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Safe in what way? Are you worried about student violence?
Are you looking for emotional safety? Have you participated
in crisis prevention intervention training? There are trainings
you can take to help you recognize when to intervene to de-
escalate a situation and how to respond it things look like
they are getting out of hand. However, the place to start is
consistent classroom management.

On 3/19/16, Robin wrote:
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>> teachers too.
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> If your administration isn't taking care of this, your best
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> neighbors/colleagues. Have a "safety pact" where you
check in
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> with each other frequently. As a sub for a large district in
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> CA, several years ago I made quick friends with "military
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> vets, tall big faculty, etc" just for this reason on each
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> campus. Taking self defense classes helped a bit... Lastly,
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> have 911 on speed dial, along with school campus police.
God
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> bless and good luck. I stayed because of the money, but as
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> soon as I could I interviewed asap for ANY safer
neighborhood.

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