De-escalation Resources
In addition to the academic and administrative complexities schools and districts may also contend with ongoing and evolving security challenges and threats. While there isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach to school safety, there are common elements schools should consider in creating and sustaining a safe learning environment.
Emergency Operations Plans for Schools
This video moves schools and districts through the six steps of developing and/or updating high-quality, customized Emergency Operations Plans (EOPs).
Enhancing School Safety Using a Threat Assessment Model
This guide will help schools create a comprehensive targeted violence prevention plan.
Essential Actions for Improving School Safety
This video lays out the ten essential actions to Improve Montana school safety.
Montana Safety & Security Guidelines
This document serves as a tool for school districts to build or edit an Emergency Management Plan, and to guide them on prioritizing Every Student Succeeds Act’s (ESSA’s) Title IV-A funds.
Threat Assessment in Schools: A Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and Creating Safe School Climates
This detailed guide, created by the United States Secret Service and the United States Department of Education, helps schools manage threating situations and create a safer school climate.
Topics & Tips from SchoolSafety.gov
This short document relays a holistic approach for school safety.
University of Montana Safe Schools Center
This website is packed with training, research, and professional development services to support the development of safer schools and communities across Montana.
Montana Teacher Learning Hub Curriculum
The online Learning Hub provides Montana educators a wealth of information and resources to be successful in the classroom. You will need to sign-up and create a username and password to access this material, but trainings are free of charge and open to the public.
Overcoming ACEs in Montana Schools: Childhood Trauma & Its Impact on Learning
This introductory course explores the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on brain development, potential behavioral consequences seen because of ACEs. and basic methods on how to approach someone who has experienced ACEs and how ACEs impact classrooms.
Resilience: Strategies to Increase Optimism
A joyful classroom imparts a positive backdrop for students to be successful in the classroom. This course presents strategies that help students grow in optimism, motivation and build resilience.
Run, Lock, Fight: School Safety Preparedness
This course relays information and options to prepare for an active shooter incident in school.
Trauma Informed Practices
This course is an interactive role-play simulation for educators to build skills, confidence and empathy that better support students whose behavior might be related to sources of trauma or distress.