BRIDGING THE GAPS IN SCHOOL
SAFETY 2020 TOUR

Workshop Schedule

• Presentation

  Proactive Measures and Upper Level Support Of School Safety

• Location

  TBD

• Date

  February 21, 2020

• Time

  Registration is 8:00 AM to 8:30 AM. Presentations will go 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

• Synopsis

  The morning session will cover the importance of compliance to school safety and emergency management planning and training in order to be prepared for manmade or natural threats to school safety. Infrastructure Target Hardening of schools and funding projects through grants or bonds will be topics discussed. Civil liability based on the newest standards of “Foreseeability” of school threats, and upper level administrative support of school safety programs will be topics of discussion.

  A working lunch sponsored by Crisis Go will be provided. A short presentation and demonstration of how Crisis Go can assist with communications and accountability during school emergency planning and response will provided during this working lunch.

  The afternoon session will cover Behavioral and Digital Threat Assessment programs in schools as a proactive means of identifying at-risk or violent behavior in schools for pre- incident intervention. These types of programs are recommended in the most recently released Secret Service Report on incidents of school violence. Case studies of recent events of school violence will be referenced in this section.

• Presenters
  

  Jeff Kaye

  Retired Sergeant Reno, NV Police Department and President of School Safety Operations

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  Jeff Kaye is a co-founder of the International School Safety Institute, and the president of the consulting company School Safety Operations Inc. Jeff is a motivational speaker, the author of reference books covering areas related to school emergency management and safe school culture and climate, and a recognized expert in school safety.

  Drawing from 25 years of law enforcement experience with the Reno, Nevada Police Department and matriculating into the realm of school safety as Director of Public Safety for a large Southern California K-12 public school district, Jeff and his team now consult and train schools, places of worship, and private industry staff on realistic ways they can stay safe, while remaining prepared to respond to any manmade or natural threat.

  Jeff’s work has been source referenced in the creation of laws, policies, and procedures for school safety in the U.S. and Canada.

  

  Theresa Campbell

  President of Safer Schools Together, Vancouver, B.C

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  Theresa Campbell, M.A. is the President of Safer Schools Together (SST), an organization focused on promoting a climate and culture of safety in schools. Theresa established SST in 2008 to provide professional development training in the areas of safe schools and violence prevention. She currently serves as the Subject Matter Expert in the province of British Columbia on School Safety, Threat Assessment and Trauma Response. Theresa consults with educational and law enforcement professionals throughout North America.

  

  Dan Wold

  Superintendent (Retired) of the Eureka, NV School District

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  Mr. Dan Wold is a career educator who joined the SSO Inc. team as a contract consultant upon his retirement from his position as Superintendent of the Eureka County Nevada School District in July of 2019. Dan’s unique blend of experience in education administration, emergency management, and law enforcement have made him a sought after presenter to school board association conferences nationally, and have also made him an asset to projects he assists SSO Inc. on. Dan has the ability to look at school safety projects through the eyes of an educator charged with keeping students safe, and also through the eyes of a law enforcement officer responding to an emergency incident at a school. His experience allows him to communicate effectively with both educators and law enforcement while working on school safety projects, because he has worn both hats. Dan brings the following strengths to the proposed FUSD assessment project:

  • Dan worked his way through the ranks of the education system, starting as a teacher and coach, moving up to the position of Principal, and eventually taking the position of Superintendent of his district. While under Dan’s supervision, his district earned the honors of having the highest ten-year graduation rate in the nation, the highest test scores in the state of Nevada, the highest aggregate school climate scores in the state of Nevada, and the highest college and military placement in the state of Nevada.
  • While Superintendent, Dan also served on the state of Nevada Emergency Management Team, the Governor’s Educator Ethics Commission, and the state of Nevada’s Grants Commission.
  • During his education career, Dan has received multiple state awards and one International award honoring his efforts in education and education safety.

   

  JEFF COATES

  Los Angeles Sheriff's Department SWAT, Special Enforcement Bureau (Retired)

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  Jeff has 27 years of law enforcement experience with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Although retired, he is still involved in helping with team training. He served full-time on the LASD SWAT team since 2003 and was selected to join the department’s elite Emergency Services Detail where he continued to work as a team member until retirement. As part of Jeff’s advanced training for the Emergency Services Detail, he became a State and Nationally certified paramedic, a Public Safety Diver, a Technical Rescue Operator on the Department’s Advanced Life Saving Air-5 helicopter, and he holds a Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support instructors certificate. He has trained with Special Forces in the U.S., Israel, Europe, and Canada and has participated as an operator in thousands of high-risk SWAT operations. Twice he was awarded his Department’s Medal of Valor and has received numerous other professional awards.

• Who Should Attend

  School Administrators, School Board Members, School Staff Members involved in School Safety, Risk Managers, Law Enforcement Involved in School Safety, Community Partners in Mental Health, Parents, and anyone who works in the areas related to school safety or funding of school safety projects.

• Why You Should Attend

  Proactive measures in school safety planning, training, and response are the most effective method to address today’s level of threat to safe school culture and climate. Formation of a collaborative team in schools is the recommended best practice from the U.S. Department of Education as a means to ensure compliance with school emergency management planning and training programs. In order for a team to be effective, they must receive training. Attendees to this workshop will leave with valuable take-ways they can use to shape and move forwards with safety and emergency management programs in their schools.