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Early Signal Project – Cross‑Mapping of Documents to Sources
The content outlines various documents and protocols essential for data sharing and confidentiality in educational settings, ensuring compliance with legal standards like FERPA and GDPR. It details roles, data encryption, anonymization, retention policies, consent rights, and the use of academic and emotional data to identify at-risk students and safeguard their information.
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Weekly Pulse Survey – Question-to-Risk Mapping Matrix
The survey includes items assessing emotional regulation, social connectedness, academic engagement, adult support, physical well-being, stress levels, and sleep patterns. Low scores indicate potential risks like stress, isolation, disengagement, and lack of support, while open reflections provide qualitative insights. Responses indicate help-seeking behavior readiness among students.
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Weekly Student Pulse Survey
The content focuses on a survey aimed at identifying students who may feel stressed or disconnected, allowing for timely support from counselors and teachers. It reassures students about privacy and includes sections on emotional well-being, stress levels, and optional reflections, fostering a supportive school environment.
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Data Schema
The content outlines a comprehensive student profile schema that includes demographics, household information, academic performance, mental health, wellbeing metrics, and system metadata. Key fields encompass age, gender, family background, education, academic engagement, attendance, and mental health evaluations, ensuring a holistic view for assessment and support.
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The Data We Collect
The Early Signal Project utilizes demographic, academic, mental health, and wellbeing data to support students effectively. By analyzing these aspects while prioritizing privacy and consent, the project aims to identify students at risk of academic or emotional struggles early on, ensuring they receive necessary support and understanding.
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Early Signal Project: Parent/Guardian Consent Form
The Early Signal Project utilizes secure, privacy-compliant data to identify early signs of student mental health and academic risk. By analyzing attendance, grades, and behavior records, schools can offer timely support to enhance student well-being and success. Parental consent is required, ensuring adherence to privacy regulations.
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Data Handling SOP Template
The objective is to standardize data management by ESP staff and partners, ensuring privacy and compliance. This SOP covers data handling roles, classification, collection, storage, processing, sharing, and security measures. Regular audits, training, incident responses, and reviews enhance data integrity while protecting sensitive information according to legal requirements.
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Sample Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
The MOU between the Early Signal Project and the School District establishes a partnership to develop a student-support platform aimed at identifying at-risk students and enhancing STEM outreach. It emphasizes data privacy, secure data handling, and compliance with relevant regulations, with a pilot term of 16 weeks and options for renewal or termination.
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FERPA Do’s and Don’ts
The Early Signal Project emphasizes the importance of student data privacy under FERPA. Key practices include treating educational records as protected, using de-identified data, securing consent for non-routine usage, limiting data access, and encrypting information. Violations include sharing identifiable data or using it for non-educational purposes. Compliance builds trust.
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