Parent/Guardian Permission for Use of Student Work and Personal Information The Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (LAFOIP) requires that schools obtain informed consent for the collection and use of personal information that is not authorized under The Education Act, 1995. This may include situations within the student’s school, the School Division and/or the community. 1. Education purposes in the school community The school/School Division will occasionally wish to share student information or student work specifically for purposes related to education and the school. The information and purposes for which it would be shared may include the following: student’s name, grade level and age, individual photographic or video image, team photo, candid or special event photos for the purposes of school calendar, newsletter, or other school publications honour roll, yearbook, graduation, academic activities and achievement, school related athletic activities and achievements; student work, such as: art work; writing samples; audio, video or photographic presentations; individual commentaries or interviews for the purposes of educational or promotional use display student work in the school or division office(s) display student work at school sponsored events. 2. Public media including the Internet There are times when the school may wish to share information with newspapers, radio and television and other media or publish school-related information in a wider form such as on the school or School Division website accessible via the Internet.** Examples may include the following types of information sharing: images of individual student with or without student’s first and last name teams or other school groups school events and activities; announcement of names, grade level and age winners of awards, contests, competitions congratulatory messages for graduation, academic or athletic achievement; student commentary media interviews with a student upon request to the school/School Division.
Parent/Guardian Permission for Use of Student Work and Personal Information The Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (LAFOIP) requires that schools obtain informed consent for the collection and use of personal information that is not authorized under The Education Act, 1995. This may include situations within the student’s school, the School Division and/or the community. 1. Education purposes in the school community The school/School Division will occasionally wish to share student information or student work specifically for purposes related to education and the school. The information and purposes for which it would be shared may include the following: student’s name, grade level and age, individual photographic or video image, team photo, candid or special event photos for the purposes of school calendar, newsletter, or other school publications honour roll, yearbook, graduation, academic activities and achievement, school related athletic activities and achievements; student work, such as: art work; writing samples; audio, video or photographic presentations; individual commentaries or interviews for the purposes of educational or promotional use display student work in the school or division office(s) display student work at school sponsored events. 2. Public media including the Internet There are times when the school may wish to share information with newspapers, radio and television and other media or publish school-related information in a wider form such as on the school or School Division website accessible via the Internet.** Examples may include the following types of information sharing: images of individual student with or without student’s first and last name teams or other school groups school events and activities; announcement of names, grade level and age winners of awards, contests, competitions congratulatory messages for graduation, academic or athletic achievement; student commentary media interviews with a student upon request to the school/School Division.
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