This
SOPs is a step by step procedure of what
is expected of the staff, management, learners and parents of Lagooz School. It
is also aimed at ensuring that activities in the school are carried out in line
with the school's expected standards.SOP
FOR SCHOOL
1. The school
is to provide infrared thermometers and Sanitizer at the entrance of the school
2. Provide soap & water for regular
washing of hands at all times.
3) Overhaul
the Coker recovery room by providing standing fan, bed cover, for the nurse and
all basic first aid drugs
4) Create Covid-19 awareness on the wall
and environs.
5) Mark
out the 2-feet physical distancing on
the ground floor hall and other strategic places
6) Set
up hygiene, Social Protection and Covid-19 Committee to oversee regular adherence
to all the resumption guidelines.
7) Conduct
training sessions on symptoms, medical
protocol and safety measures for parents ,staff, leaders
8. Maintain
regular contact and collaboration with health authorities on school safety,
health, and hygiene.
9. Conduct
online training that not only prepares teachers to teach in a way that
safeguards the health, safety, and security of the learners but also enables
the use of ICT.
10.
Disinfect and fumigate the school
before resumption of leaders.
11.
Ensure good cross-ventilation in
classrooms and other enclosed areas.
12.
Provide temporary isolation center.
PARENTS
SHOULD:
1. Provide
relevant gadgets and data for their children/wards for VLCs as online lessons
still continue.
2. Ensure their children/wards practise
safety and hygiene while at home.
3. Ensure their children/wards wear nose
masks when coming to school.
4. Wear nose masks at all times when
dropping off or picking up their children.
5. Wash
or sanitize their hands when picking up their children or entering the school
premises.
6. Submit to temperature checks at the
entrance when entering the school premise
7. Ensure
their children/wards are cleared for entrance before departing after dropping
them off.
8. Maintain physical distancing at the
entrance and in the school premises.
9. Seek
medical care for their children/wards if they fall sick and let them stay safe
at home.
10. Provide
adequate learning materials and stationery for their children/wards to avoid
borrowing.
11. Provide
food, water, snacks drinks for their children/wards from home to avoid
indiscriminate buying of such.
12.
Ensure they drop off and pick up
their children/wards punctually.
13. Print
or by any other means indicate the name of their children/wards on their nose
masks to avoid mix ups.
14. Maintain
physical distancing of about two metres and avoid physical contact in the
school premises.
15. All
fees should be paid by parents before sending their children to school. This is to avoid indiscriminate movement in
and out of school.
16.
Be able to identify symptoms of
COVID-19 and use the recommended protocol to.
SOP FOR LEADERS (LEARNERS)
1. Leaders must regularly wear comfortable face mask in
school and public places.
2. They
are to wash their hands on arrival at
the school, regularly at other times and maintain personal hygiene always.
3. No
form of socializing (hugging, patting, etc) is allowed. School premises is
strictly for academics.
4. Keep safe distance of 2meters away from the next leader
5) Leaders
are not allowed to buy or share any form of edibles within or around the
school.
6) Leaders
must come to school with all their learning materials , drinks & food.
Sharing of any sort is not allowed.
7) No
hanging around the balcony at all. Leaders must always remain in their
classrooms.
8) Online
learning continues but desist from
unsavoury online activities. Report any form of online threat to your parents
or school authorities.
9) Avoid touching your face and any hard surfaces like desk, railings,
etc.
10) It is advisable to cut all sachet drinks or
food with scissors not teeth.
11) Leaders
should note that those who have not paid fees will not be allowed to resume,
this is to reduce your exposure indiscriminately and movement in and out of school.
SOP FOR MANAGERS
Managers
should:
1. Implement
and monitor staggered attendance. i.e. different arrival and departure times
for learners, to avoid overcrowding.
2. Implement
and monitor alternate attendance per week. e.g. secondary classes holding in
school only Tuesdays and Thursdays while primary classes hold Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays.
3. Implement
and monitor platooning. i.e. classes may be divided into morning and afternoon
shifts.
4. Implement and monitor decreased interaction
among learners.
5. Implement
and monitor flexible schedule of lessons to reduce the need for learners and
staff to move around the premises too often.
6. Constitute a school monitoring team to
ensure compliance.
7. Organise
training sessions for staff members and leaders on safety and hygiene measures.
8. Encourage
and ensure compliance with safety measures such as wiping shoes on foot mats,
proper screening at school entrances with non-contact thermometers, washing of
hands on arrival, use of face masks at all times and general personal hygiene
guidelines.
9. Carry out routine sanitary inspection of
premises.
10. Be able
to identify symptoms of COVID-19 and use the recommended protocol to inform
relevant authorities.
SOP FOR NON-TEACHING STAFF
The non–academic staff
comprise the:
1) Sanitation managers;
2) Security personnel;
3) Medical personnel;
4) Drivers;
5) Front desk officers;
6) CBT centre personnel/others.
1) SANITATION MANAGERS:
Personnel in this
department should:
i) Wear nose masks at all times.
ii) Place WASH
facilities close to classrooms.
iii) Monitor
leaders’ use of the toilets for health and sanitary purposes.
iv) Disinfect and
sanitize school facilities regularly.
v)
Be able to identify symptoms of COVID-19 and use the recommended protocol to
inform relevant authorities.
2) SECURITY PERSONNEL:
Personnel in this
department should:
i) Check the
temperature of anyone entering the school premises.
ii) Ensure anyone entering the school premises
wears a face mask.
iii) Ensure
anyone entering the school premises washes/sanitizes their hands.
iv) Ensure that anyone who goes out washes/sanitizes
their hands when they return.
v) Ensure
physical distancing is maintained right from the gate.
vi) Ensure leaders go home separately
immediately after closing (not in group).
vii)
Be able to identify symptoms of COVID-19 and use the recommended protocol to
inform relevant authorities.
3) MEDICAL PERSONNEL:
i) Should ensure all safety and hygiene
guidelines are implemented
ii) Should ensure the school clinic is
sanitized, safe and adequately functional.
iii)
Should ensure the temporary isolation centre is set up, safe and adequately
functional.
iv)
Should ensure the clinic and temporary isolation centre are sufficiently provided
with resources for effective operations. v) The school nurse should resume
earlier than the learners and other staff.
vi)
The school nurse should be available or within reach at all times and ensure
her cell phone is constantly on.
vii) Ensure all
first aid materials are available as well as in sufficient quantity.
viii) Maintain
contact with health authorities on health, safety and hygiene.
ix)
Be able to identify symptoms of COVID-19 and use the recommended protocol to
inform relevant authorities.
4) DRIVERS:
All drivers
should:
i) Wear nose
masks at all times.
ii) Sanitize
their buses and always ensure they are in a hygienic condition.
iii)
Implement physical distancing on the school buses. (i.e. not operating at full
capacity)
iv)
Wash their hands regularly before and after driving. v). Desist from picking up
any leader not wearing their nose mask.
vi) Wash their
hands when entering and when returning to the school premises.
vii)
Be able to identify symptoms of COVID-19 and use the recommended protocol to
inform relevant authorities.
5) FRONT DESK OFFICERS:
They should
i) Wear nose mask at all times.
ii)
Sanitize their table surfaces at all times.
iii) Ensure the reception area is always in a
clean and hygienic condition.
iv) Ensure visitors wear nose masks while being attended to.
v) Implement physical distancing in the reception area.
vi) Be able to identify symptoms of COVID-19 and use the
recommended protocol to inform relevant authorities.
6) CBT CENTRE /OTHER STAFF:
They
should:
i) Wear
nose mask at all times.
ii) Ensure
all visitors to the CBT centre wear nose masks.
iii) Observe and promote regular hand washing.
iv)
Sanitize the CBT centre and all surfaces at all times.
iv) Implement physical distancing at the CBT
centre.
v) Be able to identify symptoms of COVID-19 and use the
recommended protocol to inform relevant authorities.
TEACHING STAFF SOP
1)
Teachers are Role Models; so they
must observe all the safety measures considering the fact that Children learn
faster from what they see than what they hear.
2) Rile Models should wear face mask at all times, washing of hands
regularly, check their temperature before entering the school premises and
adhere to 2 meters physical
distancing both with leaders and
colleagues.
3)
Ensure that no leader stays back in
school for any form of after-school lesson
4. Monitor leaders to leave for their homes immediately after
school
5)
Teachers on duty will be at the
gate to check orderly arrival and departure of leaders.
6)
All special rooms (library &
Laboratories) will NOT be used by any
Role Model except during Practicals. This is to allow teachers watch the
leaders more closely.
7)
Leaders will not be sent on errands
to collect items like books from other leaders.
If possible, multiple choice
exercises given should be marked by the
leaders to reduce physical contact between leaders and Role Models. Teachers
can mark essay questions only after properly washing or sanitizing their hands.
8) Role Models must not hang around the
balcony. They should stay in their
classrooms to monitor the Leaders.
9) Role Models should note that leaders who
have not paid fees will not be allowed to resume, this is to curtail indiscriminate
movement in and out of school.
10) Role Models should be able to identify
symptoms of COVID 19 and use the recommended protocol to inform relevant
authorities.