“Step by Step to a Safer School is a must read for educators wishing to get up to speed on the engine driving today’s safe school agenda. Michael Hill, one of the most knowledgeable safe school practitioners in Canada, provides an in the trenches understanding of the barriers facing educators working at making their schools safer.”  - Stu Auty, President, Canadian Safe School Network


“ In my role as a Superintendent of Education with responsibilites for Safe Schools, Michael Hill’s expertise has benefitted me on several occasions, as it has for many of us who work on a daily basis with complex safe school issues and students who are ’at risk’.”  - Pam Reinholdt, Superintendent of Education and Safe Schools, Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board


The Educator’s Hands-On Guide to Keeping Schools Safe

Safe Schools Issues top the agenda of today’s education fields. Drawing on over 10 years of experience as a safe schools administrator in the Toronto District School Board and over 30 years of educator experience, Michael Hill brings his advice, insights and straightforward approach to dealing with safe schools issues. This book serves as a quick reference to Ontario safe schools legislation and Ministry of Education policies and provides practical guidelines for handling a variety of incidents that schools encounter on a daily basis. Special features include flowcharts streamlining the legislation, forms, checklists and case studies best suited for training purposes.

- Quick, Easy-To-Read Format
- Information is presented in plain language and point form
- Flowcharts streamline actions prescribed by legislation
- ‘Quick Facts’ serve as summaries of key points
- Photos illustrate real safe school situations
- Case Studies provide excellent material for training sessions
- Pertinent legislative excerpts and Ministry of Education policy guidelines are consolidated for quick reference

Includes invaluable information on:

- Roles & responsibilities of: school boards, principals, teachers & school administrators, students, parents, community partners and the police
- Suspensions and expulsions
- Conducting investigations
- Search and seizure
- Emergency preparedness
- Youth gangs
- Prevention and intervention programs

The Most Current Resource Available in Ontario

As the most current and definitive guide on the subject in Ontario today, this book is a must-read for anyone involved in education and educational policy: Ministry of Education staff, school boards, educator organizations, school principals, teachers and school administrators, and students of education.

Author: Michael G. Hill; Forward by Eric Roher

Publisher: LexisNexis Canada

Publication Date: April 2010

Softcover Book, 320 pages

ISBN: 9780433449577

Cost: $59.00

To order, please visit LexisNexis Canada