Privacy and Safety: What if the Call is Coming From Inside the House?

Most district privacy and safety conversations stop at firewalls, phishing simulations, and IT protocol, but the real risks that students and staff face can also live inside the network, not just outside it. In this edWebinar, Maine Department of Education's Jonathan Werner shares their innovative, beyond-the-basics approach to privacy and safety protocols, including the realistic tabletop drill scenarios they use to stress-test their systems and their people.

This isn't about generic IT training slides. It's about the scenarios that educators actually run into: a student sharing login credentials with a friend or a group chat screenshot that spreads faster than anyone can contain it. You'll hear how one district reimagined cybersecurity as a shared responsibility across IT, instruction, and family engagement, and walk away with strategies you can adapt for your own school or district right away.

You'll leave with:

• A broader definition of cybersecurity: concrete ways to expand your district's thinking beyond external hacking threats to include internal risks (student-to-student incidents, insider misuse, data handling gaps, and more)
• Proactive strategies for addressing internal risk: practical, classroom-ready approaches that build digital literacy and reduce risk before it starts
• A real family engagement model: how to bring parents and caregivers into the conversation as partners in privacy and safety, with resources you can share directly with families

Whether you're an elementary to middle school classroom teacher, tech coordinator, or school or district administrator, you'll leave this edWebinar with practical, tested strategies that you can put to work immediately.