The following Cyberbullying Disciplinary Matrix is meant to serve as a guide for possible consequences of Cyberbullying related incidents. CyberSafeTT encourages education and counseling as the first method of behavior correction. This area of discipline can be met with varying levels of support and opposition. It is in no way meant to dictate online behavior however, meant to serve as a guideline to student to be aware that discipline needs to be conducted online in the same manner as it is conducted, face to face, in school.
These guidelines are not meant to bypass the National Schools Code of Conduct, the proposed Cyber Crime Bill (2017) or the Offences Against the Persons Act and as such each of these national policies should be referenced when dealing with these matters.
INFRACTION
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1st Offence |
2nd Offence |
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| Inclusive of name calling or spreading rumors | Form Teacher & Student online meeting | Dean of Discipline or Vice Principal online meeting with student & parents. |
| Causes emotional harm or results in student being unfriended or socially outcasted. | Form Teacher & Student online meeting | Dean of Discipline or Vice Principal online meeting with student & parents.
Student required to come off all social media platform for stipulated period. Online Detention 30 mins to be supervised by school personnel. * |
| Is threatening or displays acts of extortion or incites others to engage in inappropriate social behavior.
Involved in plagiarism or activities that brings the academic integrity of the school into question |
Dean of Discipline or Vice Principal online meeting with student & parents.
Student required to make a public post of apology on their social media platforms. Student required to come off social media platform for stipulated period. Online Detention 30 mins to be supervised by school personnel. |
Dean of Discipline or Vice Principal online meeting with student & parents.
Student required to make a public post of apology on their social media platforms. Student required to come off all social media platforms for stipulated period Online school suspension |
| Engages in creation of fake profiles, hacking of another student or staff member online account, impersonation or uploading of doctored content of another student or school staff.
Engages in racist, political or religious posts that are offensive to any individual or group.
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Dean of Discipline or Vice Principal online meeting with student & parents.
Student required to make a public post of apology on their social media platforms. Student required to come off social media platform for stipulated period. Online Detention 45 mins to be supervised by school personnel. |
Dean of Discipline or Vice Principal online meeting with student & parents.
Student required to make a public post of apology on their social media platforms. Student required to come off all social media platforms for stipulated period. Online school suspension |
| Found to be offering for sale or distribution any illegal substances in accordance to the laws of Trinidad and Tobago | Dean of Discipline or Vice Principal online meeting with student & parents.
Matter reported to TTPS Online school suspension |
* Online Detention is only practical and possible with the support of parents. Given that it will require the student to be at home, the parent must be involved and aware of the activity. As such, online detention can take the form of:
- Early morning (before the start of school), lunch time or after school online counseling sessions with student
- Early Saturday Morning or After School on Friday or any other week day
- Student is made to reflect on infractions during sessions
- Student can be made to look at a YouTube video or read a piece of literature for 30 mins and then have a discussion with supervising teacher on the content
- Student is made to sit in on an online session with bullied student and school personnel to apologize to bullied student
- Student is made to complete an online behaviour intervention reflection template to be submitted electronically to parents and form teacher.
The severity of the 1st offence can result in an escalation of the discipline as determined by the school.
In the event where it is impractical to have online detention, provisions can be made for the student to return to school to sit detention or even to attend online classes at the school. This is however, providing all safety protocols can be observed. It is noted that this option may not be feasible for many situations.
Any repeated offence (3 or more times) should be dealt with by any one or all of the following:
- Mediation sessions with a School Counsellor
- Temporary removal from school based extra-curricular activities
- Suspension from school or
- Expulsion from school if infraction continues or if infraction severely harms any student, teacher or third party in accordance to the National Schools Code of Conduct
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