Conference Overview
Sessions and keynotes throughout the conference will focus on these themes:Know the Drill — Safe and Effective School Emergency Operations Exercises and Updating your Crisis Management Plan
Untested school safety plans are sound only in theory and significant plan failure has occurred in almost every instance of a major school crisis where plans had not been tested through properly conducted exercises. One of the nation's top experts will guide participants through the FEMA and Jane's models for a progressive and appropriate a series of exercises.
School-Agency Collaboration: Teamwork in the Trenches
Whenever lives are at risk, the stakes are high. Inter-agency and school-agency collaboration are essential for the best possible outcome. Additionally, it appears from experience that those events in which a smooth collaborative effort is managed are less apt to generate lawsuits from the families of victims. This presentation will give a variety of ideas on how to approach collaboration in times of extreme stress and how to lay groundwork for this process ahead of time. Examples from past experiences will be provided with analysis on what kinds of circumstances we can predict and how best to prepare.
Terrorism and America's Schools: Assessing the Risks
Ronald Stebelton, Executive Director of the Ohio Association of Elementary School Principals, and Adam Hamilton, President and CEO of Signature Science LLC, will attempt to frame the realistic possibilities of a terror attack against American education. Both gentlemen will assess the potential risks as well as the types of terrorism America's schools are vulnerable to now and in the future. Mr. Stebelton will address his comments from the educational perspective while Adam Hamilton will approach this topic from the scientific/technical side.
Who Should Attend?
This conference is targeted for the following audiences:- School administrators
- School counselors, teachers, staff members
- Emergency management personnel
- Safe school trainers, planners, consultants
- School safety officers
- Local/City/State government officials
- Fire and rescue personnel
- Parents and all school community members
- Transportation, security directors
