M. Safety and Security

The safety and security competency describes:

M1. Demonstrating the ability to develop and implement policies and procedures for safe and secure educational environments;
M2. Demonstrating the ability to formulate safety and security plans to implement security procedures including an articulated emergency chain of command, safety procedures required by law, law enforcement assistance, communication with the public, and evacuation procedures;
M3. Demonstrating the ability to identify areas of vulnerability associated with school buses, buildings and groups and formulate a plan to take corrective action;
M4. Demonstrating understanding of procedural predictabilities and plan variations where possible;
M5. Demonstrating the ability to develop plans that connect every student with a school adult, eliminate bullying and profiling and implement recommended threat assessment procedures.

Artifacts:

ED789 School Climate Assignment

FEMA ICS-100 Course Certificate of Completion

Innovation Configuration I Helped Revise in the Summer of 2018 Focused on Classroom Vision & Culture and Cultural Proficiency

ED601 Philosophy of Education Reflection

Reflection:

Safety and security represents a competency I did not have a great deal of experience in given my previous roles in the school. Therefore, I was primed to make growth in this competency over the course of my program. In particular, my coursework through School and Community Relations provided me with the awesome opportunity to complete coursework with FEMA for ICS-100 focused on the Incident Command System which makes me feel significantly better equipped to address and support any incident that might pose a safety or security risk. So much of the safety and security competency focuses on being prepared and proactive, and my learning has absolutely reinforced and supported that aspect of my leadership.