We recognise and respect families, and teachers, individual rights in protecting their privacy.

Well-being – Goal 3: Children, families and employees experience an environment where they know the limits and boundaries of acceptable behavior.

• Permission is sought on enrolment (via a signed enrolment form) for the use of children’s digital images for the purposes of:
  • Programme planning
  • Our publications (magazines, resource books, conference handouts, etc.)
  • Our events (workshops, conferences etc)
  • Facebook and Bright Beginnings website
  • EDUCA secure online communication software
• Student teachers are required to seek and gain signed parental permission for assignments when documenting their experiences with children at our centre(s).
• Separate written consent will be sought for any children involved in research undertaken in our Centre’s.
• Our employees recognise the privacy of heir colleagues, and will seek consent before using images of their colleagues on social networking sites such as Facebook.
• Our employees recognise the privacy of families attending our centre(s), and will not use images of children attending our centre(s) on social networking websites such as Facebook, unless they are their own children.
• We ask that parents also do not place images of any of our other events on social networking sites if children other than their own are visible in the picture.
• Teachers will remain professional when interacting with parents on social networking site such as Facebook and Twitter etc. and will comply with the professional conduct expectations outlined in our Operations Manual.
• Our employees understand that photographic and video footage of children’s learning experiences recorded on digital devices (either personally owned or the property of our centre(s), such as mobile phone, cameras, and other recordable electronic equipment will only be used within the context of learning stories, centre documentation, group planning and on EDUCA.