Cybersecurity training for teachers

Cybersecurity training for teachers

Training Description

This training has been designed for teachers, form tutors, school counsellors, school psychologists, librarians, and staff supporting the educational process who want to better understand today’s digital threats and work more safely with students, parents, and school IT systems.

The program combines practical cybersecurity fundamentals with the realities of school work. It covers email and account security, protection of student data, safe use of e-registers and online tools, response to cyberbullying, recognizing disinformation, protection of a child’s image, and the most important legal obligations of both the teacher and the educational institution.

The training is practical in nature. The topics are presented using examples from everyday school life: messages from parents, attachments and links in emails, publishing photos from school events, using messaging apps, e-registers, cloud services, educational materials, remote and hybrid work, and handling incidents involving students.

Training Objective

The objective of the training is to provide participants with the knowledge and practical skills needed to:

recognize the most common cyber threats in the school environment,
use email, e-registers, cloud services, and educational tools more securely,
better protect the personal data of students, parents, and school staff,
publish materials and students’ images correctly and in compliance with regulations,
respond appropriately to cyberbullying, hate speech, false content, and security incidents,
build safe digital habits for themselves and their students.

Training Program

1. Cybersecurity in a Teacher’s Work
what cybersecurity means in the school environment,
the most common threats affecting teachers and schools,
mistakes that most often lead to incidents,
the teacher’s role in building students’ digital safety.

2. Email, Accounts, and Login Security
phishing, fake messages, and impersonation of school management, parents, or institutions,
secure passwords, password managers, and 2FA/MFA,
account takeover and access reset risks,
safe use of school email and institutional accounts.

3. Protection of Students’ and Parents’ Personal Data
what types of data teachers process in everyday work,
the principle of data minimization and access only where necessary,
secure transmission of documents, lists, grades, and attachments,
risks related to e-registers, spreadsheets, shared drives, and messaging apps,
what should not be sent, printed, or shared without proper legal grounds.

4. Student Image, Photos, and Publication of School Materials
when a child’s image is considered personal data,
consent for the publication of photos and recordings,
risks related to publishing class photos, reports from school events, and materials on social media,
practical rules for safe content publication by the school and the teacher,
deepfakes, memes, secondary use of images, and identity theft.

5. Cyberbullying, Hate Speech, and Harmful Online Content
how to recognize cyberbullying targeting a student or teacher,
sexting, grooming, violent or harmful content, and illegal online material,
how to respond when a student reports a problem,
securing evidence and the basics of the reporting process,
cooperation between the teacher, form tutor, counsellor, psychologist, parent, and school management.

6. Disinformation, AI, and Critical Evaluation of Content
fake news, image manipulation, and deepfakes,
how to recognize false information online,
how to talk to students about the credibility of sources,
practical habits for verifying information,
generative AI in education: benefits, mistakes, and risks.

7. Digital Hygiene for Teachers and Students
information overload, multiscreening, and digital balance,
good practices for working with screens,
privacy and security settings,
organizing safe communication in and outside the classroom,
the teacher as a role model for healthy digital habits.

8. Legal Aspects in a Teacher’s Work
GDPR in school practice,
the legal basis for processing student and parent data,
consent and its scope,
publication of students’ and teachers’ images,
use of private and official communication channels,
responsibility of the institution and staff for violations,
basics of securely documenting incidents and events.

9. Incident Response at School
what to do after clicking a suspicious link,
what to do in the event of a data breach or accidental document disclosure,
how to respond to account takeover,
to whom incidents should be reported,
how to limit the consequences of an incident and avoid making the situation worse.
Who Is This Training For

This training is intended for:

primary and secondary school teachers,
form tutors,
school counsellors and psychologists,
school librarians,
staff supporting the school in work with students and parents,
principals and vice-principals, if the group is also to include an organizational and legal component.
Training Variants

After the training, participants will:

better understand the real cyber threats affecting schools and teachers,
be able to use email, e-registers, and online tools more securely,
know how to protect student and parent data,
better understand the rules for publishing photos and school materials,
be able to respond more effectively to cyberbullying, hate speech, and disinformation,
receive practical recommendations that can be implemented immediately after the training.
Delivery Format

We provide training in the following formats:
in-person,
online.

Individual Program Customization

We offer an individual approach to each group. The program may be tailored to:

the level of education,
the type of institution,
the age of the students,
the specific problems reported by the school,
the scope of responsibility of the participants,
needs related to data protection, publication of images, or communication with parents.

Contact

For information regarding scheduling, training scope, and a customized offer for your school or institution, please contact us at:
info(@)digitalit.pl

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