Kang Chiao International School
Taipei Campus · International Program — Safeguarding for Families
Taipei Campus · International Program — Safeguarding for Families
Kang Chiao International School Taipei Campus is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of every child in our community. That right supersedes all other institutional considerations.
Call emergency services first. Notify the school as soon as the child's immediate safety is secured.
Five principles govern every safeguarding decision made at this school.
Equal protection. All children enrolled at KCIS have equal rights to protection from harm, regardless of background, nationality, gender, or ability.
Shared responsibility. Everyone working at KCIS shares responsibility for child protection.
Best interests are paramount. The best interests of the child come first in every decision.
Culture is never a justification for harm. Cultural context is respected. It does not excuse conduct that harms a child.
No concern is too small. No concern about a child's safety is too small to report.
Is vetted before they begin, trained every year, and bound by a written Code of Conduct — whether employed staff, contractor, volunteer, or visiting coach.
The Child Protection Committee holds safeguarding leadership for the campus. At least one contact is available on campus or reachable every school day.
What safeguarding means at KCIS, what to expect, and how to raise a concern about any child.
Your right to be safe, the adults you can talk to, and what happens after you tell someone.
How the Office of Student Counselling supports every student, and how to reach them.
No concern about a child's safety is too small to report. You do not need to be certain, and you do not need to name yourself.
Call emergency services first. Notify the school as soon as the child's immediate safety is secured.
You may contact any member of the Child Protection Committee directly.
Deputy DSL — International Program
Vice Principal Anne Sutcliffe
anne@kcis.com.tw
Designated Safeguarding Lead
Principal Dr. Yuchi Wen
wenyuchi@kcis.com.tw
You may always report directly to an external agency. You do not need the school's permission.
| 1925 | Taiwan Child Protection Hotline — 24 hours |
| 02-2960-3456 | New Taipei City Social Affairs Bureau |
| 110 | National Police Agency |
| 119 | Emergency medical services |
| 0800-200-885 | Taiwan Ministry of Education |
| 165 | Anti-fraud and cybercrime hotline |
Concerns raised by families and community members are treated with the same seriousness as those raised by staff. You will not be given information that identifies other students or staff involved in any resulting process, and you will be told who your point of contact is.
Families are partners in student wellbeing. We engage parents as collaborators, not as recipients of concern. This page explains what safeguarding means at KCIS, what you can expect from us, and how to raise a concern.
The Office of Student Counselling (OSC) supports students across three levels of need. Most students are well supported by quality teaching and homeroom pastoral care. Some need targeted short-term counselling. A small number need specialist intervention. If you are worried about your child's emotional wellbeing, contact their homeroom teacher or the OSC directly.
Quality teaching, inclusive classroom practices, homeroom pastoral care, and SEL embedded across the curriculum.
OSC counselling support, group programmes, and individual student support plans.
Specialist external referral, crisis intervention, and a coordinated support plan involving the family.
Online safety is a safeguarding issue, not a technical one. The OSC provides parents with guidance at least annually covering age-appropriate platform recommendations for home use, parental control and monitoring tools, how to respond if your child reports an online concern, and how to contact the school.
| Risk | What it looks like |
|---|---|
| Grooming and exploitation | Adults using digital platforms to build inappropriate relationships with students; image solicitation; exploitation via gaming or social media; sextortion. |
| Image-based abuse | Non-consensual sharing of intimate images; threats to share; requests for intimate images. |
| Online peer abuse | Cyberbullying; harassment via messaging apps; social exclusion through digital platforms; discriminatory comments; pile-on behaviour. |
| Harmful content | Exposure to pornography, violent or extremist material, pro-eating-disorder content, or content promoting self-harm. |
| Privacy and data risks | Sharing personal information publicly; identity risks; location sharing; data harvesting by third-party apps. |
| Digital wellbeing | Excessive device use impacting learning, sleep, and mental health; gaming addiction; social media anxiety. |
KCIS staff communicate with students only through school email and ManageBac. They may not contact your child through personal social media, WhatsApp, LINE, Instagram, or gaming platforms; may not follow or accept friend requests from current students; and may not photograph or record students for personal use or personal social media. If you become aware of any of these, please report it — it is a safeguarding concern.
At KCIS, every child has the right to be safe. All visitors read and sign the Visitor Agreement before entering campus. 在康橋，每一位孩子都享有安全成長的權利。
Not because you earned it. Not only if you are doing well. Because you are a young person and that right belongs to you. If something is wrong — at school, at home, or online — there are adults here whose job is to help.
You can talk to any adult on campus you trust. You do not have to go to a particular person, and you do not need to explain everything at once.
You will never be blamed or penalised for reporting harm you have experienced or witnessed — including online. Telling an adult is the right thing to do. If the first adult you tell doesn't help, tell another one.
Bullying is behaviour that hurts someone — physically, verbally, emotionally, or digitally — repeated over time, where there is an imbalance of power. It is a safeguarding matter at KCIS and it is never dismissed as part of growing up. If it is happening to you, or you can see it happening to someone else, tell an adult.
| Number | What it's for |
|---|---|
| 1925 | Taiwan Child Protection Hotline — 24 hours, any child protection concern |
| 110 | Police — if you or someone else is in danger right now |
| 119 | Ambulance — medical emergency |
| 165 | Anti-fraud and cybercrime hotline — online scams, sextortion, cybercrime |
| iwf.org.uk | Internet Watch Foundation — report child sexual abuse images online |
| missingkids.org | NCMEC CyberTipline — report online exploitation |
Student wellbeing is inseparable from student learning. KCIS is committed to a whole-school approach to wellbeing that is proactive, not just reactive.
Quality teaching, inclusive classroom practices, homeroom pastoral care, SEL embedded in the curriculum.
OSC counselling support, group programmes, individual student support plans.
Specialist external referral, crisis intervention, coordinated support plan involving the family.
Each class is assigned a named OSC counsellor. This is the confirmed SY 2026–2027 allocation, reviewed annually by the OSC Director.
| Counsellor | Ext. | Responsible class 主責班級 |
|---|---|---|
| Lydie 藍一俐 | 2140 | 8A, 8B and G7 |
| Hannah 銀詩涵 | 2154 | 8C, 8D and G9 |
| Joyen 蔡佳燕 | 2152 | 8E, 8F and G12 |
| Lulu 張涵茹 | 2155 | 804, 8G and G10 |
| Claire 鍾政潔 | 2138 | 801–803 and G11 |
If your concern involves potential abuse, neglect, exploitation, or a disclosure of harm — do not use the OSC pathway. Go directly to the Designated Safeguarding Lead or a Deputy DSL the same day. See Report a Concern for contacts.