TEAM Program
T.E.A.M SCHOOL LIASON PROGRAM
The Teaching Educating, And Mentoring (T.E.A.M.) School Liaison Program is a school-based “law related” education program taught by specifically trained law enforcement officers. T.E.A.M. is proactive effort to make schools and communities safer, promote responsible citizenship, and encourage positive character traits.
The curriculum at elementary school provides students with a thorough understanding of laws and their responsibility as a citizen to obey laws. T.E.A.M. is flexible and adaptable to virtually all classroom settings. Each lesson is approximately 30 to 45 minutes in length and can be used as a stand alone program for assemblies or special events, or can be instructed in a consecutive sequence. Working together, the police officer, the classroom teacher, and the school official decide when it is most appropriate to incorporate a T.E.A.M. lesson that will assist in classroom instruction.
In 1998, T.E.A.M. was developed by the Michigan Department of State Police, in collaboration with public and private school curriculum experts. The most widely implemented school health education curriculum Michigan Model was used as the basic foundation to create the T.E.A.M. School Liaison Programs.
The T.E.A.M. School Liaison Program’s goal is to unite educators, students, and law enforcement to play an integral part in preventing crime. The philosophy is that while working together as a team we can create relationships and be united in protecting children from becoming victims of crime.
The Newberry Township Police T.E.A.M. Vehicle.
The Vehicle is a 2003 Dodge Durango with special graphics designating as a TEAM / Community service vehicle. The vehicle has specialized equipment that will allow the Newberry Township Police Department to show educational films or programs. This was accomplished by having multiple LCD screens strategically placed inside the vehicle that can be viewed from in and outside the vehicle. The LCD screens act as a visual stimulus to help students comprehend the information that they have been taught. The vehicle also features the names of sponsors that assisted with the funding for this vehicle.
LESSONS
lESSON 1: WHY DO WE HAVE RULES AND LAWS?
LESSON 2; I WILL STAY SAFE
LESSON 3: DRUGS ARE DANGEROUS
LESSON 4: FIRE SAFETY IS IMPORTANT TO ME
LESSON 5: LET’S STOP AND THINK ABOUT GUN SAFETY
LESSON 6: THE INTERNET: STAY SAFE AND HAVE FUN
LESSON 7: FEELING SAFE AND SECURE
The Department’s T.E.A.M. instructors are Sergeant Steven Lutz and Officer Braxton Ditty.
TEAM sponsors
Sheaffer Signs
K&C Communications
Tom’s Paint &Body Shop
Hanks Auto Parts & Sales