Scope on Safety - Safety contracts: Let it be written, let it be done

by: Ken Roy

Student safety contracts are an important tool for teachers to use in helping to prepare for and maintain a safe working environment. They also serve an additional means of showing that the teacher was working in good faith when dealing with safety issues, should litigation be on the agenda. The following is an example that is used at Smith Middle School in Glastonbury, Connecticut, for physical science courses.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 3/1/2006Stock # ss06_029_06_10Volume 029Issue 06

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