None of us were prepared for the complete shutdown of our education system when the COVID-19 Pandemic hit. We are all in uncharted waters. But as we begin opening our schools, we must remember we are not out of the water yet. As we work through our pandemic and continuity planning, we cannot forget there are manmade and natural hazards still posing threats to school safety. We will remain in the Continuity of Operations Mode until we reach return to normalcy, but we will get there. There is no such thing as the "New Normal" in school safety. There is only Normal, and Abnormal. It is our job to make sure we keep our students and staff safe while we get back to what we know to be normal in schools. Natural hazards and predators are still out there. If we turn our backs on them, they will come to visit our schools. Let's talk about how we keep that from happening.

Leadership During Crisis: An interactive and realistic guide to how we can be better and more effective leaders during critical incidents and in our daily lives. This is not a theory class, it is for practical application for professionals in education, law enforcement and leaderships roles in our age.

Responding to Digital Threats in the Age of COVID-19

In this session, we will cover the challenges that frontline investigators, school staff and parents are currently facing during these unprecedented times, including anonymous online threats, suicidal ideation, gang-related behaviour, substance use and addiction, hate and racism. We will touch on tools and techniques that have been implemented during the social distancing order and share data that we have. You will leave this training with an improved understanding of how to identify and respond to these worrisome threat related behaviors and other vital mental health cries for help.

Trauma Informed Schools and Classrooms

This session will focus on challenges that staff and community partners who support school safety and critical incident/trauma-related matters will face as schools reopen and students re-enter classrooms. Understanding what trauma is, what type of trauma youth may have been exposed to during physical-distancing, and how it impacts youth is vitally important. We will cover the importance of staying connected with high-risk and vulnerable youth, especially those already on our radar pre-pandemic, and the changes in behavioural baselines that is currently being observed by Safer Schools Together.

The Coronavirus is the great equalizer. No race, creed, color or class of people has been able to escape its deadly grip. But long before Covid-19 made its way to the shores of the United States, we were plagued by another virus. The Shameless Culture of young violent people has devasted lives and paralyzed the American Psyche and many experts believe this latest Pandemic could unleash the perfect excuse to ramp up more terror, violence and devastation. Join Mr. Ware as he ventures behind the motivation of the Shameless Culture.