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This letter is from a teacher seeking parental consent for their child's participation in video recorded lessons. The teacher is enrolled in a Postgraduate Diploma in Education program that requires lesson recordings. Recordings will capture teaching for feedback and self-reflection to improve effectiveness. Recordings will avoid capturing students' images where possible but some appearance is possible. Recordings are only for educational purposes, stored securely, and deleted after completion of the program. Parental consent is requested to either allow or not allow their child's participation and image in recordings, with no penalty for non-participation.

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Consent Form

This letter is from a teacher seeking parental consent for their child's participation in video recorded lessons. The teacher is enrolled in a Postgraduate Diploma in Education program that requires lesson recordings. Recordings will capture teaching for feedback and self-reflection to improve effectiveness. Recordings will avoid capturing students' images where possible but some appearance is possible. Recordings are only for educational purposes, stored securely, and deleted after completion of the program. Parental consent is requested to either allow or not allow their child's participation and image in recordings, with no penalty for non-participation.

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Date:

Dear Parent/Guardian:

I, [insert your name here], a teacher at [insert school’s name here], am participating in the Postgraduate
Diploma in Education 2020-2021 programme at The University of the West Indies School of Education, St.
Augustine, as part of my professional development and teacher qualification. Your child/ward is in one of the
classes that I teach this year. This intense 9-month programme is a tool for improving my effectiveness as a
teacher.
During this programme I am required to videotape myself teaching lessons and submit the recordings to my
supervising tutor who is employed by the University of the West Indies School of Education. The Ministry of
Education has approved the videotaping of lessons for the purpose of (i) allowing my university tutor to view the
recording and provide me with feedback on my teaching, and (ii) allowing me to reflect on my teaching for
improvement. This has become critical this year due to the COVID-19 restrictions on in-school teaching.
During face-to-face lessons, the recording device will be set up in the back of the classroom to be as unobtrusive
as possible, and to avoid capturing the image of your child/ward. However, it is possible that your child/ward
may appear in the recordings. During online/virtual/remote lessons, the platform being used will be recorded and
students may turn their cameras off to maintain their anonymity, if that is of concern to you, to avoid capturing
their images. The video recordings will be viewed by my university tutor and classmates solely for the purposes
stated. The video recordings will remain confidential, stored on a secure server, and be retained no longer than
the duration of the programme that ends in June 2021, after which they will be deleted/expunged from my
records. Responsibility for the aforementioned aspects of confidentiality is my responsibility, as teacher, and I
will be signing a relevant Confidentiality Undertaking with the School of Education in relation to such
confidentiality obligations.
Neither you nor your child/ward will receive any benefits from participating in the video recordings, other than
benefits associated with improving my teaching effectiveness that will improve student outcomes in the future. It
is my hope that all students in the classroom participate in the lesson, but the decision for your child/ward to
participate is voluntary. Therefore, you child/ward will not be penalised in any way if you do not provide
consent. Students who do not have parental/guardian consent to participate in the video recording will be
excused from the classroom (face-to-face or online/virtual/remote) without penalty for the lesson, and
alternative arrangements will be made to provide an equivalent learning experience for them.
I am seeking your consent for your child/ward to participate in the lessons that will be video recorded as part of
my professional development. Kindly read, complete and sign the attached consent form, then return it to me. If
your child/ward does not return this consent form, then your child/ward will not be authorized to participate in
the lesson and an alternative arrangement will be made for an equivalent learning experience. Thank you.

Sincerely,

[insert teacher’s name here]


Teacher
[insert Principal’s name here] School Stamp Principal
Consent Form for Video Recording of Lessons

Student name: Class:

School name:

Teacher name:

Parent/Guardian name:

I am the parent/guardian of the student named above. I have received, read and understood
the contents of your letter regarding the video recording of lessons as part of your
participation in the Postgraduate Diploma in Education 2020-2021 programme at The
University of the West Indies School of Education, St. Augustine.

❑ I do consent to my child/ward to participate in lessons that will be video


recorded, with the understanding that his or her image may be captured
during the lesson, and that these recordings are confidential and will be
stored securely, and after completion of my programme with the School
of Education, will be deleted and expunged from my records

❑ I do not consent to my child/ward to participate in lessons that will be


video recorded.

Signature of parent/guardian: Date:

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