The Future of Privacy Forum’s K12 Student Privacy Train-the-Trainer (TTT) program was a professional development initiative that ran from 2019 through 2025. A higher education program also ran in 2020-21. Designed to build local capacity and expertise, the program empowered education leaders—including technologists, administrators, state agency staff, school attorneys, and instructional coaches—to effectively manage and teach student data privacy. Over its multi-year run, the cohort-based program focused on bridging the gap between complex federal and state privacy laws, such as FERPA and COPPA, and the practical, day-to-day needs of educators working with classroom technology.
The program’s curriculum was structured to provide both foundational knowledge and advanced practical skills through a mix of live virtual sessions and asynchronous assignments. Participants explored critical topics such as data governance, edtech vetting, transparency, and the intersection of privacy and security. By the end of the course, “trainers” were equipped with a personalized toolkit of resources, allowing them to return to their home districts or organizations and redeliver high-quality privacy training to their own staff and stakeholders.
A defining legacy of the TTT program is its commitment to open education. All instructional resources developed during the course—including comprehensive slide decks, module outlines, and training activities—have been made available to the public via a dedicated Google Drive folder. These materials are released under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC (Attribution-NonCommercial) license, which allows educators and privacy advocates to freely adapt and use the content for non-commercial purposes. This ensures that the program’s impact continues to scale even after its conclusion, providing a permanent library for anyone tasked with teaching student privacy.