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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A teacher with a 4 year degree and trained to deal with children is worried they are not “trained” to counsel children but support cops with no 4 year degree and &lt;2 weeks of “training” counseling and mentoring children. SMFH [/quote]

I have a Masters plus 39 credits and almost 2 decades of teaching experience. My expertise is in my subject matter, as it should be. It may surprise you to find out that an SRO still has more training than I do in social / emotional needs. Again… we all have our roles to play. You can “SMFH” all you want, but I would prefer it if you constructively contribute to the conversation. [/quote]

You have no idea how cops are trained and SROs are not trained in the emotional/social needs of children.

I get it, your H is a cop, but you have no idea what SROs are trained to do.[/quote]

And it's all there for the public to see. She just chooses to be ignorant about it.[/quote]

I’ve seen “ignorant” thrown around on this thread a couple of times. It appears to be used as a general “I don’t like you and your argument” insult rather than a reference to its actual definition, which is to have a lack of awareness or knowledge. I’ve already posted above with enough information to demonstrate my educated understanding of the topic. Once again: people are trying to have a reasoned, respectful discussion. Please try to contribute.

Yes, I’m quite aware of an SRO’s responsibilities. Again… almost 2 decades of working closely with them will do that. And you’re correct… there is readily available information online. I’ve read it before (of course), but perhaps you would like to see some, as well:

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/pol/Resources/Files/SRO/MCPD-SRO-FAQ.pdf

This outlines the training. Before you counter with “but they only get 40 hours in school climate / disability / bias training,” understand that’s far more than I’ve had as a teacher. (I’ve also posted above that teachers need more training, too.)[/quote]

I see uneducated meaning you and others lack the education on securing schools and creating a safe community. You admit you are not as educated as SROs on bias, climate, etc. but you don’t see you are not educated about school safety, that’s odd.

If you work with SROs when they are at the police station you would see a very different reality. Sure they put a nice front to teachers but the reality is much different. [/quote]

I’ll ask the obvious: since you claim nobody posting has the requisite education to comment on SROs, I would like to know how you have established authority on this subject. You claim SROs are different at the police station. What is your evidence? What makes you more educated than anybody else on this thread? (I’m curious… if I agreed with you that SROs are terrible, would I automatically earn the authority to speak on this subject?)

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