By Audience: Early Childhood Educators

The resources on this page are intended for staff and educators of Early Childhood programs or institutions. Resources found here address the unique challenge of applying FERPA to the early childhood setting.

Guidance and Best Practices

Identity Authentication Best Practices

This brief offers best practice recommendations for developing and implementing effective authentication processes to help ensure that only appropriate individuals and entities have access to education records. General suggestions provided in the brief are applicable to all modes of data access, be it in person, over the phone, by mail, or electronically.

Guidance and Best Practices

Cloud Computing FAQ

This document is designed to assist educational agencies and institutions that are considering using cloud computing solutions for education data. It contains responses to frequently asked questions about meeting necessary data privacy and data security requirements, including compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, to ensure proper protection of education records.

Guidance and Best Practices

Data Security Threats: Education Systems in the Crosshairs

This presentation reviews security threats to education data systems, including common ways in which these systems can be exploited. It also offers suggestions on assessing system vulnerabilities and mitigating the risks.

Guidance and Best Practices

Case Study #2: Head Start Program

This case study illustrates a scenario where a State educational agency enters into an agreement to share education data with a Head Start Program.

Guidance and Best Practices

Checklist: Data Governance

This checklist is designed to assist stakeholder organizations with establishing and maintaining a successful data governance program by summarizing the key data privacy and security components of such a program and listing specific best practice action items.

Recorded Webinars

Transparency Best Practices for Schools and Districts - September 2014

This webinar presents a number of best practices for schools and districts to use for communicating with parents about student data.

Guidance and Best Practices

FERPA/IDEA Cross-Walk

This document is a side-by-side comparison of the legal provisions and definitions in IDEA Part B, IDEA Part C and FERPA. It is intended to help differentiate these statutes and provide a comparisons for the shared definitions.

Guidance and Best Practices

FERPA Exceptions Summary (Apr 2014) - 2-page Standard Size

The various exceptions to FERPA can be confusing and difficult to keep track of. The FERPA Exceptions Summary is intended to be a handy visual aid to help identify, at a glance, what FERPA exception applies to the data sharing work you are trying to do.

Guidance and Best Practices

FERPA Exceptions Summary - Large Format 11 X 17

The various exceptions to FERPA can be confusing and difficult to track. The FERPA Exceptions Summary is intended to be a handy visual aid to help identify, at a glance, what FERPA exception applies to the data sharing work you are trying to do.

Guidance and Best Practices

Data De-identification: An Overview of Basic Terms

This document is intended to assist educational agencies and institutions with maintaining compliance with privacy and confidentiality requirements under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) by reviewing basic terminology used to describe data de-identification as well as related concepts and approaches.

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