Warning – Potential Offensive Content We apologize in advance for the content here. The purpose is to advise on risk management issues your agency may face. A high school teacher in Canada has received much media attention for her decision to wear attire some consider to be questionable while teaching. Kayla Lemieux of Oakville Read more about Taking control – safety, transgenderism and dress codes[…]
Tell your school to take our Active Shooters Course. Are you a Parent? Take our Active Shooter Course designed for you. Active shooter events are, by nature, loud, violent, and traumatic experiences. It makes sense then that some trainers look to duplicate that in their active shooter drills. They believe that making the training Read more about Don’t ever do this during an active shooter drill[…]
For the love of technology! Have you ever noticed that technology always seems to have a dark side? We get excited about all the latest toys and gadgets. We must have the next big thing. The problem there is that we will dive into new tech without considering the unintended consequences of using them. One Read more about Are Apple AirTags tracking students illegally?[…]
Dealing with an active shooter event feels undeniably horrifying. Knowing that a student is out there all alone creates an overwhelming sense of darkness descending. As bad as that is, emergency responders, administrators, and risk managers must be prepared to teach, train, and deal with this scenario. Active shooter events are, by their nature, extremely Read more about Active Shooters – How to deal with stranded students[…]
Sports are indispensable activities for our students and provide many of our heroes and role models in our modern-day society. Students learn the value of hard work, teamwork, fitness, and mental resiliency on athletic fields. Students also try to mimic their heroes by performing actions they see on the highlight reels. On an improperly designed Read more about Athletic Field Inspections – are your field sizes contributing to injuries?[…]
Let’s look at the 4 failures that led up to 12 students drinking floor sealant instead of milk at a camp.
We are in a serious time, but the worst has not yet come. The easy part is locking everything down, isolating and quartining. The hard part is re-opening schools, cities, and businesses. When that time comes, which no dobut it will, you need to have cleaning procedures in place. You can’t clean as students are Read more about COVID-19 – How to prepare for return of students and workforce[…]
Badges of honor, badges of merit, employee badges, and visitor badges. I’ve seen them all. These badges come in all shapes and sizes, which is good. School shootings will never cease. It is a fact of life: a bad fact, but a fact nonetheless. I want to make something obvious. I believe that the likelihood Read more about The Visitor Badge[…]
Every school has a mascot, some better than others. In 2018, I visited approximately 2000 different schools. While the city and the district changed, many mascots remained a constant. Spartans, indians, eagles, knights, pumas, and as you guessed copies of MLB and NFL logos. A little creativity could go a long way here. At any Read more about School Mascots the cause of school shootings[…]