Terms of Service

Updated Terms of Service

Community Rules, Etiquette, and Privacy Guidelines

Welcome to the K12LEADERS community! We’re excited to have you join this space dedicated to fostering collaboration among educational leaders. This platform is built for sharing knowledge, building relationships, and driving educational innovation, and we invite you to help us grow by connecting with colleagues, partners, and anyone who can contribute to this mission.

Please review and follow the guidelines below, which help create a respectful and productive environment for everyone.

Community Participation Guidelines

By joining this community, you confirm that you have read and agree to follow these guidelines. As professionals, we’re committed to supporting each other and improving educational outcomes. All interactions here should reflect this mission.

While we don’t anticipate issues, K12LEADERS reserves the right to address activity that compromises the spirit or safety of this space.

By participating, you agree to the following:

1. Use Real and Professional Identity
   • Please use your real name and professional identity when registering. This helps build trust and credibility. While not required, we encourage verifying your identity for free, as additional features or rewards may be offered to verified members.
2. Respect and Constructive Engagement
   • Treat all members respectfully and encourage open, thoughtful conversations. Avoid any comments or behaviors that could alienate or stifle others’ participation. We value diverse perspectives and want everyone to feel comfortable sharing their insights.
3. Educational-Oriented Content
   • We are a K12 oriented network. Please keep that in mind when participating. We understand that there are a wide range of topics that affect how we support our students, schools, an districts. Please consider the context of our platform and the professional audience here. We encourage conversations that support educational growth, innovation, and collaborative goals.
4. Welcoming Commercial Engagement
   • We welcome the valuable insights and innovative spirits of commercial members and partners. If you represent a company or organization, we ask that you contribute thoughtfully and respectfully, understanding that promotion should be balanced with genuine engagement. Please avoid overly promotional content, and share expertise that enhances discussions for all.
5. Content and Privacy
   • We work hard to create a secure space, but please use common sense when sharing. Avoid posting sensitive or personally identifiable information (PII). And do not share identifiable information about any student. As an additional privacy measure, an anonymous posting option will soon (Q4, 2024) be available for discussions requiring discretion.
6. Copyright and Intellectual Property
   • Only share content you have the right to distribute. Always properly credit any material you repost or use here.
7. Creating Groups and Cohorts
   • You are encouraged to build your communities and groups here. Please search before building to see if your topic is already being covered. Many members welcome co-organizers in their communities.
8. Zero Tolerance for Discrimination and Harassment
   • We’re committed to inclusivity. Diverse opinions are essential, and sometimes uncomfortable, but any form of discrimination or harassment related to race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, disability, or other protected characteristics is strictly prohibited and may result in immediate suspension.
9. Student Privacy and Confidentiality
   • Respect the privacy and confidentiality of students and colleagues. Do not post any student PII or share any sensitive information related to students, school personnel, or other protected information.

Reporting Content or Activity

We encourage members to report any content or behaviors that may violate these guidelines or compromise the community’s values. If you encounter posts or activities that seem inappropriate or harmful, please use the reporting features available on each post or reach out to our support team. All reports will be reviewed promptly, and appropriate actions will be taken to maintain a safe and productive environment.

Legal Disclaimer

K12LEADERS is not responsible for the opinions and information posted by members. We disclaim all warranties concerning content on this site, whether posted by us or any third party. This includes implied warranties of merchantability and fitness. In no event shall K12LEADERS or its affiliates be liable for any damages arising from the use or performance of information posted on this site.

Do not post defamatory, offensive, or illegal materials. Do not share copyrighted content without permission from the copyright owner. By posting, you warrant that you own the copyright or have permission to share it and grant K12LEADERS and its users a nonexclusive license to display, copy, publish, distribute, transmit, print, and use this content.

K12LEADERS does not guarantee the accuracy or validity of information posted by members in discussion boards, feeds, groups, messages, or other platforms.

Enforcement and Termination

We reserve the right to restrict or terminate access to any member who does not comply with our guidelines or terms. We encourage all members to uphold these guidelines and create a positive space for themselves and others. Please reach out to our support team with any questions or concerns.

Thank you for helping us grow a supportive, professional, and impactful community!

Privacy Policy

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Form and Profile Data

K12Leaders does not collect personal data to sell or share with any 3rd parties. Part of our mission is, however, to collect, organize, and present the data you choose to share through the creation of your “personal profile” with other registered K12Leaders. That is a core component of how members of this network can find and collaborate with each other. You have certain controls over what you share, and who will be able to see it, as outlined during the setup of your profile.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information, with the exception of their username, at any time. Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

When a user account is deactivated all personal data and activity are deleted.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.