- Only trained staff shall be given supervisory responsibilities in a school.
- A supervision ratio of staff:student must fall within the following ranges:
Junior Kindergarten/Senior Kindergarten: 1 supervisor for 8–20 students
Elementary: 1 supervisor for 50–100 students
Secondary: 1 supervisor for 100–150 students
- In elementary schools, at no time shall there be fewer than 2 supervisors (within
direct line of sight of each other) during recess, lunch and before and after
school.
- Elementary supervisors must have continuous and direct sightlines of the students
they are supervising.
- Supervision duties cannot erode instructional time. For example, Educational
Assistants must not be assigned to supervision duties if it will conflict with the
instructional time of special needs students.
- Students shall not be used to supervise other students in the absence of a teacher.
- Junior and Senior Kindergarten students in separate designated play areas require
separate/additional supervision.
- Younger students should be separated from older students while playing in the
playground, due to the increased possibility of injury.
- Play structures require separate supervision.
- While students are eating, each enclosed room must be supervised separately.
- In order to be available to handle emergencies and ensure the overall safety of
the school, principals and vice-principals are not to be on the school’s formal
supervision schedule.
- All supervisors on the schoolyard and in/around the school must have access to a
communication device.
Additional supervision may be assigned for extenuating circumstances,
aggravating factors or circumstances beyond the control of the school.
