A study on School Safety Policies by an Needs Analysis

The purpose of this study was two-fold. Firstly, it investigated the current state of the 34 specific policies of school safety-accident prevention that were implemented at K-12 public schools in accordance with the $1^{st}$ School Safety-Accident Prevention Plan established in December 2015. Secondly, it prioritized the policies based on the outcomes from the investigation to make policy recommendations for future improvement. For this purpose, we surveyed 614 school teachers and staff from 24 school-safety research schools across the nation on their perception of the current policies for preventing school safety accidents. Specifically, they were asked about the degree of realization and the necessity of expansion of the policies. Based on the survey results, the Borich index as a needs measure was computed for each policy and a list of policies prioritized in descending order of the index was presented. The results of the study showed that school teachers and staff's perception of the improvement of school safety since the policies took effect was highly positive in general. It was also shown that the policies perceived as best-implemented were, in descending order, "first-aid education for teachers and staff", "safety management of school meals", "prevention activity of student traffic safety-accident", and so on. The majority of survey respondents said that the policies were being implemented well and that they should be expanded and enhanced. As a result of the Borich's needs analysis, it was found that "more collegial collaboration between the Office of Education and other relevant organizations in the community for school safety", "prevention education activity for water safety", and so forth should be more actively implemented.

요구분석을 통한 학교안전정책 개선방안 연구

본 연구는 2015년 12월 수립된 제1차 학교안전사고 예방 계획을 기초로 학교에서 시행하고 있는 학교안전사고 예방 34개 세부과제를 평가하고 학교안전사고 예방을 위한 세부과제들 중 우선순위를 두고 추진해야 할 과제를 분석하여 향후 개선방안을 제시하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 이를 위해 전국 24개 학교안전 연구학교 교직원 614명을 대상으로 학교안전사고 예방 계획 추진과 제별 실현 수준 및 확대 필요성에 대한 인식수준을 조사하였다. 조사결과는 보리치(Borich) 요구도 분석을 통하여 중점 추진과제에 대한 순위를 제시하였다. 연구 결과, 연구학교 교직원들의 학교안전 개선 체감도는 전반적으로 높았으며, 가장 충실하게 시행된 정책과제는 교직원 대상 응급처치교육, 학교급식 안전관리, 학생 교통안전사고 예방활동 순이었다. 대다수의 설문참여자들은 해당 정책들이 잘 추진되고 있으며 지금보다 더 확대되고 강화되어야 한다고 응답하였다. 특히, '학교안전을 위해 교육청과 지역사회 관련기관의 긴밀한 협력', '수상 안전사고 예방교육 활동'이 더 적극적으로 시행할 필요성이 있는 것으로 나타났다.