or am I just getting old, uncomfortable pictures on facebook of a school staff member!

[lilacclaire]

My brother enlightened me that the teaching assistant at our kids primary school has some rather revealing pics on her facebook account.
Nosy cow that I am had a look.
Nearly tits out (just cant see the nipple), nearly muff out in short nightie (and I mean you can see her arse cheeks behind) and a couple of other risky ones.
It probably wouldn't bother me as much if it wasn't next to pictures of very young primary school children obviously in a gym class.
So am I turning into my mum.......?

She should restrict her privacy settings or she could get in trouble...

Why has she got pictures of the children on her facebook?

Have no idea missus84. Maybe her colleagues have a gander at them, but then you think she would have more discretion about the other pics?!

Oh Lord, I really wouldn't worry. You're not old just nosy .
I assume the children in the pictures are hers?
I would just assume her taste in clothes was risque and move on.

Sorry, just looked again, you can actually see her muff (not super sharp, she is holding her mobile in front of a mirror)
No, not her kids, she doesn't have any, it is pictures of a full class of either p1 or p2 kids in an gym class.

You can see her muff?

Link?

Joking...

But no, teachers etc aren't supposed to have indiscreet facebook accounts. It should be private at least, and I can't see why she has got pics of the schoolchildren up. Has she got the permission of their parents?

You need to let her or the school know about the photos of kids - she could lose her job.

She may be unaware of the advice to school staff- someone should warn her before the school finds out. I would strongly advise she removes the pics of children and makes her profile unsearchable.

She could probably get the sack for it.Imagine if it was a man doing the same?

She used to date my other brother years ago, im not sure she knows who I am as im a few years older than them. I don't know if my older brother who enlightened me knows her other than a nod.
Im feeling old, off to pics of my muff on facebook to make me feel 'in' again! (obviously joking)

Thats a sacking offence. On both counts, the kids pictures and the pictures of her. You can't have that. Think, if you can access the photos so can the kids in her school. My partner works with kids and staff were sacked for similar things. Its such a no no.

Most schools have a "facebook policy", where staff are asked to limit what is on show to fit within a professional image.

Basically, it should not bring the school into disrepute. We had a similar issue here, and after I had a quiet word with the HT, the offending member of staff removed it all.

Many of the pupils will have older siblings on facebook who may well pass the pics around.

I don't think its appropriate she should have pics of the very young kids (age 4 - 6) on at all.
She should certainly not have them next to her own 'private' pics.
I can just imagine the older ones getting to find them, how daft is she!
I don't want her to lose her job over young daftness, what should I do, should I do anything?

Speak to the Head - who will deal with it quietly and appropriately.

The woman has been totally naive.

Can you speak to her? She shouldn't be taking photos of the children, let alone be publishing them!

That's why it should go to the head - this is a basic flouting of child protection rules in the school. She must know that, it would have been part of her induction and training.

Ok, will speak to head, she hasn't taken the photo's of the kids as you can see her in them participating in the exercise.

They still should not be on Facebook!

And you'd better not mention it to too many people at school - give her a chance to clean up her act.

I've not mentioned it to anyone and certainly wouldn't to any members of staff, I would be suprised if other staff members had not seen it tbh as she has group pics of them on at a night out!!

I wouldn't speak to the head in case she loses her job. I dunno....I really wouldn't want that on my conscience. She probably isn't a bad person - just dozy and thoughtless. I was dozy and thoughtless when I was young too....

I would say something in passing along the lines of "Oh I saw some really interesting photos of you on Facebook the other day, aren't you scared the headmistress will see those??" accompanied by a smile and a wink and see if she removes the photos.

If she ignores you or is rude, then I might consider saying something to the class teacher. The obvious pressure on women into uploading overly sexualised photos of themsevles on Facebook has set feminism back about 20 years really (but that's another thread...)

The headmaster does look quite stern....
I don't care if she has her muff out tbh, but just don't have pics of the kids on there as well !

The Head will take naivety, dozy thoughtlessness into account when deciding what to do.

If your kids were in that photo on Facebook would you want something done about it? I would. It is just not acceptable and she needs to sort herself out!

I would speak to her first, tbh - and if she laughs it off or refuses to take them down, tell the Head afterwards. I would give her the chance to realise she has been incredibly naive and not a little stupid here.

mmb, its quite possible my child could be in one of the pics, i just haven't studied them to see.
Do I mention her 'private' pics or just the kids ones??

both - they are both wrong - one for data protection/child protection reasons and the other for bringing her profession into disrepute or whatever the current phraseology is.