Providing a safe and secure school environment for our children and staff has become increasingly complex. Superintendents, school police chiefs, directors, staff and leadership face unprecedented social changes, potential targeted acts of violence, pandemic issues and catastrophic events in our nation’s schools. In this one-day national safety summit, Region 10 is bringing together some of the country’s most experienced school safety experts to discuss multiple topics on this subject.

Dr. Leigh Wall, former Santa Fe ISD Superintendent, will open the day with an overview of the tragic event that unfolded in her district. She will offer insight into the complexity of events surrounding an emergency in order to better equip school leadership. This information is essential to the mission of providing the safest environment for our schools. Retired Dallas ISD Police Chief Craig Miller will talk about what happens when the bell rings and a crisis occurs on a campus. Frank Kitzerow, retired Palm Beach County, Florida Police Chief is the National Association of Campus Police Chief’s President. He will address the essential partnership between school police and mental health professionals. Special agents from the FBI will discuss active shootings and provide information from a national level perspective. This event will close with a town hall meeting session with leaders from Region 10. It will be moderated by Melanie Moss with TASB Risk Management. Raptor Technologies, our event sponsor, will provide Grab-N-Go breakfast & Lunch for all attendees.

The Texas School Safety Center will be answering your questions regarding upcoming District Audit Reporting and the online reporting system (CARtool) used to submit your audit data. We will also discuss Mandatory Drills, along with the Active Threat Toolkit offered as a resource by the Texas School Safety Center. Please submit any questions you have regarding these topics prior to the event to be answered during the roundtable discussion to: laevening.woodard@region10.org.

Chapter 37 of the Texas Education Code (TEC) addresses safe schools, student discipline, and behavior management. Please register for this important event taught by Mary Scott of the TEA.

The TCOLE #41501 SBLE Introductory Training is provided by the Texas School Safety Center and is accredited by TCOLE. This training is developed to train school-based law enforcement officers in the areas that are fundamental to working in schools.
*You must complete this training (or TCOLE #41500) before you can take the TCOLE #41502 SBLE Intermediary Training. TCOLE #4064 does not meet the prerequisite requirement and is not a substitute for TCOLE #41501. The content of the training curriculum is consistent with TCOLE 4064.