Intruder Response Training Desi Kirchhofer Fred Crawford Mike Fumagali Corey Zavorka

Today’s Agenda Welcome Establishing The Why? Overview of Parkway Introducing & Communicating The Plan The follow-up Ideas and Suggestion for Sustaining efforts

WHY? VIDEO

The 4 E’s- an overview

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7 BACKGROUND Parkway School District – Suburban St. Louis County – 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….

“ How do we respond in a rational way to such an irrational action?”

SAY WHAT? There were some logistical and cultural challenges of training ALL staff.

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 (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 7 th (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 7 th (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

Photos courtesy of St. Louis Post Dispatch

2014 Survey Highlights 863 RESPONSES (OVER 60 PAGES OF TEXT RESPONSES) A RANGE 0F % 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

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