Awesome PD Opportunity: Train-the-Trainer program on student data privacy
Since
2013, over 130 new student privacy laws have passed in 41 states, with more
bills and regulations being rolled out each year with many new requirements for
educators and administrators to implement. Some state laws include the threat
of jail or large fines when school staff even unintentionally violate student
privacy. Unfortunately, few states have received funding or support in
implementing these new laws. This isn’t only a legal problem: as technology
changes and the amount of information schools collect and maintain increases,
ensuring that administrators have the information and skills needed to
adequately oversee and protect student privacy in their day-to-day work is
extremely challenging.
District
superintendents are essential to successful privacy programs, but it can be
difficult for them to know where to begin. The Future of Privacy Forum, a
nonprofit focused on consumer privacy, is launching a Train-the-Trainer program
in 2020 to build the capacity of district superintendents and other key
stakeholders to become student privacy experts to help the districts they serve
and also become regionally and/or nationally known student privacy trainers and
evangelists. Whether you are new to the student privacy world or an experienced
practitioner, the free one-year FPF Student Privacy Train-the-Trainer Program
will provide the knowledge and skills to make you a student privacy leader
while also connecting you with a peer network and student privacy experts from
across the country.
Participants
should have a strong interest in student privacy, the willingness to conduct
student privacy trainings at their institutions or relevant conferences, and be
able to dedicate approximately eight hours per month for virtual webinars (1-2
hours) and asynchronous activities (6 hours). Participants will also need to
travel to Washington, D.C. for in-person workshops in February 2020 and
November 2020. Travel scholarships are available for a limited number of
participants. To learn more and apply or nominate someone else to be part of
the program, please visit https://ferpasherpa.org/tttapplication.Applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling
basis but must be submitted no later than December 8th.