DD starts care tomorrow. I looked up her lead teacher in FB. The more recent things are very mature but there are some things in there (mostly partying pics) that I'm surprised I can see.
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I would email the director and say you think there needs to be a reminder that employees should review their FB privacy settings. FB has been around for a LONG time now so old pics and some folks need a gentle reminder!
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I matched on BumbleBFF with one of my kid's teachers
I was not surprised she's a hard core drinker outside of work. But she's got a BA in Early Childhood Education and she's NASM certified (it's a Kid's Academy/gym), so I don't care what she does in her free time.
Related story: I used to be a preschool teacher, and one of the other teachers came running half hysterical into my room one day. She then told me that one of her new kid's Dad recognized her. Apparently he was a bouncer at a club she got blackout drunk at every Friday night for like 6 straight months. She wanted to die. But he loved her, and she was an amazing teacher! -
As a teacher, I'm not sure how I'd feel about this. I obviously have pictures of me drinking and partying in college and FB came out my freshman year. I do keep them private and don't friend parents but I kind of feel like my personal life, is just that, mine. As long as I'm not naked on FB, I don't think it should be an issue.
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No, I don't. People are allowed to have a personal life outside of work, even including partying/drinking.
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I don't look them up but I have stumbled upon FB posts of theirs since we are all members of the local babywearing group. What they do in their own free time is their business completely.
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No.
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I look them up, babysitters included. However nothing I've seen has concerned me, including partying and drinking pics. They're allowed a life outside of work, but I also like to take a look!
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I'm a high school teacher so probably a bit different, but it was part of my induction in 2009 at my school to remove all traces of connection to the school from social - we weren't forced but were strongly encouraged to:
-Use a "fake" name or some sort of nickname as our Facebook name so we wouldn't be as easily searchable
-Not to use a personal photo as profile pic
-Have all setting on super private
-Not list the school as our employer
-Not friend students on FB until they'd been graduated a minimum of 5 yearsI was quite happy to do all those things. Keep in mind this was 2009 - with all the new social media platforms and the fact that FB is now 10 years old, its just getting harder and harder but we are constantly reminded to keep everything clean & private. There have been a number of cases in my city of teachers posting really inappropriate stuff on their social media and students/parents coming across it, so I guess that's my school's reasoning. We are a fairly "prestegious" (eye roll) private school so there is that as well.
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No b/c I don't know their last names!
If I did, I might be curious too, BUT I have a healthy understanding that they are allowed to have a life outside of work!
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Never. They are people too and are allowed to have lives outside of work. I don't really agree with everyone checking up on people via social media for business purposes.
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No. I am FB friends with a few of LO’s teachers and it doesn’t bother me to see them out and about having a good time or whatnot. I definitely partied hard in my 20's and that never impacted my work performance.
I’ll be honest; if I were looking for 1:1 care like a nanny, I would probably be a total FB creeper. I couldn’t care less about partying on the weekends or similar (and posts like that would have zero impact on whether I hired someone), but I would like to have a heads up (and likely weed out) people who invite major serious DRAMA in their lives all the time. If there is a good chance that that drama will directly impact me and LO, then I'd like to know about it.
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I will look up everyone on Facebook that will be taking care of my child. I look up most everyone anyways on google. I agree people are allowed to have private social lives. But the internet isn't private. So if anyone is posting anything on the social media and I'm able to find it, I think it is fair game.
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So my situation is a bit different, I knew the teachers (main teachers) years ago so I've been Facebook friends with them for awhile. My mom taught there many years ago and they're still friendly. I don't care what they do on their personal time as long as it doesn't affect lo, which is doesn't. They're amazing women.
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I looked up DS's lead teacher just to make sure photos of the daycare kids especially mine were not on her page. I would have looked up his other two teachers, but their names are too common and I didn't have time to find the right people. The teacher has a beautiful family, but I dare not share that I know that about her.
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My kids are too young to have teachers, but I think most of my teacher friends have changed their FB name so they can't be searchable.
I would think it is common sense to look at your social media settings to see what is public. I don't think this applies to teacher, though. I do it every now and then.
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No, LO is still in daycare but I haven't even thought it. FB recently suggested I add our babysitter, but I feel like that is a bit intrusive. She's a 27 year old, unmarried nurse - if she wants to rip it up with her friends on the weekends then go for it - as long as she's sober and awesome when she's with LO I'm happy!
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I look them up and am friends with some daycare teachers. Our daycare has a FB page so its' not hard to see the teachers and their profiles. I agree what they do on their own time is fine but I think what is made public on the internet is fair game to see.
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No. I don't want to know. They've passed twit background checks, the daycare is accredited, the daycare has never had a single violation or complaint filed since opening, and my LO is happy there. That's enough for me!
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Nope. But I follow our babysitter on IG and have for years since they are past clients of mine.
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This never occurred to me. I did it for nanny candidates though since I am hiring them directly.
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No, I've never thought to look them up!
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No, not to "check up on them". Maybe, if I were going to add them.
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I follow our daycare on FB, so I've seen their profiles because they're also following. But I've never searched for them specifically. I couldn't, even if I wanted to, because I don't know any of their last names. As far as I'm concerned, though, what they do in their free time is not my business.
My BIL is a principal and he is SUPER careful about what he posts and where he goes out because of worrying about running in to kids' parents. One night he ran into a parent at a bar and he was freaking out about it, but then the dad came over and bought him a shot, ha!
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I look up babysitters but not teachers - I feel like it is the school's job to screen them, but my job to screen sitters.
I am FB friends with former daycare teachers though!
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