Scenario In a recent policy review under-taken in preparation for a compliance check of your education setting it has been noted that you do not have an up-to-date Digital Professionalism and Communication Policy. One of the teachers also regularly talks about the workplace on social media and the director has concerns about confidentiality and any legal breaches that may be occurring. You have been given the task of writing a specific policy to guide practice in a way that Your policy development project will: meets professional assessment, ethical, legislative and regulatory standards. Draft policy and procedures – Individual part of the assessment (Suggested 800 words) Digital professionalism and communication policy Develop a (first) draft of your selected policy including the policy statement, rationale, procedures, legislative/regulatory constructs, sources and authorisation/review information. • The rationale must include references and/or quotes that align with the policy content and its importance. • Your policy must include a minimum of 10 specific strategies within the procedural guidelines. • The policy must be clearly written for all community stakeholders The example policy provided is the type of policy needed and please ensure it is written in a similar format, including all necessary aspects of the policy, such as: statement, rationale, procedures, legislative/regulatory constructs, sources and authorisation/review information. It needs to include references to quotes and the legislative or regulatory statement from Australian Educational- based websites. It is the next step to the module 8 summary you have previously completed for me, based on the scenario given. The uploaded is the previous work and according to the scenario, a policy needs to be formulated regarding digital communication policy within the child-care services. The reading is attached, and an example policy and previous work completed that is relevant to this policy formulation. The additional readings also show the range of professional standards, codes of conduct and codes of ethics. You may be familiar with the following codes through your professional experience and learning in previously completed units. It’s important that leaders are familiar with the codes relevant to their context, and how to source these if required. Different States and Territories use different versions of these codes and standards so if you work in different parts of Australia you would need to work with the guidelines of each jurisdiction. • Early Childhood Australia Code of Ethics (PDF 520 KB) (Links to an external site.) (ECA, 2016). • Victorian Teaching Profession Code of Conduct (Links to an external site.) (VIT, 2021) • Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (Links to an external site.) (AITSL, 2014). • National Quality Framework Assessment and Rating process (Links to an external site.) (ACECQA, n.d.). National Quality Standard (Links to an external site.) (NQS) drives continuous improvement and is essential to providing quality outcomes for children. (Guide to the NQF 2018 (Links to an external site.))
