School Safety Training for K-12 faculty and staff
Empower your staff to build safer school environments.
Infuse school safety skills and capabilities into your professional development with School Safety 101 for K-12 Educators.
School safety, violence prevention, and crisis response are critical professional skills and capabilities for k-12 educators but too often there isn’t the time or resources to provide the all-hazards, education-centered professional development they need.
The Educator’s School Safety Network partners with districts, schools systems, or individual schools to offer School Safety 101, a fully developed, education-focused school safety and violence prevention module with training units that can be integrated into your professional development framework.
By completing the on-demand, self-paced content units in School Safety 101, your staff acquires critical knowledge and skills related to violence prevention, school climate and culture, and school-based crisis response.
A scalable training approach that fits your organization’s needs
We understand that every organization has different needs and constraints, which is why we offer a scalable approach to school safety training that starts with on demand, self-paced online training and certificates of completion.
STEP 1 – Participants complete School Safety 101 to acquire an Initial Certificate.
School Safety 101 - On demand, self-paced online training
Increasing your staffs’ school safety professional capabilities begins with School Safety 101, an asynchronous collection of learning units that is offered online and on-demand. The content instruction and assessments are housed entirely on a third-party learning management system (LMS). Participants use your organization’s code to enroll themselves to gain immediate access to the training units that are completed on a schedule determined by you.
The structure of each unit includes:
An assessment of particpants’ prior knowledge.
Acquisition of content related to critical school safety skills and competencies through videos and readings followed by targeted field work and reflection.
Access to additional resources for possible extension activities
In the six units that comprise School Safety 101, students acquire content and skills related to:
Assessing risks and vulnerabilities
Strategic supervision
Visitor screening and engagement
Access control
Communication planning
Crisis response protocols including active shooter response
Behavioral threat assessment.
Participants complete School Safety 101 independently within a time frame set by your organization and receive a certificate of completion automatically through the LMS. Any continuing education credit is implemented by your organization.
STEP 2 – Build on the foundation of School Safety 101 with further certification options
The School Safety 101 Initial Certificate establishes a baseline level of competency in safety and violence prevention. Your organization may want participants to acquire a higher level of knowledge through the acquisition of an Intermediate or Advanced Certificate.
After completing the on-line portion of the module, your organization has the option for students to expand and apply their knowledge through participation in face to face or virtual class meetings to share their field work and reflection activities.
Complete this form for more information about using School Safety 101 as professional development for your district, school, or team.
A look at School Safety 101 units:
Thinking Differently About School Safety
To make our schools safe, educators must expand their thinking and perceptions about school safety beyond active shooter response to include a comprehensive, all hazards, education-focused approach to school safety issues.
Assessing Risks and Vulnerabilities
Many vulnerabilities, hazards, and threats exist in a school setting. Explore the difference between man-made, natural, and technological hazards and discuss how vulnerability assessments can identify and mitigate risks.
Prevention & Preparation: The Building Blocks of School Safety
School safety is not just about response. Planning and preparing for the inevitable crisis event and working to prevent violence requires knowledge and capabilities in the critical building blocks of school safety:
Increasing Student Disclosures – Violence prevention and student support require authentic disclosures from students.
Strategic Supervision and Student Support - An engaged and approachable teaching and administrative staff is critical for student supervision, building positive relationships, and improving school climate.
Visitor Screening and Engagement – Effectively screening and engaging with visitors is a powerful violence prevention measure.
Tools of the Trade – Violence prevention and crisis preparation are enhanced when the right tools are used in daily operations.
Access Control – Providing appropriate levels of access control is crucial in mitigating threats and preventing violence.
Communication Concerns – Timely and effective communication to internal and external stakeholders is central for effective preparation.
Effective Crisis Response
School stakeholders must know how to effectively implement all hazards response procedures when crisis events occur, including best practices in active shooter response.