The Mat Safety Ladder
Mat Manual companion guide to "The Rough Student." Print it. Keep the ladder and the scripts where incidents get written up, complete the logs the night things happen, and let the stages, not the mood of the evening, de…
| Art | For Instructors |
|---|---|
| Family | Instructors |
| Level | all-levels |
| Format | system |
| Topics | administration, teaching, retention |
| Audience | instructor |
Mat Manual companion guide to "The Rough Student." Print it. Keep the ladder and the scripts where incidents get written up, complete the logs the night things happen, and let the stages, not the mood of the evening, decide what happens next.
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Part 1: How to Use This Ladder
☐ The ladder has four stages. Every student starts off it. A student is told which stage they are on, every time it changes ☐ No stage is skipped except where safety leaves no choice, and any skip is written in the log with the reason ☐ Every stage leaves a record: a dated note, a signed form, a filed letter. If it is not on paper, it did not happen ☐ The student's file holds the ladder paperwork. The room does not. Nothing on this ladder is announced to the class
The Mat Safety Ladder
Mat Manual companion guide to "The Rough Student." Print it. Keep the ladder and the scripts where incidents get written up, complete the logs the night things happen, and let the stages, not the mood of the evening, decide what happens next.
What's Inside
- Part 1: How to Use This Ladder
- Part 2: The Ladder at a Glance
- Part 3: Prevention Baseline: What Every Student Hears
- Part 4: The Partner Briefing
- Part 5: Intensity Agreements by Class Type
- Part 6: The Watch List
- …and 22 more sections
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