Monitoring Software
To help keep your child safer and more focused online, Alvarado ISD has adopted online services provided by GoGuardian. Over 14,000 other schools use GoGuardian to protect 25 million scholars across the world.
How are we using GoGuardian?
We have chosen GOGUARDIAN TEACHER services to:
- Help protect scholars against harmful and inappropriate online material
- Help scholars stay more focused when learning online
- Help assess scholars’ progress towards class assignments
- Facilitate communication between teachers and scholars during class time
When and how does GoGuardian operate?
GoGuardian’s web-based services operate when a scholar is signed into their school managed account while using a supported device (i.e., when a scholar is logged into their school email address). Alvarado ISD will be utilizing GoGuardian on Chromebooks and district owned Windows devices. GoGuardian may be active on a personal Chromebook if that device is logged in using an Alvarado ISD account.
Alvarado ISD uses GoGuardian Teacher to help protect your child. A school session indicator (school house icon) appears in the scholar’s browser when GoGuardian is active to help scholars understand when GoGuardian is “on.” This should only occur during school hours.
What are the school’s responsibilities?
Alvarado ISD selected GoGuardian services to help our scholars stay safer and more focused online. We will work with scholars during class time to help teach them digital responsibility and safety. Additionally, we will train teachers about how to operate GoGuardian and about our policies and procedures to help protect scholar privacy.
What are my parental/guardian and child’s responsibilities?
We ask that scholars use their school-managed accounts and devices for educational purposes within the boundaries of Alvarado ISD’s Responsible Use Policy.
When a scholar is off campus, parents are responsible for supervising internet access and usage. We encourage you to discuss rules for appropriate internet usage with your scholar and reinforce lessons of digital citizenship and safety with him or her.
How does GoGuardian help protect my child’s privacy?
To help your child remain focused and safe online, GoGuardian collects certain personally identifiable information about your child. GoGuardian has consulted with privacy experts, participates in privacy organizations, is a proud signatory of the 2020 Student Privacy Pledge, and has been awarded certifications by iKeepSafe for complying with both Family Education Rights and Privacy Act and California student privacy laws (which have served as a model for many other states’ student privacy laws). For more detailed information about GoGuardian, you may visit GoGuardian’s website, Trust & Privacy Center, GoGuardian’s Product Privacy Policy, and GoGuardian’s COPPA Notice and Disclosure Form.
We are here to answer any questions that you may have.
Sincerely,
Julie Holland
Chief Technology Officer
Alvarado ISD
jholland@alvaradoisd.net, 817-783-6851