Common use of Video Recordings Clause in Contracts

Video Recordings. During Student Teaching, Teacher Candidates complete a teacher performance assessment, which measures Teacher Candidate readiness to teach. A teacher performance assessment is designed for Teacher Candidates to submit real artifacts—lesson plans, video, and student work samples—to show the authenticity of the local teaching context and the way the Teacher Candidates respond to students when teaching in a real setting. In order to collect artifacts required for a teacher performance assessment, Teacher Candidates may be required to submit video recordings of themselves teaching in the classroom. Additionally, recordings provide WGU an avenue to evaluate the performance of Teacher Candidates, and the Teacher Candidates with opportunities to evaluate themselves, reflect, and improve their instruction. WGU provides the following guidelines to Teacher Candidates. District understands that Teacher Candidates are not employees or agents of WGU and that any further precautions regarding the privacy of the District’s students should be agreed directly between the District and Teacher Candidates. o Secure appropriate permission from the parents/guardians of your students and from adults who appear in the video recording. o To protect confidentiality, remove your name and use pseudonyms or general references (e.g., "the district") for your state, school, district, and cooperating teacher. Mask or remove all names on any typed or written material (e.g., commentaries, lesson plans, student work samples) that could identify individuals or educator preparation programs. During video recording, use only the first names of students. o You must follow appropriate protocol to submit recordings to WGU. o You may not display the video publicly (i.e., personal websites, YouTube, Facebook). o You may not use any part of the recordings for any personal or professional purposes outside of performance evaluation. o You must destroy all video recordings once the evaluation is complete.