ESC Region 12 Safe & Healthy School

December 1, 9am-10am, session 243154

Stop the Bleed Trainer of Trainers

December 2, 9am-4pm, session 249362

Building Resilience: Growing a Systemic Campus SEL Program - Session 3 (Student Resilience)

December 7, 9am-4pm, session 246078/246079 (Virtual OR Face-to-Face)

Behavior Threat Assessment

December 14-15, 8am-5pm (Register with the TxSSC)

TxSSC Advanced School Behavioral Threat Assessment and Advanced Digital Threat Assessment

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

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.

PAX Good Behavior Games

• December 06, 2021, 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM CST, GBG December 6
  

PAX Partner

• December 7-8, 2021, 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM CST, Partner December 7-8
  

PAX Tools Community Educator

• December 03, 2021, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM CST, Community December 3
  
• December 10, 2021, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM CST, Community December 10

PAX Tools for Human Services

• December 07, 2021, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM CST, Human Services December 7
  
• December 14, 2021, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM CST, Human Services December 14
• December 16, 2021, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM CST, Human Services December 16
• December 17, 2021, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM CST, Human Services December 17

*We can also schedule a school-specific training. This meets the trauma-informed training requirement.

**To see an up to date schedule of available dates and slots left, please go to our google page: Texas PAX Training Schedule

1. TEA has released the Safe and Supportive Schools Program (SSSP) collection to Superintendents. It is due November 30th. (https://tea.texas.gov/about-tea/news-and-multimedia/correspondence/taa-letters/safe-and-supportive-schools-program-sssp-and-the-annual-school-safety-allotment-expenditures-reporting). These are the specific questions asked (https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/sssp-data-collection-survey.pdf).

2. The Human Trafficking Prevention and Awareness 2021-2022 Webinar Series has resumed this year. Please review the flyer for dates and registration links.

3. Here is a link to the Health TEKS that will be adopted for the 22-23 school year- https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/HealthTEKS-Ch115_adopted-11-2020.pdf

Some things to note-

• The health TEKSs have not changed in 20 years, so many districts have not reviewed them in some time.
• Many concepts on mental health, suicide prevention, substance use, healthy relationships, other mental health, safety, and substance use prevention subjects are now presented in middle school, where health is required.

• Recent legislation (HB 1525 and SB 9 second session) require districts to do several steps when adopting curriculum for human sexuality, abuse, family violence, dating violence, and human trafficking.

It might be good to review this document for subjects covered by Title IV, Part A, such as bullying, human trafficking, substance use prevention, suicide prevention... to know what the state requires to avoid supplant issues. Title IV Part A funds cannot be used for state-required mandates.

4. There is new guidance out about the requirement for Child Abuse Reporting posters that are REQUIRED in all schools. Lick the link to see the full TAA about it: https://tea.texas.gov/about-tea/news-and-multimedia/correspondence/taa-letters/child-abuse-and-neglect-including-human-trafficking-prevention-and-awareness-reminders-and-requirements

5. TEA released their Mental Health Website. Check it out!

https://schoolmentalhealthtx.org/

1. Vaping resources

• https://catch.org/
• https://www.mdanderson.org/about-md-anderson/community-services/aspire.html
• https://txsaywhat.com/
  

2. Internet Resource Guides for Grief

https://www.covidgriefresources.com/

3. The Hope Hub presents Surviving a Suicide Loss: Resource and Healing Guide (https://aws-fetch.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/flipbooks/survivingASuicideLoss/index.html?page=1)

4. School Crisis Recovery and Renewal presents a Book List to help navigate grief with young people

https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Book-List-and-More-Resources-for-Children-s-Grief-Awareness-Month.html?soid=1101289295579&aid=ie3qkn5gjHA

5. The Campus Safety Magazine presents Signs a Student May Have a Substance Abuse Issue

https://www.campussafetymagazine.com/safety/student-substance-abuse/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=content&utm_source=email&utm_medium=mc&utm_campaign=182062

1. Don't forget to register for our Region 12 specific TxSSC trainings!

• Advanced School Behavioral Threat Assessment Training – December 14, 2021
  https://txssc.txstate.edu/events/adv-sbta-trainings/
  
• Advanced Digital Threat Assessment Training – December 15, 2021
  https://txssc.txstate.edu/events/adv-dta-trainings/
• SBLE TCOLE 4064 - March 2-3, 2022
  https://txssc.txstate.edu/events/sble-trainings/tcole-4064#in-person

1. 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

https://tasro.org/Conference

1. Safety Audits
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, 2020 through August 31, 2021 is due in November 2021 by Qualtrics survey (https://tinyurl.com/27fp2437). TEA will send a Qualtrics survey to Superintendents to collect data.

Take a look at the data to be collected (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.

November is here and so is issue #2.2 of the MTSS Newsletter! You will find some wonderful professional development opportunities and helpful resources. As always, let me know if you have any questions.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X3P8sr8AFhsTqgV8Z7DHQHQbkGQboasY/view?usp=sharing

ESC Region 12 offers professional development, expert support and guidance in meeting Title IV, Part A state and federal requirements, including student access to a well-rounded education, school conditions for student learning improvements, and the use of technology to improve the academic achievement and digital literacy of all students.

David Baker, ESC 12 Clinical Mental Health Liaison

Michelle Butler, Education Specialist/Nurse

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