A completed "Emergency Information Form" must be provide by the student to the instructor before or on the first day of class.

DCCCD ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT

Academic freedom is practiced within the DCCCD. Academic freedom allows faculty and students to pursue whatever inquiry they feel is important and to speak about it in the classroom without fear of censorship. Within a college environment, students enrolled in credit classes may encounter adult language and images, different philosophical viewpoints and belief systems.

COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS

Everyone working with minors needs to be aware that the District currently has a policy of voluntary access in regards to Internet use (No use of Internet Filters). In cases where children's programs involve the use of computers the instructor needs to make appropriate arrangements. In situations where children will have access to computers without filters the parent or guardian needs to be advised. Personnel are encouraged to check on local campus policies regarding library and computer lab use by minors. There are internet sites, which could be considered illegal. Federal agencies could obtain computer/user information and legally request access to the data on the suspected computer. Campus policy(s) regarding the use of computers will be posted in all public areas housing computers.

PROCEDURES FOR FIELD TRIPS

An additional information sheet will be sent home with the required forms (See District "Field Trip Procedures.") This information sheet will include:

1. Specific times for the trip (Time of departure from the campus, time of departure from the field trip site, time of arrival back to the campus.) Although some of this information is already included on the field trip form this would be an information sheet that parents could keep for their future reference.

2. A detailed (as much as possible) schedule of the field trip activities.

3. A telephone number for the field trip site (security office, etc.) when available.

4. Meal arrangements (if applicable).

5. Any additional money or supplies needed for the trip.

A field trip notice which contains a contact phone number will be posted outside the classroom door at least 48 hours before a field trip and remaining until the class(s) and/or group(s) have returned to the campus. The notice will contain the following: A contact phone number, the class(s) and/or group(s) who will be on the field trip, where they will go, when they will leave the campus and when they will return.

Staff supervising the field trip will need to carry the original "Emergency Information Form" for each student in the group. each student in the group. Copies of all forms and emergency contact information will be kept in the Campus Police Department's Office during the field trip.

It is extremely important that the information provided on the “Emergency Information Forms” be treated with the utmost confidentiality, and thus should be seen only by the faculty/staff. However, it is possible that a medical emergency could arise in which the faculty/staff is incapacitated or unavailable. As a result, all Chaperons must be aware of the location of the “Emergency Information Forms”.  Original will be archived in a secure location and copies destroyed following (DCCCD Archive Guidelines).

Staff also needs to have a typed list of all students in the group.

The staff will carry a first aid kit. The recommended items in the group's first aid kit are as follows: multi size adhesive bandages, adhesive tape, disposable vinyl gloves, gauze pads, tweezers, scissors, cotton balls, thermometer without mercury or glass, and zip lock storage bags for ice packs.

If all students are not accounted for at the time of departure from the field trip site at least one DCCCD employee will remain on the site. The parents or guardians and local authorities will be contacted immediately.

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