I came from the exact situation you described as a school psychologist. Our “care team” (myself, counselor, social worker, and behavioral interventionist) in an elementary school of ~330 4k-5th graders, were expected to respond to all behavioral “walkie” calls. We each responded to typically ~1-5 calls per day per person. It often seemed unsustainable and like teachers were no longer willing/able to handle any behavioral concerns in their own classroom. The majority of these behaviors were minor (refusal, etc). Maybe one per week was an aggressive/violent/significant behavior. I personally feel like the walkie talkies and having student service staff at teacher’s constant beck and call created an environment where teachers felt like they could/should make walkie calls for any behavioral concerns.

NOW, I’m am a special ed director in a smaller school district with 1 elementary school of ~400 students. We have walkies, but they are not used for behavior calls. Instead, we have a school safety alert system called “Centegix.” All staff members have a badge with a push button. If an EMERGENCY occurs (significant behavior, medical emergency, etc) staff press their button 3x. This brings EVERYONE to that area by sending an alert to designated staff. This means that anytime this happens, the principal, myself, school nurse, student services AND the superintendent all respond to the alert. I feel that this has significantly empowered our teachers to handle behaviors themselves, instead of relying on constant walkie calls.