As educators, and school administrators, one of the goals is to provide a safe learning environment for students. In recent news there has been several school shootings and incidences where school violence occurred. While the members of the district hear about these acts occurring, they realize that there is a possibility of an actual school shooting or violent act occurring within their school district .Therefore, school districts are seeking ways to prevent it. When deciding how to protect students, due to the multiple factors that start an actual school shooting or violent act, it is continuously argued about what security measures should be taken to prevent it. School shootings and violence can be condensed by providing an encouraging,
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In 2012, Roberto Flores De Apadaca, ent. al (Apodaca, Brighton, Perkins, Jackson, & Steege, 2012) state that the schools that are more prone to having a shooting or violent act occur within them are the ones that contain the following factors, environmental factors such as vandalism, chaotic and overcrowded hallways, student behavior such as cliques, the behavior of staff and faculty members such as scolding students in the public and allowing bullying to occur within the school; Exposure to violence, and lethal weapons are also contributing factors. Not only do those things play a role in the act of violence or a school shooting, they provide the perpetrator with ammunition for their attack; which will either occur on a single person or a group of …show more content…
To establish a relationship staff can let students know that they are welcome to speak to them if they need to about anything. Some students do not have strong support systems within their households; so to have an adult figure to speak to that is understanding can prevent students from feeling overwhelmed about certain situations that could affect them. To discourage teasing as well as bullying anyone in the school could do this by stopping and addressing it if they saw it in progress (Review, 2013, pg.6). By allowing bullying to occur, it is providing the perpetrator with more opportunities to antagonize the student body. A final thing is to end the “code of silence” (Reveiw, 2013, p. 6), by encouraging students to report any dangerous acts, and to do it in a discrete manner so that it would not cause them to be bullied or ridiculed for being safe. In 2008, Thomas Hutton and Kirk Bailey (Hutton & Bailey, 2008) that another way to protect students is to have metal detectors and locker/desk checks from time to time. By having the metal detectors it enables staff to see if students are concealing weapons upon the arrival to school and the locker/desk checks allows them to make sure weapons are not being concealed or created within the
In 2012, Roberto Flores De Apadaca, ent. al (Apodaca, Brighton, Perkins, Jackson, & Steege, 2012) state that the schools that are more prone to having a shooting or violent act occur within them are the ones that contain the following factors, environmental factors such as vandalism, chaotic and overcrowded hallways, student behavior such as cliques, the behavior of staff and faculty members such as scolding students in the public and allowing bullying to occur within the school; Exposure to violence, and lethal weapons are also contributing factors. Not only do those things play a role in the act of violence or a school shooting, they provide the perpetrator with ammunition for their attack; which will either occur on a single person or a group of …show more content…
To establish a relationship staff can let students know that they are welcome to speak to them if they need to about anything. Some students do not have strong support systems within their households; so to have an adult figure to speak to that is understanding can prevent students from feeling overwhelmed about certain situations that could affect them. To discourage teasing as well as bullying anyone in the school could do this by stopping and addressing it if they saw it in progress (Review, 2013, pg.6). By allowing bullying to occur, it is providing the perpetrator with more opportunities to antagonize the student body. A final thing is to end the “code of silence” (Reveiw, 2013, p. 6), by encouraging students to report any dangerous acts, and to do it in a discrete manner so that it would not cause them to be bullied or ridiculed for being safe. In 2008, Thomas Hutton and Kirk Bailey (Hutton & Bailey, 2008) that another way to protect students is to have metal detectors and locker/desk checks from time to time. By having the metal detectors it enables staff to see if students are concealing weapons upon the arrival to school and the locker/desk checks allows them to make sure weapons are not being concealed or created within the