Thank you to parents and carers who have completed the Third Party Online Services Consent, we appreciate your time to read and consent to the different categories to ensure students continue to have access to services utilised in our classrooms. Australind Senior High School is required to provide parents/carers with information concerning the Third Party Online services we currently use in our school and classrooms by teachers, staff and students.
As additional services have been added to Third Party Catalogue in 2022 (see below) in the Notification and Bundled categories, parents are now provided an opportunity to simply ‘opt out’ on the services.
We kindly ask parents/carers to read the information on the additional services in the Third Party Catalogue and contact the school, 9797 4400 or australind.shs@education.wa.edu.au if you wish to change your consent from ‘yes’ to ‘no’.
2023 Third Party Consent Catalogue – NOTIFICATION
2023 Third Party Consent Catalogue – BUNDLED
2023 Third Party Consent Catalogue – EXPLICIT
To clarify the need for specific consent, the Department states:
ONLINE THIRD PARTY SERVICES:
· are provided to you by a vendor external to the Department of Education
· are free or paid services
· can include versions that may be downloaded onto staff and student devices
THESE SERVICES PROVIDE FUNCTION SUCH AS:
· school or student management
· teacher administration
· student learning content or activities
· communication tools
ONLINE THIRD PARTY SERVICES MAY REQUIRE:
· students or teachers to create separate student accounts
· students to participate in online activities or upload content
· students or teachers to provide personal student and/or parent information
To confirm, students who do not have parent consent for the different categories – Notification, Bundled or Explicit – will not be able to use the Third Party Online Service, in class, during the lesson and will be restrictive with some assessment tasks.
It is important to note, as outlined in the attached Appendix G, H and I (attached to this notice, on our website and also located in the Connect Library) that each service has undergone a thorough assessment and are deemed safe to use by the Department of Education.
Please contact the school on 9797 4400 or australind.shs@education.wa.edu.au for further clarification.
KYLIE PILSWORTH
MEDIA AND MARKETING OFFICER
16 February 2022
