It’s 7:25 A.M. Two Teachers Called Off. Who’s Covering Bus Duty?
School Arrival and Dismissal Safety: Why Backup Supervision Plans Matter It’s 7:25 a.m. Two teachers assigned to morning bus duty have called off sick. The assistant principal is handling a student behavior incident. The principal is meeting with an upset parent. Buses are arriving, and students are unloading. Who’s covering bus duty? Does anyone know […]
The Weakest Link in Your Active Supervision Plan Isn’t the Plan. It’s When the Plan Falls Apart.
Most schools have an active supervision plan for student arrival and dismissal. But what happens when teachers are absent, administrators get pulled away, and the adults assigned to supervise critical areas are suddenly unavailable? That’s when seemingly solid supervision plans can quietly unravel, creating preventable gaps at some of the busiest and highest-risk times of […]
Active Supervision in Schools: An Overlooked Evidence-Based School Safety Strategy
School safety has become a billion-dollar industry of endless new security products. Yet amid all the discussions about technology, one of the most effective and evidence-based school safety strategies often receives surprisingly less attention: Active supervision. The reality is that many school safety incidents do not occur because a school lacked another piece of technology. […]