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?

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BACKGROUND• Parkway School District– Suburban St. Louis County – 17500 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 28-29 (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 7th (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 7th (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 90.4-95.5% 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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