AB 500 - Employee Code of Conduct - Employee Interactions with Pupils

Child Abuse Reporting:

Employees of CCS are mandated child abuse reporters. This means that employees must file a report with Child Protective Services whenever they in their professional capacity or within the scope of their employment, have knowledge of or observe a child whom they know or reasonably suspect has been the victim of child abuse or neglect (PC 11166 [a]). Reasonable suspicion is one that is objectively reasonable for a person to entertain a suspicion, based upon facts that could cause a reasonable person in a like position, drawing, when appropriate, on his or her training and experience, to suspect child abuse or neglect (PC 11166 [a] [1]).

Child Injury:

In the event of a child injury the employee on duty in that area at that time shall care for the student if trained in First Aid and/or CPR, and if not trained, will seek care for the student from trained personnel. The employee on duty will then complete the Accident Report.

Release of Students:

Children will not be released to anyone not listed on our release form. Parents are to fill out this form at the beginning of each school year.

Allegations of Bullying:

Non-teaching staff should refer all allegations of bullying to the teacher, and then to the administration. Teaching staff should establish whether an alleged incident is isolated or is part of an ongoing pattern of behavior, and within one day of the report, refer incidents to administration. Bullying incidents will be followed up, and students monitored to ensure the incident is resolved satisfactorily. CCS will take serious disciplinary action in cases of retaliation.

Communication with Students:

Staff and students are not to communicate through social networking (i.e. Facebook, Snapchat, etc.). CCS employees are required to read and become familiar with the Social Media Policy for Students and Parents as outlined in the Parent/Student Handbook.

Supervision Responsibilities:

Faculty and staff are expected to supervise students at all times. It is expected that faculty and staff will intercede in any situation where students require additional supervision. Any faculty or staff person interested in taking students off-campus for lunch must follow field trip procedures, receiving written permission from parents and administration that is submitted to the office in advance. A staff member must never take just one student off-campus. There must always be at least two students included. Students are never to be left unattended.