What should you do as a school?

Despite protocols and a safety plan, you also have to deal with fear or shame. You would rather not air your dirty laundry in public, and you are also thinking about the safety of your staff. How do you handle this carefully? What considerations do you make? Should you report it to the police or not? The safety of the school and the classroom comes first. But how safe is the student in question when they leave the school again?

During this webinar, School & Veiligheid will discuss what undermining crime is and how it is connected to street culture. Experiences will also be shared. School & Veiligheid invites participants to share their questions and dilemmas.

Programme (as known so far)

  • For Eric van ’t Zelfde, school principal of College de Brink, the quality of education comes first. He is a passionate school leader and author of the book Superschool. He is also known for the television programme Dreamschool. He began his career as a teacher in The Hague, Scheveningen. Later, he became principal of one of Rotterdam’s worst schools, where crime had entered the school. “I think it is important to discuss this issue together. I am happy to share my experiences and knowledge with my colleagues.”
  • Petra van den Berg, programme leader at leerlingalert, talks about the educational and awareness programme for schools, designed to make young people, teachers and parents more aware of and resilient to undermining crime.
  • Dr Robby Roks, assistant professor of Criminology at Erasmus School of Law, conducts research into organised forms of crime and discusses how this is connected to street culture.
  • Of course, practical experience will also be addressed: Eelco van der Kruk, principal of a secondary school, and Bregje van Goethem, a teacher at a vocational education institution in Brabant, will talk about what is happening at their schools.

As a participant, you will be invited to take part interactively via the chat function, exchanging insights, questions, and legal and educational dilemmas. This will help break through the taboo and shame, making it possible to discuss the seriousness of this development.

You can register for the webinar here.