WORKSHOPS & CERTIFICATIONS

Speaker:
Guy Bliesner, School Safety and Security Analyst, Idaho State Board of Education

This session is in the National Council of School Security Directors’ “Foundations of School Security Leadership course. The course explores the unique factors that comprise an educational environment, and the practical ramifications for how this impacts, for better or worse, the development and maintenance of a welcoming, safe and secure school. With human failures in school security as the largest factor contributing to unprevented incidents, this class will provide a “castles not prisons” approach based on a holistic, multi-layered perspective that emphasizes the strengths, risks and opportunities to empower and align human elements across a school community eco-system.

As a part of the lesson participants will learn to:

• Identify the variety of critical roles that human elements influence and impact in school safety and security.
• Understand the need to contextualize security practices and procedures to an education (school/teaching/learning) environment
• Assess and effectively address the perception (climate) of security practices by the school community stakeholders.
• Understand and apply effective behavioral modification techniques to foster and measure improvement of school security culture.

For participants wishing to receive credit for this lesson as a part of the Foundations of School Security Leadership course there will be a short mastery quiz following the presentation.

Paul Timm

During any emergency, it is important to be able to draw from all available resources. The special skills, training and capabilities of staff will play a vital role in coping with the effects of any disaster, and they will be of paramount importance during and after a major event. Participants in this train-the-trainer session will be placed in tabletop teams and assigned specific roles (e.g., spokesperson, scribe, stakeholder). Once the rules are explained and the emergency scenario is introduced, participants will have facilitated and timed discussions with Q&A time among their teams. Each team will then share specific responses as the scenarios unfold. Benefit from lessons learned in both K12 & Higher Ed incidents.

Speaker:

Speakers:

Jordan Franklin, Reunification Coordinator, Safety & Operations, DeForest Area School District

Reunification is the process of safely reuniting students and caregivers following an unplanned, potentially critical, event. While it’s something schools/districts hope they never have to put into action, having a solid reunification plan in place is essential for alleviating stress and ensuring the safety of everyone involved. When an event happens, the entire community is affected, and thorough preparation will create trust, confidence, and patience.  Families and communities will benefit from knowing that their children’s school/district is prepared for such an event.

This process requires extensive planning and strong communication between key members of the community, including law enforcement, emergency management, school personnel, students, and families. For many schools/districts, the idea of starting from scratch can feel overwhelming, or even impossible.

In this presentation, school officials, law enforcement, and emergency management representatives will walk through the process followed by the DeForest Area School District in DeForest Wisconsin, as they transitioned from having no reunification plan to developing a comprehensive and effective strategy. While DeForest used the Standard Reunification Method (SRM) developed by the I Love U Guys Foundation, the strategies discussed can be applied to any reunification plan. Presenters share firsthand experiences and lessons learned.

Participants will leave with a framework for developing their own reunification plan, creating a professional development plan, along with tips on recruiting volunteers. Additionally, the presentation will discuss how to collaborate across districts and counties to share resources and plan together. We will cover reunification plan selection, development, and the steps it will take to go from nothing to establishing a solid reunification plan.

Speaker:
Clayton Cranford, Founder, Cyber Safety Cop

Social Media & Youth: AI, Threats and Solutions is a comprehensive program designed to empower professionals working with children by providing deep insights into adolescents’ engagement with social media and networking platforms. Tailored for psychologists, doctors, counselors, law enforcement personnel, social workers, group home operators, and educators, the course equips participants to navigate the complexities of the digital youth culture.

Course Topics:

• Risks associated with popular social media sites
• The threat of Artificial Intelligence used for bullying, threats, and sexual exploitation
• Understand how AI is being used to injure students online.
• Online Predatory Grooming Behavior
• The impact of phones and social media on mental health
• Learn basic cyber safety techniques to safeguard teens online.

Guy Bliesner, School Safety and Security Analyst, Idaho State Board of Education

This session is part of the National Council of School Security Directors’ “Foundations of School Security Leadership” course. The lesson explores the critical role of the multidisciplinary school safety committee. School security leaders must actively and effectively engage with all the stakeholders’ groups in the school community, understanding that any one group has the potential to derail school security improvement. This committee acts to both prioritize needed change and as the mechanism to disseminate and drive behavioral modification to affect cultural change at the school community level.

Following the lesson participants will understand:

• The critical importance of a multidisciplinary school safety committee as an agent for both change and continuous improvement.
• The role of behavioral modification in cultural change
• Recommended membership for the district level Safety Committees.
• Roles and responsibilities of the district level committee
• Recommended membership for the school level Safety Committees
• Roles and responsibilities of a school level committee

For participants wishing to receive credit for this lesson as a part of the Foundations of School Security Leadership course, there will be a short quiz following the presentation.

Speaker:
Guy Bliesner, School Safety and Security Analyst, Idaho State Board of Education

This session is in the National Council of School Security Directors’ “Foundations of School Security Leadership course. The course explores the unique factors that comprise an educational environment, and the practical ramifications for how this impacts, for better or worse, the development and maintenance of a welcoming, safe and secure school. With human failures in school security as the largest factor contributing to unprevented incidents, this class will provide a “castles not prisons” approach based on a holistic, multi-layered perspective that emphasizes the strengths, risks and opportunities to empower and align human elements across a school community eco-system.

As a part of the lesson participants will learn to:

• Identify the variety of critical roles that human elements influence and impact in school safety and security.
• Understand the need to contextualize security practices and procedures to an education (school/teaching/learning) environment
• Assess and effectively address the perception (climate) of security practices by the school community stakeholders.
• Understand and apply effective behavioral modification techniques to foster and measure improvement of school security culture.

For participants wishing to receive credit for this lesson as a part of the Foundations of School Security Leadership course there will be a short mastery quiz following the presentation.

Guy Bliesner, School Safety and Security Analyst, Idaho State Board of Education

This session is part of the National Council of School Security Directors’ “Foundations of School Security Leadership” course. The lesson explores the critical role of the multidisciplinary school safety committee. School security leaders must actively and effectively engage with all the stakeholders’ groups in the school community, understanding that any one group has the potential to derail school security improvement. This committee acts to both prioritize needed change and as the mechanism to disseminate and drive behavioral modification to affect cultural change at the school community level.

Following the lesson participants will understand:

• The critical importance of a multidisciplinary school safety committee as an agent for both change and continuous improvement.
• The role of behavioral modification in cultural change
• Recommended membership for the district level Safety Committees.
• Roles and responsibilities of the district level committee
• Recommended membership for the school level Safety Committees
• Roles and responsibilities of a school level committee

For participants wishing to receive credit for this lesson as a part of the Foundations of School Security Leadership course, there will be a short quiz following the presentation.