FAQ

The ONNI Success in School Safety -project aims to offer comprehensive schools and school communities research-based, practical and nationally applicable solutions to assess, uphold and develop school safety culture.

The project started in March of 2022. All schools, both pilot and control schools, will receive a safety snapshot of their current level of safety at the beginning and end of the school year. During the school year of 2022-2023, the project pilot schools will develop their safety according to the plan drafted with their mentor. The development work at schools ends in 2023, but the project research and solutions to assess, uphold and develop school safety will be shared both during and after the project concludes.

The project does not pay for participating schools’ staff members expenses, for example, for accommodation or for hiring substitutes. If such expenses incur, schools will cover these for themselves.

The schools are not paid to take part in the project. There are, however, other benefits to taking part. All schools receive a safety snapshot of their current level of safety. During the project, pilot schools will receive materials, in-service training and mentoring free of charge. When the project concludes, these materials and models of operations will be made available for national implementation.

In order to take part in the project, the schools’ staff are required to commit and, for example, take part in the in-service training. The project does not require extensive reporting by school staff members. Pilot schools are required to formulate a plan to develop their safety, have a plan for implementing educational discussions and other disciplinary measures, school disciplinary regulations and a system for recording the ways in which any measures of intervening in students’ behavior are recorded.