“Keeping Schools Safe”
Jennifer Brockwell – Principal South Lake Elementary School Brevard County, Florida Brockwell.jennifer@brevardschools.org As an administrator, you know that you have many roles, but the number one priority is student and staff safety! You must have a plan in place and practice, practice, practice. The key is to ensure that your staff and your students know what to do in many situations. All employees have the authority to keep our school safe, but they need to know what to do so having plans are critical and revisiting those plans are a must! There are many no cost or low-cost strategies that you can implement now to keep your campus safe. · Keep doors and entrance gates locked – teachers always need to understand the importance of keeping their doors locked. If you have someone that opens all the gates at arrival and dismissal, change that policy. The employee that supervises that gate should be the only one that opens it and they stay there until th