MSSC Training

School Safety Specialist Program


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How?

  • Asynchronous self-paced badges
  • Badges offered through Eastern Maine Community College
  • Each cohort has 8 weeks to finish the program
  • Program completion takes approximately 20-25 hours

Why?

  • Become a leader in your school
  • Network with appropriate stakeholders
  • Be informed to guide a safety team
  • Know which questions to ask and how to find answers
  • Earn contact hours and digital badges      
  • For more information, visit the MSSC Initiative page here

** New cohorts start at the beginning of each month**

Interested in the School Safety Specialist Program? Fill out this form to be notified for the next cohort.

 

Upcoming MSSC Training

 

 
Interested in the Behavioral Threat Assessment Management tool CSTAG training for your school?
Contact Dr. Karen Barnes

 

Partner Training

Attention: State and District Leaders, School Administrators, Educators, Student Support Personnel, Parents, and Education Stakeholders

Enhancing School Safety Using Behavioral Threat Assessment - July 11, 2024

Hosted by the United States Secret Service
via Microsoft Teams 12 pm-2 pm EST
Join here

In this virtual training event, NTAC researchers highlight the key findings and implications from our research on school violence prevention. In this training, you will learn about the background, thinking, and behavior of school attackers and how some schools discovered and stopped plots before violence occurred. This training will provide guidance on how schools may develop or improve existing violence prevention programs utilizing a behavioral threat assessment model.

Interested in the Behavioral Threat Assessment Management tool CSTAG training for your school?
Contact Dr. Karen A. Barnes

Exercises and Drills

hosted by REMS TA Center 
via Zoom - August 23, 2024 
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Register here

 

    At the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to:

    Understand the different kinds of exercises and drills
    Understand the purpose of different exercises and drills
    Better prepare students, staff and others for exercises and drills; and
    Learn how to incorporate exercises and drills into your preparedness efforts

     

    Foundations of Targeted Violence Prevention eLearning

    The Foundations of Targeted Violence Prevention eLearning is a one-hour online training developed by the Department of Homeland Security,
    National Threat Evaluation and Reporting Program Office that empowers faculty, staff, and parents to:
     Recognize threats or potentially concerning behaviors.
     Understand what behaviors may be displayed by a person who is on a pathway to violence.
     Learn where to report information of concern.
     Understand how the information reported will be used to keep our community safe.

     
     
     
    No Cost Bomb Threat Assessment for Decision Makers Virtual Training
    Participants can visit Office for Bombing Prevention (dhs.gov) to register for this and additional trainings.
     
    Check in with the REMS TA website here for webinars, online trainings, and more!

     

    Webinars/Past Training

    Contact

    Wendy Robichaud, Ed.D.
    School Safety Training Coordinator
    Phone:
    Email: Wendy.Robichaud@maine.gov