Run a safety session for your colleagues that people actually speak up in — preparation, ground rules with honest limits on confidentiality, handling distress, and managing a staffroom's power dynamics.
By the end, you can
prepare, open and manage a teacher-safety session so colleagues can talk honestly and safely about violence.
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Facilitating Teacher-Safety Training for Colleagues
Why this matters
A session about violence asks colleagues to talk about fear and humiliation in front of people they share a staffroom with.
If the room does not feel safe, people say what sounds right and keep the real stories to themselves. As facilitator, the safety of the room is your first job. 🎙️
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Learn what each of the four stages is for when a school situation could turn violent, and why skipping or swapping a stage makes things worse.
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Facilitating Teacher-Safety Training for Colleagues
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