Student Privacy Training Program

2024-2025 Cohort Information

The course has reached capacity and we are no longer taking new applications. Please see our site for resources on Student Privacy Training for Educators including  the Student Data Privacy and Data Ethics Scenarios for School Leaders

Audience: state and local education agency staff and School attorneys

Cost: There is no cost for the course.

Since 2013, over 130 new student privacy laws have passed in 42 states, with more bills and regulations being rolled out each year and in 2020, the shift to hybrid and distance learning created new privacy concerns. This isn’t only a legal problem: as technology changes and the amount of information schools collect and maintain increases, conveying best practices to schools that adequately protect student privacy is extremely challenging. 

The Future of Privacy Forum, a nonprofit focused on privacy, created the free Train-the-Trainer program to help school attorneys, state and local education agencies, and faculty at colleges of teacher education become student privacy experts who can help their stakeholders and train their peers on this changing legal and edtech privacy landscape.

Whether you are new to the student privacy world or an experienced practitioner, the FPF Student Privacy Train-the-Trainer Program will provide the knowledge and skills to make you a student privacy expert while connecting you with a peer network and student privacy experts from across the country.

Participants should have a strong interest in student privacy and the willingness to conduct student privacy training at their institutions or relevant conferences. They should also be able to dedicate on average six hours per month for the program’s live virtual webinars (60 or 90 minutes) and asynchronous activities (2-4 hours).

Course Schedule

The course is limited to 60 participants and is open to state and local education agency staff and school attorneys that have state or district level responsibilities for student data privacy.

Applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis but must be submitted no later than September 6th, 2024.