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The preparation of
teachers and administrators to face school safety situations both current and
future is imperative.
Murray State University serves as the point
of contact for Kentucky Center for School Safety post-secondary activities,
where KCSS staff is working to address the place of higher education in school
safety issues.
The focus of the post-secondary education component of the Kentucky
Center for School Safety addresses the needs of both pre-service and practicing
educators, ensuring that the safety and security of Kentucky’s educational
communities are better served.
Link to
ADM 677
Crisis Management in Educational Settings
-Objectives
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Dr. Randy Sprick, author of
CHAMPS and Safe and Civil Schools addressed Murray State
University, College of
Education's 2009 Fall Faculty and Staff Retreat. |
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Administrator's Desk
Reference of Behavior Management
(is part of
the Safe and Civil Schools Comprehensive
Program) This resource is a three-volume
Administrator’s Desk Reference which
assists the busy administrator create a
positive school culture and climate.
Includes positive and effective
research-based techniques to: 1) Help
staff develop proactive, positive,
instructional policies, 2) Handle
discipline referrals when they do occur,
3) Establish individual behavior plans when
necessary, and 4) Reduce behavior
problems and increase a student’s sense of
purpose and belonging. |
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"NIMS Implementation Activities for Schools
and Higher Education Institutions"
presents a set of key school and campus
emergency management activities that will
enhance the relationship between schools and
campuses, their respective local
governments, and their community partners as
they communicate, collaborate, and
coordinate on these NIMS activities.
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Predicting and Preventing Campus Violence
(Inside Higher Ed)
Harvard University’s first president was an
English cleric who reportedly attacked his
assistant with a stick “big enough to kill a
horse,” Ann Franke, the founder of Wise
Results and a consultant on campus risk
management issues nationally, related Friday
during a conference on “Violence on Campus:
Prediction, Prevention and Response.”
...To
complicate matters, “There is no useful
profile” for a school shooter.
“One of the things that people want from us
is … ‘Just give me a profile,’ ” said
William Modzeleski, U.S. associate assistant
deputy secretary of education for the Office
of Safe and Drug Free Schools. “Should it be
somebody who has a tattoo? Should it be
somebody who wears a trench coat?”
In the federal government’s
Safe Schools Initiative study, which
examined 37 incidents from 1974-2000 at the
K-12 level, the shooters’ only common trait,
Modzeleski said, “was that they were boys.”
(Though there’s a caveat even there, as
Modzeleski said incidents
 involving
girls occurred after they completed their
research).
Order Safe
School Initiative Study
free from U.S. Department of Education at
ED Pubs.
The new piece added to this research in 2007
is "The Safe Schools and Threat Assessment
Experience Scenarios"
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Higher Ed
Safety in the News:
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New - University
of Louisville Center for Health Hazards Preparedness
link to new
website:
www.thechhp.org The Center for Health
Hazards Preparedness is a nationally-recognized
center of excellence in coordinating research,
education and service to improve the local, regional
and national response to potential acts of
terrorism, natural disasters and infectious
diseases. By defining competencies, disseminating
best practices and offering virtual drills and
exercises, communities will be strengthened as their
health care workers and administration are prepared
to appropriately assess and respond to a variety of
public health hazards.
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Virginia Tech shooting
archive opens
to the public
(FOX
News) ...
School officials say
once they determine the site can handle
a large volume of traffic, anyone with
Internet access will be able to see the
records...
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Rules Seek to Clarify FERPA (Inside Higher Ed-
Washington, DC) In an
update of key federal privacy rules, the U.S. Education
Department is trying to tell colleges what they can release
about students, not just what they can’t release.
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Colleges to get a reprieve from additional campus safety
requirements
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
...Under pressure from
college
lobbyists, the US Senate has stripped provisions from a
school safety bill that would have required colleges...
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The
Post-Secondary Task
Force was created to facilitate the work
of the KCSS in these endeavors. The Task
Force includes representatives from all 26
colleges and universities, as well as the
Kentucky
Community and Technical College System,
Kentucky Council on Post-Secondary Education,
the
Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges
and Universities, and the
Kentucky
Education Professional Standards Board. |
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Kentucky's
post-secondary institutions have within them
a wealth of information which can be tapped
by education professionals and others
throughout the Commonwealth and beyond |
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The efforts
of the KCSS in the post-secondary area
include college/university faculty
development and development and delivery of
school safety related curricula for
inclusion into post-secondary coursework.
In addition, the post-secondary component of
the KCSS will address development of
graduate and undergraduate credit offerings
for pre-service and practicing educators.
The mechanism/plan for incorporation of
school-related safety instruction and
programming emphasizes technical assistance
and training to post-secondary
institutions. |
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Currently, the
post-secondary component of KCSS has
spear-headed the development of the
Kentucky Safety Educator Standards. The
Education
Professional Standards Board passed
these Standards in the Spring of 2004.
Murray State University has approved the
Kentucky Safety
Educator Endorsement. The foundation
course is ADM 677
Crisis Management in Educational Settings.
Both new and existing courses were
integrated to create this twelve-hour
endorsement. The post-secondary component of
KCSS continues to address development of
graduate and undergraduate credit offerings
and training for pre-service and practicing
educators. |
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NEW!
U.S. Ed's OSDFS
Releases
"Action Guide for Emergency
Management at Institutions
of Higher Education".
The U.S. Department of
Education (ED)'s
Office of Safe and Drug Free
Schools (OSDFS), in
collaboration with ED's
Readiness Management for
Schools (REMS)
Technical Assistance Center
(TA Center), is pleased to
announce the release of the
Action Guide for Emergency
Management at Institutions
of Higher Education....
The Action
Guide aims to offer
institutions of higher
education a useful resource
in the field of emergency
management. It is intended
to serve as a resource for
all types of institutions of
higher education.
Community
colleges, two- and four-year
colleges and universities,
graduate schools, and
research institutions
associated with higher
education entities, both
public and private, can use
the Action Guide throughout
their emergency management
planning efforts.
The Action Guide is not
meant to serve as a
prescriptive document, but
rather is intended to
provide a number of
resources and references to
facilitate the emergency
management planning process
for institutions at all
levels of knowledge and
development.
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Other links:
Emergency Management Resources for
Institutions of Higher Education |
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