Rules & Expectations

1. Teachers are solely in charge of students’ use of technology within their classrooms.  The BYOT initiative's primary function is for the educational program at CCGMS.  Student use of any technology within a class is governed by the classroom teacher.
2. Administration, faculty, and staff at CCGMS may request at any time that students must turn off their privately owned technology.  Failure to do so will result in disciplinary action and possible revocation of BYOT privileges.
3. Students are NOT allowed to:
• Use their electronic devices during non-instructional time
  
• Make or receive phone calls or texts on their phones
• Use earbuds or headphones with their electronic devices unless a teacher gives them permission during class in relation to an educational activity
• Listen to music on their electronic device, because listening to music creates a safety issue when music is played too loudly or when students are unable to hear directions from administration and staff
• Use electronic devices during class without teacher permission
• Use the camera or audio/video recording features.  Voice, video, and image capture applications may only be used with prior written teacher permission and for specific instructional purposes.
• Use any software, utilities, or other means to access Internet sites or content blocked by Cabarrus County Schools Internet filters.
• Charge their electronic devices on campus unless given permission by a teacher.
4. No privately owned electronic device will be allowed to connect to the Cabarrus County School network by using an Ethernet cable plugged into a data jack in the school.  Network access is provided via Wi-Fi/wireless connection only.  Connection to the CCS wireless network is a privilege, not a right.
   
5. During class, all sounds on personally owned technology must be muted unless the teacher grants permission for use of sound associated with an instructional activity.
6. No one shall establish a wireless ad-hoc or peer-to-peer network using his/her electronic device or any other wireless device while on school grounds.  This includes, but is not limited to, using privately owned technology as a cabled or wireless hotspot. (Teachers, when connecting to wireless if you see a wireless domain other than CCS, please let me know immediately)
   
7. Software and applications owned by Cabarrus County Schools CANNOT be downloaded onto personally owned devices.
8. Software owned by staff and students cannot be transferred to school computers.
9. Staff and students may NOT use any personal or school-owned technology to illegally collect electronic data or disrupt networking services.  Staff and students may not engage in any malicious use, disruption, or harm to the school network, Internet services, learning environment, or any school or staff owned electronic device.
10. Streaming content from the Internet using personal technology is discouraged due to the bandwidth congestion it may cause.   
    
11. Students should not initiate, promote, or engage in any form of cyberbullying.  If a student knows someone who is engaged in cyberbullying, that student must report the incident to administration or a staff member.
12. The administration at C.C. Griffin Middle School reserves the right to search a privately owned electronic device in accordance with the applicable laws and policies if there is reasonable suspicion that the student has violated any CCGMS/Cabarrus County Schools policy or procedure or engaged in any other misconduct while using the device.
13. Students will not be able to access their school home directories or print from their personal technology devices.
14. CCGMS faculty and staff cannot attempt to repair, correct, troubleshoot, or be responsible for malfunctioning, privately owned technology.

Consequences of Violation of Rules/Policies

Violation of district and/or school policies, local, state and/or federal laws while using a privately owned electronic device on the Cabarrus County Schools wireless network or on school grounds will result in appropriate consequences.  In accordance with Cabarrus County School Policy, legal action may also be pursued when appropriate.  School-level consequences include, but are not limited to, the following:

· Referral to Responsibility Room

· After School Detention

· In-School Suspension

· Confiscation of the electronic device

· Temporary or long term loss of technology privileges

· Out-of-school suspension

· Permanent loss of technology privileges

Portable electronic devices are vulnerable to loss or theft.  We highly encourage students and parents to engrave or permanently mark their devices with owner information and to record the device’s serial number somewhere at home.  Students and parents must assume total responsibility for any privately owned technology they bring on campus.  Students are responsible for securing their own devices while at school. If a privately owned device is stolen, the victim must immediately report the incident to a school administrator and/or our school resource officer. Need to include how CCG will handle these issues.  Listed before are samples from other schools. Neither Cabarrus County Schools nor C.C. Griffin Middle School will accept the responsibility for any loss or stolen privately owned electronic device.