welcome to the Bethel Park School District I'm
James Walsh superintendent we're
here today to share with you the
people programs
the philosophies that comprise the
overall School Safety and Security measures
that we've come to Value each
and every day to ensure our students
and staff have a safe and orderly environment
in which to learn work
and grow go take his vital
to the well-being of our school Community parents
need to feel secure in knowing that when their children
leave home to come to school they can have peace
of mind knowing they will be safe by
implementing the various strategies such as technology
Solutions Community Partnerships active
supervision and a positive School
culture we can create a safer
and more secure learning environment for everyone
involved
Bethel
Park School District
is committed to maintaining a safe environment to learn
as well as work in Security in the district
schools has and will continue to be a priority as
is evidenced in the enhanced measure the district
taken will continue to take those with
physical security as well as policy we
have to in order to ensure people
entering the building go through a check-in process
with our campus manager and Raptors screenings
if going into classroom
students are trained in our multi-hazard Emergency
Operations plan in the beginning middle
and end of the year we practiced
various safety drills throughout the year and review presentations
in order to keep the information fresh
in our minds District
stop David's multi out her plan which encompasses responses
to emergencies it could rise in
an educational setting officers are stationed
throughout the district and also utilize the district's please
please vehicle patrol District facilities we
are very visible
other key to safety so in the mornings
myself my security guard my resource officer
or we're always available in the mornings I stand right here
at the door and watch the kids as they come in greet
them many days with the counselors and I think
that's really where where everything starts as far as
because the kids csac that the resource
officer and they have that opportunity to
talk to us this relationship we
have with those kids we can see them coming in and we
know something's wrong and that's where we start the conversation as
soon as they come through the doors the district is all
continually receiving and sharing personal safety
information with his law enforcement Partners the
district also maintains a partnership with Bethel
Park Police Department with District officers
working and training together
we
pride ourselves in focusing on relationships
the relationships are as
important as making sure that the building
is secure relationship speech
staff members relationships between students
and relationships between our
parents and our community members because
I think that's the number one thing you can do to
really get in front of issues in addition
to the safety procedures the social emotional
well-being of our students is also a priority through
the second step program our
students are introduced to skills for learning empathy
emotional management problem
solving and bullying we look at our framework
as a multi-tiered system of support we
look at the things that we do for all students
and all students do have access to their
school counselors and to their epic social
workers at the elementary level all
play through the high school we've developed the teen's
room at the high school as well to help support student
needs physical
and psychological safety
by offering our services to every student
in our school we hope to create
a shift in school climate that promotes positive emotional
well-being and a trusting supportive
environment relationship-building
that we do here is really far
to ensure that students feel safe
and secure with their peers in the building and
feel safe and secure with their peers and
with the adults in the building to relay any issues that they
have it anytime as a part of our second
tier of support we run the student assist
program that looks at students with high
risk factors their identifying
a need for support within our schools and we
triage those supports to the Epic staff
to the school counselors and to the site base
therapist for the appropriate level of support
we have the Student Assistance Program which
is a really nice program that we started here a few years ago
this year we sent about 35
students through the Student Assistance Program and we were
able to get a lot of those students helping different ways
weather just be in-house help
with our counselors or some of them might have ended
up. Working with a therapist and different things outside
of school so we are able to really
look at what's going on with our
students and take the time to get to know them so
that's where the relationships are key so if you hear
open you see something you're worried about anything
at all don't be afraid to come speak to anyone
in the school to your families and also don't
be afraid to utilize our safe to say program
which is run through the state my experience
when teachers are broadly supportive of one another
resonates with everybody in the building other staff
members and students can see how we look out for each other
the byproduct of forming this van is a children
feel safe in their classrooms knowing that we are all working
together knowing that we can rely on any
college offers a sense of reassurance
text shannan supports
our
administrative team staff and students have
done a remarkable job and making Bethel Park School
as safe as possible and we well
understand that clear and timely communication
is an essential component in that
process school safety is a collective effort
that requires the involvement of all stakeholders
including staff
parents and the broader Community
School Safety is more than the words
simply written on a page school safety
is about the invisible inside the building is
being accessible to students and everyone being accountable
to the expectations of those safety plan
when it comes to school safety I think the most important
thing for everyone to recognize is that it's a
partnership that the partnership with Administration
teachers families we are
all open to hearing any concerns
with important that we act on those concerns
like we have things that are going on and it's
like you would just need to make sure that the kids are safe they
say depends on us there
are four big ideas that I
hope you draw from this look into the Safety
and Security of the Bethel Park School District
number one that
Safety and Security are Paramount to
our everyday operation it's
on our minds on second
that there's some really talented caring
and attentive individual
who focused each and every day on
the student staff safety
third that we have those tools
and Technology to ensure the
buildings are the most safe and
campuses are the most secure that we
an app and forth finally
most importantly that Safety
and Security is more than just these locks
and tools and armed security guards
it's also about the relationships
that we establish with our students and staff
to know each other so well that
when someone's having a bad day we can swoop
in and support them and make sure everybody feels
safe secure and Thrive
here in the Bethel Park school so
it's a community effort
all of us together with our arms locked to
ensure that the everyday experience
in Bethel Park is the safe and
secure one thank you for doing your part