{"id":5804,"date":"2012-07-09T06:00:38","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/?p=5804"},"modified":"2019-03-27T14:26:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T19:26:53","slug":"why-is-it-important-to-create-acceptable-use-policies-for-staff-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/why-is-it-important-to-create-acceptable-use-policies-for-staff-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is it Important to Create Acceptable Use Policies for Staff in Schools?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/professionallearningboard.com\/blog\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"check_out_the_new_blog\" title=\"Check Out the New Blog\" alt=\"Check Out the New Blog\"  src=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/images\/check_out_the_new_blog.jpg\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/0706acceptable-use-policies.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5805\" style=\"border: 4px solid black;margin: 5px 10px\" src=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/0706acceptable-use-policies.jpg\" alt=\"Creating acceptable use policies can help you prevent incidents of inappropriate behavior.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/0706acceptable-use-policies.jpg 300w, https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/0706acceptable-use-policies-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>As leaders in the education sector, it is important to create acceptable use policies (AUP). These key staff related issues include the following:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Employment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As employees and staff, one is accountable to potential disciplinary action mandated by law, local school and district policy as well as union agreements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Secure Data Access<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The high access given to staff should be monitored closely, especially if it includes students&#8217; grades.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Public Relations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The behavior of staff reflects upon the school and district. There is therefore a need to check inappropriate behavior that can have a negative influence on both the local and greater community.<\/p>\n<p>An AUP for staff and another for students can protect individuals and the district from legal problems while promoting proper use of the internet and internal network resources.<\/p>\n<p>Many districts do not have a separate AUP for staff. Like professionals in other fields, teachers are active users of the internet and a clear AUP eliminates questions of inappropriate behavior.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn More\u2026 Take this course:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/technology-for-education-leaders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Technology for Education Leaders<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Discuss Here:<\/strong> What are some points that you would add to the acceptable use policies for staff in your school?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>  As leaders in the education sector, it is important to create acceptable use policies (AUP). These key staff related issues include the following:<br \/>\nEmployment<br \/>\nAs employees and staff, one is accountable to potential disciplinary action mandated by law, local school and district policy as well as union agreements.<br \/>\nSecure Data Access<br \/>\nThe high access given to staff [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1335,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[597,162,227,598],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5804"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5804"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24646,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5804\/revisions\/24646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}