Celebrate Safety - Teacher Facilitator Handbook

Sample Letters to Staff & Parents

Dear Staff:

Thank you for your committment to child abuse prevention. I have just received our school's Celebrate Safety curriculum. I have scheduled our approximately two hour inservice on the program for:

Date:

Time:

Place:

I am looking forward to working with you in making a significant difference in our student's lives.

Sincerely,

Celebrate Safety Facilitator

Letter to Parents

Dear Parents and/or Guardians:

Our school shares your concern about your child's safety and well-being. At some time during this school year, your child's teacher will be sending you more information about our Celebrate Safety child abuse prevention program.

The curriculum includes information about stranger lures as well as good, bad, and confusing touches. The children will learn what to do when confronted with potentially abusive situations. The program is upbeat and teaches children to be careful, but not fearful. You will be invited to join your child's class when the curriculum is presented.

However, if in the interim, you'd like the opportunity to see what your children will be learning before the actual event or feel you will be unable to attend the classroom presentation, you are invited to attend a showing of the program's films:

When:

Where:

Time:

I am looking forward to working with you in safeguarding all of the students at our school. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Celebrate Safety Facilitator

Facilitator Idea Swap Form

Thank you for sharing your ideas with us and with others. We are anxious to learn how your unique perspective and talents have enhanced our program. Please feel free to attach additional sheets as needed.

1. How did you arrange for parent previewing of the videotapes? How did the meeting go? Do you have any suggestions for new facilitators?
2. What kind of check-out system did you devise for the videotapes? Do you have any suggestions for new facilitators?
3. What went well during the teacher inservice?
4. Did any problems arise during the inservice ?
5. Do you have any suggestions for improving the teacher inservice?
6. Did you contact the police officer or social worker assigned to your school? Did they attend the inservice? What is your feeling about the contact you've had with this person?
7. Did you have a school nurse or other district personnel attend the inservice to cover reporting procedures? Was it useful? Does your district regularly review the procedures with staff? How comfortable with the reporting procedures were your colleagues before that presentation?
8. Do you feel your colleagues benefited from the opportunity to discuss and address the issue of false accusation and what, if any, cooperative strategies for dealing with such concerns have resulted from the inservice?
9. What school-wide recognition program for curricula completion did you institute? How did the staff, students, parents, and community respond?
10. Above all, how do you feel about your experience as a Celebrate Safety Facilitator?

Any additional comments?

Thank you again for your input!