Presentation Archive
2026
AUGUST 20
WEBINAR: Canva & the NDPA: Are You Using the Covered Solution?
Many districts across the country have signed the National Data Privacy Agreement (NDPA) with Canva Education. It is important to note that the NDPA only applies to districts using Canva for Education with Single Sign-On (SSO) enabled.
Canva has informed us that many districts are still using Canva Free, Canva Pro, or individual Canva Teacher accounts that are not covered under the NDPA. The good news is that Canva for Education with SSO is completely free for school districts. To ensure districts are using the appropriate Canva Education product and maintaining compliance with the agreement, we are hosting a webinar on August 20 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time. During this session, a Canva representative will guide districts through the process of rolling out Canva for Education with SSO.
JULY 23
WEBINAR: From EdTech Compliance to Evidence Based Assurance
K-12 data breaches are increasingly making headlines, and school districts are looking for stronger assurance that an edtech vendor is capable of protecting their students’ data. Meanwhile, states are looking more at existing cybersecurity standards, sometimes requiring different ones that other states, creating a patchwork for vendors to comply with.
To address both, A4L developed the Global Education Security Standard (GESS), which is a crosswalk of the major cybersecurity standards with controls specifically chosen for the K-12 sector. In this webinar, we will introduce the GESS audit framework and methodology. Vendors will learn what to expect if they want to receive a GESS assessment, and school districts will learn what it means when a vendor has received a GESS certification.
MARCH 16-19
2026 SDPC & Unity Convening
MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2026
Welcome / Introduction & What is the Community All About?
SDPC Resource Registry 2.0 Training
Unity Implementers
Social Evening Networking Reception
Sponsored by Classlink and Public Consulting Group
TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2026
Incident Response & Data Security: Frameworks for a Resilient Ecosystem
The interoperability of People Continues…
‘Hot Topics’ discussion (Part One)
AWAITING SLIDES
Oklahoma’s Unity Onboarding Story: From Pilot to Statewide Deployment
Governance That Doesn’t Fall Apart When Someone Quits
AWAITING SLIDES
The Special Education Data Model (SEDM)
National Data Privacy Agreement (NDPA)
Unlocking Meaningful Transactional Data Across Programs with the Student Participation Object
SDPC Resource Registry 2.0
Exploring Unity’s Readiness for the CEDS Ontology
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2026
Beyond the DPA: The parts of the iceberg you can’t ignore
AWAITING SLIDES
Scoping your SIF implementation
‘Hot Topics’ discussion (Part Two)
How to weave other data standards into your complete ecosystem?
Collaboration in Action: Shared Services for Data Privacy, Security, and Vendor Management
Vendor Perspectives: The Road to Unity
Evaluation and Testing: Looking Under the Hood Transparently, Safely, and Consistently
Maine’s Road to Unity: From Customized State-Level SIS to Domain-Neutral Transport Agent
Laws Regulating EdTech: State and Federal Proposals
AWAITING SLIDES
Credentials? Not Before the Data!
SDPC Resource Registry 2.0
Beyond K-12 Unity: Aligning with CEDS and Connecting to Workforce (JEDx)
THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2026
Protecting Student Data Can Be a Perilous Journey
EDUcore: Building a Foundation for Solutions to Stand On
Privacy and AI: Policy, Compliance, and Risks
AI and Education Data: Unlocking Insights with Interoperability
Safe and Effective AI for Learning
Closing Session
JANUARY 30
WEBINAR: Ready To Answer
How the SDPC helps schools respond to privacy challenges
Description: If you’re like most schools, chances are you are sharing a large amount of student data with thousands of educational technology providers (e.g., the most recent EdTech Top 40 report estimating that the average school district has integrated over 2,900 edtech tools). Parents are becoming increasingly concerned with the technology being used in schools, which raises the question: if a parent came to you asking who you share their child’s data with, what they’re allowed to do with it, and how it is protected, would you be ready to answer?
This informative session will be specifically tailored for schools not currently using the the Student Data Privacy Consortium (SDPC) and will explain how it provides resources for schools and educational technology providers to negotiate privacy terms, understand the data flows, and manage data privacy agreements, ultimately saving time and money while ensuring strong protections are in place.
JANUARY 28
WEBINAR: Less Data Collected, Less Data Exposed
Minimization, Retention, and Deletion
Description: One of the main privacy goals for schools when creating and sharing student data is to make sure it is protected at each phase of the data lifecycle. Two important principles that help reduce the risk of exposure are data minimization (limiting what you share and use to only what is necessary) and data destruction (destroying the data or transferring it to the student once it is no longer needed).
In this panel for Data Privacy Day, we look specifically at how schools can use the Student Data Privacy Consortium’s (SDPC) National Data Privacy Agreement (NDPA) when negotiating with a vendor to ensure that only necessary data are shared and then look at how it can be used at the end of the agreement to ensure that the vendor doesn’t retain data longer than necessary.