Learn about trauma informed strategies for building a safe and supportive school climate and other resources to assist in the recovery journey following an incident of school violence. This webinar is the fourth session in the Preventing and Addressing Gun Violence in Schools Miniseries. Presenters represent Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District in Texas, the Maine School Safety Center, University of Connecticut, Rebels Project in Colorado, Center for Safe and Resilience Schools and Workplaces in California, and the REMS TA Center.

Learn about trauma informed strategies and approaches for responding to school violence, including gun violence. This webinar is the third session in the Preventing and Addressing Gun Violence in Schools Miniseries. Presenters represent Minneapolis Public Schools in Minnesota, Cahokia School District in Illinois, Heartland Area Education Agency in Iowa, the Georgia Department of Education, Seattle University in Washington, the Center on Behavioral Interventions and Supports, and the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments.

Learn about techniques and strategies that schools, in collaboration with community partners, can use to continually build and enhance emergency operations plans that address school violence. This webinar is the second session in the Preventing and Addressing Gun Violence in Schools Miniseries. Presenters represent McAlester Public Schools in Oklahoma, Alexandria Public Schools in Virginia, Westerville City Schools in Ohio, the Tennessee Department of Education, and the REMS TA Center.

Learn about implementing preventative solutions to address gun violence in school communities and keep students safe. This webinar is the first session in the Preventing and Addressing Gun Violence in Schools Miniseries. Presenters represent Muskegon Independent School District in Michigan, Educational Service Center of Northeast Ohio, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Center on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments, the Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, and the REMS TA Center.

Learn about the role that superintendents play in preventing, protecting the school community from, mitigating, responding to, and recovering from threats and hazards. Presenters represent Conway Public Schools in Arkansas, Penn-Trafford School District in Pennsylvania, and the REMS TA Center.

Learn about the role that principals play in preventing, protecting the school community from, mitigating, responding to, and recovering from threats and hazards. Presenters represent Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, Ocali Charter High School in Florida, Hudson High School in Ohio, Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, and the REMS TA Center.

Learn about 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and how K-12 educators and educational partners can use this important resource to further support their school communities. Presenters represent the U.S. Department of Education, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and REMS TA Center.

Learn about strategies that K-12 education agencies can use to provide emergency preparedness supports to students experiencing homelessness. Presenters represent the National Center for Homeless Education and REMS TA Center.

Learn about the role of students in school safety, security, emergency management, and preparedness. Presenters represent Lincoln County School District in Oregon and REMS TA Center.

Learn about the role of special educators in school safety, security, emergency management, and preparedness. Presenters represent Maryland Department of Health and REMS TA Center.

Learn about the role of athletic directors in school safety, security, emergency management, and preparedness. Presenters represent Lincoln High School in South Dakota, Thornton Academy in Maine, Safe Sport Zone, and REMS TA Center.

Learn about comprehensive approaches to school safety and emergency operations plan (EOP) development that include physical and psychological safety and well-being that are rooted in equitable approaches. Presenters represent the Ohio Department of Education, Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Ohio School Safety Center, Ohio Department of Public Safety, Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety, and REMS TA Center.

Learn about the role of school nutrition directors in school safety, security, emergency management, and preparedness activities, including emergency operations plan development. Presenters represent the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service and REMS TA Center.

Learn about the role of public health officials in supporting school safety efforts at the local level. Presenters represent the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and REMS TA Center.

Learn about the role of school administrators in supporting school safety efforts at the local level. Presenters represent Ocali Charter High School in Florida, Hudson City School District in New York, and the REMS TA Center.

Learn about the role of mental health professionals in supporting school safety efforts at the local level. Presenters represent Mobile County Public Schools in Alabama and the REMS TA Center.

Learn about the role of school transportation directors in supporting school safety efforts, including school emergency operations plan development. Presenters represent Westerville City Schools in Ohio and REMS TA Center.

Learn about the role of teachers in supporting school safety efforts at the local level. Presenters represent the Los Angeles Unified School District in California and REMS TA Center.

Learn about the role of school facility managers in supporting school safety efforts, including school emergency operations plan development. Presenters represent the Oregon Department of Education, California Department of Education, and REMS TA Center.

Learn about the role information technology specialists have in supporting overall school safety, security, emergency management, and preparedness before, during, and after an emergency. Presenters represent the U.S. Department of Education, Rialto Unified School District in California, and REMS TA Center.

Learn about the role of families and parents in supporting school safety efforts at the local and state level. Presenters represent the U.S. Department of Education and REMS TA Center.

Learn about the role community engagement specialists have in supporting overall school safety, security, emergency management, and preparedness before, during, and after an emergency. Presenters represent the Sonoma County Office of Education in California and REMS TA Center.

Learn about the REMS TA Center's services and how practitioners can interact with the REMS TA Center for support. Presenters represent the REMS TA Center.

Learn about the role school psychologists can play in supporting emergency operations plan development as well as overall school safety, security, emergency management, and preparedness before, during, and after an emergency. Presenters represent the U.S. Department of Education, National Association of School Psychologists, and REMS TA Center.

Learn about the importance of building relationships at the state level to support education agencies with disaster and emergency response and recovery planning and to assist districts with understanding how FEMA Public Assistance Program funding can support those efforts. Presenters represent the U.S. Department of Education, Federal Emergency Management Agency, California Department of Education, California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, Butte County Office of Education, and REMS TA Center.

Aprenda de las estrategias que las agencias de educación K-12 pueden usar, en colaboración con su equipo de socios comunitarios multidisciplinarios, para crear planes de operaciones de emergencia escolar (EOP) de alta calidad que integren la planificación en torno a todas las amenazas y peligros y en todos los ajustes y tiempos. Presentadores representan el Departamento de Educación de EE. UU., OSSS y REMS TA Center.

Learn about the role school nurses have in supporting overall school safety, security, emergency management, and preparedness before, during, and after an emergency. Presenters represent the U.S. Department of Education, National Association of School Nurses, and REMS TA Center.

Learn about strategies that K-12 education agencies can use, in collaboration with their team of multidisciplinary community partners, to create high-quality school emergency operations plans that integrate planning around all threats and hazards and all settings and times. Presenters represent the U.S. Department of Education and REMS TA Center.

Learn about strategies that K-12 education agencies can use in collaboration with their team of multidisciplinary community partners to modify and enhance efforts to practice school emergency operations plans. Presenters represent the U.S. Department of Education and REMS TA Center.

Learn about adolescent substance use and school-based prevention and intervention methods, as well as how schools can plan for opioid overdoses and other drug-related emergencies. Presenters represent the University of Georgia, U.S. Department of Education, and REMS TA Center.

Learn about this key element of continuity of operations planning, models being used on the state level, and Federal authorizations, waivers, and resources. Presenters represent the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Georgia Department of Education, Tennessee Department of Education, New Jersey Department of Education, Oklahoma State Department of Education, U.S. Department of Education, and REMS TA Center.

Learn about the products and services that the REMS TA Center offers on school safety, security, and emergency preparedness for institutions of higher education.

Learn about the new District Guide that can assist school districts in fulfilling both their individual and shared emergency planning responsibilities. Presenters represent the U.S. Department of Education and the REMS TA Center.

Learn why schools should develop a trauma-informed approach to planning and hear lessons learned about memorializing anniversaries. Presenters represent Safe & Sound Schools, the Koshka Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, and the REMS TA Center.

Learn about the roles of school resource officers and their roles in school safety, the Averted School Violence (ASV) database and recommendations for schools based on research conducted using the ASV database, and the importance of integrating plans to prevent and respond to school violence. Presenters represent the U.S. Department of Justice, National Association of School Resource Officers, National Police Foundation, International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators...

Learn about the impacts of lead exposure on the learning environment and steps education agencies can take to integrate testing and reduction programs into school emergency management planning and emergency operations plans. Presenters represent the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Education, and REMS TA Center.

Learn about trauma and retraumatization, manifestations of trauma in students, a trauma-informed approach, and considerations for preparedness planning and how schools can address trauma in their emergency operations plans. Presenters represent the University of Southern California Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and REMS TA Center.

Learn about the SITE ASSESS mobile application and how it was enhanced, step-by-step instructions for site assessments teams, information on customization features, and the importance and uses of the site assessment data. Presenters represent the REMS TA Center and U.S. Department of Education.

Learn about key planning considerations, lessons learned, and strategies for family reunification. Presenters represent the Arizona Department of Education, Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District in Massachusetts, Chandler Police Department in Arizona, U.S. Department of Education, and REMS TA Center.

Learn about issues related to identifying on- and off-site assembly areas, transportation considerations and mutual aid agreements, meeting the needs of students with disabilities or access and functional needs, and shared lessons at the local level. Presenters represent the U.S. Department of Education, National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services, Salem-Keizer Public Schools in Oregon, and REMS TA Center.

Learn about issues related to minors being separated from their parents or legal guardians after a large emergency or disaster; planning for post-disaster reunification; and resources that schools, school districts, and their community partners can use to facilitate reunification. Presenters represent the Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, U.S. Department of Education, and REMS TA Center.

Learn about operational considerations for managing donations and volunteers from the federal and local perspectives and shared lessons learned from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma and the 2011 tornado in Joplin. Presenters represent the Federal Emergency Management Agency, former Superintendent of Joplin Schools in Missouri, U.S. Department of Education, and REMS TA Center.

Learn about the importance of site assessments as a school emergency preparedness activity, the SITE ASSESS mobile application and its features, and shared strategies for using the tool collaboratively. Presenters represent the REMS TA Center and U.S. Department of Education.

Learn about the process for addressing emergencies abroad in planning efforts, case studies, and resources and support available when preparing for these incidents. Presenters represent the U.S. Department of State, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and REMS TA Center.

Learn about how education agencies can better plan to mitigate the effects of emergency events and create more resilient sites. Presenters represent the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Orange County Department of Education in California, Georgetown University in the District of Columbia, U.S. Department of Education, and REMS TA Center.

Learn about adult sexual misconduct in schools and how education agencies can address this issue through the framework of their emergency operations plan. Presenters represent the U.S. Department of Education and REMS TA Center.

Learn about resilience strategies that can be used to increase the ability of educators and others in the educational community to work more effectively with students impacted by stress, loss, and trauma. Presenters represent the University of Southern California and REMS TA Center.

Learn about how K-12 schools and school districts can better plan to recover from emergency events and be ready for a range of threats and hazards. Presenters represent the Washington School Safety Center, Plaza Towers Elementary School in Oklahoma, Norman Public Schools in Oklahoma, U.S. Department of Education, and REMS TA Center.

Learn about the purpose, benefits, and process to install the EOP ASSIST software application for creating and updating school emergency operations plans. Presenters represent the REMS TA Center and U.S. Department of Education.

Learn about how K-12 schools and school districts can better plan for a range of threats and hazards by focusing on the five preparedness missions of prevention, mitigation, protection, response, and recovery. Presenters represent the U.S. Department of Education and REMS TA Center.

Learn about identifying resource needs, lessening the potential impact of an earthquake, and encouraging personal preparedness at home. Presenters represent the Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drills, U.S. Department of Education, and REMS TA Center.

Learn about sextortion, how students can be both victims and perpetrators, and how education agencies can develop measures to prevent and protect students from sextortion. Presenters represent the Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Wisconsin Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and REMS TA Center.

Learn about how to incorporate bullying into the school emergency operations plan, the importance of measuring school climate and promoting safe and healthy learning environments, and local-level insight on integrating bullying prevention on the school district level. Presenters represent the U.S. Department of Education, Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District in Massachusetts, and REMS TA Center.

Learn about how recent technological advances have created additional considerations for behavioral threat assessments. Presenters represent the Illinois Statewide Terrorism & Intelligence Center and REMS TA Center.

Learn about the eight common elements of an effective threat assessment. Presenters represent the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety, Prince William County Public Schools in Virginia, and REMS TA Center.

Learn about the development of a COOP annex, its connection to the six-step planning process, and state-level insight on activating COOP within 12-hours and 30-days following an event. Presenters represent the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Texas School Safety Center, New Jersey Department of Education, and REMS TA Center.

Learn about integrating AFN within schools and institutions of higher education and inclusive preparedness planning. Presenters represent the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, Los Angeles Unified School District in California, and University of Massachusetts Boston.

Learn about EOP ASSIST, a free, Web-accessible software application designed to help schools create and update high-quality school emergency operations plans. Presenters represent the REMS TA Center and U.S. Department of Education.

Learn about safety and security design and cost-effective features to consider for new construction of or retrofitting existing school buildings and grounds. Presenters represent the Education Facilities Clearinghouse.

Learn about integrating human trafficking with school emergency operations plans. Presenters represent Grossmont Union High School District in California, U.S. Department of Education, and REMS TA Center.

Learn about the importance of cybersecurity and network protection at schools and school districts. Presenters represent the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Office of Cybersecurity and Communications.

Learn about the importance of cybersecurity and network protection at colleges and universities. Presenters represent the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Office of Cybersecurity and Communications.

Learn about federal programs and resources that enhance campus security and emergency management planning. Presenters represent the U.S. Department of Education, Federal Emergency Management Agency, General Services Administration, U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Mental Health Services.

Learn about the types of campus public safety services that are most common to institutions of higher education and how campus public safety officials should be intricately involved in the creation of the higher ed emergency operations plan. Presenters represent the U.S. Department of Justice and Rider University in New Jersey.

Learn about how a positive school climate can help schools and communities prevent emergencies and enhance school safety. Presenters from the U.S. Department of Education and AIR.

Learn about incorporating the unique needs of international students into higher ed emergency operations plans. Presenters represent the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and U.S. Department of Education.

Learn about developing and implementing emergency operations plans for schools and institutions of higher education in active shooter situations. Presenters represent the Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Department of Justice.

Learn about FERPA and the implications that FERPA and other federal statutes may have on information sharing in the emergency planning process. The presenter represents the U.S. Department of Education's Family Policy Compliance Office.

Learn about the key principles for developing a comprehensive emergency operations plan (EOP) for a house of worship; the planning process for developing, implementing, and refining an EOP for a house of worship; the form, function, and content of an EOP for a house of worship; and topics that support emergency management planning. Presenters represent the White House Office of Faith-based & Neighborhood Partnerships, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency Homeland Security Advisory Council, Secure Community Network, Catholic Charities, USA, Muslim Public...

Learn about how the federal guidance can help institutions of higher education develop and implement high-quality emergency operations plans and its principles and processes that can help ensure planning efforts are aligned with emergency planning practices at the national, state, and local levels. Presenters represent the U.S. Department of Education, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Federal Bureau of Investigation.