The Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety is pleased to partner with the Maryland Center for School Safety and Kristina Anderson, Virginia Tech tragedy survivor and founder of Koshka, a non-profit focused on improved school and campus safety, to offer “The Briefings: Resiliency and Recovery after a School Crisis”. This one day event will bring together local educators, law enforcement, and other school safety stakeholders to hear compelling field-tested and expert methods for advancing school safety protocols and police response from individuals who have responded to and experienced school violence first-hand through the Virginia Tech tragedy, the school shooting at Perry Hall High School, and the mass shooting plot that was averted at Catoctin High School in Maryland. This symposium will highlight the importance of communication, leadership, training and preparation, as well as the steps necessary to create preventative solutions, and guidance on creating immediate recovery plans. Attendees will receive tangible resources in school safety initiatives and hear personal accounts from a survivor, school leader, first responders, and an emergency planner.
Law enforcement officers; campus staff including police and campus security officers; threat assessment team members and school counseling staff; K-12 school resource officers and school security officers, and K-12 staff including school administrators, threat assessment team members, and school counselors; juvenile detention center staff and juvenile probation officers, and other school safety stakeholders.
· A survivor’s and first responder’s perspective on the importance of preparing safe communities
· Debriefing of the Perry Hall High School incident and lessons learned
· Debriefing of the Catoctin High School averted mass shooting plot and lessons learned
· Low and no-cost school emergency planning and safety initiatives
· Kristina Anderson, Founder & Executive Director, Koshka Foundation for Safe Schools
· Jason Dominiczak, Chairman of the Board, Life Member and Alumni Association of the Virginia Tech Rescue Squad
· George Roberts, Former Principal, Perry Hall High School, and Community Superintendent for Baltimore County Public Schools
· Paul Timm, President, Facility Engineering Associates, P.C.
· Representatives of the Frederick County Maryland Public Schools
· Representatives of the Frederick County Maryland Sheriff’s Office
Partial In-service Credit (PIC) for Virginia law enforcement officers and campus/school security officers will be available. All participants will receive a certificate of attendance following completion of an online evaluation after the training.
There is no fee to attend this training. Pre-registration is required.
Check-in begins at 8:00 a.m.
Training begins at 8:30 a.m. and concludes at 4:15 p.m.
Travel, Lodging & Meals
Participants are responsible for their meals, transportation and lodging arrangements and expenses.
We have a block of rooms at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center for the April 2018 Briefings event. The group rate is $219 plus tax per night. You can use the link below to make a reservation.
https://book.passkey.com/gt/216310042?gtid=72e96f82b380685f3bbb13ad72f7acef
The current cut-off date for reservations is Monday, March 19. Please post this information at your earliest opportunity.
The discounted self-parking rate for all lodgers is $14.00 per vehicle, per night (unlimited in/out). Complimentary standard WiFi is included in the room rate.
Pre-registration is required via DCJS’ online registration system.
Click here to register.
Kristina Fawcett
804.225.3948
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James Christian
804.786-4303
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Donna Michaelis
804.371.6506
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Ed Clarke
301.370.3497
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