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The School
Resource Officer Program for the Pulaski
County School System is a beacon in the mist
for those schools unable to generate
enthusiasm for their SRO programs. A
positive message is offered and an
attainable example is gifted to all who are
interested in making their schools as safe
as possible. As we all know, school morale
and safety are incredibly important because
it is proven that safe schools make
successful students.
This new
web-site details the successes of the School
Resource Officer program that has been so
productive in Pulaski County. Recently eight
students from Pulaski County were among the
first to complete the School Resource
Officer student program, Community Works,
which combines education and action in order
to develop self-esteem, leadership and
citizenship skills in both students and
teachers.
Pulaski
County's
School Resource Officer web-page offers
a detailed list of twelve different student
programs that can be implemented in the
classroom at almost all grade levels.
Pulaski County has offered a student police
academy to middle and high school students
called GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and
Readiness for Undergraduate Programs). GEAR
UP allows students with an interest in law
enforcement the opportunity to learn the
various requirements and skills needed to
become a police officer.
School
Resource Officers Michael Grigsby and Mike
Corell both serve on the Community Council
for Character, which strongly supports
Character-Centered Teaching. Pulaski County
uses Character-Centered Teaching because it
is an approach that promotes the development
of guiding principles in students. Teachers
conduct their academic instruction in a
manner which clearly and purposefully
reflects their own positive character
attributes. Pulaski County's School Resource
Officers also condone the combination of
Character-Centered Teaching with the 12
Guiding Principles, which are based on the
virtues that underlay American government
and civil society. The 12 Guiding Principles
describe a basic way of acting rather than
specific behaviors, which allows schools to
bring their diverse communities together by
acknowledging basic virtues that everybody
has in common.
The Pulaski
County School Resource Officer program
offers a comprehensive school safety message
detailing the proper procedure to follow in
case of disaster. This school safety message
is very clear about maintaining safety in
all kinds of emergencies- including possible
terrorist attacks.
Pulaski's
School Resource Officers provide
professional development programs to the
staff of the Pulaski County School District.
Classes like; "Drug and Drug Paraphernalia
Recognition," "Weapons Identification and
Recognition," "Early Warning- Timely
Response," "Teen Culture and Drug Update,"
"Gangs and Gang Identification," and an
"Introduction to the School Resource
Officer" are among the many reasons
Pulaski's SRO program has been so
successful. |