School Safety
February 2023
What is ACT 55
Requires all school employees to complete two hours of training annually on one or more of the following school safety and security topics: situational awareness, trauma-informed approaches, behavioral health awareness, suicide and bullying awareness, and substance use awareness.
In addition, one hour of annual training is required for all school employees on the topics of emergency training drills (including fire, natural disaster, active shooter, hostage situation and bomb threat), and the identification or recognition of student behavior that may indicate a threat to the safety of the student, other students, school employees, other individuals, school facilities, or the community.
Below is a link for more information:
RESOURCES
REMS
REMS TA Center Website (ed.gov)
REMS- Trainings available online
As of now PDE/PCCD Timeline for ACT 55 is not available until August or later this year.
Center for Safe Schools
Raptor Technologies
Training
ICS 100, Introduction to the Incident Command System, introduces the Incident Command System (ICS)
If you would like to attend, please click on the link below. It is a free class. Westmorland Intermediate Unit is providing the class.