Non Drug School Flight School

Non Drug School Flight School Drug-Free Education and Community Outreach Plan Mission Statement: The mission of this program is to inform, educate and engage in open and honest discussion students of all elementary school ages on the subject of drug abuse, drug addiction and the presence of drugs in our communities. Vision Statement: The vision of our program is a curricular focus on drug education as tailored to the specific needs of each individual age group from 1st through 6th grade.

Values Statement: The program discussed here is intended to serve in the mode of prevention were drug abuse is concerned. Our program is preventative in nature insofar as it focuses its educational priorities on elementary school aged children while teaching about drugs in a non-judgmental context. Finke et al. (2002) endorse the need for early education as a way of preventing pre-adolescent drug use. SWOT Analysis: A strength is the cultural familiarity established between instructors and families as a virtue of the Flight School program. Conners et al.

(2003) indicate a connection between parental drug use and child vulnerability that may be better addressed through this Flight School strategy of family engagement. A weakness is the high level of turnover that we have experienced at the highest levels of leadership in the last decade. This presents us with a great opportunity to use the relationships fostered with the community to attack the issue of drug abuse.

A threat is the cultural sway that drug dealing, drug abuse and drug addiction tend to bear over low-income areas such as that which our school serves. Strategic Issues: A core strategic issue is the need to involve families, educators and students in a shared prevention effort. This is denoted with the core understanding that truly effective drug education would require homes to be safe and free from abuse as well as the schools. Lowry et al.

(1999) warn that without this early education, the danger of drug abuse becomes higher with the heightened level of exposure in high school. Strategic Goals: Therefore, the primary strategic goals are as follows: 1. Educating students on the dangers of drug abuse 2. Formulating community activities such as family fairs, neighborhood renewals and garden plantings that involve police officers, families and children in unified and harmonious contexts 3.

To promote a sense of community as the key weapon against drug abuse Strategies For Reaching Goals: Strategies for reaching these goals include high levels of involvement from public agencies such as the local police force. The intention is to help promote neighborhood unity rather than criminal enforcement as a way of bringing long-term improvement to the lives of our students. (Jaatinen, 1) Staffing Plan: Staffing would be comprise of an already existing teaching staff.

Our educators would be provided with suitable training similar to the cultural training preceding our transition into Flight School status. Action Planning: The primary objective is to develop a curriculum centered around current knowledge, open-discussion format and planned community engagement as endorsed by articles such as that by Jaatinen (1999). Responsibilities include non-judgment and the provision of accurate information. The Plan should be implemented a year from acceptance of this proposal. Evaluation: The goals of the program will be evaluated by using surveys, to be conducted amongst educators and families.

Communication: The goals of the program will be communicated to the public through local town hall style meetings. Bibliography The following sources provide the imperative for such a program, reinforcing consideration that elementary school aged children, particularly in our community, are at a high risk for drug abuse and addiction: Anderson, C.E. & Loomis, G.A. (2003). Recognition and prevention of inhalant abuse. American Family Physician, 68. Conners, N.A. Bradley, R.H. Mansell, L.W. Liu, J.Y.Roberts, T.J. Burgdorf, K. (2003) Children of mothers with serious substance.