This course will provide participants with an overview of the importance of evaluating and auditing school facilities from a school safety perspective. Attendees will gain a better understanding of the purpose and procedures of conducting school site safety assessments as well as toolkits they can utilize to evaluate their campus safety needs. This training will focus on the use of the "Site Assess" app developed by the U.S. Department of Education. The app is practical, easy to use, and contains multiple checkpoints for personnel to use to evaluate campus facilities, policies, and procedures. A portion of this class will include an actual walk-through and physical evaluation of a school site to provide participants with hands-on experience. Participants will also gain valuable resources to use in the setting up of safety and security monitoring and reporting for their district as well as gain knowledge on how to select campus and district emergency response teams and campus evaluation teams.
Objectives:
-Gain firsthand knowledge of a practical and applicable toolkit that is easy to use to monitor and evaluate campus facilities
-Gain practical hands-on experience of how to walk through and physically evaluate a campus site with a team and trainer support
-Gain valuable resources to use in the district setting to set up systems of safety and security monitoring and reporting
-Gain valuable knowledge on how to select campus and district emergency response teams and campus evaluation teams
-Network with other administrators and educators in the field with a focus on school safety and security monitoring