Policymakers: What You Need to Know about Privacy and Classroom Video Recordings for Teacher Preparation

This resource provides guidance for state policy makers who set requirements for teacher licensure and certification involving classroom video. It explains how video has become a standard tool in educator preparation—both for reflection and for performance assessments—and why securing personal information is essential. Developed by a national task force, the document offers principles to ensure student, teacher, and candidate privacy while clarifying acceptable and unacceptable uses of classroom video in state-mandated assessments.

This resource is part of the Visibly Better project, an initiative designed to create a vision for the future around the use of video for professional learning.