Teachers' access to student's info

[Anonymous]

Why do teachers need siblings info? Those are two three four etc..separate people? Weird.

[Anonymous]

Busybodies looking at siblings info

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Busybodies looking at siblings info

Stop trolling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

You think there's a breach of confidentiality there?

Yep, you're crazy.

Did anyone say it was?
Yep you cant read.

I think there was. I don't think teachers should be looking at information other than their own grades unless there's a good reason. In the past teachers could go look at student files but they needed to justify why they were pulling them to the admin secretary. I assume the teachers accessing the other student info are logged and I think it should flag someone at the school if they are looking at information that's not appropriate or looking at too many kids' private info.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there a specific concern you have, OP? A delve into records that went too far?

Like others, I check students grades in other classes when I’m concerned - is it just in my class? Is there a specific weakness in reading or math that might affect what I’m seeing? Are they going to class at all or are they failing because they’re skipping?

I look at birthdays too because it’s nice to say happy birthday. I rarely look up addresses but did recently in a conversation with a kid about not coming on time and claimed it was a long walk (it was 2 blocks with no major streets to cross). I’ve looked up siblings to see if they have similar attendance concerns (is it just my kid or a household thing?) It all helps paint a bigger picture and find out if it’s something I can address or something that can be brought to a counselor or ppw.

I’m not snooping for fun. I’m gathering data so I help a kid and refer out if I see a concerning pattern. I’ve been able to steer families in the right direction for special ed or transportation or community resources by paying attention to things other than their performance in the 45 minutes I have with them.

WTF would you have access to sibling information? That's going too far and MCPS needs to close that loophole. That's a huge breach of privacy. You're not even working with that other child. I'm filing a complaint so MCPS can look into teachers who are accessing information inappropriately.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there a specific concern you have, OP? A delve into records that went too far?

Like others, I check students grades in other classes when I’m concerned - is it just in my class? Is there a specific weakness in reading or math that might affect what I’m seeing? Are they going to class at all or are they failing because they’re skipping?

I look at birthdays too because it’s nice to say happy birthday. I rarely look up addresses but did recently in a conversation with a kid about not coming on time and claimed it was a long walk (it was 2 blocks with no major streets to cross). I’ve looked up siblings to see if they have similar attendance concerns (is it just my kid or a household thing?) It all helps paint a bigger picture and find out if it’s something I can address or something that can be brought to a counselor or ppw.

I’m not snooping for fun. I’m gathering data so I help a kid and refer out if I see a concerning pattern. I’ve been able to steer families in the right direction for special ed or transportation or community resources by paying attention to things other than their performance in the 45 minutes I have with them.

WTF would you have access to sibling information? That's going too far and MCPS needs to close that loophole. That's a huge breach of privacy. You're not even working with that other child. I'm filing a complaint so MCPS can look into teachers who are accessing information inappropriately.

I am sick of all of the teacher bashing here. Let's blame the teachers for accessing this information. We didn't make Synergy. It is not our fault that the information is there. We are in this together and you need to stop blaming teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there a specific concern you have, OP? A delve into records that went too far?

Like others, I check students grades in other classes when I’m concerned - is it just in my class? Is there a specific weakness in reading or math that might affect what I’m seeing? Are they going to class at all or are they failing because they’re skipping?

I look at birthdays too because it’s nice to say happy birthday. I rarely look up addresses but did recently in a conversation with a kid about not coming on time and claimed it was a long walk (it was 2 blocks with no major streets to cross). I’ve looked up siblings to see if they have similar attendance concerns (is it just my kid or a household thing?) It all helps paint a bigger picture and find out if it’s something I can address or something that can be brought to a counselor or ppw.

I’m not snooping for fun. I’m gathering data so I help a kid and refer out if I see a concerning pattern. I’ve been able to steer families in the right direction for special ed or transportation or community resources by paying attention to things other than their performance in the 45 minutes I have with them.

WTF would you have access to sibling information? That's going too far and MCPS needs to close that loophole. That's a huge breach of privacy. You're not even working with that other child. I'm filing a complaint so MCPS can look into teachers who are accessing information inappropriately.

The only sibling information teachers have is their age and school, if they attend another MCPS school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there a specific concern you have, OP? A delve into records that went too far?

Like others, I check students grades in other classes when I’m concerned - is it just in my class? Is there a specific weakness in reading or math that might affect what I’m seeing? Are they going to class at all or are they failing because they’re skipping?

I look at birthdays too because it’s nice to say happy birthday. I rarely look up addresses but did recently in a conversation with a kid about not coming on time and claimed it was a long walk (it was 2 blocks with no major streets to cross). I’ve looked up siblings to see if they have similar attendance concerns (is it just my kid or a household thing?) It all helps paint a bigger picture and find out if it’s something I can address or something that can be brought to a counselor or ppw.

I’m not snooping for fun. I’m gathering data so I help a kid and refer out if I see a concerning pattern. I’ve been able to steer families in the right direction for special ed or transportation or community resources by paying attention to things other than their performance in the 45 minutes I have with them.

WTF would you have access to sibling information? That's going too far and MCPS needs to close that loophole. That's a huge breach of privacy. You're not even working with that other child. I'm filing a complaint so MCPS can look into teachers who are accessing information inappropriately.

You get easily angered, don’t you? Making mountains out of molehills and in the meantime ready to get teachers fired.

[Anonymous]

The teacher is looking for attendance patterns…not sure why this triggered you. And it’s better than the old way of gossiping in the main office. The information is readily available now and should be accessible for the parties needing it- and of course, the teacher is one of those parties. You all would complain of the teacher did nothing too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The teacher is looking for attendance patterns…not sure why this triggered you. And it’s better than the old way of gossiping in the main office. The information is readily available now and should be accessible for the parties needing it- and of course, the teacher is one of those parties. You all would complain of the teacher did nothing too!

No it's none of their business whether a sibling who is not their student is attending school or not. That is not part of their job and it's a huge ethical violation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there a specific concern you have, OP? A delve into records that went too far?

Like others, I check students grades in other classes when I’m concerned - is it just in my class? Is there a specific weakness in reading or math that might affect what I’m seeing? Are they going to class at all or are they failing because they’re skipping?

I look at birthdays too because it’s nice to say happy birthday. I rarely look up addresses but did recently in a conversation with a kid about not coming on time and claimed it was a long walk (it was 2 blocks with no major streets to cross). I’ve looked up siblings to see if they have similar attendance concerns (is it just my kid or a household thing?) It all helps paint a bigger picture and find out if it’s something I can address or something that can be brought to a counselor or ppw.

I’m not snooping for fun. I’m gathering data so I help a kid and refer out if I see a concerning pattern. I’ve been able to steer families in the right direction for special ed or transportation or community resources by paying attention to things other than their performance in the 45 minutes I have with them.

WTF would you have access to sibling information? That's going too far and MCPS needs to close that loophole. That's a huge breach of privacy. You're not even working with that other child. I'm filing a complaint so MCPS can look into teachers who are accessing information inappropriately.

I am sick of all of the teacher bashing here. Let's blame the teachers for accessing this information. We didn't make Synergy. It is not our fault that the information is there. We are in this together and you need to stop blaming teachers.

It sounds like you're a snooper.

[Anonymous]

A family member is a school attendance secretary. She told me that and looks up her friend’s kid’s grades and attendance from other schools. I always wondered if this was true and why she had access to this information.

Is this even possible?

[Anonymous]

I am a teacher and I work with a lot of students that are EML, and often they ask me to check their grades and attendances in other classes and show it to them— no matter how many times I teach them to use Synergy to access that information themselves.

[Anonymous]

Wow, that is one mentally ill poster on this thread. I think they might have posted recently on other threads. The style of writing seems familiar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

You think there's a breach of confidentiality there?

Yep, you're crazy.

Did anyone say it was?
Yep you cant read.

I think there was. I don't think teachers should be looking at information other than their own grades unless there's a good reason. In the past teachers could go look at student files but they needed to justify why they were pulling them to the admin secretary. I assume the teachers accessing the other student info are logged and I think it should flag someone at the school if they are looking at information that's not appropriate or looking at too many kids' private info.

Then run for the BOE on this as your platform.