Dear System Leaders and BPSS Staff,

Protocol for Staff who Need to Access School Buildings to Collect Resources When Schools are Engaged in Remote Learning

Effective Wednesday, 21^st April, 2021

1.       The school leader will ensure that a minimum number of staff are permitted in the school building at any given time to ensure the safety, health and well-being of staff; and to facilitate contact tracing.

2.       Staff members who need to access the school building to secure resources to support remote learning will write to the school leader with the request and indicate the amount of time needed.

3.       The school leader will assign each staff member a designated day and period of time to ensure there are a minimum number of staff in the building at any given time.  The school leader will factor in the number of staff who have been approved to work remotely from the school building when assigning dates and times.  

4.       Staff who are approved to go into the building to secure resources will be given a period of time between 8:00am to 3:45pm and on a day and time which does not prohibit teaching, learning and the delivery of services.

5.       School leaders will keep an electronic register of all staff who are approved to access the building to secure resources.

6.       The register is to include the name of the school, the name of each staff member  (Last, First) and all date(s) and periods of time that each staff member went into the building to access resources.

7.       A record of the register will be submitted to the Commissioner’s Office at the end of the remote learning period and, if requested, to the Department of Health.

8.       Staff who are approved to go into school buildings to access resources must adhere strictly to  the Government’s Regulations; and the safety and health procedures that are included in the Remote Learning Guidance for the Bermuda Public School System dated April 12^th to May 7^th, 2021. This includes wearing a mask at all times, other than when staff are in their rooms and accessing only the staff member’s assigned classroom.

Respectfully,

Commissioner Richards

       Kalmar Richards

      Commissioner of Education

      Government of Bermuda | Department of Education

                          44 Church Street | Hamilton |  Bermuda HM12

                          Extension: 3312

                          Direct Telephone: 441 278 3312 | Cell: 441 534 0005 | Email: krichards@gov.bm 

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