School & Campus Security Training Program

Co-Sponsored by:

Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System The Illinois Terrorism Task Force

Illinois State Board of Education

Presented by

Mr. Ronald Ellis&

Dr. Sandra Ellis

Delivery Strategy

Courses Scheduled Through:– Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System (ILEAS)– Regional Offices of Education (ROE)– ILETSB Mobile Training Teams– Local Law Enforcement Agencies– School Districts or Higher Education institutions– Local Emergency Management Agencies

Professional Development Credit

All training courses eligible for educator CPDU’s through ISBE or Regional Offices of Education

Illinois Emergency Management Agency through DHS provides Continuing Education Credits

Three K-12 courses certified for ISBE Administrator Academy credit

Illinois Law Enforcement Training & Standards Board provides law enforcement certification credit

FEMA and DHS courses provide CEU’s or certificates of training

Instructor Cadre

Subject matter experts in:– K-12 & Higher Education– Law Enforcement– Legal Counsel– Psychology-Mental Health-Counseling– Emergency Planning– Fire Services & Rescue– EMS/emergency medical services– Emergency Management– Threat/Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment

SCSTP GoalsProvide attendees with practical, accurate and timely information regarding school or higher education institution Emergency Management Planning.

Encourage collaborative planning and exercising with first responder agencies, schools, colleges & universities

Increase the educational institution’s capacity to plan for, respond to and recover from emergencies

Coordinate school and campus EOP’s with city/county disaster plans

SCSTP Objectives

– Recognize that emergency planning for schools or higher education institutions are community-based and continuing

– Identify and assemble members of school/campus emergency planning team

– Identify and plan for the types of threats/ hazards that present the highest risk for schools or campus and their potential damage (risk assessment)

Planning for Incidents Involving Violence

– Newtown, CN– NIU-DeKalb, IL– Virginia Tech Univ.– Bailey, CO– Nickel Mines, PA– Columbine, CO

Requirements for School and Higher Education Institutions

Develop an All-Hazards Emergency and Crisis Response Plan that:– Is National Incident Management System

(NIMS) compliant– Is in partnership with local law enforcement

fire services & local emergency mgt. – Requires annual training and exercises

Identifying Threats/Hazards

Understanding and identifying threats, hazards, and security vulnerabilities that may affect schools.

Assess the risk to determine ways to address vulnerabilities and reduce risk.

Identify protection and mitigation measures

K-12 School Emergency Planning

Creating An Action Plan: Forming Critical Incident Response Teams (7hrs)

G364 Multi-Hazard Emergency Planningfor Schools-Developing & Updating the Plan (15hrs)

Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Illinois Schools Train the Trainer (15hrs)

NIMS & ICS

National Incident Management System (NIMS) courses-certified trainers for:

IS-100SCa: Intro to ICS for SchoolsIS-100HE: Intro to ICS for Higher EducationIS-200a: ICS for Single Resources IS-700a: NIMS: An IntroductionIS-800b: National Response Framework

Minimally Required for NIMS Compliance

Campus Emergency Management Training

All Hazards Emergency Planning For Illinois Colleges & Universities

Emergency Planning for Campus Executives (G367)

Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Higher Education (L363) 3 Days

L363 Multi-Hazard EmergencyPlanning for Higher Education

Behavioral Threat Assessment • Student Behavioral Threat

Assessment (K-12) AA#990

• Advance Student Behavioral Threat Assessment

• Forming a Campus Behavioral Threat Assessment Team (HEI)

• Advanced Campus Threat Assessment

Bomb Threat Planning

Understanding & Planning for School Bomb Incidents (K-12)

Incident Response to Terrorist Bombings (K-12 & Higher Ed)

Other Training Available

Campus-CERT

Technical Assistance

School & Campus EOP’s– Tabletop Exercises – Assistance with Drills and Functional

Exercises– Model School or Campus Emergency Plan

Templates– School Safety Drill Video & Computer based

tutorial– Vulnerability & Risk Assessment/Hazard

Analysis

Program Information and Schedule

http://www.isbe.net/safety

https://www.ileas.org/training

Ronald Ellis217-871-6010

Ron.Ellis@illinois.gov

Dr. Sandra Ellis217-871-0023

Sandra.Ellis@illinois.gov