Safe Schools – DO NOT USE

Safe Schools – DO NOT USE

Blog
November 9 2020

The Importance of Threat Assessment Teams with the New…

School safety departments, like many other departments, are often overtasked and under-resourced, making it difficult to staff and implement a threat assessment team. These types of teams assess, identify, and manage threatening or potentially threatening situations and behaviors. The new…

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October 19 2020

School Bus Safety Week: Safety Tips for Bus Drivers

Each year, the third week of October is recognized as National School Bus Safety Week, a public education program designed to address the importance of school bus safety. Much of the focus of this week is around promoting school bus…

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October 13 2020

Safety Alert: Student Mental Health & Wellness

The COVID-19 pandemic, racial unrest, and economic decline have been taking a toll on the mental health of Americans, including kids, as highlighted in many recent news stories: One in Four Teens Involved in Bullying Incidents A Majority of Teens…

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October 6 2020

Vector Solutions and DiversityEdu Partner to Bring High-Quality Diversity…

Vector Solutions, a leader in eLearning and performance support solutions for the world’s most critical industries, in July announced a new partnership with DiversityEdu, a fast-growing and highly innovative diversity learning and management company, to provide online courses to higher…

Webinars
September 24 2020

Webinar: Best Practices for Effective Child Sexual Abuse Prevention…

On-Demand Webinar with Diane Cranley Nearly 10% of high school students surveyed said they were sexually abused at school at some point during their school career by either another student or a school representative. The impact on victims’ physical, mental,…

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September 17 2020

10 Tips to Help Improve Overall School Safety

The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) School Safety Group, out of the U.S. Department of Justice, recently released Ten Essential Actions to Improve School Safety, which provides action items that schools/school districts can do to help mitigate and…

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September 16 2020

Vector Solutions Launches Training Series Focused on Child Sexual…

Series Includes 22 Expert-Authored Microlearning Courses to Help School Staff Recognize and Prevent Child Sexual Abuse Tampa, FL – September 16, 2020 – Vector Solutions, a leader in eLearning and performance optimization solutions, has launched a training series for K-12…

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September 9 2020

Suicide Prevention Month: Supporting Schools’ Youth Suicide Prevention Efforts

September is National Suicide Prevention Month, a month devoted to suicide prevention awareness. At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic downturn, and racial unrest across the country are taking a toll on the mental health of Americans, the…

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August 27 2020

Student Sexual Abuse: Mitigating the Risk Amidst a Pandemic

Guest Blog Post by Diane Cranley, Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Expert As the coronavirus began to advance across the country early in the year, almost every state and US territory ordered or recommended schools close to all in-person classes to…

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August 10 2020

Cyberbullying a Growing Concern

Cyberbullying has been a growing concern for educators and parents for quite some time. Due to the current pandemic, millions of kids are most likely spending an unprecedented amount of time online. This raises a lot of safety concerns from…

Blog
July 30 2020

New Courses Support Social Emotional Learning as Students Return…

Social Emotional Learning is More Important than Ever Survey results published earlier this summer by America’s Promise Alliance indicate that teens are experiencing collective trauma caused by the changes in their immediate circumstances, combined with the uncertainty about the future…