Emergency Planning

Read: Tabletop Exercise 1: Student Hasn’t Returned Home from School. What Would You Do?

Tabletop Exercise 1: Student Hasn’t Returned Home from School. What Would You Do?

Test your school’s emergency response skills with these real-life incidents.

Read: Rethinking School Safety: Taking Action with Common Sense and Improved Standards

Rethinking School Safety: Taking Action with Common Sense and Improved Standards

Questioning and challenging conventional wisdom and traditional school safety plans is essential to improving our response to active shooters and other threats.

Read: Opinion: Our K-12 Schools Need Dedicated Safety Personnel Now More Than Ever

Opinion: Our K-12 Schools Need Dedicated Safety Personnel Now More Than Ever

Building a staffing model that brings a part or full-time crisis planning position into the K-12 organizational structure will better protect schools.

Read: How to Ensure Parents Understand and Follow School Emergency Protocols

How to Ensure Parents Understand and Follow School Emergency Protocols

Parents must follow school emergency protocols to avoid further complicating an incident, and continuous communication from the school is key.

Read: Developing School Safety Plans? Use This 1 Word Very Carefully

Developing School Safety Plans? Use This 1 Word Very Carefully

When writing your school safety plans and policies, be sure they are realistic, clear, and actionable so they will be effective.

Read: Grand Jury Report Slams San Joaquin County School Safety Planning

Grand Jury Report Slams San Joaquin County School Safety Planning

The grand jury measured all 14 school districts’ preparedness against leading practices through interviews, site visits, and expert witness testimony.

Read: School Safety and Security is a Process, Not a Purchase

School Safety and Security is a Process, Not a Purchase

Schools should continuously review their security and safety programs, involving educators and only adopting practices and technologies that are appropriate.

Read: The Council for School Safety Leadership Launches to Help School Governance Teams Nationwide Prepare for and Respond to Critical Incidents In Schools

The Council for School Safety Leadership Launches to Help School Governance Teams Nationwide Prepare for and Respond to Critical Incidents In Schools

The new school-owned organization delivers unbiased research and experience-based critical incident response services and training to school leaders.

Read: Severe Weather: More Than Just a Seasonal Threat

Severe Weather: More Than Just a Seasonal Threat

Campus weather preparedness plans, outreach and training must take into account the fact that tornadoes, as well as other weather hazards, can happen at any time.

Read: MSU Makes Changes to Public Safety Leadership Structure

MSU Makes Changes to Public Safety Leadership Structure

Marlon Lynch will become MSU’s vice president and chief safety officer. The chief of police position will become its own stand-alone role reporting to him.

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