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Developing Comprehensive and Equitable School Safety Plans that Consider the Whole Child, Whole School, and Whole Community

Event Date: November 16, 2022

Presenters

Jennifer Vargo, Director of the Office of Integrated Student Supports, Ohio Department of Education, Office of Whole Child Supports
Bobbie Boyer, Deputy Director for Prevention Services, Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
Emily Torok, Executive Director of the Ohio School Safety Center, Ohio Department of Public Safety
Shaun Ali, Senior Justice Technical Assistance Specialist, Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety
Janelle Hughes, Project Director, REMS TA Center

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Duration: 60 minutes

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The REMS TA Center hosted a Webinar to highlight 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. During this Webinar, presenters discussed the significance of creating plans that consider the needs of the whole school community and that represent an equitable approach to emergency preparedness and the role that it can play in enhancing school safety, security, emergency management, and preparedness efforts. Presenters shared state-based approaches used by education agencies and their community partners to improve emergency preparedness planning using the Whole Child, Whole School, and Whole Community model.

Presenters for this Webinar were Jennifer Vargo, Director of the Office of Integrated Student Supports for the Ohio Department of Education, Office of Whole Child Supports; Bobbie Boyer, Deputy Director for Prevention Services for the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services; Emily Torok, Executive Director of the Ohio School Safety Center for the Ohio Department of Public Safety; Shaun Ali, Senior Justice Technical Assistance Specialist at the Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety; and Janelle Hughes, Project Director at the REMS TA Center. The presentation concluded with a question-and-answer session.

The U.S. Department of Education and its REMS TA Center hosted this Webinar to provide K-12 schools, school districts, regional education agencies, and state education agencies, along with their community partners, with information on how to create plans that consider the needs of the whole school community and that represent an equitable approach to emergency preparedness. While the live Webinar offered opportunities to respond to individual and unique questions from stakeholders and practitioners, the archived Webinar serves as a resource to help education agencies enhance emergency preparedness planning using the Whole Child, Whole School, and Whole Community model.