Texas School Procedures Newsletter
October, 2018.
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Playground Safety - Free access to our playground protocol for non-subscribers!
TxSP has recently updated our playground safety protocol. This protocol includes recess guidelines, the role and responsibilities of the teacher during recess/outside play, the role and responsibilities of the campus administrator regarding playground expectations, and weather guidelines. This protocol also reminds districts and campuses that negligence (unintentional doing or not doing something which causes injury to another) can create potential liability and discusses the four elements of negligence. We have also included an accident report.
Bus Safety
Misconduct not only happens in the classroom and on the school grounds but also happens on the bus as well. Some districts allow for the transportation department to determine and issue discipline consequences based on the number of reports. Texas School Procedures recommends that a bus misconduct report is submitted to campus principals where an investigation can be conducted and due process is provided to the student as required when any disciplinary action is taken. Please see our updated Bus Misconduct Section that includes the protocol, a poster for the bus on behavior expectations, a bus expectations contract, a bus misconduct report, and a letter for parents.
Visitor Management Safety
19 Texas Administrative Code, Section 103.1207 was recently updated to address guidelines for removing a visitor who exhibits inappropriate behavior. TxSP has updated our protocol for inappropriate behavior of a visitor to reflect those changes as well as providing all the necessary documentation that is required including reports, letters, a posting, and notification to staff regarding visitor restrictions. Although no campus or district administrator wants to restrict a parent or visitor from access to campus activities, there are times when this is necessary for the safety of students, office staff, and teachers.
Field Trips
This section has been reorganized and updated to include a section on chaperones, permissions/notifications, requests for field trips and a folder for the trip coordinator. In the trip's coordinator folder there is a comprehensive checklist, a document to organize your students with buddies and chaperones, and topics that should be covered for chaperones and student orientation before leaving on the trip. These forms, documents, and protocol will make the planning so much easier and ensures a safe and well-thought-out learning experience.
District Transfers - Inter and Intra
Many districts across Texas are growing and the capacity for transferring students in the district or across the district have to be reconsidered. TxSP has reorganized and updated our student transfer section, including when resident students become non-resident students during the school year, interdistrict, and intradistrict requests for transfers. Also included are how to address transfer revocations, appeals, and transfers for sexual assaults.
Standing room only at our presentation at the LSSSCA Conference in Frisco on November 5, 2018 on "I'm not a Behavior Specialist."
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