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Teachers May Lack Cyber Safety Training
Even though internet security is becoming more important every single day for both students and teachers, recent data shows teachers and administrators lack training in the area.
National Cyber Security Alliance found teachers were ill-equipped to teach students about online safety in a recent report, which also found one-third of the teachers surveyed not to have any training in cybersecurity issues.
Michael Kaiser, the executive director of the National Security Alliance, believes teaching kids to be safe on the internet should be as important as educating them in math, reading and writing, especially considering the large amount of time kids spend online today.
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What the U.S. Education System Look Like to Expert Abroad Read the article, then click the link at the bottom to join the discussion in the RSN Forums! A leading education expert on educational systems around the world, Andreas Schleicher, recently shared his thoughts on current American education reform. Schleicher is the Head of Indicators and Analysis Division for the OECD Directorate for Education. He is responsible for the development and analysis of benchmarks on the performance of education systems as well as a variety of other education-related responsibilities. continued below 
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 Teachers Lacking Cyber Safety Training (continued)
Kaiser further believes schools are somewhat lost as to what they should be doing to educate teachers and students on cyber safety issues.
According to the report, 82% of administrators, 85% of technology coordinators and only 55% of teachers felt online safety should be a required element of curriculum. Teachers and administrators further disagreed about whose job it is to instruct students on internet safety. 79% of teachers believed the parent is responsible for instructing their child in internet safety. However, only 60% of administrators and 45% of technology coordinators felt the same. A 2008 federal law that provides discounts to wire schools for the internet set up online safety courses for the students, but at this time, there are no specifics as to what the content of those courses should be.
How are you dealing with this in your school? If you are a teacher, do you feel adequately trained in cybersafety? If you are an administrator, whose responsibility do you feel it is to educate students about being safe on the internet? Do you think this will become a bigger issue with time? Where does your school stand on this important issue?
We always want to hear how you feel about the topics and articles in the RSN Newsletter. We'd love to hear your opinion on this topic!
Send your thoughts to rsn@jponline.com or post them in the Leadership forum in the Responsive School Network™.
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U.S. Educational System Reform According to Leading Expert (continued)
Schleicher doesn't agree the most frequently cited explanation, which is social disadvantage, poverty and immigration, stand up to scientific scrutiny. He cites three main recommendations he would give to U.S. education leaders:
- Make sure the common core standards translate into instructional systems, instructional practices and student learning, including intended, implemented and achieved, and that standards begin to count for students, teachers and schools. In the highest-performing systems, everyone understands what is required to get a given qualification, both in terms of the content studied and the degree of performance needed to earn it. In other words, students cannot move to the next stage of learning until they are qualified to do so.
- Make more headway in the area of teachers and school principals. The quality of an education system cannot exceed the quality of its teachers and principals. Furthermore, the quality of teachers cannot exceed the quality of teacher selection/development/evaluation. "What the U.S. misses, in my view, is substantial professional autonomy among teachers within a collaborative culture," said Schleicher.
- World-class education systems deliver high-quality learning consistently across the whole education system, ensuring every student will benefit from the excellent learning opportunities. In order to make sure this happens, these education systems invest their resources where they will make the most difference, thereby attracting the most talented teachers into the most challenging classrooms. In addition, they establish effective spending choices prioritizing the quality of teachers. Unfortunately, according to Schleicher, the U.S. is one of the few education systems that exemplifies the opposite.
What do you think about these three key areas with regard to improving America's education reform? Where do you fall on the issue? JP has always worked hard to ensure the best teachers are trained in every circumstance, creating quality teachers everywhere we go. In fact we are all about common core standards at our upcoming Institute this summer in Atlanta - we would be thrilled to share our knowledge with you! Go to our website or click the links in this newsletter to learn more about this exciting opportunity to grow in knowledge. And by all means, please share your thoughts with us by clicking the engage button below - we want to hear what you think!
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