School Safety Coordinator Academy

School Safety Coordinators play a critical role in helping to establish and maintain a culture of school safety compliance for educators and school staff.  As a result, the Arkansas School Safety Commission has recommended as a best practice that all school districts must have a school safety coordinator on each campus, who is a part of the district school safety security team.  The School Safety Coordinator conducts security audits, reviews emergency operation plans, and coordinates with law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical services during a campus event. The  Coordinator is also responsible for tornado, fire, and earthquake lockdown drills.

Prior to attending this course, participants are required to complete the FEMA IS-100C:  Introduction to the Incident Command System course.

Objectives: Attendee will learn –

• Roles and Responsibilities of School Safety Coordinator position
• History and purpose of School Safety Commission, and recommendations for school safety regulations and best practices of coordinating safety audits and drills at district level
• School Safety Laws and Legislation
• Compliance and accountability for meeting standards
• Incident Command and best practices for understanding crisis response safety plan and coordination with staff