1. Safety-related Issue at NCCA
Michelle Williams
EAD-505 Education Law
12/6/2017

2. Current Safety Issue at NCCA
In a virtual school, students are expected to attend school just as they would in a brick and mortar setting. The student is expected to spend at least 6 hours a day on their studies.
Problem: Upper Middle and high school students left at home alone by their Learning Coaches to attend Live Lessons and complete their school work unsupervised by an adult.
Students left to their own devices can be:
- be exposed to predators.
- be cyberbullied

3. Studies on Online Child Safety Predators
The University of New Hampshire conducted a Youth internet study. Results of the study:
Unwanted sexual solicitations dropped to 53% between the years of 2000 and As of 2010, 9% of children who used the internet received undesirable solicitation.
The New England Journal of Public Policy states that solicitation can take place on children gaming sites such as Minecraft, Word of Warcraft, on social media sites and in chat rooms.
Studies also show that 5% of online predators are adults pretending to be children.
Notes: The study found that requests to meet in person with the child declined between 2000 and 2010.
The New England Journal of Public Policy conducted a study that evidenced that contact with online predators take place in chatrooms, social media sites and gaming sites.
The predator posing as a child will use the unsuspecting child’s gaming habits and social media sites to learn more about him/her.

4. Studies on Online Child Safety Cyber Bullying
Cyber bullying refers to bullying that takes place over the internet and can present itself in the form of:
sending malicious messages
spreading a mixture of truth and untruths about a person
posting messages on social media sites.
hacking someone account to send negative messages to someone else.
pretending to be someone else online to say hurtful things.
posting or sending sexually explicit pictures about a person.
Notes: Girls are more likely than Boys to be cyberbullies. Girls are more likely to be cyberbullied than boys. Victims of cyberbullying are more likely to display low self-esteem or even think about suicide to end the bullying.

5. Cyber Bullying cont.
The i-SAFE Foundation conducted a study that yielded the following results:
Over one-half of preteen and teenage children have been bullied online.
One in 3 children have received cyber threats.
Over ½ of students receiving threats online have not told their parents.

6. Websites and Apps Used Most by Students
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7. Mission & Possible Solutions
Part of the Mission at NCCA is to provide students with a safe learning environment. When students are left unattended and expected to use the internet for 6 hours or more without supervision, this could bring about many negative consequences. Children are impressionable. If parents make the choice to enroll them in virtual school, they must take responsibility for their learning.
 Suggestions for improving Internet Safety at NCCA
-Learning coaches should be asked to sign an expectations document stating that their children will be supervised at all times while on the internet.
-Create trainings on how Learning Coaches can discuss acceptable behavior when on line.
-If student is left alone to complete schoolwork the Learning Coach will:
-1st time: Receive a warning.
-2nd time: Speak with school counselor or grade level principal.
-3rd time: Be administratively withdrawn and be made to attend their community school.
-Devise a system that shows or tells when there is no adult at home with the student during school hours.

8. Welcomed Suggestions
Please Webmail me with any other suggestions or concerns that you may have in regards to Child Internet Safety in our virtual education environment.

9. Bibliography
Chapter Twenty-Two: Introduction to Cyber Bullying and Its Dangers. (n.d.). Retrieved December 06, , from
Elgersma, C. (2017, August 03). Parents, here's the truth about online predators. Retrieved December 06, 2017, from partner/index.html
Jones, K. J. (2011). Youth Internet Safety (YISS) Study: Methodology report(Rep.).
(n.d.). Retrieved December 06, 2017, from
Team, S. S. (2017, August 22) Internet Safety Statistics & Digital Citizenship Tips. Retrieved December 06, 2017, from