Technology implications: student and staff use at home and at school

This segment will provide guidance on the following issues and more:

• administration's authority regarding social networking activity and other communications when a staff member is away from school;

• when a staff member's communications with a student become unethical under Iowa law, and steps administrators should take;

• what authority, if any, a school administrator has to discipline students for off-campus snaps, photos, messages, posts and communications;

• some of the most common school administrator missteps regarding student and staff technology;

• speech rights students and staff members have to post comments about school-related issues.

Participants will learn about Iowa and federal law, as well as go over a variety of scenarios with other school administrators.

Sex offenders

Participate in the Spring Legal Lab and learn more about:

• a student sex offender’s right to receive an education in his/her resident district;

• district steps when enrolling a student sex offender and what precautions the district may or may not take;

• residency and other restrictions placed on certain adult sex offenders under Iowa law;

• what authority the district has regarding a sex offender’s requested visit to school or a school activity;

• considerations and restrictions relating to sex offenders working on school property (e.g., contractors) or what considerations school officials should take into account if a student is participating in a training program where a sex offender may be employed.
  

Locations: This Legal Lab will be simulcast to two additional locations: Grant Wood AEA Office in Cedar Rapids and Le Mars Community Schools Board Room in Le Mars. Use the registration that corresponds to the site you wish to attend.

Facilitator: Matt Carver, SAI legal services director

Licensure renewal credit: learn your options for earning credit.

Registration fee: (includes continental breakfast and lunch) $110 for SAI members, $220 for non-members.

Cancellation: Notification must be received three business days prior to the workshop for a refund of the registration fees. Contact us online or call 515-267-1115 to let us know if you're unable to attend.