6ft Student Safety Outside the Classroom representing Human Resources. A team formed with District stakeholders who initiate internal protocols and devise District mitigation efforts and procedures based on current conditions. Since the turn of Phase 1.5 and now Phase 2 (MUSD’s phased inperson learning models), Scharmann On Thursday, two School Site explained that SSA’s are taking safety Assistants (SSA’s) wearing vibrant and security up several notches. This orange reflective vests carefully placed group of classified personnel will entry and exit signage at assigned be reinforcing the comprehensive gates throughout the Stella Brockman COVID-19 state and local health campus. They wore lanyards that guidelines as part of the District’s dangled identification badges, a two- 2020-2021 Return to School plan. way radio clipped to their person, and had a set of keys that accesses the On campus and outside the classroom, school’s gateways and main buildings. SSA’s will safeguard proper social distancing as students access SSA should really stand for Student restrooms and play during recess, face Safety Always. mask compliance upon campus entry, observance of appropriate directional As they continued to affix signage, pathways, encourage one of them described a gateway as healthy hygiene her designated area— an entry and habits, and all other exit route intended for first grade and critical behaviors county students she is to supervise. that help students protect themselves “The primary role of an SSA is to and others. provide student safety and security when outside the classroom,” said At high schools, Sherry Scharmann, Human Resources SSA’s will likely Supervisor. verify student selfscreening by viewing a student’s symptom “They are essential of the check survey result at essential [employees] that campus entry points.
approved symptom-check survey result, a student could become symptomatic while on campus. In this situation, it is the SSA that will thoughtfully guide the student to the health/isolation room where he/she will be examined by a school nurse/ designee. Scharmann explained that SSA’s will still enforce more common duties such as safe routes to and from school. Multiple times a day, SSA’s will guard student street crossing, retrieve students with special needs as they arrive on school busses, or monitoring parking lot safety before and after school. In Phase 2, these duties have heightened as well with extra precautions in student drop off. “Their role is truly an integral part of our team to get our students back to school safely,” said Scharmann.
compose public schools.”
And while a student Scharmann also serves on MUSD’s may have entered Workplace Illness Prevention campus with an command team as the key individual
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