Protecting Students Privacy
We are excited about the growing body of free and low-cost apps that our teachers are using to support student learning. We believe in technology as a positive and enabling force for student engagement and student outcomes, and we encourage the creative use of technology to support student learning.
We also have a responsibility to protect our students’ data. Student data refers to any information about the individual student such as full name, SSID number, personal demographic information, academic information or health information. Any staff member within a school district must take every reasonable action to ensure the safety and security of student information as referenced in the state and federal laws of COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act), FERPA (Family Educational Rights Privacy Act) and the SUPER (Student User Privacy in Education Rights) Act.
Privacy Resource Library
We have created and will continue to build and gather tools to help you, as the teacher, protect student data. One of these tools is the MSD Vetted Resources spreadsheet. Websites that track student data must be vetted for compliance with the laws mentioned above. The Vetted Resources spreadsheet is designed to let you know which sites and tools can be used by students in our district.
Teachers can check their students' online access permission in Skyward. If a student has not received permission for network access or for the supplemental educational sites, an alternative experience to receive the same information must be provided to the individual student.
Centrally supported and approved tools are those for which we have either negotiated terms of service to ensure, among other things, the appropriate protections for privacy of our students’ data or that the site states and complies with FERPA and COPPA.
