Risk mitigation begins with the Hierarchy of Controls, emphasizing hazard elimination to create safer conditions and develop sustainable safety systems.
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Safety is a necessity due to the inherent hazards and resulting risks found in STEAM programs. Knowing what to recognize is central to making your rooms safer.
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Having a Chemical Hygiene Officer Specialist or Lead in each school building just makes sense from a risk management and safety perspective across the USA.
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Legal information on OSHA Regulations, Chemical Hygiene Plans and lab safety regulations for school administrators and lab supervisors in science education.
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Lab Safety in schools is a real concern from a risk management perspective, and this article explores scenarios from actual science departments to illustrate.
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Traditional and digital dissections allow students to gain valuable STEAM knowledge with some advantages and disadvantages using each method.
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Learn to calculate Occupancy Load in your STEAM instructional space for class sizes and schedules based on legal standards and better professional practices.
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Schools can definitely be fined for non-compliance with legal safety standards and not using accepted better professional safety practices in STEAM Safety.
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STEAM Safety Advice for New Teachers featuring legal safety standards and better professional safer practices. Must read for all educators!
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Safer Ed Episode 4 – show host and guests Frankie Jackson and Jeff Angle discuss cybersecurity challenges and threats in K12 education.
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Risk Management in K12 STEAM is about understanding the hazards and resulting risks in STEAM programs as a necessary aspect of reducing shared liability.
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Safer strategies for teaching students with additional needs in STEAM subject areas using accommodations and modifications to provide equitable learning.
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Safer Ed Episode 3 – show host and a guest, Jacqueline Monteith, discuss STEAM Safety for Students with additional needs.
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It is a legal requirement to conduct an annual STEM Lab Inspections in all K12 laboratories. These inspections are seldom conducted in the USA.
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Ensure that your district and each science department understand responsible chemical management and safer professional practices to reduce liability.