The government released a draft of new fire
safety guidance for schools last August, which the unions say shows a «total disregard for the health and safety of children and staff».
«Over 140 pages of health and
safety guidance for schools, including robust and detailed advice on protecting pupils on school trips, have been scrapped.
Not exact matches
Included
for 2017 is an updated Concussion
Safety Protocol Checklist, which serves as
guidance for the concussion protocols of autonomy and non-autonomy Division I member
schools, as well as Divisions II and III member
schools.
There is new
guidance on learning outside the classroom («Departmental advice
for health and
safety in
schools» on the Department
for Education's website), subject - specific support
for teachers through their subject associations e.g. Association
for Physical Education, and new Ofsted
guidance highlighting safeguarding in lessons — ensuring that not only is the standard of teaching good, but that the standard of health and
safety within each lesson is also good.
No one size fits all The landscape
for health and
safety regulations in the workplace has not vastly changed
for some time but the HSE's website is a good place to start if you need a reminder or
guidance on what your
school's requirements are
for first aid at work.
We have been working alongside others in the Education Group of UKCCIS (the UK Council
for Child Internet
Safety) to create new
guidance for schools about managing sexting incidents.
Online
Safety As this article was being written, an email arrived in the Havering Education Services» inbox with new
guidance from the UK Council
for Child Internet
Safety explaining new
guidance on «Sexting in
schools and colleges: Responding to incidents and safeguarding young people».
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Despite the known benefits and excellent
safety record of
school trips, the organisation of them has become unnecessarily E E burdensome and, regardless of the Government's recent reduction of
guidance for organising trips, the laws which dictate responsibilities still need consideration.
In 2001 the Department
for Education and Skills released some useful
guidance on teaching
safety in
schools.
School resource officers, additional guidance counselors, and professional development for educators can help schools head off tragedies such as the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., last December, witnesses told members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee at a recent hearing last week on school safety i
School resource officers, additional
guidance counselors, and professional development
for educators can help
schools head off tragedies such as the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary
School in Newtown, Conn., last December, witnesses told members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee at a recent hearing last week on school safety i
School in Newtown, Conn., last December, witnesses told members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee at a recent hearing last week on
school safety i
school safety issues.
Covering advice from vetting staff from overseas and demystifying risk assessment to snowsports
safety, the STF has made it easy
for school trip
guidance to be easily accessed.
We worked alongside others in the Education Group of UKCCIS (the UK Council
for Child Internet
Safety) to create new
guidance for schools about managing sexting incidents.
«Good estate management
for schools» covers issues ranging from
guidance on health and
safety management to advice on how to minimise energy and water usage.
As another example, the Houston Independent
School District developed and published the «
Safety, Privacy and Security Rubric» to assess web applications
for compliance with federal student privacy and security laws and to provide
guidance for safe use in the classroom.
Federal
guidance yielded lower suspension rates in Wisconsin public
schools,
school safety concerns remain October 11, 2017 — Milwaukee, WI — The Wisconsin Institute
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In relation to sprinklers, new wording in the
guidance states: «Building regulations do not require the installation of fire sprinkler suppression systems in
school buildings
for life
safety.»
Policy makers must listen to young people by following the Youth Power Agenda and other proposals like it that can pave a new national model
for school safety, centered on support like
guidance counselors, support services, and restorative justice, rather than criminalization.
To further support
schools and colleges put effective safeguarding measures in place, the Department
for Education has also committed to setting up a working group to consider how online
safety advice can be further integrated throughout the statutory
guidance.
The Obama administration released a comprehensive guide (PDF) to improve
school safety that provides recommendations
for developing
school emergency prevention and response plans and
guidance for addressing student and staff mental health after incidents have occurred.
For example, schools may need to address issues of safety when evaluating how to reduce rates of disciplinary actions.93 Schools should also prioritize funding for positive supports and guidance, including school - based counseling and mental health programs
For example,
schools may need to address issues of safety when evaluating how to reduce rates of disciplinary actions.93 Schools should also prioritize funding for positive supports and guidance, including school - based counseling and mental health prog
schools may need to address issues of
safety when evaluating how to reduce rates of disciplinary actions.93
Schools should also prioritize funding for positive supports and guidance, including school - based counseling and mental health prog
Schools should also prioritize funding
for positive supports and guidance, including school - based counseling and mental health programs
for positive supports and
guidance, including
school - based counseling and mental health programs.94
Critics of the
guidance believe it puts the
safety of teachers and administrators at risk by making it more difficult to suspend dangerous students, and that it creates an incentive
for schools to develop a «racial quota» approach to student discipline.
The PSHE association, the Sex Education Forum and UK Council
for Child Internet
Safety (UKCCIS) have useful
guidance for schools and colleges about discussing issues such as pornography and «sexting».