Lawmaker: School shootings have made teachers 1st responders
Source: Associated Press
Lawmaker: School shootings have made teachers 1st responders
Holly Ramer, Associated Press
Updated 4:21 pm, Wednesday, January 13, 2016
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) School shootings have turned teachers into first responders, and they deserve the same death benefits given to police officers and firefighters, a state lawmaker said Wednesday.
"I remember learning how to play dodgeball at recess; I don't remember my teachers telling me to lock the door when they left the room and to not open it until the gunshots ceased," Democratic Rep. Katherine Rogers told the House Finance Committee.
According to the latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 909 school-associated violent deaths in the U.S. between the 1992-93 and 2011-12 school years. That total includes students, staff members and other victims.
While New Hampshire has avoided deadly violence in schools, Rogers noted that school employees are required to be trained in emergency response.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/education/article/NH-considers-death-benefit-for-school-workers-6755407.php
Feeling the Bern
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(1,552 posts)Alert
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It was informative and disturbing at the same time. In 2 of the 3 scenarios I was a victim of the shooter.
clif
(27 posts)I fear every day this will happen. Where we live, in the "the Redneck riviera" every 3rd person is carry a gun.It only a matter of when. These people are Gun Crazy.
Igel
(35,197 posts)How horrible.
I'm already trained in how to administer some sorts of drugs in case of bee sting. Mandatory CPR training is looming in my fairly short-term future.
Help ID psychological problems and refer kids.
First line of defense as counselor.
First line of defense for child abuse. In a legally binding way.
Immediate support person for autism and a range of behavioral and cognitive disorders.
Supposed to be able to spot malnutrition and help with getting kids free/reduced meals.
Help spot SpEd kids, dyslexia, and gifted/talented--so both ends of the ability spectrum.
Help spot drug abuse and refer kids for counseling or report them for clinical testing.
While engaged in ESL, usually sheltered English immersion but not always.
Spotting bullying. Countering prejudice and racism.
Adding "intruderology" or dealing with active shooters is fairly new. But really, at this point my actual job isn't so much teaching kids as being a wide variety of social worker and counselor while passing the kids because they've been properly socialized into collaborative learning and cooperative production.
Given that everybody else is doing this, it's no wonder that the kids in pre-cal often can't actually do simple algebra and those in AP English far more often than you'd think can't actually read a paragraph and follow instructions. Because their math teachers and English teachers are also Heinz 57 other things, with the last and least important being instructors.