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K-12 Safest Schools: for Superintendents & Administrators: Part 10 of 10 – Summary
School safety is all-encompassing. It impacts school spaces, staff, students, families, and entire communities. Safety covers everything from the most violent incidents to facilities issues. All are important, as is ensuring every stakeholder is involved. You can read any of these articles for more detail, but here’s a quick snapshot of how each factor impacts
K-12 Safest Schools: for Superintendents & Administrators: Part 9 of 10 – Resolution & Celebration
When done right, reporting and monitoring potential school safety issues lead to a safe resolution. Of course, when good behavior is reported, it should also lead to celebration! Here are some things to remember as you navigate resolution and celebration in your schools. Learning from Near Misses A report from the Police Foundation, Learning Lessons
K-12 Safest Schools: for Superintendents & Administrators: Part 8 of 10 – Accountability
When all school and education stakeholders show respect and concern for the well-being and success of one another, the result is accountability. And, with responsibility comes positive results. By tracking and responding to school safety and morale issues before they become more prominent, concerning behavior resolves. Often, stakeholders can celebrate successes instead of solely focusing
K-12 Safest Schools: for Superintendents & Administrators: Part 7 of 10 – Escalating Important Issues
Many smaller-scale school safety and morale issues can be dealt with at the school level without much or any intervention from staff or stakeholders further up the chain of command. For instance, a classroom incident of name-calling could be a one-off issue that a teacher can handle (though they should, of course, note the behavior
K-12 Safest Schools: for Superintendents & Administrators: Part 6 of 10 – Nothing Falls Through the Cracks
Without a system in place to find out what is threatening school safety, log it, and take action, each incident — large or small — has the potential to fall through the cracks. When that happens, adverse outcomes follow for school morale, student safety and wellbeing, and educational goals. Tracking incidents, and using the information
K-12 Safest Schools: for Superintendents & Administrators: Part 5 of 10 – What Incidents to Address
School safety affects everyone within a school. The National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments reports that the levels of issues like crime and substance abuse in a school are correlated to test scores, graduation rates, and attendance rates. It’s challenging to address and prevent these concerns without a good understanding of what issues exist
K-12 Safest Schools: for Superintendents & Administrators: Part 4 of 10 – Simplify, Simplify, Simplify
Time is of the essence in any emergency or potential emergency, so it is so important to simplify safe school processes. Ideally, school stakeholders quickly identify safety issues and can access a database that allows for safety questions to be inserted. They should have a simple, efficient process that enables accountability, escalation, delegation, collaboration, reporting,
K-12 Safest Schools: for Superintendents & Administrators: Part 3 of 10 – Why Efficient Training & Tracking of Safety Issues is Fundamental
School safety stakeholders need access to data and insights to identify safety issues and make the right decisions quickly. Training stakeholders to handle that process and giving them the tools they need is key to keeping schools safe. Done right, efficient training and tracking of safety issues allow for accountability, escalation, delegation, collaboration, reporting, resolution,