? Sorry, but I'm not really interested enough to have a look. So you constantly claim that you don't post here for self­promotion, and in the same post promote your­self or your party ­ or whatever is on the video! It's rather akin to your shameful use of the death of Becky Godden­Edwards in your political campaign. In the self same post denying it you then tried using her name yet again for political gain! You DO NOT post like other posters. Other posters post anonymously (as any internet savvy user does) and have no agenda for personal gain. I really do get sick of your constant bleating about being "bullied". Strange that no­one else complains about this. I see that you're having another day sitting in front of the computer. Shame you couldn't use it to campaign in Shaw and Nine Elms. But I guess that you think that the use of google street view is enough to get familiar with the area. Report this post » Register/Log In » Just another number, Swindon says... open in browser customize free license pdfcrowd.com 7:13pm Mon 2 May 11 I expected we'd hear from Robfm, the man who seems to think that people will vote for him because he believes that they hate the other candidates. ­ I think he's better off buying a lottery ticket because the odds will be more favourable. ­ The teachers are just trying to do their jobs and unfortunately some malicious people, most likely students, take it upon themselves to cause trouble using social media. And unfortunately, it's the kind of trouble that can cost a good teacher their job and in the worst of cases their career. ­ Clearly somewhat different than the slanging matches that Robfm so frequently participates in, ad nauseum, here. Those teachers aren't looking for an argument and aren't trying to get the last word. Report this post » Register/Log In » Robfm, South Marston says... 7:22pm Mon 2 May 11 Oh dear non politico's engaging in politics. PP here's a suggestion look at the times of my posts and work it out for yourself, assuming of course you can get beyond your clear political bias. http://www.bbc.co.uk /programmes/b007tjf8 45.43 minutes in Just another number, is that the same teachers trying to do their jobs who have voted to go on strike, because the cut open in browser customize free license pdfcrowd.com backs will affect pupils education. DRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR I was also on West noise both lunch time and this evening as well as the politics show, at least the BBC realise that UKIP offers an alternative to the cabal that currently runs SBC. Report this post » Register/Log In » Concerned of Wiltshire, says... 7:44pm Mon 2 May 11 UKIP person ­ please give it a rest. Your endless drivel results in my reading the Adver web site less and less. Have you nothing better to do than post on nearly every topic here? It has gone beyond boring! Report this post » Register/Log In » Robfm, South Marston says... 7:51pm Mon 2 May 11 Concerned you can only be bored if you don't care about Swindon, but as you are from 'Wiltshire' probably explains it. Oh and just for the record of current articles I've posted on just 4 out of who knows how many. Report this post » Register/Log In » Concerned of Wiltshire, says... 8:22pm Mon 2 May 11 UKIP person, open in browser customize free license pdfcrowd.com What are you talking about now? Why not bite your tongue and avoid looking like a fool? C.O.W. P.S. I bet you can't 'bite your tongue' Report this post » Register/Log In » Phantom Poster, Swindon says... 10:06pm Mon 2 May 11 Robfm wrote: Oh dear non politico's engaging in politics. PP here's a suggestion look at the times of my posts and work it out for yourself, assuming of course you can get beyond your clear political bias. http://www.bbc.co.uk /programmes/b007tjf8 45.43 minutes in Just another number, is that the same teachers trying to do their jobs who have voted to go on strike, because the cut backs will affect pupils education.

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