Practice Makes Perfect: Building Effective Safety Drills and Exercises

Posted by on September 24, 2012

The Center for Safe Schools is pleased to present a series of regionally based training opportunities for the 2012-13 school year. The cost to attend each event is $119.00 per person, which includes an on-site lunch.

Practice Makes Perfect: Building Effective Safety Drills and Exercises October 3, 2012; Allison Park, Pa.;
October 24, 2012; Conshohocken, Pa.; November 2, 2012; Camp Hill, Pa.

This course supports the creation of effective school safety drill and exercise trainings for schools and local education agencies. Upon completion of this training participants will be able to:

– Identify the two broad categories of exercises.
– Appropriately match school needs with specific exercise types.
– Explain the process, or building blocks, necessary before full scale exercises should take place.
– Write expected/anticipated actions of key personnel in a school exercise.
– Identify reasons why an evaluation component is critical to successful school emergency exercise training.

Who should attend?
School administrators, student support personnel, teachers, school nurses, safety team members, SAP team members, school resource officers, local law enforcement and other community partners. This training is not appropriate for students of any grade. A working knowledge of local school emergency procedures is helpful, but not required.

Continuing Education Credits
This training is eligible for seven (7) hours of Act 48 Continuing Education Credit through the Center for Schools and Communities/CSIU. The instructor will distribute the appropriate form to interested attendees during this training.

For more information or to register for this event, please visit:
http://www.safeschools.info/professional-development/270