School Safety in America

New School, Safe People

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“A WELL MANAGED SCHOOL IS A SAFE SCHOOL”

SERAPH SCHOOL SERVICES provides problem solving for school administrators, school boards and departments of education.

We cover all aspects of school security / safety:

• Student Aggression & Violence
• Parent Aggression & Violence
• Truancy
• Sexual Issues
• Emergency Response
• Staff Aggression
• Sub Cultural Groups
• Gangs
• Liability Reduction
• Absenteeism and Lateness

SERAPH provides school safety training and consulting to more than 20,000 schools in the U.S. and seven countries worldwide.

SERAPH PROVIDES PROBLEM SOLVING for SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS

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SERAPH SCHOOL SAFETY MANAGEMENT TRAINING

The School Safety Management Training program teaches participants to think differently about negative human behavior by introducing them to a usable form of forensic psychology. The program model is based on prevention and assessment techniques.

Participants are trained in new tactics to assess and prevent the following problems.

• Student and teacher assaults
• Understanding the mind of disruptive and aggressive students
• Eliminating aggressive and disruptive cliques or groups
• Working with students who do not respond to peer mediation
• How to control aggressive parents
• How to control absenteeism
• Threat assessment to identify children with violent tendencies - improving intervention with high risk children
• Sexual assault and harassment - Is it happening and how can it be controlled?
• Weapons use and possession - assessment and elimination
• How to secure the support of parents in the community

• Exterior access to each building
• Interior security procedures for each building
• Sub cultural group aggression
• Vendor process
• Liability assessment
• Internal theft
• Management procedures
• Construction issues
• Law Enforcement / Emergency Response Integration
• Phase 1 - Research and preliminary assessment of crime, social issues and population growth
• Phase 2 - On site physical assessment and interviews
• Phase 3 - Report design and live report review for school board or safety committees

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SERAPH SCHOOL RFP/BID PROCESS INITIATIVE: A New Approach to the Purchase and Use of School Safety Equipment

The SERAPH SCHOOL RFP/BID PROCESS INITIATIVE provides school systems with a comprehensive approach to the purchase and proper deployment of School Safety Equipment.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Step 1: SERAPH SCHOOL RFP/BID PROCESS INITIATIVE incorporates a professional staff assessment of security policies and procedures that currently are being practiced and integrates those findings with an intelligent physical security approach.

The needs assessment derived from our audit process, includes steps such as evaluation of

• Project Manual
• Contracting Requirements
• Project Documents
• General Requirements
• Electrical Requirements
• Bid Documents
• Product Specs
• CADD Drawings
• Pre- and Post- Construction Requirements.

Step 2: We prevent you from buying blindly. The SERAPH team will design a RFP or BID document to assist with the pre qualification of vendors.

Step 3: The SERAPH team will review the qualifications of each responding vendor to make sure they can provide the correct equipment and service for your district.

HOW DOES THE SERAPH SCHOOL RFP/BID PROCESS INITIATIVE HELP YOUR DISTRICT?

• Proactive approach
• Needs based
• Conceptual approach with logical equipment migration paths for future requirements
• A focused proactive approach based on staff education to deter, prevent and identify potential events
• Integrated with a proactive hardware design that enables staff to easily recognize and diagnose potential risks and situation

DON’T JUST BUY EQUIPMENT BE PROACTIVE

New School, Safe People

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PROJECT CSI: CODE OF SILENCE INTERVENTION

• Would you like to build real character in your students that goes beyond having them memorize watered down lists of ‘good character traits’?
  
  
• How happy would you be to see your students make smart, ethical decisions about the welfare of themselves and others based on solid values that come from within?
  
  
• Are you interested in strengthening the relationship between your faculty/administration and your student body so it’s strong when it really counts?

One of the most common themes learned from school violence incidents like Columbine and Virginia Tech is there were many early warning signs that these heinous acts were to come.  In fact, many individuals in the community- most notably these students' peers- were aware of these warning signs.

What keeps students quiet when they should be speaking up are unspoken 'Codes of Silence'.  Whether due to fear of reprisal from the perpetrator or ridicule from peers for being a ‘snitch’, it is crucial that these ‘Codes’ be broken.  The safety of you school community depends on it. 

“Project C.S.I. (Code of Silence Intervention): Secure Schools” is an easy to implement, three-lesson curriculum for 'Breaking the Code of Silence' that is delivered by your School Resource Officers (SRO’s), Student Assistance Counselors (SAC’s), or other trusted faculty member.  “Project C.S.I.: Secure Schools” will:

• Give your students greater comfort in speaking with school authorities about important matters
• Increase student trust of teachers and school administrators
• Strengthen already important roles of School Resource Officers (SRO’s) and Student Assistance Counselors (SAC’s)
• Teach your students to consider the potential risks of their own and others’ behavior on as wide a social radius as possible
• Foster a culture of honesty, accountability, and ethical decision-making in your school

Project CSI: Secure Schools

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SERAPH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROGRAM:
“PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO PREVENT AND MANAGE PROBLEMS IN A SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT”

School administrators are faced with new challenges in today’s’ education environments. Solid management skills are a critical part of successful schools.

The SERAPH School Administrators Management Training Program provides a realistic approach for daily school administration.

Participants will learn:

• Skills that apply to everyday Administrative decisions.
• Three steps to effectively manage a student success centered school.
• How to identify the things you really control and then use them to create an effective and efficient school.
• How to demonstrate positive strategies to staff that are having instructional difficulties.
• Effective ways to make your instructional practices your number one positive school-wide discipline tool.
• How and why playing THE ACCOUNTABILITY GAME is so important and how you can use it to your advantage as a school system.
• Why and how to easily collect, collate and analyze data to improve the conditions for success in your school.
• Why and how to effectively and appropriately intervene with parents, teachers, boards, media and students.
• Why and how to completely disassemble the negative myths and perceptions of schools by educating your constituent groups.
• How to use technology in new, more relevant ways.

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SERAPH STUDENT EQUALITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

Equality among students is a key element of any educational institution. The SERAPH Student Equality Management Program provides information to staff and administrators on this important issue.

The program deals with equality issues from a management perspective so that schools can effectively solve problems related to gender and socioeconomic's as it applies to student achievement.

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TEACHER SAFETY SEMINAR

This seminar provides much needed information about violent behavior and how to manage a classroom threat. It takes the teacher through a scientific curriculum of tested actions to handle and resolve any violent encounter that may occur.

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CLAS [Controlling Lateness / Absenteeism in Schools]

How to identify and resolve problems with lateness and absenteeism with students and staff.

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SERAPH EPRT - EMERGENCY PSYCHOLOGICAL RESPONSE TRAINING

EPRT provides the participants with a complete curriculum of emergency assessment and resolution protocol. Participants will be provided with two elements of emergency response.
The first will be assessment skills to predict or detect an emergency before it is fully developed. This portion of the training develops the skill set of early detection of a crisis, which allows for early response by police or emergency personnel.
The second will be specific action plans for specific emergencies. Participants will be trained through the use of high-level role playing and testing.

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SSR [SCHOOL STRESS REDUCTION]

SSR is specifically designed to address the unique stress of educators. In half or full day programs, participants learn:

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SERAPH GANG AWARENESS TRAINING

Title:  Know the Signs

Provides all school staff with the ability to spot gang presence in schools by recognizing related tattoos, graffiti, colors and hand signs.  Gives an understanding of the dangers of gangsta rap music.
End Users
Teachers, Teacher’s Aides, School resource Officers, School Security Officers. All school staff.
What Type Of Problems Does It Solve?
Allows for recognition of gang presence in the school and gives staff the ability to deal with the problem in a more pro-active manner.

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GANG REALITY INTERFACE PROGRAM (GRIP) – STUDENTS

Title:  GRIP

GRIP brings the reality of gang membership right to the classroom.  Certified ex-gang members are brought into the classroom to tell the students the truth about gangs.  The ex-gang members explain what life in a gang is really all about by describing their negative experiences with the gang on the street and while they were incarcerated due to their gang membership.  Time is allotted for a question and answer session.  Assembly Programs can also be facilitated but the classroom session is usually more effective.

End Users

All students from Middle School through High School age.

What Type of Problems Does It Solve?

Students learn first-hand the reality of gang life and are able to see first hand the negative aspects of gang membership.

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Gang Awareness Community Program

Title:  KNOW THE SIGNS

To bring community attention to the signs of gang presence.  This presentation is a trimmed down version of the school training program and can include the testimony of the ex-gang member.
The program is usually sponsored by the school or the local police department (or both)

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SERAPH SRO [School Resource Officer] Consultation Program

Many school board members and school superintendents are confused by the School Resource Officer process. The SERAPH SROCP can provide technical assistance to School Boards and School Districts with a variety of implementation information:

• Developing a School Resource Officer Program
• Advantages and Benefits of establishing SRO programs
• Selection of an SRO
• Explanation of the SRO Triad
• Performance duties of an SRO
• Scope of SRO Training
• Goals of SRO programs
• Partnership agreements between schools and law enforcement
• Funding arrangements

Make an informed decision with the help of SERAPH

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