Effective Practices. Staff and students who are outside the school buildings should never re-enter the school unless they are in close proximity to an identified threat location and have been directed to do so. Although notification of those who are outside the school building(s) is important, the use of an exterior PA system may not be the best option, as it may cause panic and/or bring unnecessary attention from members of the community. The use of a personal messenger to identify the off-site evacuation location(s) is recommended. Once at the location, staff and students shall remain at that location until further advised by the principal or police. Plans should include the taking of attendance at the off-site evacuation location(s).
Effective Practices. Please describe how each of the seven basic elements are addressed by your proposed program design. How will you monitor the program during implementation to assess continued alignment with the MOST Effective Practices? Are there any other program quality standards, tools or measurements that you use with this program? If yes, please list and describe. We believe in socioeconomic empowerment through mental wellbeing, economic empowerment, and community development. We contract with Civic Wellbeing Partners to build pre- and post-assessment surveys that help us with our programming and related innovation. We will include the seven basic elements outlined in XxxxXxxxxxx.xxx to improve our programming and related assessments further. Regarding the building blocks and their alignment with our program, please see below:
Effective Practices. The Parties agree that punitive discipline practices are not in the best interest of students and not in keeping with the values of Mundo Verde. The Parties agree to utilize crisis prevention intervention, brain-based teaching strategies, and restorative justice techniques to address disruptive or unsafe behavior whenever possible. Mundo Verde commits to train staff on crisis prevention intervention and restorative justice practices at least once per year, and shall train newly hired staff during their onboarding period. Mundo Verde and the Union agree to collaborate on training as determined by the Instructional Leadership Team.
Effective Practices. Please describe how each of the seven basic elements are addressed by your proposed program design. How will you monitor the program during implementation to assess continued alignment with the MOST Effective Practices? Are there any other program quality standards, tools or measurements that you use with this program? If yes, please list and describe.
Effective Practices. In situations where more than one building exists on school grounds, each building should be clearly identified on all sides of the building with a building identifier, such as a number. All portables shall be clearly identified as well. All exterior doors shall be clearly identified, such as doors A, B, C, etc. All rooms within the building should be clearly marked with room numbers.
Effective Practices. All staff (especially those working in the main office) should be trained that, when information is received in the office of a situation requiring a lockdown, whoever receives that information will immediately activate the school’s public address (PA) system, inside and outside, announcing the lockdown. There should be no hesitation in announcing the lockdown, and the decision to call the lockdown should be made immediately by whoever receives the call to the office, and should not be delayed for the purpose of checking with administration before announcing a lockdown. Boards should consider both auditory (PA) and visual notification systems inside and outside the school to announce a lockdown. For the safety of hearing-impaired individuals and in situations where noise levels in open areas such as cafeterias, and outside the school, may prevent staff and students from hearing a PA announcement, consideration should be given to the use of strobe lights or other visual indicators, in addition to the PA system. It is recommended that the actual wording announcing a lockdown be affixed on or near the microphone, so that it is clearly visible and can be read by the person announcing the lockdown.
Effective Practices. It is recommended that, before locking a door, staff should gather everyone in the immediate vicinity into their classroom or other secure area, but only if it is safe to do so. Once inside a secure area, staff and students should: • stay away from doors and windows; • turn off lights; • close blinds; • be aware of sight lines; • if there is a window in the classroom door, consider covering the window; • take cover if available (get behind something solid); • remain absolutely quiet; • take attendance (to be done by teachers); • not use cell phones unless it is necessary to communicate regarding the incident. Cell phones should be shut off or put on vibrate.
Effective Practices. As washrooms cannot be locked, and therefore should be identified during planning as a danger (red) area in the event of a lockdown, students need to evacuate washrooms if at all possible and get to an area that can safely be locked down (green). For elementary schools, it is recommended that plans designate adults who normally work in close proximity to student washrooms to check the washroom(s) prior to locking down themselves, if it safe to do so. After gathering students in the immediate vicinity of their classroom door into their classroom, they would quickly check both male and female washrooms to which they have been assigned in the planning phase, and take any students found in the washrooms into their classrooms to lock down. For secondary schools, it is recommended that training include an explanation to students that they are responsible for getting out of the washrooms immediately upon hearing a lockdown announced, and getting to the nearest classroom or other area that is identified as a safe (green) area. As a last resort, staff or students trapped in a washroom should attempt to somehow secure the bathroom door, enter a stall, lock the door, and climb on top of the toilet.
Effective Practices. It is important that principals ensure the appropriate staff from organizations sharing facilities are included in the development and implementation of lockdown procedures and that these organizations participate in aspects of planning, training, and drills.
Effective Practices. Police will make the decision as to whether a controlled evacuation of a school under lockdown is a viable option, and will direct the evacuation process. This will normally be done on a room-by-room basis, with evacuees being escorted by police to the evacuation location. Plans should address the issue of how to deal with a fire alarm activation after a school has gone into lockdown.
