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Online Teacher Community
 
Safeguarding: An overview for participants 
 
 
General introduction
The British Council is committed to ensuring a safe environment for all interactions within 
the Online Teacher 
Community. In order to do that, we request all members to familiarise 
themselves with the following: 
Safeguarding policy 
–
https://www.britishcouncil.org/about-us/how-we-work/policies/safeguarding
Code of Conduct 
– 
https://teachercommunity.teachingenglish.org.uk/Account/conduct
 
Terms and Conditions
–
https://www.britishcouncil.org/terms
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Frequently Asked Questions 
– 
https://teachercommunity.teachingenglish.org.uk/Account/FAQ
 
*PLEASE, NOTE THAT YOU HAVE TO BE LOGGED IN INTO YOUR OTC ACCOUNT TO BE 
ABLE TO ACCESS THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 
DOCUMENTS*
 
 
In addition to documents listed above, all participants will be required to:
Complete an online Safeguarding course (approx. 30-45min duration) 
– access 
to the course will be provided by the British Council at the start of your 
programme.
Familiarise themselves with the Safeguarding incident flowchart.
Please, note that we will also organise a live briefing about safeguarding at the
start of 
the programme for those who would like to hear more information.
If you have any specific questions about safeguarding, please, email us 
at [e-mail]. 
Your questions might be specifically about safeguarding within the Online Teacher 
Community platform or more broadly, about the British Council approach to
safeguarding in
general.