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The Role of Principals in School Safety Efforts

Event Date: February 08, 2024

Presenters

Ty Thompson, Former Principal, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL
Elizabeth Brown, Principal, Ocali Charter High School in Ocala, FL
Michael Sedlak, Unit Principal, Hudson High School in Hudson, OH
Kathy Gombos, Principal, Sandy Hook Elementary School
Janelle Hughes, Project Director, REMS TA Center

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Duration: 64 minutes

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The REMS TA Center hosted a webinar to highlight the role principals play in preventing, protecting the school community from, mitigating, responding to, and recovering from threats and hazards. During this webinar, presenters demonstrated the importance of developing a collaborative planning team to support emergency operations plan (EOP) development, as outlined in Step 1 of the six-step planning process detailed in the Guide for Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans. They discussed the ways principals can contribute to EOP development and ensure school safety, security, emergency management, and preparedness. Additionally, presenters shared resources to be used by principals and core planning teams.

Presenters for this webinar were Ty Thompson, former principal of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL; Elizabeth Brown, principal at Ocali Charter High School in Ocala, FL; Michael Sedlak, unit principal at Hudson High School in Hudson, OH; Kathy Gombos, principal at Sandy Hook Elementary School; and Janelle Williams, 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, state education agencies, and their community partners with information on how to collaborate with principals on emergency management planning. The live webinar offered opportunities to respond to individual and unique questions from stakeholders and practitioners, and the archived webinar serves as a resource to help education agencies collaborate with principals on school safety, security, emergency management, and preparedness.