Resources

The KCSS Resource Center locates and evaluates information regarding school safety practices from KCSS research, national databases, the Internet, education journals and other resources to keep the KCSS and the citizens of Kentucky on top of current information and trends.

Various handouts, reports and links are provided below assisting interested school personnel, law enforcement officers and school safety conscious community members.

• Communicating Expectations for Parental Behavior –  Kentucky School Leader – Since 2003, the Kentucky Center for School Safety (KCS) has conducted 971 Safe School Assessments across the Commonwealth of Kentucky. … KCSS conducted two statewide studies concerning parental ...
• The Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) Technical Assistance (TA) Center has released SITE ASSESS, their latest EOP Interactive Tool designed to support education agencies—both public and nonpublic—with emergency management and emergency operations plan (EOP) development.

• KCSS Calendar of Events When/where are trainings and other school safety related events are available
• Safe Schools Week
• View 2018 KY Safe Schools Week Highlights
• Safe Schools and Communities Conference

School Safety on KET
Renee Shaw and guests discuss school safety. Scheduled guests: State Sen. Max Wise, R-Campbellsville, chair of the Senate Education Committee and co-chair of the School Safety Working Group in the Kentucky Legislature; State Sen. Reggie Thomas, D-Lexington, Senate Education Committee member; Dr. Joe Bargione, retired school psychologist from Jefferson County Public Schools; and Jon Akers, executive director for the Kentucky Center for School Safety.

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On Wednesday, March 27, Governor Matt Bevin ceremoniously signed Senate Bill 1, also known as the School Safety and Resiliency Act, into law.

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• Emergency Response Drill schedule: As of 2013, all four emergency response drills (fire, lockdown, severe weather and earthquake) must be conducted by the first 30 days of the new school year and must be conducted again in January. Use this worksheet to plan drills for your school. Submit a copy of the schedule with your school’s plan, and use the original to document drills when they actually occur.
• Best Practice in Alternative Education
• Emergency Management
• Pandemic Planning for Schools and Universities
• Crisis Response Information
• KCSS Annual Data Reports Annual reports on Kentucky data
• KCSS Annual Report Annual report on KCSS activities
• KCSS Issues Briefs White Papers on current trends or issues
• KCSS School Resource Officer (SRO) Report
• KCSS Parent Aggression Report (Kentucky)
• House Bill 330 Summary of school safety legislation
• Indicators of School Crime and Safety 
• Handouts available for educators, law enforcement officers, parents and community members
• Internet Safety Concerns Information on Internet safety as well as directions on how to remove your personal information from websites
• The Council for Better Education CBE wants to share its analyses of Kentucky student achievement, school funding, and litigation issues, and will also let us link to valuable work by others on these topics.
• Sample Letters for Parents, Students and Staff during times of loss  - The National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement has created templates of letters so notification statements can be quickly prepared during times of loss.
• Pandemic Flu Checklist:  K-12 School Administrators – Center for Disease Control (CDC) has developed a checklist to assist in developing and/or improving plans to prepare for and respond to an influenza pandemic.
• Kentucky School Leader Magazine  With the help of the Kentucky Center for School Safety (KCSS) and other experts, you will find articles on Kentucky's school safety laws, Senate Bill 8 and House Bill 354; how schools should cope with cyber-bullying; steps to creating, revising or updating your Emergency Operations Plan and much more.
• KET Health Three60 Video Program: "When Children Are Cruel" Bullying has become a serious concern in school districts across the state and in the nation. Host Renee Shaw and guests explore the impact of bullying on students today, the role of bystander intervention, and how schools are implementing anti-bullying programs.
• REMS EOP Assess Tool This tool is designed to help you assess your capacity to create and maintain a high-quality school or institution of higher education emergency operations plan that considers a range of threats and hazards.
• Take Back Control Video
• Kentucky is the first state in the nation to test the effectiveness of a bystander strategy to reduce sexual violence, dating violence, sexual harassment and stalking in a high school population. Violence can be prevented. See the results of a successfully completed CDC funded research study entitled: Green Dot Across the Bluegrass.
  - Watch Video: Green Dot Across the Bluegrass
  - Watch Video: JEAN DONOHUE -
    THE GREEN DOT INTERVENTION - But, does it work?
  
• Kentucky KIDS COUNT Project - KIDS COUNT provides a detailed picture of child well-being in order to strengthen public action on behalf of children and families. In addition to the national KIDS COUNT project, the Annie E. Casey Foundation supports Kentucky Youth Advocates in tracking county level data and producing the Kentucky KIDS COUNT County Data Book, which includes county level data for all 120 counties. 
• Kentucky General Assembly House Education
  Watch Video from 1-26-16
  Legislative Meeting (Charter School Discussion)
• Be SMART for Kids Campaign - Be SMART Brochure - Be SMART Poster
  

• Bullying
• Cyber-Bullying
• Sexting
• Crisis Management
• Pull the Plug on Cyber-bullies

• KCSS School Safety Associates Program
• On-Site Trainings
• Kentucky Center for Instructional Discipline Program (KYCID)
• Safe School Centers Links and contact information for other state school safety centers
• Safe School Assessments This is a free assessment that provides the school with an independent look at the school’s climate and culture as it relates to enhancing the learning environment.

• KySafe Listserv Discusses general school safety issues
• KyALT Listserv Discusses alternative education in Kentucky

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