Common Sense Digital Citizenship: Cert. Educator

Thank you for your commitment to teaching students to be safe and responsible digital citizens! In order to become a Common Sense Digital Citizenship: Certified Educator, please fill out the following application. This application should not be filled out until you have met all of the criteria. Please do not apply if the work is just in the planning phases. You should wait until the digital citizenship lessons/modules have been taught. To meet the criteria, you must use Common Sense Education resources (although you may modify them to meet your classroom's unique needs).

This application will take 15-20 minutes to complete. You must complete the application in one sitting. You will not be able to save your application, so be sure to have all your information and documents ready to upload before you start.

Please review the criteria and our FAQ at Common Sense Education. if you have any questions. You can also email us with questions. Thank you!

Your information

Full Name*

First NameLast Name

E-mail*

Phone Number*

Area CodePhone Number

State*

What type of educator are you? *

School information

School Name*

State Agency Name*

Principal's Name *

Principal's Email*

Teach

All responses in this section should refer to activities in the 2016-17 school year.

In what grade level(s) did you teach digital literacy and citizenship?*

6-89-12Post-Secondary

How many students in total did you teach?*

How many classes of students did you work with? For example, you may have worked with 1 classroom only, or three.*

Which Common Sense Education resource(s) did you use?*

Digital Literacy and Citizenship CurriculumDigital CompassDigital BytesDigital Passport

How many curriculum lessons, Digital Passport modules, Digital Compass Characters, and/or Digital Bytes 'bytes' did you teach to a given class? If you taught to more than one class, list the average number.*

Share

How did you share digital citizenship expectations with secure care and treatment teams? *

Distributed Common Sense Tip sheetsStudents Signed Responsible Use PolicyHosted a Staff Meeting for Secure Care and include StudentsCreated and Posted Digital Citizenship Signs in the Dorms

How have you encouraged schoolwide implementation and introduced your digital literacy and citizenship activities to your principal and colleagues?*

In-personBy emailStaff MeetingNone

Impact

What impact do you think teaching digital literacy and citizenship has had on your students? School culture?*

Documentation

We require that you submit two pieces of documentation.

Examples include, but are not limited to:

A lesson plan or course syllabus including mention of and/or links to Common Sense resources.
A sample of student work in which concepts learned from Common Sense resources are evident.
A screenshot of your staff meeting where you are talking about digital citizenship.
A screenshot of your Digital Passport Student Group Summary or Student Group Overview.
An email sent to your principal letting him or her know about your classroom efforts around digital citizenship.
A picture of digital citizenship posters posted in your school or dorm.

Add a screenshot of digital compass score.

A Digital Bytes project

Documentation 1: *

Upload a File

Documentation 2: *

Upload a File

Check this box to attest that all information you have provided in this form is true to the best of your knowledge.*

I verify that the information I have provided is true.