Description of the course:

This training course in “   School Safety Course” aims to develop in teachers professional competences in the field of safety. Giovani per l’Europa provides an educational foundation for all School Safety Personnel in the knowledge and skills necessary to become effective safety professionals. This course includes practical lessons, field works, cultural visits, technical visits, meeting with experts, schools visits. Many practical tools and materials for trainers will be supplied and at the end certificates will be delivered, as requested in Erasmus Plus Programme.

Objectives

The course aims to provide teachers with:

• How to know the warning signs
• How to save students in case of emergency
• What to do in case of natural disasters
• Know the risk factors
• Know the measures of prevention and protection
• Learn methods of first aid

Methodology: In the framework of Erasmus Plus Programme, we are going to develop our courses based in both formal and informal education methodologies. We’ll start with an introduction of the new methodology and also with a theoretical approach. In order to stimulate the active participation of the participants we will use dynamic activities, like:

• Study cases,
• Conferences with experts,
• Discussions in the classroom with directors of private institutes,
• Guidelines,
• Technical visits to the laboratories and schools.

Programme 

1^st Day: Transfer from the airport to accommodation and room allocation. Welcome Meeting. Rules applicable in Italy, information about the city and general information about the Programme. Lesson Managing participant’s expectations about the “School Safety” course, Walking tour of historic city.

2^nd Day: Lesson Introduction to Italian School Safety. Meeting with an expert on school safety. Lesson on fire safety, and how to read the signs of Safety.

3^rd Day:  Lesson: What do in case of earthquake. What to do with the students, how to get out of the classroom, how to maintain control during emergency.

4^th Day: Lesson/Meeting with a structural engineer who will explain what are the strategic points to save, where you have to put in case of earthquake/fire and why. He will explain escape routes, safety signs, point of collection, collective protective measures, areas at risk.

5^th Day: Lesson/Meeting with a psychologist who will explain to the teachers how to maintain control in an emergency situation, how to control emotions and how to calm children during an evacuation.

6^th Day: Free time for individual research or optional cultural activities.7^th Day: Free time for individual research or optional cultural activities.

8^th Day: Lesson Meeting with a firefighter who will advise students to save in case of natural disasters. How to behave in case of floods. What to do in case of a landslide. What to do in case of tornadoes.

9^th Day: Lesson Meeting with some volunteers of the Italian Red Cross. Lesson in first aid. What should contain a first aid kit.

 10^th Day: Lesson Day visit to a primary school. How the Italian school are equipped in case of emergency. Opportunity for dialogue with the Italian teachers, how Italian teachers behave in case of emergency. Theoretical demonstration of their evacuation plan.

 11^th Day: Lesson: General protection measures. Obligations of the employer. Risk assessment. Priority of collective protection measures over individual ones. Planning of prevention.

 12^th Day: Lesson verification test. Evaluation of the Training Course. Certificate Ceremony and overall evaluation meeting with the host organization and the beneficiaries.

 13^th Day: Free time for individual research or optional cultural activities.

14^th Day: Preparing for departure.