Posted: March 12th, 2023

Clinical Field Experience D: Protecting the Welfare and Safety of Students and Staff

As a leader on your campus, it is important to understand the safety procedures you are responsible for implementing with your students and staff.

Obtain and review your school’s emergency plan, drill schedule, any additional action steps to address adverse situations in the school setting, district policies relating to student and staff safety, and any other existing emergency plans.

If possible, participate in an emergency drill, acting from the principal’s role. Interview your principal mentor or another campus leader about maintaining safety on the school campus.

Suggested questions include, but are not limited to:

• What do you consider are the most important tasks related to keeping students and staff safe on the school campus?
• Do you feel your school campus is safe for students and staff? What is working? What would you like to add to your campus to ensure their well-being?
• How do you train teachers and staff for emergencies? What is required by law? Do you do anything beyond what is legally required?
• Are you always able to follow your planned emergency drill schedule? If not, how do you document that?
• How do you decide what safety or emergency information you will communicate to families? The community?
• When communicating safety or emergency information to families and/or the community, what methods do you use?

Use any remaining field experience hours to assist the principal mentor and, provided permission, seek opportunities to observe and/or assist the principal mentor.

Write a 250-500 word reflection on your experiences. Incorporate PSEL Standards 5 and 8 into your reflection and describe how you will apply what you have learned to your future professional practice.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

Clinical Field Experience D: Protecting the Welfare and Safety of Students and

Staff – Rubric

Emergency Plan 9 points

Criteria Description

Emergency Plan

5. Target 9 points

Review of emergency plans or drills is thorough.

4. Acceptable 7.83 points

Review of emergency plans or drills is included.

3. Approaching 6.66 points

Review of emergency plans or drills is weak.

2. Insufficient 6.21 points

Review of emergency plans or drills is not included.

1. No Submission 0 points

Not addressed.

Principal Interview 9 points

Criteria Description

Principal Interview

5. Target 9 points

Interview of principal extensively addresses safety procedures on campus.

4. Acceptable 7.83 points

Interview of principal addresses safety procedures on campus in detail.

3. Approaching 6.66 points

Interview of principal vaguely addresses safety procedures on campus.

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2. Insufficient 6.21 points

Interview of principal does not address safety procedures on campus.

1. No Submission 0 points

Not addressed.

PSEL Standards 5 and 8 and Implications for Future Practice 6 points

Criteria Description

PSEL Standards 5 and 8 and Implications for Future Practice

5. Target 6 points

Reflection proficiently discusses implications for application as a future practitioner.

Elements of PSEL Standards 5 and 8 are expertly incorporated into reflection.

4. Acceptable 5.22 points

Reflection logically discusses implications for application as a future practitioner.

Elements of PSEL Standards 5 and 8 are accurately incorporated into reflection.

3. Approaching 4.44 points

Reflection inexplicitly discusses implications for application as a future practitioner.

Elements of PSEL Standards 5 and 8 are weakly addressed.

2. Insufficient 4.14 points

Reflection unrealistically discusses implications for application as a future

practitioner. Elements of PSEL Standards 5 and 8 are inaccurately addressed.

1. No Submission 0 points

Not addressed.

Organization 3 points

Criteria Description

Organization

5. Target 3 points

The content is well-organized and logical. There is a sequential progression of ideas

that relate to each other. The content is presented as a cohesive unit and provides

the audience with a clear sense of the main idea. The summary is within the

required word count.

4. Acceptable 2.61 points

The content is logically organized. The ideas presented relate to each other. The

content provides the audience with a clear sense of the main idea. The summary is

within a reasonable range of the required word count.

3. Approaching 2.22 points

The content is not adequately organized even though it provides the audience with

a sense of the main idea. The summary may not be within a reasonable range of the

required word count.

2. Insufficient 2.07 points

An attempt is made to organize the content, but the sequence is indiscernible. The

ideas presented are compartmentalized and may not relate to each other; or the

summary is widely outside of the required word count.

Mechanics of Writing 3 points

Criteria Description

includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use

5. Target 3 points

Submission is virtually free of mechanical errors. Word choice reflects well-

developed use of practice and content-related language. Sentence structures are

varied and engaging.

4. Acceptable 2.61 points

Submission includes some mechanical errors, but they do not hinder

comprehension. Variety of effective sentence structures are used, as well as some

practice and content-related language.

3. Approaching 2.22 points

Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader. Inconsistent

language or word choice is present. Sentence structure is lacking.

2. Insufficient 2.07 points

Surface errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning.

Inappropriate word choice or sentence construction are used.

1. No Submission 0 points

Total 30 points