Degree Name

Education Specialist (EdS)

Semester of Degree Completion

2001

Thesis Director

Richard L. Roberts

Abstract

This study was designed to assess the readiness of Illinois public and parochial schools in Bond, Fayette and Effingham Counties to implement school policies, building security strategies, and violence prevention/intervention programs to improve school safety. The study examined current trends in the school safety planning of the respondents. In addition, the study examined the relationship between the schools' implementation of violence prevention/intervention programs and their use of safety grants, the relationship between the array of safety measures implemented by the responding schools and their involvement of school and community groups in their planning, and the relationship between the array of safety measures implemented by the responding schools and the number of different types of violent incidents those school experienced.

School policies were given the greatest emphasis in safety planning by the responding schools, followed by violence prevention/intervention programs, and building security strategies. No significant relationships were found for the following: the schools' implementation of violence prevention/intervention programs and their use of safety grants; the schools' implementation of a broad array of safety measures and their involvement of school and community groups in safety planning; and the schools' implementation of a broad array of safety measures and the number of different types of violent incidents those schools experienced.

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