Farmington Municipal Public Schools

Parents can see and supervise their children’s screen time

Qustodio provides visibility for parents into their child’s online activities on school-issued devices, including a Pause Internet feature to help parents manage screen time at home.

“Qustodio provides a way for parents to be hands-on, so they can supervise their children in the digital environment outside of school hours,” says Smith.

Staff are equipped to answer parent questions

When parent questions come their way, the technology department and other school faculty and staff feel much more equipped to field those questions.

For example, Smith says “Recently, a question about TikTok came up from someone on our staff. Since I personally don’t use the app, we were able to direct our Head of HR to the Online Safety Hub to learn about TikTok."

IT can direct parents to a resource tailored for them

Smith says the Online Safety Hub has been a helpful resource, as it focuses specifically on answering the questions that parents have.

“As a tech department, we look at the same questions they ask, but we’re also considering other factors—for example, compatibility and security. Most parents want to get to the heart of: How likely is it that my child will see inappropriate content?”

Parents are engaged and educated in online safety webinars

Since starting Live Parent Webinars, Smith says “The feedback has been very positive. I’ve heard several times from parents that they’ve learned things they didn’t know before.”

“We initially did broad online safety topics, such as gaming and an overview of Qustodio for parents,” Smith explains. “Now we’re getting more granular with specific topics for our parent community.”

Based on the webinars’ success, Farmington’s IT team and Student Mental Health department collaborated with Teodora Pavkovic, Linewize’s online safety expert, to plan a webinar series with topics including:

• Sexting 
• Age-Appropriate Tech Use & Cellphone Ownership
• Distraction & Intentional Tech Use