Region 12, Safe and Healthy Schools Training Dates
January 13, 9am-12pm, session 246148
Moving Forward: Addressing the Crisis on Campus
January 13, 1pm-4pm, session 246301
Bullying Prevention
January 14, 9am-4pm, session 249366
Building Resilience: Growing a Systemic Campus SEL Program - Session 4 (Continuous Improvement)
January 18, 9am-11am, session 248319 (virtual)
Safe and Healthy Schools Series plus Office Hours
We'll be discussing human trafficking.
January 20, 9am-11:30am, session 248467
Human Trafficking for Superintendents
Online, On-Demand Courses
- Human Trafficking for Superintendents, session #252332
- Human Trafficking for School Boards, session #252323
- SB 11: The Omnibus School Safety Bill Canvas Course, session # 252334
- CBITS & SSET, session #257779
*Watch our live calendar at https://tinyurl.com/23d8cp2r
Training available to schedule on-site:
- Behavior Threat Assessment (to train your Threat Assessment/Safe and Supportive Schools Team)
- Digital Responsibility & Social Media Safety (to train your students)
- True Colors (offered for students and staff as a team-building/self-awareness opportunity)
- AS+K Suicide Prevention (to train staff)
- Youth Mental Health First Aid (to train staff)
- Trauma-Sensitive Schools (to train staff)
*Contact us for pricing and to schedule.
WORTHY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND WORK
1. Title IV, Part A School Safety State Initiative presents their December updates
and January updates (https://www.smore.com/60ue2)
2. The Children's Mental Health Network presents their Fiday Update 1/7/22 (https://www.cmhnetwork.org/news/cmhnetwork-friday-update-1-7-22/?vgo_ee=1jSFAcTGpMBeVsyseRxqzgIv%2BSVcZgD03p49fz0Xrds%3D)
3. January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month and the Office of the Texas Governor Child Sex Trafficking Team shared this update (https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/TXGOV/bulletins/303eda3)
4. The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services shared this participation guide to use for human trafficking awareness programming (https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/TXDFPS/bulletins/3036b5c)
5. The National Child Traumatic Stress Network presents their Response to School Threats of Violence (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jHWrkmff1_ZFntg__saU41AQuNK6Ue8v/view)
6. TxSSC's Fidelity of School Behavioral Threat Assessment Implementation Tool (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M5oAW_rglQh_saPXwEIKTaSnKns_0Huw/view)
7. MHTTC presents Healing School Communities
(https://mailchi.mp/mhttcnetwork.org/mhttc-healing-school-communities-registration?e=fbff4e3158)
8. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services presents a Social Media Toolkit: Strengthening Families (https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/TXDFPS/bulletins/3032010)
9. From Intrado about recent TikTok Challenges affecting schools:
Schools are reacting to the latest TikTok Challenge threatening school safety. School shooting threats circulating on social media today have driven many schools to increase police presence or even close down buildings for the day.
As many of our customers are aware, we held a webinar called TikTok: The Latest School Safety Challenge in November. We wanted to share the recording of that webinar and some of the useful links from it with all of our customers in light of the current threats.
Access the on-demand webinar recording by clicking here and completing the registration (or simply entering your email address if you had previously registered).
Below are some of the free resources we mentioned in the webinar, including links for reporting concerning content on various popular social media platforms.
- www.tiktok.com/legal/law-enforcement
- www.tiktok.com/legal/report/feedback
- www.snapchat.com/lawenforcement
- www.facebook.com/records/login/
- https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-law-enforcement-support
- https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship
- https://newslit.org
We also wanted to share an article, TikTok Challenge Becomes School Safety Challenge that recently ran in Campus Safety Magazine. You can read that article here.
We are here to be a resource for you on any of your school safety and communication needs. Thank you and please stay safe.
10. Cellular providers are phasing out 3G and replacing it with 5G. This change means certain (older) phones are not compatible on a 5G network. I've included the link straight from the FCC regarding this issue. (https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/plan-ahead-phase-out-3g-cellular-networks-and-service)
People need to contact their cell providers for more info. If they need assistance in getting a phone that would work with 5G, they can ask for assistance through the Lifeline Program (https://www.fcc.gov/lifeline-consumers)
From the TxSSC...
- SBLE TCOLE 4064 - March 2-3, 2022 (https://txssc.txstate.edu/events/sble-trainings/tcole-4064#in-person)
2. The Digital Threat Assessment training was developed to address the need to keep pace with the ever-evolving technology challenges that face our students currently. Real-life case examples will be used from subject matter expert work across North America. A significant portion of the day will be spent conducting hands-on searching exercises through the most current social media sites and applications.
https://txssc.txstate.edu/events/dta-trainings/
3. The Texas School Safety Center, in collaboration with the I Love U Guys Foundation, is hosting Standard Response Protocol/Standard Reunification Method Train-the-Trainer trainings. The SRP and SRM are proven enhancements to school safety planning. Also included is a segment on Incident Command and how it relates to crisis management for educators.
State & Nat'l Conferences
March 1-3
https://texassuicideprevention.org/
2. THE 9TH ANNUAL TASRO SAFE SCHOOLS CONFERENCE
When: June 27, 2022 08:00, CDT
Where: Hilton Palacio del Rio, 200 South Alamo Street, San Antonio, TX 78205-3213
11/29/21 The More You Know
11/1/21 The More You Know
10/18/21 The More You Know
Upcoming State Safe and Healthy School Deadlines
Public Schools should conduct a safety audit of facilities from September 2020 through August 2023.
Charter Schools should conduct a safety audit from September 2019 through August 2022.
2. District Audit Reports
At the culmination of the Safety Audit process, schools are required to submit a District Audit Report to the Texas School Safety Center.
The Public School expected deadline is August 2023.
The Charter School expected deadline is August 2022.
3. Threat Assessment/SSSP
Collection period September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022 is due in November 2022 by Qualtrics survey. TEA will send a Qualtrics survey to Superintendents to collect data.
Take a look at the data to be collected in November 2021 (https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/sssp-data-collection-survey.pdf).
Required training for ALL SSSP Team Members, virtually or in-person through TxSSC or your ESC.
Recommended Digital Threat Assessment training for SSSP Team members through TxSSC and is offered virtually.
4. Emergency Operation Plans and Annexes
Can be requested at any time by TxSSC.
HB 3597 now allows TxSSC to request that schools submit safety-related MOUs and Mutual Aid Agreements.
ESC Region 12 MTSS Newsletter 2.3
Welcome to 2022! I hope you're ready for a fresh start to the new year. Issue 2.3 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EvN32DEnAFz-hEUAF9QNTX3gOHd8_JZu/view) of the ESC Region 12 MTSS Newsletter is full of information to aid you in your MTSS journey. You may access all previous issues (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Y3gFfgAmEHBbLQMpZdoT7_EIhN-2ebTn). Please let me know if there is anything I can do to assist your campus/district with MTSS.
--
Crystal Robinson, M.Ed.
Education Specialist
RTI, MTSS, 504
254-297-1217
State Initiative Website
District Resources
Title IV, Part A FAQs
Title IV FAQs
Title IV Program Guide
TEA Federal Program Compliance Website
Contact us!
Jeni Janek, Education Specialist III/Coordinator
Heather Wheeler, Education Specialist
Email: hwheeler@esc12.net
Website: esc12.net
Location: ESC Region 12, West Loop 340, Waco, TX, USA
Phone: 254-297-1166
Twitter: @R12SafeHealthy