Policy and Code of Ethics for Acceptable Use
of Electronic Information, Communication
and Technology Resources, No. 524.2
Note: Discipline Policy 506.0 also addresses acceptable technology
use. It states: “Possession and/or use of any electronic device,
including a computer, in a manner, which threatens or intimidates
others and/or disrupts the educational process.”
The Technology Steering Committee is charged with the manage-
ment of the Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT)
resources of the school district. These resources include all voice,
video, and data systems. These systems include: telephones,
television monitors, portable electronic devices, computers,
servers, local and wide area networks, the connections to other
computer networks via TIES, and the Internet and stored elec-
tronic data. A part of this management responsibility includes the
establishment and administration of an acceptable use policy
and implementation guidelines of these resources by staff, stu-
dents and other users.
The intent of this statement is to give an overview of user respon-
sibility, acceptable and unacceptable use of these resources with-
out exhaustively enumerating all such responsibilities, uses and
misuses. The policy is not intended to interfere with efficient work
habits but to protect employees and the students and families we
serve by establishing expectations for behavior as well as the
boundaries we need to keep with our students and families. The
Acceptable Use Guidelines document contains more specific
information.
District Responsibilities
Under the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), districts are re-
quired to restrict minors’ access to internet-based materials. The
District has licensed a commercial internet filtering package that
meets or exceeds the CIPA requirements for student protection.
In addition, the school district has created units of learning to
educate students about appropriate online behavior, including
interacting with other individuals on social networking websites
and in chat rooms and cyberbullying awareness and response.
User Responsibility
• Comply with all existing school board policies as they may
be interpreted to apply to ICT resources, including but not
limited to the following:
Staff: Selection and Reconsideration of Instructional
Materials and Resources: Harassment, Violence and
Discrimination; Use and Rental of School Facilities;
Protection and Privacy of Pupil Records; and the Media
Materials Selection Policies
Students: Student Discipline and Harassment, Violence
and Discrimination Policies; Bullying Prohibition Policy
• Respect the privacy of other users, and not intentionally
seek information on, obtain copies of, or modify files,
other data or passwords belonging to other users without
permission.
• Comply with legal protection provided by copyright and
license to programs, data and documents.
• Help maintain the security of the district ICT resources by
adhering to all security rules developed by the Technology
Steering Committee and/or the users' buildings.
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• Monitor and supervise any individual to whom access to ICT
resources is granted by you, the user.
• Comply with the acceptable use policies of all ICT
resources to which the district has access.
Acceptable
• Our buildings and schools provide the resources for employ-
ees to fulfill their professional duties (in many cases, this is
a computer with district-approved software and an
office/classroom phone). Under normal circumstances
these resources should meet staff members’ professional
communication needs.
• Use that encourages efficient, cooperative and creative
methods to perform the user's job duties or educational
tasks.
• Use related to instructional, administrative, and other
support activities considered consistent with the mission
of the district.
• Use of district ICT resources for authorized and appropriate
access to voice, video, and data systems, software or data,
both locally and at other sites.
• Use consistent with the mission of the Anoka-Hennepin
School District.
• In execution of professional duties, any use of personal
phones to communicate with students, parents, staff, or
others must comply with all district policies relating to
professional codes of ethics and behavior.
Unacceptable
• Providing, assisting in, or gaining unauthorized or inappro-
priate access to the district's ICT resources, including any
type of voice, video, or data information server.
• Activities or excessive personal use of ICT resources that
precludes staff from performing job duties effectively or
that interferes with student learning.
• Activities that result in the loss of another student/staff
member's work or unauthorized access to another stu-
dent/staff member's work.
• Distribution of any material in such a manner that might
cause congestion of the voice, video, and data networks.
• Distribution or collection of obscene, abusive, or
threatening material via telephone, video, electronic
mail, Internet or other means.
• Use of ICT resources for a commercial, political, or profit-
making enterprise, except as specifically agreed to with the
appropriate district supervisory staff.
• In execution of professional responsibilities, personal email
accounts, personal web sites, personal web collaboration
tools, or social networking tools (e.g., Facebook, mySpace),
to communicate with students, parents, staff, or others, ex-
cept as authorized by the Superintendent, Cabinet member,
or school Principal using the district exception approval
process (see Acceptable Use Guidelines for details)
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