The safety and well-being of Saskatchewan students is a priority for everyone involved in education. All of us, government, trustees, teachers, parents and other stakeholders, must work together to ensure that the safety of children is not compromised.
Therefore, I am pleased to commend to you Saskatchewan Physical Education: Safety Guidelines for Policy Development, the work of the Consultative Group on Safety Guidelines. This document will be a valuable resource in enhancing the safety of Saskatchewan students participating in physical education programs. It provides a sound model for school division policy development and implementation.
I recommend that school divisions and schools use this document as the basis for the development of local policy, or that they adopt and implement these safety guidelines directly, for the protection of their students during the physical education program. If, after reviewing the attached Safety Guidelines in the appropriate circumstances of individual school divisions and schools, the Guidelines are thought to be satisfactory, some school divisions may choose to adopt them in their entirety.
Pat Atkinson
Minister of Education
Consultative Group on Safety Guidelines
Barry Bashutski, Saskatchewan School Trustees Association
Jim Hopson, League of Educational Administrators, Directors and Superintendents
Ken Horsman, Saskatchewan Education
Margaret Lipp, Saskatchewan Education
Armand Martin, Saskatchewan Education
Bryan Matheson, Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association
Craig Oman, Saskatchewan Physical Education Association
Lyle Vinish, Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation
The Saskatchewan Consultative Group on Safety Guidelines would like to express its appreciation to the following individuals who reviewed drafts of this document.
Portions of this document have been adapted from the following publications:
These resource documents have been used with permission.
The information which appears in Appendices A-H has been adapted from material originally prepared by the Ontario Physical and Health Education Association. The Saskatchewan Consultative Group on Safety Standards and Guidelines would like to express its appreciation to the Ontario Physical and Health Education Association for giving permission to adapt their original material.
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