Indicators for Safe Schools as of 18 March 2003

Safe Schools in a Safe Community setting have:

1.      An infrastructure based on partnership and collaborations, governed by a group of teachers, pupils, technical staff and parents that is responsible for safety promotion in their school; the group should be chaired by a School Board (representative of school policy governance) representative, with the Headmaster as a co-chair;

2.      Safe School policies decided by the School Board (representative of school policy governance) and the Community Council in a Safe Community setting;

3.      Long-term, sustainable, operational school programs covering both genders and all ages, environments, and situations;

4.      Programs that target high-risk groups and environments, and programs that promote safety for vulnerable groups;

5.      Programs that document the frequency and causes of injuries – both un-intentional (accidents) and intentional (violence and self-directed);

6.      Evaluation measures to assess school policies, programs, processes and the effects of change;

7.      Ongoing participation in Safe Schools networks – at community, national and international levels.

These indicators have been developed by the International Safe Communities movement with the objective to make the World a better and safer place to live, work and play in. Please read more about us on www.phs.ki.se/csp and give us Your opinions to improve our work to moa.sundstrom@phs.ki.se or leif.svanstrom@phs.ki.se

Specifically for Safe Schools issues contact:

http://www.peacefulresources.org/InternationalSafeSchools.html and maxvosskuhler@peacefulresources.org or eschmidt@edc.org, co-chairs of the International Safe Schools Committee.

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