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The National School Safety Framework (NSSF) is designed to provide a comprehensive document that can guide the Department of Basic Education, schools, districts and provinces on a common approach to achieving a safe, healthy and violence-free learning environment. It is also intended for other national and provincial state departments involved in any way in achieving a safe school environment, in order to ensure a common understanding of the nature and extent of school violence, and a shared evidence-based approach to school safety and violence prevention.

The NSSF was developed in order to provide an all-inclusive strategy to guide the national and provincial education departments in a coordinated effort to address the violence occurring within schools. This Framework is based on the Hlayiseka School Safety Toolkit, a brainchild of the CJCP in collaboration with the then national Department of Education, and is the result of efforts to simplify the approach and tools used in the safety toolkit.

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Safety within schools is not merely the absence of violence, but encompasses many other aspects critical to school safety that are not covered in this framework, such as health, infrastructure, occupational health, disaster risk management and curriculum design. It should be borne in mind, however, that the purpose of this Framework is to focus only on the levels of violence that have been plaguing schools countrywide to provide a guide on managing the school to be a safer space, making sure the appropriate structures, policies and enabling environment in place, as well as to direct school management and all within the school towards appropriate remedial and preventative interventions.

The overall aim of the Framework is to create a safe, violence and threat-free, supportive learning environment for learners, educators, principals, school governing bodies and administration. The broad objectives of this framework are to:

The Framework aims to consolidate existing school safety and violence prevention initiatives and strategies, and provides the thread that links them all together. A key feature of this document, is that it draws on the relationship between violence and other ecological factors relating to safe and caring schools by locating the school within its broader community.

This first section, Part A, provides a framework for a common approach to school safety. It offers a common understanding of school violence, within a broader context of violence prevention and safe schools evidence-based practices. The importance of safe schools to the development of healthier communities is discussed, including the importance of risk and resilience factors, all of which are important to achieving safe schools. A common set of definitions is provided, together with an overview of a whole-school approach. Some of the common challenges that are faced by schools in achieving safety for both learners and educators are discussed, as is the role of police in achieving a safe school.

The original framework (Hlayiseka School Safety Toolkit) has been evaluated and found to have impact in making schools a safer place for learners and staff. The Hlayiseka School Safety Toolkit has been revised and streamlined into the current NSSF.

Schools are required to implement certain strategies to promote school safety. These include student instruction in specific health education topics, anonymous reporting systems, threat assessment teams, emergency management plans and staff training.

The School Safety resources are for districts and schools to help in the development of high-quality emergency operations and safety plans. Feeling safe is fundamental for a positive school climate and learning environment. RCW 28A.320.125 requires all public-school districts and public schools to have current school safety plans and procedures in place.

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Kenneth S. Trump, Ed.D., is the President of National School Safety and Security Services. As a career preK-12 school security professional, school safety is his mission. "Dr. Ken" has been making schools safer for more than 30 years.

Ken speaks at conferences and consults with schools to assess security and crisis preparedness, and provides expert witness litigation services. He leads a team of experts in school safety, security, and emergency preparedness.

Ken has authored 3 books and more than 450 articles on school safety. Ken earned a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Education with a research focus on the intersection of school administrator strategic crisis leadership with school safety communications in highly ambiguous and uncertain contexts. Learn more here

You can survive the hot button school safety issue or crisis incident, but can you survive the leadership, political, and communications challenges that come along with it? Designed exclusively for school leaders and executives, this session examines the research and best practices on how to be strategic school safety and crisis leaders. Learn what to say, when to say it, and how to say it when communicating school safety, security, and emergency preparedness issues to stakeholders.

You and your teams are need guidance from a voice of reason with a blend of research, best practices, and historical knowledge in the school safety field. Learn the practical lessons from three decades of school safety hands-on work in schools and with school leaders. Join Dr. Ken Trump as he walks you through who should be on a school crisis/ emergency team and what the team should do, what drills are reasonable and which ones are risky, how to navigate school preparedness planning with first responders, engaging students in school safety prevention and planning, what should be in place for communicating school safety and crisis information, and much more.

Two Denver high school administrators were shot while searching a student on a "safety plan." What are "safety plans"? Should parents know about them? Should there have been a police officer doing the search? Ken Trump's NBC News interview:

Metal detectors in elementary schools? Security theater? A 6-year-old student shot his teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, VA. Ken Trump talks metal detectors, school shootings, and related school safety and security strategies:

Should states mandate school police over counselors? Police OR counselors - or - police AND counselors? What about metal detectors and weapons detection systems? What works in school safety? Ken tells Scripps News that schools should focus on the fundamentals: Let's pass kindergarten before we pursue Ph.D. school safety solutions.

Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) is a research-based framework for the systemic alignment of school-wide practices, programs, and services to support both the non-academic (social, emotional, mental and behavioral health and wellness needs) and academic development of students, as well as address the physical and psychological safety of all individuals within the school community.

The MTSS framework incorporates a multidisciplinary process that includes school staff, students (as appropriate), families, and community partners to provide support to students. The MTSS framework is based on tiers of support beginning with universal supports (including screenings) provided to all students and increasing in levels of supports or tiers that range from targeted to intensive interventions. To achieve the greatest impact, interventions and supports must be implemented with consistency and fidelity.

Addressing school climate through the MTSS framework influences the experiences of the school community members and has a direct impact on student learning and development. Each campus should annually measure school climate using a school climate survey, a bullying and cyberbullying survey, and any other school and local community data that impacts the quality and character of school life. Analysis of the data allows campuses to identify opportunities for improvement of the school climate in the areas of peer and adult relationships including bullying and cyberbullying awareness and prevention, teaching and learning practices, recruitment and retention of quality staff, student and staff engagement and connectedness to the school community, and student, staff and parent perceptions of safety at school.

Using the MTSS framework, campuses develop and implement school-wide and classroom specific strategies and supports that are delivered to all students to address the opportunities for improvement identified during the analysis of the data collected. Ongoing monitoring of student response to the universal strategies and supports through the multidisciplinary process allows the campus to identify and support students who need additional targeted or intensive intervention.

Comprehensive school mental health systems support the safety, academic success, and well-being of students. The comprehensive school mental health system is built on a strong foundation that brings together a diverse group of stakeholders to plan, implement, and improve the system; conducts regular needs assessments to understand the strengths, gaps, and needs within the local context; selects and implements culturally-responsive services and supports that are backed by evidence of their effectiveness, and engages in on-going performance monitoring and quality improvement.

To promote the safety and well-being of the members of the school community, the Safe and Supportive School Program Team is tasked with reviewing threat reports, conducting threat assessments, and developing interventions to support individuals who pose threats and the targets of such threats. The threat assessment process is designed to preserve a safe school environment that promotes the physical and psychological safety of all members of the school community. The TEA has coordinated with the Texas School Safety Center to develop guidance and resources to establish a comprehensive threat assessment model. 006ab0faaa