The Iowa Department of Education is offering training on creating high quality Emergency Operations Plans for public and non-public school districts at Heartland AEA on Sept. 24. Also titled, “School Active Shooter Plan Workshop,” this all-day workshop is designed to help schools develop high quality plans that cover active shooter and natural disaster events. This was passed into law in Senate File 2364 requiring all K-12 schools in Iowa to write plans that help prepare for these events. This workshop will cover the following:
- The new legislation, what it requires, when it is due
- Schools will identify who at each school is going to develop these plans
- The specific planning elements required
- How to form a planning team, inviting stakeholders to help
- REMS/TA: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools/Technical Assistance: plan format, resources for schools, Run/Hide/Fight
- Explore the PTER Preparedness Cycle: Plan, Train, Exercise, Repeat
- Share the monthly follow-on schedule to help attendees stay on track and have a plan by June 30, 2019
Register at this link for the Sept. 24 training at Heartland AEA: https://goo.gl/NnnTT4
For questions, contact David Johnston, Homeland Security and Emergency Management, at (515) 725-3295 or david.johnston@iowa.gov.
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- Decrease the gap in achievement
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Click here to download the 2018-19 Heartland AEA Superintendent Directory. A limited supply of these directories were printed and distributed at Tuesday’s HAA meeting. If you weren’t able to attend the meeting and would like a copy, please contact Jenny Ugolini, Board Secretary/Executive Assistant, at jugolini@heartlandaea.org.
