E-Rate, CIPA, and Internet Safety -Is your district in compliance?

Sheri Roberts Wichita Public Schools Library Media & Textbooks Instructional Support for Libraries PreK-12

What do you need to know and do?

New federal requirements effective 7/1/2012. Resources - Free and Subscriptions Current conversations about Internet Safety education What we do in USD259-Wichita Public Schools What other districts are doing? What are you doing?

Changes to your Internet Safety Policy must be in place by July 1, 2012. The new rule is as follows: For all schools applying for Internet Access, Internal Connections or Basic Maintenance, the "Internet safety policy must provide for the education of minors about appropriate online behavior, including interacting with other individuals on social networking websites and in chat rooms and cyberbullying awareness and response." It continues to be Congresss intent that local authorities have the ultimate role in deciding what is and is not appropriate for their communities, as well as what this education should look like. Therefore, this rule speaks to the fact that there must be a provision for education of online behavior in your Internet Safety Policy. It does not mandate how you choose to implement that education. Schools must comply with the requirements of CIPA in order to receive E-Rate funding for Internet services. As part of the process for filing for E-Rate, school authorities must certify either that they have complied with the requirements of CIPA or that they are undertaking actions to comply with the requirements of CIPA. If your school is selected for audit, you must have documentation to support your CIPA compliance. Failure to provide documentation may result in the loss of continued E-Rate funding and/or obligate your school to reimburse the full costs for Internet services for any fiscal year in which your school was found to be non-compliant. http://networkmaine.net/enrollment/PDF/CIPA_K12.pdf

ISE Curriculum Resources

Free:
CommonSense Media
CyberSmart! Curriculum is now part of Common Sense Media's education programs.

NetSmartz Ikeepsafe National Crime Prevention Council To Purchase: Isafe WebWiseKids EmbraceCivility.org

Current Conversations
LM-Net Nancy Willards Post from 8/28/13 on Evaluating the Effectiveness of Internet Safety Education NIJ Publications Update
Nancy Willard is with Embrace Civility in the Digital Age Resources provided by NetSmartz, Isafe, Webwisekids, and IKeepSafe do not present accurate information and do not use instructional approaches that will reduce youth risk. ISE content and process evaluation results indicated that the educational approach and messages of current ISE fail to incorporate critical element of effective prevention education.

Current Conversations (continued)

Nancy Willards Recommendations:
CommonSense Media NetLiteracy (videos to support digital literacy) New programs from embracecilivity.org
Be a Friend~Lend A Hand/A Positive Norms Approach to Reduce Bullying and Limit Its Harmful Effects Cyber Savvy Student Leadership/A Positive Norms Approach to Address Digital Safety Reduce & Restore - A Comprehensive Framework to Reduce Peer Aggression & Limit its Harmful Effects in the Digital Age

What We Do In USD259 Wichita Public Schools

Curriculum is chosen at the district level Librarians are assigned to teach it A documentation sheet is completed and submitted We use a combination of NetSmartz and CommonSense Media Feedback and anticipated changes

What are other districts doing?

Alachua County Public Schools Rockingham County Public Schools Henry County Public Schools

Links to Resources
http://sqworl.com/1hcwvp Presentation documents will be posted on the Kansas Library Conference page. Contact information:
Sheri Roberts USD259 Library Media & Textbooks
sroberts1@usd259.net 316-973-2073