When students and staff feel safe in their surroundings, it creates a positive learning environment for everyone. The focus should be on teaching and learning, without the added stress of feeling afraid of your surroundings. A performance objective on my campus is that at least 90% of students and staff report feeling safe at school. The strategy used to achieve this goal is to focus on the Organizational Improvement Cycle and review the individualized report and share it with staff. As a leader of a campus, it is important to listen to the concerns that students and staff have when it comes to feeling unsafe. Furthermore, a good leader will create teams that consist of staff members, students and possibly the campus student resource officer, and talk about ways to make members of the school feel safe. A survey was given to staff and students, and 95% of staff and students indicated that they feel safe and secure on campus. Other ways that will show that this objective is being met is the increased rate of attendance for students and …show more content…
As I stated above, safety is the top priority of a school. Safety protocols must be in place for staff, students, and parents when they come to my campus. For example, one strategy we have implemented is to make sure everyone that steps foot in the school has an identification badge, and it is visible. Our building is also equipped with cameras inside the school and outside in the parking lot. There should be a limited number of doors that students and guests can access, and the other doors should remain locked. As a leader, it is my responsibility to make sure these things are taking place. Principals need to know who is in their building at all times, and what is happening on the property. Effective principals set good examples for staff and students such as wearing their identification badge and helping teachers monitor students in the hallway to make sure students have badges. The safety audit, we receive during the year will indicate if we are successful in meeting our objective. The audit will also show us where we need to improve our safety standards within the building. With everyone in the building wearing badges and keeping certain doors locked, we are creating a safer environment for everyone in the