CyberCert™
Certified Cyber Safety School Program

Talk to your students | Empower your staff | Educate your school community
Cyber safety, security, and values are critical components in education, future employment, and life. The increasing importance of these digital components has reached a critical juncture for our schools and students. To ensure that we keep our students and schools safe, we have developed a program to help guarantee teachers, schools, and districts are equipped with the best possible instructional tools for digital safety and security and understanding. This program focuses on certifying a school by helping all educators reach a level of mastery in key areas of cyber security, safety and values.
School Levels
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Gold Certification: 80% or more of school teachers complete mastery content
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Platinum Certification: 90% or more of school teachers and the key administrator complete mastery content
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Elite Certification: 95% or more of school teachers and all building administrators complete mastery content
Mastery Content Outline
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Digital Safety
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Identify risks and pitfalls of digital spaces such as chats, online gaming, and social media
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Understand the risks associated with authenticating, geo-location, and malware scams
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Determine ways to evaluate applications and extensions for student use
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Promotes the 3W’s (who, what, why) of information sharing
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Cyber Security
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Understand the importance of passwords and be able to create strong and secure passwords
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Identify browser and device settings that increase security
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Identify practices and software that help monitor student activity
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21st Century Values
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Promote global awareness and equity in digital access
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Understand ethics of sharing and online behavior
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Defines and uses the PPP140 (Professional, Productive, Personal, and Social) communication strategies
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