Team App — SAFE Communications Score
Platform evaluation for staff-student supervision and institutional governance.
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Full framework and scoring methodology: SAFE Communications Score
SAFE Communications Score · Platform Evaluation
Stack Team App
Staff-student supervision and governance evaluation
LIMITED
Institutional Oversight
2 / 40 points
0 — No controls
1 — Token / incidental capability
2 — Partial / workaround only
3–4 — Functional with gaps
5 — Full institutional control
Maturity tiers: Limited 0–25% · Developing 26–50% · Moderate 51–75% · Advanced 76–100%
Institutional Control
0/5
Staff-Student Messaging
1/5
Cross-Role Access Controls
1/5
Records & Retrievability
0/5
Administrative Visibility
0/5
Review & Incident Workflow
0/5
Longitudinal Monitoring
0/5
District-Level Governance
0/5
This evaluation assesses institutional supervision and governance capability in school settings. Platforms designed for general consumer use may serve other communication needs effectively while lacking the oversight controls this framework measures.
Institutional Control 0/5
Stack was not designed with institutional governance in mind. Every team is user-created with no school-owned tenant, no official channel designation, and no mechanism for a school to claim or govern the communication environment.
Staff-Student Messaging 1/5
A blunt "Admins Only" switch can restrict who initiates chat, but messaging cannot be disabled entirely and there is no monitoring, logging, or supervision of conversations that do occur.
Cross-Role Access Controls 1/5
Access groups can separate students, parents, and coaches if configured manually. However, any mixed-membership group collapses the separation entirely — and there is no identity verification tied to enrollment or employment.
Records & Retrievability 0/5
No message logging exists. There is no institutional record of communications, no admin retrieval capability, and no retention that survives a user leaving a team or deleting their account.
Administrative Visibility 0/5
No cross-team visibility exists. A principal or AD has no view into communications between coaches and athletes unless manually added to each individual team.
Review & Incident Workflow 0/5
No native flagging, escalation path, or documented outcome workflow exists. Incident response relies entirely on screenshots and manual reconstruction outside the platform.
Longitudinal Monitoring 0/5
No search, filtering, or pattern-detection capability exists. Without logging there is no record to review — supervision cannot persist across conversations, seasons, or time.
District-Level Governance 0/5
No district role, policy capability, or cross-school view exists. Each team operates in complete isolation with no escalation path, policy inheritance, or district-level oversight.
Scores reflect publicly available documentation, platform testing, administrator interviews, and observable platform behavior as of May 2026.
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