British Columbia schools are striving to develop positive and
welcoming school cultures, and are committed to fostering optimal
environments for learning. Members of these school communities
share a commitment to maintaining safe, caring and orderly
schools. They focus on prevention of problems and use school-wide
efforts to build “community,” fostering respect, inclusion, fairness
and equity. They set, communicate and consistently reinforce
clear expectations of acceptable conduct. They teach, model and
encourage socially responsible behaviours that contribute to the
school community, solve problems in peaceful ways, value diversity and defend human rights.
Resources Relating to School Safety
Direct access to a variety of resources most of which can be printed directly from the list as well as links to materials available on other helpful web sites.
Keeping Kids Safe - A Guide for Parents of Students in Grades K-12
Recent events, publicized in the media, have encouraged us all to think and talk about bullying prevention in our homes, schools and communities and about our shared responsibility for ‘keeping kids safe’. Everybody has a role to play.
Cyber Bullying - Encouraging Ethical Online Behaviour
Lessons on Cyber Bullying for Grades 5-12. To help educators address this issue in their classrooms, Media Awareness Network has developed a series of lessons, in English and in French, to give students a better understanding of the ethical and legal implications of cyber bullying and to promote positive Internet use. This group has included lessons intended to support and enhance school-based anti-bullying and empathy-building programs.
For your convenience - the 'updated pages' [PDF 266KB] in the 2008 version of Safe, Caring and Orderly Schools: A Guide can be printed (double-sided) and inserted into existing 2004 version copies of the document.
Attributes of Safe, Caring and Orderly Schools Safe schools don't just happen - they are developed by committed people using appropriate and ever-improving policies, procedures and practices - the building blocks of safe, caring and orderly schools.
Guiding Questions
Questions designed to facilitate discussion and to prompt actions that will lead to continually improving policies, procedures and practices in support of school safety.
Codes of Conduct Present standards for the development of codes of conduct - including an outline of the elements that must be incorporated in all codes of conduct in British Columbia schools. Updated November 2008 to reflect School Act amendments including the Provincial Standards for Codes of Conduct Order.
Developing
and Reviewing Codes of Conduct
A Companion to the Provincial Standards for Codes of Conduct Order and Safe, Caring and Orderly Schools: A Guide (2008) has been created to assist boards of education in meeting their obligation to ensure that codes of conduct in their districts meet the provincial standards and comply with the School Act and the Provincial Standards for Codes of Conduct Order. It offers information to assist boards to meet their responsibilities under the law and work to make the schools of our province as safe, caring and orderly as possible.
Timely Information
A brief discussion about recording of safety-related incidents and concerns, and how and when schools typically convey information to appropriate parties.
Recording and Reporting - Sample Forms
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nformation about safety-related incidents and concerns including references to helpful resources for developing effective reporting and recording practices.
Guiding Legislation
Easy access to legislation relevant to the BC Safe Schools Strategy - Safe, Caring and Orderly Schools. Updated November 2008 to reflect School Act amendments including the Provincial Standards for Codes of Conduct Order.
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