4. How do I make it internally negotiable?

What can you do if your talk with the student has not resolved your uneasy feeling? Who should you approach within your institution, what information should you share and where does your responsibility end? That is the subject of this fourth module.

 

Aim

The aim of this module is for you to learn how to make discussion of a student’s alarming behaviour possible within an organisation. This is not a formal process in every educational institution, and where it has been formalised, approaches vary widely. The guidelines in this module are therefore fairly general.

Structure

This module is structured as follows:

1. In the first part, we show three scenes in which two members of staff talk to each other about dealing with alarming behaviour. How would you deal with it within your organisation?

2. This module centres on generating awareness of the scope you have to share information on a student within your institution, and where it ends. The second part of the module deals with what you should and should not do, and where you should draw the line.

3. In the third part of the module, we translate theory into practice by analysing a real case – student Tarik Zahzah, who forced his way into the studio of Dutch public broadcaster NOS.

Duration

This module takes 25 to 30 minutes to complete.