ECDC Procedures

Visits to the Nurse:

If a student injures another student, both students must be sent to the nurse once the incident occurs.
If a staff member is injured by a student or work related injury, it must be reported to the nurse the day that the incident occurs. In addition, an incident report must be completed by the staff member and given to the nurse the day of the incident.
When a student enters the class/school with an injury- it must be reported to the nurse immediately. The nurse will contact the family.
If a student injury occurs in school and is serious in nature, such as a bite, scratch or injury to the face, please follow up with the nurse ASAP and then contact the family to discuss details about what happened regarding the student. Families must be notified the day of the incident.

Need for gloves:

Whenever contact with student is necessary:
- Toileting
- Handling any students’ bodily fluids (nose bleed, mucus, vomit, excessive tears, etc)
- https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=5310&id=ea07fff11e43450fa62a93d74e9e231f

Family communication:

Keep parents/guardians informed of good news or academic and/or behavioral concerns via email, phone call, or schedule a meeting.
Please do not share information about academics or behavior during morning line-up or at dismissal in a public forum. Invite parents to a meeting to discuss an issue.
Class Dojo is not to be used for formal communication with families. District officials do not have access to your personal Class Dojo account. Although it is a district-approved app, it should not diminish instructional time.

D C P & P:

District Policy 8462 is found on the district website
Report to D C P & P immediately when you suspect a child is missing or abused or if a student makes a statement about alleged abuse.
We are not to investigate the situation, we are mandatory reporters.
D C P & P will investigate and determine any allegations.
All staff must report your call to the Main Office or administrators prior to calling or immediately after your call to D C P & P.

Risk Screening:

Notify administration or the Main Office immediately if a student states or implies an intent or desire to harm themselves or others. This cannot wait until the end of the day or after school.
Do not allow the student out of your sight until an administrator or social worker picks up the student.

Parent/Guardian Communication (April 13, 2023)

"(...), all communication with parents/guardians must take place with certified staff members (i.e.: teacher, OT, PT, Child Study Team member, School Nurse, etc.).

In addition, please add your meetings/conversations/emails on Genesis under "conferences."

Paraeducators and district substitute teachers must convey messages about students via certified staff members (i.e.: teacher, OT, PT, Child Study Team member, etc.).

For example, if you have additional support staff in your classroom such as a nurse, substitute teachers or visitor for assessing/testing a student, information about students should not be shared unless the parent/guardian is present. Only information about the student can be released to the parent/guardian.

If an adult is picking up a student and they are listed on Genesis as an "Emergency Contact" which grants permission to pick up the student, once again, information about the student cannot be discussed unless the parent/guardian is also in attendance. If the parent/guardian is present, the conversation can only occur with a certified staff member (i.e.: teacher, OT, PT, Child Study Team member, etc.).

Furthermore, this training has been provided via Safe Schools/Vector Solutions."

ECDC Dismissal Procedures

IF you leave a student, please make sure to complete the Late Dismissal form indicating the staff member that you left your student with at that time.

ECDC Authorization for Student Pick Up

ECDC School Attendance for Late Dismissals 2023

ECDC Substitute Lesson Plans

In the event that you are absent for the day, the expectation is that you will email substitute lesson plans to the office staff: Mayra, Gabby, and myself.

The lesson plans need to be sent prior to 8:45 am.

The office will print out the lesson plans and give them to the substitute teacher.

ECDC Lockdown Drill

In addition, when you leave your classroom please make sure to:

1. pull down the shades

2. lock the classroom door

Furthermore, all classroom teachers must have an emergency bag with the following materials:

1. current classroom roster

2. blank attendance sheet

3. red, green and yellow cards

4. band-aids

5. gloves

6. manipulatives for students (as needed)

7. Extra: tissues

February 2025

Moving forward, all requests for technology support are via the Incident IQ Ticket system on the main Hackensack webpage. Click: https://hackensackschools.incidentiq.com/

The office will no longer take phone calls and requests for technical assistance.

If for any reason you do not receive a response within 24 hours, please resubmit your ticket as a new ticket.

Also, if a student needs to go to see the nurse or leaves early, the paraeducator would take the student to the nurse or lobby area to leave early.

Certified staff members are classroom teachers, substitute teachers, certified speech therapists, physical therapists, BCBAs, etc.

If paraeducators have their substitute license, but are working at ECDC as a paraeducator, the paraeducator is not considered a certified staff member since they are not working under their substitute certification.

ECDC

Lock Down Drill: