Course Description
This Erasmus+ cybersecurity training for teachers builds practical awareness of everyday digital threats affecting schools, staff, students and sensitive education data.
Phishing messages, account takeovers, malicious links, ransomware and lost devices can disrupt learning and expose personal information. Cybersecurity is therefore a responsibility shared across school communities, not only an IT issue.
Participants will explore digital hygiene, secure communication and incident recognition, including strong authentication, safe file sharing, suspicious messages and appropriate handling of personal information.
Guided exercises will use realistic school scenarios to identify phishing attempts, practise reporting incidents, review common risky routines and consider how to communicate with students after a digital disruption.
Each participant will prepare a staff cybersecurity awareness pack with a classroom-safe activity, reporting checklist and small improvements to their own digital working practices.
The course is designed for non-technical teachers, school leaders and administrative staff. It supports awareness and safe escalation rather than specialist cybersecurity operations or legal compliance certification.
Course Content
- Common school cyber risks and typical warning signs
- Passwords, multi-factor authentication and safe sharing
- Phishing, scams, account compromise and incident reporting
- Protecting school and student data in daily workflows
- Creating a staff and student cybersecurity awareness pack
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course delegates will be able to:
- Recognise common cyber threats affecting schools
- Apply safer account, device and information-sharing habits
- Identify and report suspicious incidents appropriately
- Explain basic cybersecurity risks to students and colleagues
- Produce a school-focused cyber awareness resource
Assessment and Certificates
Assessment of performance will be through delegate-completed portfolio of work. The final course certification for successful completion is a college-issued “Course Certificate of Completion”, for each module studied. In addition, where applicable, delegates will receive relevant EuroPass certificates.
