Professional training for school administrators, teachers, security officers, school safety officials, bus drivers, maintenance personnel, school support staff, volunteers, students, parents, law enforcement, board members and community agency partners helps participants learn how to prevent and manage school violence, reduce security risks and liability, and improve school-community relations around campus using a balanced, practical and common sense measure of vision and insight.

Our training helps schools to be aware and prepared - not scared!  Fear and anxiety is best managed by education, communication, and preparation.  We put sensitive school safety issues into context and common sense approaches based on our understanding of the unique climate and culture issues associated with all grades to include K-12 and universities.

Many school and public safety officials are receiving inquiries about their school security and crisis plans following high-profile school violence incidents, national terrorism alerts, and local school safety incidents in the news. 

The recent new laws in New Jersey governing the mandatory training of all elementary school students and staff in the area of gang awareness training by certified/recognized trainers have left many Superintendents and Building Principals unprepared. 

Our training programs offer the latest school of thought on gangs and security officers training (SORA).

Learn how to keep your schools safe and out of the newspaper by identifying common pitfalls and liabilities in school security and emergency plans.  Learn practical, cost-effective "heightened security" procedures to employ during times of threats and increased safety concerns. 

Stay out of court and in-the-know on school death and violence trends, lessons learned from 9/11, best practices in school emergency and crisis planning, common gaps found by experts in school security assessments, and communicating safety issues to parents and the media proactively and in times of crisis.

National CSI has rich, solid history and a proven track record of getting the job done and  providing school leaders, policy-makers, parents, community members, and youth-service providers information on the latest trends and best practices in school security and emergency preparedness planning.  We offer balanced, practical, cost-effective and common-sense approaches based on our front-line experience working with public and private schools in rural, suburban, and urban communities from the United States to Bermuda and Israel. 

School Security and Emergency Planning Training Formats and Topics

Our presentation services include keynote presentations, workshops and seminars, and facilitated school safety and crisis preparedness planning team meetings.  Presentations may also be combined with our SORA (Security Officers Registration Act) or Emergency School Assessment services, or facilitated tabletop exercises and other school safety consulting services. 

Topics and training may include:

• Gangs, Yesterday and Today
• Gang Prevention
• Weapons On Campus
• Security Officers Training
• Bias Hate Crimes
• Cultural Diversity
• Youth Motivation
• Youth Violence
• shootings on Campus
• Dealing with the Media
• Lessons learned 
• The impact of terrorism on school safety and crisis preparedness planning
• Practical, cost-effective "heightened security" measures during national alerts
• Political and administrative obstacles to school safety and crisis planning
• Threat assessment:  Assessing and managing student threats
• Recognizing and managing gang activity
• Assaults, fighting, aggressive behavior, preventing victimization, personal safety, and related threats
• School security and police staffing models
• Safely managing angry parents
• The proper way to restrain male and female students
• Administration central office security & emergency planning
• Transportation security & emergency guidelines for school bus drivers
• Elementary school security issues
• Managing after-school security concerns
• School security technology issues (security equipment, metal detectors, video cameras, radio, etc.)
• Security assessment process and components
• Access control and visitation procedures
• Physical security techniques
• Security policies and procedures
• "Security 101":  What is "Security" and what does it look like in our schools?
• School lockdown, evacuation, and shelter-in-place issues
• What to do:  Priorities for the first 30 minutes of a crisis 
• Floor plans, blueprints & tactical issues (who leaves the school last)
• Is your school security officer 100 years old? What can't he do
• Private Contract Security vs. School Security n campus
• Managing bomb threats, homemade bombs, and suspicious devices 
• Emergency plan drills & exercises
• Safety and crisis tips for school secretaries
• Police-school-community partnerships for collaborative action to prevent school violence and to prepare for school crises
• Effective media  relations skills, including crisis media management and structuring comprehensive crisis communications plans.     

School Safety Training Audiences

All our programs are tailored to a single-profession audience or to an audience mixed with different youth-service professionals and/or parents. Due to our front-line experience as school support officials, our programs have been especially well-received by school support staff such as bus drivers, custodians, secretaries, and similar classified personnel. Special programs geared to parents, community members, and policy-makers are also available.  

Audiences often include:

• Executive briefings for elected officials, policy-makers, and executive-level administrators
• School administrators, teachers, and support personnel (counselors, aides, custodians, bus drivers, security staff, school nurses, secretaries, cafeteria workers, etc.)
• Social service providers, probation officers, court officials, and other youth workers
• School security staff, School Resource Officers, city/county police, fire and EMT, and emergency management officials
• Parents, guardians, grandparents and family members
• Business officials and community members
• The youth/students themselves (separate training program)

We believe in designing every program with the client and the target audience in mind.  Our audiences have ranged from federal agency heads and state leaders to school bus drivers, secretaries, and parents.  The ability to effectively address the needs of such diverse audiences, both individually and collectively, is one of the top factors contributing to the success of our programs.

How do participants rate our training?  Our programs have consistently received top marks since 1980. 

Specific content is updated monthly - and often bi-weekly - to keep you informed of the latest issues and strategies!

We Keep Children First!   

Our fees are reasonable, click here to see our fees.

 

Contact Information

If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at the below number. Also feel free to leave a detailed message.

Telephone

(732) 922-4525 or  (732) 889-6670

FAX

(732) 922-4514

Postal address

823 West Park Avenuem, Suite 161, Ocean, New Jersey 07712

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