SafeMeasures Virtual Handbooks

SafeMeasures virtual handbooks are unique, interactive tools that assist schools in maintaining their on-going school climate efforts. Every school engaged in the SafeMeasures Process receives two vBooks, the Safe Measures Collaborative Leadership Handbook and their individual school’s Data and Implementation Tools vBook.

When used together, these vBooks guide schools through the entire process of data collection, data analysis, goal setting, action planning, and sustaining projects. Each book contains a variety of informational guides, diagrams, video clips, templates and pictures that lead schools through the four stages of the SafeMeasures process and provide them with ideas for how to use collaborative action research to improve their school’s climate and improve learning.

SafeMeasures Collaborative Leadership Handbook
This Handbook is a comprehensive guide to the SafeMeasures™ process and helps schools:

• Understand our approach to school climate improvement
• Select and create student and adult leadership teams
• Collect school climate data
• Analyze school climate data and set improvement goals
• Create action plans with teachers and students
• Assess progress
• Sustain effective leadership

Data and Implementation Tools Book
This vBook is individualized for each school and contains all of its school climate data as well as tools for using these data to effectively improve school climate.

By accessing the Data section of this book, each school can download its own:

• Qualitative and quantitative school climate data summaries
• Action plans
• Academic achievement data analyzed in conjunction with school climate improvement data
• Information on legal compliance with state statutes.

The Implementation Tools section of the vBook contains:

• Guidelines for scheduling new data collection
• Templates for creating new action plans
• Plans for scheduling professional development