Transcript Session 4

Keeping it in Perspective
Key Learning Points
Next steps
Where the Actual Dangers Lie
Activity
No. of
Incidents
Hospital Visits
Playing field/ grounds
13
10
Dormitory
9
5
Example of an Outdoor
Centre accident record
for one year from
15,000 visitors/50,000
people days:
Stairs
7
2
Medical emergency
6
5
Drama/ Music
5
3
Corridor
3
2
Own activity
3
2
83 accident forms
completed in 12 months
of which 58 were
incurred during nonadventurous activities/
down time
Recreation Rooms
3
0
Chapel
2
1
Adventure Playground
2
1
Wheelchair
1
1
Violence
1
1
Door
1
1
Disco
1
0
Dining room
1
0
Attack of the killer bunks!
Accidental
and sudden
each year
- 18 yrs each
and under
(data–from
National
Statistics
Office)
Accidental
anddeaths
sudden
deaths
year
18yrs
and
under
800
700
700
600
Road traffic accidents:
700 deaths per year
Number
500
400
School trips: 1-2 deaths
per 30,000,000 (approx)
pupil days, per year
300
200
200
140
125
110
90
100
80
70
50
3
0
Road Traffic Skin Cancer
Accidents
caused by
sunbathing
Suffocation
Poisoning
Suicide
Drowning
Cause
Fire
Falls
Homicide
School Trips
Keeping It in Perspective
“. . . being alive is dangerous……
In the UK every year:
• 20 people are electrocuted by their bedside light or alarm clock
• 20 are killed falling over as they get out of bed
• 30 drown in the bath
• 60 are seriously injured even just putting on their socks
• 600 (nearly 2 per day) die from falling down stairs.
(Gerald Wilde C4 TV 1999)
Common Ingredients of
Successful Visits
A self-evaluation exercise for
EVCs
EVC training group 2010
(based on original by Paul Airey
& Bill Taylor)
Common Ingredients of Successful Visits
An EVC Setting Evaluation Questionnaire
Key Statements
Score
1
Establishments that support successful visits have a trained, experienced and influential EVC.
2
Establishments that support successful visits have an establishment policy which makes clear links to the
employer guidance and clarifies internal procedures.
3
Successful visits have clear aims and targeted outcomes
4
Successful visits are staffed by leaders who are clear about their specific roles and responsibilities. Young
people are also aware of their responsibilities
5
Successful visits have sensible and proportionate risk management, understood by both staff and young
people
6
Successful visits have been formally approved to ensure that they have been planned in accordance with
establishment policy and employer guidance
7
Successful visits have been overseen by the EVC and an opportunity created for imparting further advice and
guidance
8
Establishments that organise successful visits have a system for monitoring quality, safety and good practice
on a sample basis
There are 23 questions in total.
How to use the scoring system
1
Very poor
requires attention in many areas
2
Unsatisfactory
requires attention in some areas
3
Satisfactory
4
Good
meets required standards but room
for improvement
exceeds required standards in
several areas
5
Excellent
a model of good practice
The Exercise
• Create small discussion groups (2-3)
• Focus on one of the 23 aspects e.g. #3 ‘Aims
and outcomes’
• Run through the indicator questions /
statements for the chosen aspect to clarify
understanding
• Score own establishment using the scoresheet handout provided
3. Aims and outcomes
Successful visits have clear aims and targeted
outcomes
Areas for discussion to help score:
Staff, young people and parents have a clear
understanding of the learning outcomes and
benefits involved?
There is a clear link between the aims of the
activity/visit and young peoples’ needs?
Educational Visit Co-ordinator Action Plan
Name of EVC:
AREA / TOPIC OF
CONCERN
e.g. Transport of
Young People in
Private Cars
Date of EVC Training
TRIPS & GROUP LEADERS
AFFECTED
Yr 13 Gold DofE, KMJ, PCW
Yr 12 Shakespeare, Stratford on Avon.
BMW
ACTION
TO
CONSIDERED
BE
target date for
completi
on
DATE
MEASURES IN
PLACE
LA guidance on transport in private
cars, minibuses, and public
transport followed.
Drivers 25+, clean licence,
Fully Comp Insurance with
relevant cover.
Written consent of other parents
involved
Additional paragraph in school
health & safety / ed. visits
policy
May 2011 before
next trip
Sep 2010
The Outdoor
Gamble
From
Managing
Risks in
Outdoor
Activities
Cathye
Haddock
NZMSC 1993
Life With Lemons
A beach visit could mean two very different things to two
different people. Have you as EVC gathered enough information?
How can you ensure that visits are of a high quality?
•Experienced, competent, appropriately trained visit leaders
•Good planning
•Appropriate levels of monitoring
Desired outcomes from EVC training
• To encourage more high quality visits/activities
• To establish competent and confident EVCs
• To develop EVCs who are able to inform, enable
and support colleagues to plan, organise and lead
educational visits
• To raise awareness of both Employer/ Local
Authority Guidance and National Guidance
• To share current good practice in the supervision of
young people on educational visits.
Next steps
1. Review your establishment policy in light of today?
2. Make sure all staff are aware of and comply with the
new procedures
3. If you delegate administrative aspects of the role
make sure you keep an overview
4. If you are not the Head, you must let your Head
know if you feel you can’t fulfil any part of the role
5. Get in touch if you have any problems
6. I’ll inform you about future training
Lord Adonis Thanks Teachers who organise visits.
At the Risk & Redress Conference 17-11-05 Lord Adonis said
at the end of his speech:
‘ I'd like to pay tribute to those thousands of
teachers who organise visits & activities for
their pupils, enriching and often transforming
their lives.’
‘Everyone remembers a good teacher and
most of us also remember the good teacher
who led activities outside the classroom’
So,wants
who needs
Who
to be
to
thank
an
an EVC?
EVC?
Tout le monde!
It is really important that EVCs strive to foster a
positive culture in relation to Educational Visits.
You might not always get the thanks and
recognition you deserve ……but it is nice when
you are appreciated!
It’s always good to remember
why we have Educational Visits
and EVCs!