School Safety

Check these important articles and resources to assist you in addressing school safety issues. Please take into account these are resources and you should consult with your Board of Education, administrative team, local law enforcement, local safety personnel and others about how to handle situations. School safety is a top priority as is preventing potential school violence. Each district should have policies in place requiring individual school and building safety plans as well as district wide safety plans. Click on the different links below to view thesse great resources. You can also watch this video created by the Illinios Terrorism Task Force student mental health and school training. 

• Illinois Terrorism Task Force School Safety Working Group
  • Response and Investigative Suggestions for School Threats
  • Communications Tips for School Threat
• Recommendations of the Illinois Terrorism Task Force School Safety Working Group
• Illinois State Police School Safety Information Sharing
• IL Association of School Boards School Safety Procedures
• IASA School Safety Thoughts
• School Safety Drill Act
• AASA ABC’s of School Safety
• AASA Resources for Schools to Prepare for and Recover from School Crisis
• AASA Position on School Safety and Resources for Gun and School Safety Discussions
• How Schools Have Successfully Prevented Violence – Education Week article
• Training Students to Report Threats (One Page Document on Information Presented at the 2014 American Council for School Social Workers - by Youth Risk Prevention Specialist)
• Talking to Kids About School Safety (Mental Health America)
• Talking to Children About Violence: Tips for Parents and Teachers (National Association School Psychologists)
• Responding to School Violence: Tips for Administrators (National Association School Psychologists)

How you can respond:

Sample Letter:

• Sample Letter to Parents on District’s Priority about Safety in Schools

 SchoolGuard

           SchoolGuard is an IASA sponsored program that is a smartphone app

 NaviGate Prepared

           NaviGate Prepared is an IASA sponsored school safety emergency response system