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New York State Best Practices for School Safety and Security Workshops

March 9 - April 14, 2005

The State Education Department is partnering with Lt. Governor Mary Donohue's office, the State Office of Homeland Security, the State Police, and the State Emergency Management Office to present a series of regional Best Practices for School Safety and Security Workshops throughout the State.  (Lt. Governor Donohue will be present at every workshop session.)

The purpose of the workshops is improve and enhance existing multihazard school safety and security emergency plans by sharing the expertise and lessons learned on multihazard school safety and security through presentations by State and local officials, followed by a group discussion on safety and security best practices.   Workshop participants will receive a Best Practices for School Safety and Security Guidebook, as well as a DVD of an emergency exercise taped at a New York State school.

Workshop participants should include public and nonpublic school administrators, building principals, representatives of school safety committees, school board members, teacher representatives, school nurses, school buildings and grounds administrators, school health and safety professionals, law enforcement, and local and county emergency managers and responders.

The following BOCES are hosting these sessions. 

The full schedule with date, time, location and contact is available at the following web site: 

http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/facplan/Emergency/schedule.htm

Please feel free to contact Dave Clapp (dclapp@mail.nysed.gov) or Laura Sahr (lsahr@mail.nysed.gov) at 518-474-3906 for further information.