ExCEL Program Managers & Site Coordinators Training August 29, 2019

Maintaining Professional Adult/Student Boundaries

SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

Connector- Who’s in the Room?Please share your:

● Name

● Organization

● Favorite part of the summer

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Introduction

Christine Lee, Senior Deputy General CounselGreg John, Executive Director of Talent Management

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Today’s Outcomes

By the end of the session, participants will:

● Know Frame & Scope of the Problem

● Recognize boundary violations when you

see them or when they are reported to you.

● Understand how to report and interrupt

boundary violations before they result in

abuse.

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What are professional Boundaries?

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➢ We have a collective commitment, responsibility, and duty to protect students and provide a safe and secure learning environment.

➢ Maintaining professional boundaries with students helps us meet this commitment.

➢ Knowledge of professional boundaries helps recognize potential violations and increases our ability to prevent more serious violations.

➢ Violation of boundaries when it serves no legitimate educational purpose.

➢ “Legitimate Educational Purposes:” related to teaching, counseling, athletics, extracurricular activities, treatment of a student's physical injury or other medical needs, school administration, or other purposes within the scope of the adult’s employment duties.

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Scope of the Sexual Abuse Problem -

National Statistics● 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6

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● 7% of school age youth

● Estimate 80% of abuse goes unreported

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Table Activity - Test Your Knowledge

Scope of the Problem -

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✓Access

✓Privacy

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Control is accomplished through calculated and increasingly serious boundary violations.

13Understanding How Offenders Operate

Putting the Puzzle Together………..

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Board Policy 4019.1

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Avoid Conduct that has the Appearance of Impropriety

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Boundary Violations

Constituting Serious

Misconduct

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Constituting Serious

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Closing MovesWith your elbow partner…..

…….discuss one thing you learned or were surprised to learn during today’s training.

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Process CheckHow did we do on our norms? Turn to an elbow partner and pair share:

• Keep equity at the center for students and adults

• Be engaged and present

• Be part of the solution

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