EDU 526: School Site Safety and Maintenance

Overview

The purpose of this course is to introduce the principles and practices of developing and maintaining school health, safety, and facilities maintenance programs; and the structure of a school health education curriculum. The course is designed for the individual seeking management positions in school administration.

The emphasis in the course is to impart practical knowledge and experiences in managing school health, safety, and facilities maintenance programs. The assignments require the student to explore resources related to the course topics, and to develop position papers related to principles and practices. The course project is a practical application of these principles and practices through development and implementation of a school health, safety, or facilities maintenance audit. The final project report is a formal audit report for the school administration.

Introduction

Students are expected to investigate resources that relate to the objectives of this course. This course does not use a textbook, as there are no comprehensive texts that cover the subject matter. Information is derived from sources available through Jones e-global libraryŽ and the Internet.

Students enrolled in JIU's School of Education will work with sponsors for their professional synthesizing projects to ensure their work addresses the authentic needs of specific learning communities. It is important for students to identify a sponsor early in the course in order for the sponsor to collaborate with the student on the project. You can read more about the sponsor and download the forms from the Sponsor Workbook.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Cite governmental, legal, and policy decisions related to school health, safety, and maintenance.
• Identify the appropriate school staff responsible for implementing the school's legal responsibilities to students on their way to and from school, and with regard to transportation.
• Identify those factors on a school campus that relate to promoting and maintaining a safe and healthful school environment.
• Identify factors that relate to being vigilant about school security and implementing safety procedures and precautions.
• Identify factors that relate to maintaining a close working relationship with law enforcement; and taking a proactive approach to emergency situations to provide stress and crisis management, and conflict resolution to such situations.
• Identify factors that relate to promoting and maintaining a well-maintained school environment, including the contribution of an attractive, inviting, and engaging school environment; and operating within district policies regarding general building maintenance, repairs, and improvements.
• Identify the objectives and topics to be covered in a school health and safety education program, and write an outline for a course.
• Describe the principles and practices related to conducting a school health/safety/maintenance audit.

Required Texts
EDU 526 texts are available from the JIU/MBS bookstore