FERPA Intro Video

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FERPA

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Protecting Student Records at WDTC

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What is FErpa?

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FERPA is a federal law designed to protect the privacy of student education records.

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Family educational rights and privacy act of 1974

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Educational Records are records directly related to a student and are maintained by WDTC.

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These records may be found in: Coursework Comments Success 360 J1, including Notepad Emails Shared Folders

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Examples of records that can be released without consent: degrees honors dates of enrollment

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Examples of records that cannot be released without consent: grades attendance location of classes anything with the student's ID number and name combination

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FERPA affords students the right to:

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inspect and view their educational record, which includes emails about them

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have their educational record protected

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correct inaccurate or misleading information from their educational record

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When sending emails...

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- Only send to a student's student.wdt.edu address.

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- Do not put sensitive information in the subject line.

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- Always blind copy (bcc) students when emailing a group of students.

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- Double check who's in the "TO" line before sending grades or personally identifiable info in an email.

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Caution: auto-fill can get you!

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FERPA RIGHTS

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Student registers for a class

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death

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Students must sign a FERPA release form

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giving permission for a WDTC employee to be a

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reference or to write a recommendation.

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Forms can be found here: Student Forms tab in MyWDT Faculty tab in MyWDT Adjunct Faculty tab in MyWDT Registrar's Office Student Success Center

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FERPA breaches must be reported  to

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and

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Debbie Toms VP for Data Strategy and Enrollment Management deborah.toms@wdt.edu