SCHOOL SAFETY

Amanda Evans

Ivy Tech Community College

Standard #8: Instructional Strategies

The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage learners to develop a deep understanding of content areas and their connections, and to build skills to apply knowledge in meaningful ways.

Name of Artifact: Contemporary Issues Project

Date: 4/14/15

Course: EDUC 101: Introduction to teaching

INTASC STANDARD

DESCRIPTION & RATIONALE

Description:

This presentation displays the issue of safety that many schools across the country are facing. Some of the safety concerns are general safety, emergency preparedness, transportation and playground safety.

Rationale:

To document my understanding of InTASC Standard 8, Instructional Strategies, I chose to include my Contemporary Issues in Education project. This standard is important because teachers need to be able to teach using a variety of methods. This will help me teach a concept using a visual method.

SAFETY OVERVIEWGeneral SafetyEmergency preparednessTransportation SafetyPlayground safety

GENERAL SAFETYLocked doorsIn school transition proceduresVolunteer procedures

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

Tornado DrillsFire DrillsIntruder Drills (Shah, 2013)

(Elliott, 2013)

TRANSPORTATION SAFETYSchool Bus Safety (Durick, 2010)

Drop-off/ Pick-up SafetyWalker safety

PLAYGROUND SAFETYSupervisionEquipment safetyAdult: child ratio

"This job of keeping our children safe, and teaching them well, is something we can only do together, with the help of friends and neighbors, the help of a community, and the help of a nation."

— President Barack Obama, December 16, 2012

QUESTIONSWhat safety measures have you seen in your school?

What safety concerns have you seen in your school?

REFERENCES Elliott, S. (2013, May 08). Pence signs school safety bill. Indianapolis Star Retrieved

from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1349546647?accountid=41074

Teaching Kids about Playground Safety. Retrieved from http://kidshealth.org/parent/nutrition_center/exercise_safety/playground.html#

Shah, N. (2013). States Stepping up Mandates for School Safety Drills. Education Week, 32(32), 1,.

Springtime is the right time to swing into playground safety (2007). Retrieved fromhttp://sks.sirs.com.indianapolis.libproxy.ivytech.edu.allstate.libproxy.ivytech.edu

Working to Keep Schools and Communities safe. Retrieved from http://www.ed.gov/school-safety.

Durick, J. M. (2010). School Transportation Issues, Laws and Concerns: Implications for Future Administrators. Online Submission.