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The Got 2B Safe! Awards Program recognizes those teachers with the greatest commitment to teaching child safety. Since 2005, nearly 4,000 teachers from across the country have submitted essays and lesson plans on how they implement the Got 2B Safe! Four Rules of Safety into their classrooms. To date, 20 Grand Prize winners and nearly 400 first prize winners have been recognized. Grand prize winners receive full classroom makeovers, while other winners receive gift certificates for school supplies. Learn about their stories below.
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2009 Grand Prize Winners
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Matt Norvell
East Bradenton , FL
Matt Norvell's classroom makeover was revealed to his students on August 24th. Here is what the Got 2B Safe! makeover means to him:
The Got 2B Safe! classroom makeover means so much to me and my students, and has given me the opportunity to let every part of my classroom engage my students. I am now able to use every square foot of my room to teach my students, and can utilize the technology that otherwise would not have been available. I have special reading seats for students to use during independent reading times, and the room is both inviting and engaging. I know that my students will both enjoy the decorations and be motivated by the technology.
Read on for Matt's winning essay:
Overview: To incorporate the Got 2B Safe rules - check first, it's my body, go with a friend, tell a trusted adult - into our classroom environment and community. Students will learn the Got 2B Safe rules and incorporate them into their everyday
life. The students will learn four chants that help them remember the four Got 2B Safe! Rules which they can teach to the students, parents, and community during a presentation at a report card pickup night.
Lesson Plan:
Monday - In a whole group setting use puppets to introduce and discuss all four Got 2B Safe Rules. Have a conversation with the students to activate their prior knowledge about safety.
Tuesday - Have a group of Fifth grade students come in and act out different
scenarios reinforcing the four Got 2B Safe Rules.
Wednesday - Invite a local police representative to teach the students chants that goes with each of the four Got 2B Safe Rules. Reinforce chants to ensure the students can comprehend the four rules.
Thursday - Grade level classes practice chants for the assembly Friday evening.
Friday - Share the Chants on the morning announcements.
Also have a Got 2B Safe! assembly during a report card pickup night for the schools students, families, and the community members. Have packets prepared to send home with families discussing the four Got 2B Safe! Rules helping the families teach students who a trusted adult is.
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