1. Introduction
a)
News coverage of recent school shootings and prevalence
of violence in schools
b)
FBI convictions of corrupt corporate and government
officials, including school personnel
c)
Definition of bullying; strategies and resources for
administrators, teachers, parents and youth
d)
U.S. Secret
Service’s National Threat
Assessment Center – a report on the prevention of targeted
violence in schools
2. Terrorism
a)
Types of terrorism risks
b)
Terrorism defined
c)
Counter Terrorism Bureau considerations
3. Understanding
Community Issues
a)
Guns at Home
4. Safe School Initiative –
U.S. Secret Service Findings & Implications
a)
School violence
incidents are rarely impulsive; attacks are preventable
b)
Breaking the silence
c)
No accurate school shooter profile
d)
Most attackers have easy gun access from home
e)
Bullying
prevention strategies are
vital
f)
Most attackers
exhibited prior alarming behavior showing the need for measured
intervention.
5. Risk Prevention Benefits
& Countermeasures
a)
Security profiles and countermeasures
b)
Procedural
c)
Hardware (locks, gates, lights, computers/internet and
computer policy)
d)
Electronic (CCTV)
e)
Personnel
6. Policies
a)
Access control
b)
Emergency preparedness and response evaluation
c)
Bomb threats
7. Preventing
Tragedies
a)
Proactive violence prevention programs in every community
b)
Anger/conflict management training
c)
Countermeasures to inappropriate gun access
8. What Teachers Can
Do to Prevent Tragedies
a)
strategies
9. What Law Enforcement Can
Do to Prevent Tragedies
a)
strategies
10. What Students Can Do
to Prevent Tragedies
a)
strategies
11. What Principals Can
Do to Prevent Tragedies
a)
strategies
12. Provide Strong
Administrative Support for Safety Programs
a)
.Personal safety precautions
b)
Youth police academy
c)
School resource officers
d)
Student appreciation events
e)
Crisis management response programs
f)
School watches
g)
A Guide to Safe
Schools, published by
the Dept. of Education and Dept. of Justice
13.
Leadership Training & Development
for
Educators
a)
Create a culture of
respect
b)
Academic achievement v. character
14. Training and Testing
a)
Community crisis response program and team, Fort Lee
School District, Fort Lee, New Jersey
b)
Full scale exercises
15. Evacuation Checklist
a)
plan essentials