School Safety Virtual Learning

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Links to recorded webinars of trainings held by the Office of School Safety and its collaborating training partners are available on this page. There is no cost to view the webinars, thanks, in part, to the Wisconsin School Safety Coordinator’s Association and the Howard-Suamico School District.​​​

Addressing LGBTQ+ Student's Safety Conc​erns in the School Environment

Presenter

Todd Savage, PhD, NCSP, Professor of School Psychology at University of Wisconsin-River Falls, Past President National Association of School Psychologists

Addressing Police Violence, Racism and Trauma in the School Environment

Presenter
Charles Barrett, PhD, NCSP, Lead School Psychologist at Loudoun County Schools, Adjunct Lecturer at the School of Graduate Education Studies at Howard University

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Best Practice Considerations for Schools in Active Shooter and Other Armed Assailant Drills

Dr. Melissa Reeves, former President of the National Association of School Psychologists and Mo Canady, Executive Director of the National Association of School Resource Officers will partner to deliver their guidance on armed assailant training. This webinar will provide guidance on the important factors schools must take into account when conducting armed assailant drills.

Presenters​

Dr. Melissa Reeves, former President of the National Association of School Psychologists

​ Mo Canady, Executive Director of the National Association of School Resource Officers​

Culturally Responsive School Safety Town Hall Meeting

Questions, comments, and concerns were collected during previously held webinars. In this town hall, there was a panel discussion to address the questions regarding providing a safe school environment for students of color, providing safety for LGBTQ+ students, and how to make school safety policy/practices culturally responsive.

Panelists

Charles Barrett

Todd Savage

Byron McClure

Developing Functional Annexes for Student Protest and Biohazard Incidents in School

Using the FEMA School Safety Plan Template, Office of School Safety (OSS) staff will walk through the process of developing the functional annexes for managing emergencies regarding student protest and biohazard incidents. At the conclusion of the training, attendees will be able to complete the respective templates based on the needs/resources within their schools and learn how to upload these plans into the OSS Sharefile system as required by 2017 Wisconsin Act 143.

Presenters

Office of School Safety Staff

Disrupting Systemic Racism in Schools

Presenter

Byron McClure, DEd, NCSP, Anacostia High School​​

Leadership Lessons from Columbine and Beyond

The tragedy at Columbine redefined the nation. Frank DeAngelis tells his story from the events through the aftermath. This presentation reveals the leadership lessons he learned in the focus of an international firestorm. Frank’s honest, straight-forward account provides invaluable insights into managing the after-crisis with students, staff members, community members and never-ending media attention. A positive attitude and a passion for his job allowed him to work at Columbine from 1979 to 2014. He shares how he was able to build a community that worked together for his kids—the students at Columbine High School. The takeaways from this presentation should be required reading for every leader in the nation. He is presently serving as a consultant for safety and emergency management for the Jeffco School District in Colorado, and continues to travel nationally and internationally, speaking and consulting.

Presenter

Frank DeAngelis, Former Principal, Columbine High School

Professional Communication and De-escalation for Youth in Crisis

This webinar discusses best practices for professional communication and de-escalation of youth in crisis. This training includes the key ingredient to establishing open channels of communication with youth by building rapport. Learning how to manage critical situations with skill and confidence because no two emergencies are the same. Knowing how to process a high intensity situation and staying calm while obtaining pertinent information for responders. Additionally, understanding how one can be impacted physically, mentally, and emotionally when responding to crisis with methods for self-care.

Presenter

Alex Graber, Dispatcher, Waukesha County Sheriff's Department, and Youth Counselor

    Protecting America’s Schools: A U.S. Secret Service Analysis of Targeted School Violence​

    Ensuring the safety of children at school is a responsibility that belongs to everyone. To inform these efforts, the U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) will present on the findings and recommendations from its latest study, Protecting America’s Schools: A U.S. Secret Service Analysis of Targeted School Violence. The findings from this study, which analyzed 41 incidents of targeted school violence that occurred at K-12 schools in the United States from 2008-2017, indicate that targeted violence is preventable. This presentation will focus on how communities can use a multidisciplinary approach to identify and intervene with students who are exhibiting concerning or threatening behaviors.

    Presenter

    Jeff McGarry, Social Science Research Specialist

      The Role of the SRO in a Mental Health Focused World

      The Beloit Police Department had one of the first school resource officers (SRO) programs in the State of Wisconsin. Sergeant Linder will discuss how the SRO program operates in the Beloit School District and what makes it work. This presentation will cover the history of the School Resource Officer, the NASRO Triad, training to use discretion, de-escalation techniques, the SRO contact log, and Rock County BHVR flagging.

      Presenter

      Jamie Linder, Sergeant, Beloit Police Department

        School Security Measures, Racial Disparities and Implicit Bias

        This webinar discusses the concept of implicit racial bias and how biases affect decision making, including decisions regarding the implementation of school security measures. Ways to counteract implicit racial bias to create more inclusive environments for all students is also discussed.

        Presenter

        Jason Nance, JD, PhD, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law

          School Threat Assessment and Exclusionary Discipline

          This presentation covers the rationale for threat assessment, the five-step decision tree used in the Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines, and research evidence from controlled studies showing that school threat assessment allows schools a safe, effective, and equitable way to evaluate student threats of violence. This method greatly reduces the need for exclusionary discipline and does not generate racial disparities in student outcomes.

          Presenter

          Dr. Dewey Cornell, Professor of Education at the University of Virginia | Dr. Cornell is Professor of Education at the University of Virginia and a forensic clinical psychologist. Based on his experience evaluating and treating violent criminal offenders, Dr. Cornell became interested in violence prevention. For more than 30 years he has worked with schools on youth violence prevention efforts. In 2001, he led the development of the Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines, which is an evidence-based practice that was implemented in Virginia and is now used throughout the United States and Canada.

            Standard Reunification Method for K-12 Schools

            Crisis recovery starts with the crisis, not after. Without a plan to reunite students and parents, more than just the mental health demands which accompany a crisis are ignored; the responsibility of the school and district in maintaining the chain of custody for every student can be lost. No school is immune to emergencies; fires, floods, tornadoes, blizzards, power outages, bomb threats, acts of violence... this is just a short list of events that could initiate a release and reunification for a school or district.

            One critical aspect of crisis response is accountable reunification of students with their parents or guardians in the event of a school crisis or emergency. The Standard Reunification Method provides school and district safety teams with proven methods for planning, practicing and achieving a successful reunification. The Standard Reunification Method for K-12 schools and questions regarding post-crisis reunification will be addressed.

            Presenter

            John-Michael Keys, ILoveYouGuys Foundation


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