PHED 2017 INQUIRY

 Your best defense against any unforeseen circumstance!  Your lesson planning should include Inspection of gym Inspection of equipment Safety procedures for student - equipment handling, body control, rules/routines Safety procedures for teacher – instruction, rules/routines – REMIND, REMIND, ENFORCE!!! KNOW your responsibilities!!!

 Education Act, subsection 264 Education Act  Ontario College of Teachers Ontario College of Teachers  Board of Education Board of Education  Ontario Physical Education Safety Guidelines  Legal Liability & Risk Management Principles (Chapter 9)

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 WHO? – OPHEA, OSBIE, OASPHE, CIRA, OFSAA  WHAT? – 6 documents: Elementary Curricular Elementary Intramural Elementary Interschool Secondary Curricular Secondary Intramural Secondary Interschool

 Identify the safety procedures for all sports and activities permitted in schools  These safety requirements are used as provincial standards & are used as a bench mark in court cases.  Your Board may have further, more strict safety procedures in place.  BE INFORMED!!!  Examples of unacceptable activities Examples

 Skiing & snowboarding  Snowblading and snow tubing  Snow/ice sliding  Skating  Swimming  Climbing walls/rapelling  YOUR Board will have additional guidelines regarding these activities, in some cases these activities are prohibited!

 Equipment  Clothing & footwear  Facilities  Special rules/instructions  Supervision  Note: Primary – grades 1-3 Junior – grades 4-6 Intermediate – grades 7-8

 Size, mass and strength appropriate  Condition – e.g. Cracks, ball inflation, sharp edges, etc.  No home-made equipment  Helmets – ice hockey, cycling (alpine skiing & snowboarding coming in 2009)  Student responsibilities

 Hair, jewellery, glasses, footwear  Uniforms? Religious beliefs?

 Visual inspection  Regular third party inspection  Walls, stages, playing fields

 Warm ups/cool downs  Skill progressions  Outdoor precautions (temperature, sun, insects, severe weather)  Fluid replacement  Special needs  NO blind folds while moving  Avoid walking/running backwards

 “vigilant overseeing of an activity for regulation or direction”  Supervisor is defined as a teacher, principal or vice-principal, NOT a volunteer (e.g. parent, EA, co-op student, etc.)

 “CONSTANT VISUAL” – teacher is physically present, watching the ONE activity  “ON-SITE” – teacher is present but not necessarily viewing one specific activity  “IN-THE-AREA” – teacher is readily accessible (e.g. circulating, visible, or known location)

 Rules & routines – establish early and constantly reinforce!  Vigilant observation!

 Softball (fast pitch)/baseball  Canoe tripping, dragon boating  Tackle football; tackle rugby  Above ground trampolines  Ice hockey; ringette  Rock climbing (bouldering OK)  Sailing, squash  Winter tent camping  Discus, javelin, hurdles, pole vault  White water canoeing/kayaking/rafting

 Read Chapter 9 – Legal Liability & Risk Management  Answer # 2 on page 179 with regard to: Duty Breach of Duty Injury Proximate Cause