Developing Comprehensive and Equitable School Safety Programs that Consider the Whole Child, Whole School, and Whole Community
The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Safe and Supportive Schools and its Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) Technical Assistance (TA) Center will hosted a webinar on Wednesday, November 16, 2022. This webinar highlighted comprehensive approaches to school safety and emergency operations plan (EOP) development that include physical and psychological safety and well-being that are rooted in equitable approaches. It included a panel discussion with representatives from Ohio who are working across agencies to improve school safety.
The objectives of this 60-minute webinar were to:
- Reinforce the significance of creating plans that consider the needs of the whole school community and that represent an equitable approach to emergency preparedness.
- Describe the concept of the Whole Child, Whole School, and Whole Community and the role that it can play in enhancing school safety, security, emergency management, and preparedness efforts.
- Share state-based approaches used by education agencies and their community partners to enhance emergency preparedness planning using the Whole Child, Whole School, and Whole Community model.
