SSF Lever 2:
Student and Staff Safety
Student and staff safety involves creating a safer and healthier learning environment by addressing various challenges such as bullying, harassment, discrimination, and trauma; accessing supportive resources; having the ability and support tools to address challenging behaviors effectively; and promoting self-care, resilience, and stress management. Ensuring psychological and physical safety for students and staff is paramount, as it cultivates a conducive environment for learning and growth, fostering resilience and well-being. Safety encompasses not only physical well-being but also the establishment of trust and the cultivation of positive relationships within the school community.
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Prioritize building relationships and trust to foster feelings of safety for students and staff
Key Practice 2.1.1: Relationship with Caring Adult
Prioritize building relationships and trust to foster feelings of safety for students.
Key Practice 2.1.2: Culture of Caring and Belonging
Engage school staff in ongoing activities that support a culture of belonging for all students and promote respectful interactions.
Key Practice: 2.1.3: Supportive Staff Relationships
Implement strategies to enhance positive, supportive relationships.
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Establish and uphold consistent systems and policies within schools to prevent and effectively respond to incidents
Key Practice 2.2.1: Recognize and Respond
Teach skills to recognize and respond to bullying.
Key Practice 2.2.2: Data to Inform Prevention
Examine data to develop prevention strategies.
Key Practice 2.2.3: Bullying Reporting Protocols
Incorporate reporting systems and protocols.
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Prioritize student and staff safety by understanding and addressing the impact of trauma
Key Practice 2.3.1: Trauma-informed Practices
Equip staff, students, and families with tools to manage the impact of traumatic stress.
Key Practice 2.3.2: Staff Stress Management
Foster self-care, stress management, and resilience practices to equip staff.
Key Practice 2.3.3: Student Stress Management
Instill stress management and resiliency techniques in all students.
Key Practice 2.3.4: Recovery Support
Intervene to support psychological safety and recovery for staff, students, and families following a potentially traumatic event.
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Ensure students are equipped with digital citizenship skills
Key Practice 2.4.1: Responsible Technology Use and Digital Citizenship
Deliver digital safety training for staff, students, and families.
Key Practice 2.4.2: Intentional Use of Technology
School policies aim to prevent negative impacts of technology use.
Key Practice 2.4.3: Cyber Victimization Prevention
Provide training and technologies to prevent harm from cyber predators, human trafficking, and sexting.
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Implement strategies and practices to help ensure the safety of all
Key Practice 2.5.1: Training in Warning Signs of Violence
Equip staff and students to recognize harmful, threatening, and violent behavior.
Key Practice 2.5.2: Threat Reporting Procedures
Ensure effective threat reporting structures.
Key Practice 2.5.3: Effective Behavioral Threat Assessment Team
School staff use the threat assessment instrument, manual, and field guide in Sentinel when forming, training for, and utilizing the behavioral threat assessment team.
Key Practice 2.5.4: Support with Escalated Behavior
Support staff before, during, and after escalated behavior occurs.