Safeguarding · complete your organization’s training
Required before any contact with students · Not part of this program
This is a placeholder, on purpose
Child protection, mandated reporting, digital-communication rules and student-privacy obligations vary by jurisdiction and by organization, and they change. A generic module written into an open training program would be wrong somewhere, and wrong safeguarding guidance is worse than none.
Therefore: before your first session — before you meet students, before you observe, before any tutoring — complete the safeguarding training your own organization requires. Your site coordinator confirms it is done and recorded.
What your organization’s training will cover (orientation only — your training is authoritative)
Typical topics in US K-12 partner organizations:
- Recognizing and reporting suspected abuse or neglect (mandated-reporter rules differ by state)
- Approved communication channels with students — almost always organization-managed tools only, never personal phone numbers, personal social media or private messaging
- Physical-space rules: doors, visibility, one-on-one settings
- What you must hand to staff and never handle yourself (disclosures, suspicions, conflicts)
- Student data and privacy rules — including the initials-only rule this program’s tracker already follows
One line in every session
When in doubt about anything involving a student’s safety or privacy: stop, and tell your site coordinator the same day. The escalation habit in Module 5 is the coaching loop; this is the safety loop — and it always outranks it.
Bridge Math Tutoring is a fictional organization. This page intentionally contains no legal guidance and no fictional “policy” — use your real organization’s policy and training.