Campus and Student Safety Case Assignment

Your learning objectives:

· Discuss how tort liability informs student and campus safety practices.

· Discuss how in loco parentis informs student and campus safety practices.

· Examine a policy related to student and campus safety and how it is applied at your work site.

Read:

All students read:

Dougherty, J. W. (2004). Torts and liability: An educator’s short guide.  Phi Delta Kappa Fastbacks, (527), 3-45.

In loco parentis (p. 462-464) in: Russo, C. J. (2008).  Encyclopedia of Education Law. Thousand Oaks, Calif: SAGE Publications, Inc.

PK12 Leadership students read:

Part 1 The School Environment – 1. School Safety (p. 3-39) Bosher, W. C., Kaminski, K. R., & Vacca, R. S. (2004).  The School Law Handbook: What Every Leader Needs to Know. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

Read p. 101-140 in: Federal Commission on School Safety. (2018, December 18). Final Report of the Federal Commission on School Safety . Retrieved from https://www2.ed.gov/documents/school-safety/school-safety-report.pdf

Higher Education Leadership students read:

The Complexity of Maintaining a Safe Campus in Higher Education (p. 3 – 14) Terrell, M. C., & Jackson, J. F. L. (2007).  Creating and Maintaining Safe College Campuses: A Sourcebook for Evaluating and Enhancing Safety Programs (Vol. 1st ed). Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing. 

Chapter 2: The Jeanne Clery Act: A Summary of the Law and its Evolution in Higher Education Sloan, J. J., & Fisher, B. (2013).  Campus Crime: Legal, Social, and Policy Perspectives (Vol. 3rd ed). Springfield, Ill: Charles C Thomas. 

Use the readings to write a 3- to 5-page paper that includes the following components:

1. Discuss the intersection between tort liability, in loco parentis, and student/campus safety

2. Explain how the following impacts your day-to-day practice:

a. PK-12 Concentration students: Federal Commission on School Safety

b. Higher Education Concentration students: Jeanne Clery Act

3. What school site, district or campus-based protocols and administrative leadership are required to comply with the policy or recommendations?

a. Why is this important? Explain.

4. How does your own knowledge of the educational law impact your day-to-day practice?

5. What are the challenges to effective implementation (write from a leadership perspective) of law or policy?

Assignment Expectations

Your paper will be assessed on the following criteria:

Your paper should be 3-5 pages in length excluding the title page and reference page.

Assignment-driven criteria: Demonstrates mastery covering all key elements of the assignment in a substantive way.

Critical thinking/Application to professional practice: Demonstrates mastery conceptualizing the problem and viewpoints. Assumptions of experts are analyzed, synthesized, and evaluated thoroughly. Conclusions are logically presented and applied to professional practice.

Scholarly writing: Demonstrates mastery and proficiency in scholarly written communication to an appropriately specialized audience.

Quality of references and organization: Demonstrates mastery using relevant and quality sources and uses appropriate, relevant, and compelling content to support ideas, and convey understanding of the topic and shape the work.

Citing sources: Demonstrates mastery using in-text citations or sources and properly uses APA format including a full reference list.

Timeliness/Professionalism: Demonstrates excellence in taking responsibility for learning; adhering to the course requirement policies and expectations. Assignment submitted on time or collaborated with professor for an approved extension on due date.

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