[senco-forum] Paranoia at the top (was: negative attitude)

Everything you say is so true and I agree - we must all realise (as I

Personally I feel I've got nothing to hide. But still I won't directly
name (and shame) the schools or other institutions I've worked in
...not unless I've got hard evidence to back this up and I'm prepared
to take the consequences of being a whistle blower. However on
occasion I'm sure it wouldn't be hard for people who still work in the
places I've written about to figure out I was in fact referring to
them.

Overall I guess the sensible answer is not to directly identify your
own school in posts that are in any way critical of them. One reason
why this works so well is because schools do not want to risk
confirming in public it was in actual fact them you were referring to.
In any case I suspect the 'Governor' who wrote the anonymous response
is now reeling from the fact this has obviously backfired
completely!!!

Another way around the dilemma of dealing with sensitive issues is to
refer instead to "a colleague" or "a friend" in "another school" whom
you are "trying to help". I've known several other list members use
this approach. In personal (off list) replies one can of course reveal
to trusted individuals the reality that the "colleague" or "friend" is
actually oneself.

Hope this is helpful.

David Bowles

> Everything you say is so true and I agree -  we must all realise (as I
> forgot) that anything you post on the forum or anywhere else for that matter
> is public - I can google my name and get references to the forum - so,
> David, what is your opinion, should we put our schools on our signatures or
> keep them fairly anonymous ? I think I know the answer. I am now Janice,
> secondary senco, herts.

>>From: David Bowles <bowles.d at gmail.com>
>>Reply-To: David Bowles <bowles.d at gmail.com>
>>To: Senco Forum <senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>
>>Subject: [senco-forum] Paranoia at the top (was: negative attitude)
>>Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 01:45:26 +0100
>>
>> > Today, in school, I received a very nasty letter and a copy of my
>> > e-mail...
>>
>>One thing we all need to remain aware of is the the fact the archives
>>of this Senco-Forum are made accessible via the Internet to anyone who
>>wants to read them and not to just those who have subscribed to this
>>list...