During the summer of 2017, the Vermont School Safety Center in collaboration with the Vermont School Crisis Planning Team will be offering a series of FREE school safety trainings. Course information detailed below:
1. Developing a School Emergency Operations Plan (Train the Educator) - This course is designed to teach school officials, local emergency managers, local first responders and school crisis planning team members how to develop a school Emergency Operations Plan. The course is being offered July 12th, 2017 from 8:00 am to noon, at the Vermont School Board Insurance Trust in Berlin, VT. Registration can be obtained at the following link: http://www.remstacenter.org/TBR/TrainingRegistration.aspx?trainingsid=258
2. Incident Command Training for Executives and Key Officials - this 3 hour training is being offered to local school districts/supervisory unions and can be delivered directly to your location. This course is designed to give an overview of the operational framework of the Incident Command System (ICS) that will be used by all those that may respond to a critical incident at your school. Please contact Emily Harris and emily.harris@vermont.gov for details.
3. Public Information Officer training - this one to one and a half day training is being offered to local school districts/supervisory unions and can be delivered directly to your location. This course is designed to familiarize participants with the effective public information methods and strategies that can be used during a critical incident at your school. Please contact Mark Bosma at mark.bosma@vermont.gov for details.