EPICT

EPICT ESafety

Developed in partnership with the Training and Development Agency for Schools and Durham County Council, the EPICT ESafety course provides up to date advice and offers practical recognition for educator's efforts and practice in this important area.

Course Outcomes

• Increased awareness of current and potential threats to a child or young person when using online and/or mobile technologies.
• An improved ability to identify areas and issues, existent within the school and/or the wider student's environment, which require to be considered when ensuring children's wellbeing online.
• Increased knowledge of esafety methodologies, support and best practice guidance.
• Improved ability to apply appropriate, practical esafeguarding precautions within a teaching and learning environment.
• Enhanced understanding of recommended responses to safety breaches and incidents including reference to specialist advice and support.

Topics include:-  Cyberbullying, Online Grooming, Appropriate Use of Facebook and other Social Networking Sites, Scamming, Data Protection and Fraud.

Delivery:- A number of different options are available including online and onsite delivery. Contact us for more details.

EPICT ESafety Awareness Certificate

EPICT are one of the most trusted names within education training and CPD both within the UK and globally.

"CEOP relies on the fantastic support it receives from organisations such as EPICT to help spread its important internet safety messages to protect children from online predators. We very much welcome the incorporation of CEOP's Thinkuknow education programme within EPICT's E-Safety Awareness Module and we hope this will enable lots more teachers across the country to become better informed about E-Safety and access the resources they need to keep their children safe online." Kate Sinnott, Partnerships, CEOP

Case Studies

Further Education - City of Bristol College as part of its forward thinking planning for improving Education and Learner Outcomes through ICT, has adopted EPICT as a preferred qualification for its staff and a mandatory training programme for new staff. An important aspect of staff development is the adoption of the EPICT Esafety Certificate helping to ensure safeguarding of students.

West Cornforth School, County Durham The school has been supported by trained EPICT Faciliators from ITSS, educational support services of Durham County Council.  Running total of achievements to date:- 11 Bronze, 7 Silver, 1 Gold, 10 ESafety Awareness Certificates and the EPICT Esafety Aware School Certificate.  Sarah Parker-Fuller talks about her EPICT ESafety submission which doucmented her use of 'Hector's World' with the children and explains how the school has benefited from the widespread embedding of the ESafety Certificate.

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Progression

This accredited certification can be used towards further EPICT certification at Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards. Full Award holders can apply for up to 60 Masters Credit points with partner universities.

What the Educators Say...

“We used the module to look at the integration and use of KS1 esafety videos and activities. The children took them home and showed them to their parents ... so that children can protect themselves and other people"  Sarah Parker-Fuller of West Cornforth School

“As a staff we have all worked together on the esafety aspect of our EPICT. It has pulled the whole staff together and given us a shared understanding of how to help the children stay safe”  Linda Sams, HeadTeacher

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Byron Review

“to ignore esafety issues when implementing the Every Child Matters Agenda would be a major oversight and would ultimately lead to significant gaps in child protection policies, leaving children and young people vulnerable.”

"The requirement to ensure that children and young people are able to use the internet and related communications technology appropriately and safely is addressed as part of the wider duty of care to which all who work in schools are bound. "

Ofsted have re-designed the new school inspection framework with a stronger focus on safeguarding.  Safeguarding arrangements in schools have been strengthened with a grading on a scale from 1 (outstanding) to 4 (inadequate) for a school's safeguarding arrangments.

Any school which receives a grade of 4 will also be likely to be awarded an inadequate grade for its overall performance and will need therefore to make urgent improvements. These arrangements will 'raise the bar' about the importance of safeguarding for schools and will also facilitate the identification and dissemination of best practice.

OFSTED Recommendation - All schools should evaluate the effectiveness of their provision for teaching pupils and students how to keep themselves safe when online and record incidents where the safety of individuals may be compromised

Case Study - Manchester Metropolitan University School of Education

Student teachers within the faculty are undertaking the EPICT ESafety Awareness Certificate supported by existing tutors trained as EPICT Facilitators.  This increase in their knowledge in the very important area of online safety enhances their contribution to their new schools during both teaching practice and when securing permanent positions.  The use of EPICT Esafety Awareness means that newly qualified teachers have the required understanding of this cross-curriculum area often supporting their new colleagues within school.

The University is now an authorised provider of EPICT to partner schools and is helping to provide expert facilitation on an outreach basis.