Intruder Response Training Desi Kirchhofer Fred Crawford Mike Fumagali Corey Zavorka
Dec 14, 2015
Today’s Agenda
• Welcome• Establishing The Why?• Overview of Parkway• Introducing & Communicating• The Plan• The follow-up• Ideas and Suggestion for Sustaining efforts
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BACKGROUND• Parkway School District– Suburban St. Louis County – 17500 students – 28 schools (33 sites)– 64.3% Caucasian; 16% African-American; 11%
Asian, 5% Hispanic, 4.5 Multi-racial– 140,000 residents; 8 municipalities– 68 square miles– No Parkway “home town”– Typical school safety plan & drills
School Climate and Culture
Challenge:Creating and maintaining safe and secure schools with a welcoming
environment
Measurable Objectives
• All students will improve in their confidence, self-direction and persistence as learners.
• All students will report that they are physically and emotionally safe in Parkway.
• All students will monitor and make adjustments to achieve their personal goals, including academic, career, health, social and civic goals.
Safety in Parkway
• Typical:– People– Physical environments– Practice & Policies– Drills & Safety Plans
After Sandy Hook…
• Police Chief: “No knee jerk reactions and keep safety at the forefront…”
• We learned from past events and now we can improve our practice….
Intruder Response Training Plan • Fall Presentations and feedback sessions:
– District Crisis Team– Superintendent’s Action Team– Board of Education– Principals– School Resource Officers– Local Police Chiefs
• Winter/Spring Communications:– Letter to Local Police Chiefs (sent February 25)– Letter/Flyer to staff (invite to April 2,3 meeting)– Letter/Flyer to community (invite to April 2,3 meeting)
• Spring, April 2 (Central High) & April 3 (West High) (6:30-8:00pm)– 2 Community (Town Hall) meetings for staff, students, and parents
• Summer Required: June 24-25, June 26-27, July 28-29 (8am-4pm)– Intruder Response Trainer Training (4E) led by St. Louis County:
• 4 staff members from each secondary school (one admin & 1 SRO)• 3 staff members from each elementary/Fern/ISC (one admin)• 1-2 staff members from non-school sites
• Summer/Fall required – August 7th (back to school): – All training begins at 8:30am by Area at each high school (led by STLCPD)– After presentation at high school each school conducts adult/staff Intruder Training (4E) (led by school trainers with support from local law
enforcement)
• School Year Required:– Minimum of 2 intruder drills with staff and students: 1 of those drills led by local law enforcement using 4E concepts (senate bill
requirement)– Students to know all 4E concepts by year end
Introduce and Communicate
Internal:– District Crisis Team– Superintendent’s Action Team – Board of Education– Principals– SROs (multiple municipalities)
External Audience
– Meeting & Letter to Police Chief– Letters to Staff & Community– Safety Advisory (network)– 2 Community & Staff Meetings
Summer Training (TtT)
KEY to ALL STAFF TRAINING & SUSTAINING EFFORTS- Training the Trainer: June/July• 100 staff members (30-40 per) • 2 days per group (6 days total)
- Week before main event: Follow-up Recap to prepare & Finalize District training
Back to School Event
• When - August 7th (4hrs)
• Who – 3000 Staff Members • Where - 4 High Schools & then back to 30 sites• What – 4E practical training scenarios
Back to School Event
• How – Incredible teamwork• Supplies – walkies, tennis balls, cap guns,
safety vests, etc.• Agenda – Welcome, Officer presentation,
Q & A, Report to training sites
2014 Survey Highlights
• 863 RESPONSES (OVER 60 PAGES OF TEXT RESPONSES)
• A RANGE 0F 90.4-95.5% of RESPONDENTS EITHER AGREE OR STRONGLY AGREE THE TRAINING WAS “NECESSARY, IMPORTANT, VALUABLE, & EFFECTIVE”
2014 Survey Highlights
• MOST BENEFICIAL:– MUTIPLE OPTIONS– MORE KNOWLEDGE/RECOGNITION OF
ENVIRONMENT & SURROUNDINGS– PUSHED PEOPLE TO THINK DIFFERENTLY (BE
RESOURCEFUL)– WORKING & LEARNING TOGETHER (ENTIRE
DISTRICT)
2014 Survey Highlights
• SUGGESTED NEXT STEPS:– GET STUDENTS TRAINED– ANNUAL REFRESHER – MORE DRILLS (notify parents)
• BIGGEST CHALLENGES:– FINDING TIME– SUSTAINING EFFORTS (YEARLY REFRESHER)– TRAINING NEW EMPLOYEES– TRAINING SUBS
Thinking Ahead
• Ideas to Sustain Efforts • Continue Building Capacity• Updated Training• New staff & subs