3rd National Student Safety and Security Conference & Workshop

We are pleased to inform you of the opportunity to attend the coronavirus school planning sessions and workshops at the National Student Safety and Security Conference and Workshop on July 20-22, 2020, in Vegas to better prepare for a possible second wave this winter.

Join more than 300 high school and university administrators, teachers, police chiefs, first responders, safety professionals, public health professionals, and community leaders who have already reserved a seat at this unprecedented three-day national event.

The three days of the hands-on workshop will begin with a national perspective, presented by nationally-renowned speakers.

These addresses will be followed by presentations of experts on school planning covering key community perspectives: students, teachers, parents, health organizations, local business, faith-based groups, the media, and other community resources and stakeholders.

The range of topics reflects a process of total community engagement. Program titles include:

• Emergency Planning: Addressing All Four Phases of Emergency Management Planning
• Outbreak/Pandemic Planning: A Component in Existing Emergency Management Plans
• Community Spread: What is the role of schools in responding to a Community Spread?
• School Closure: Effects to Your Organization and Community
• Lessons from the current Pandemic
• Expand Prevention: Action Steps to Prevent the Spread of CoVID-19
• Response: Building a School-Based Crisis Team
• School-Based: Identifying Audiences and Key Messages
• Real Cases: Characteristics of a possible second wave
• Recovery: Working with Stakeholders
• Continuity of Learning: Keeping the Learning Process Alive

An outline of presentation highlights is available to you one month before the event to help you prepare for the in-depth Q&A sessions and group discussions.

The National Student Safety and Security Conference will also include an important hands-on feature - real-world simulations of community response to CoVID-19 community spread outbreak. The tabletop exercises, skillfully moderated by risk communicators, will encourage extended audience participation and explore effective methods of communication, coordination and collaboration at the local level.