Job Description
Role and Responsibilities
- Lead the Mel-NAP District Safety Team
- Oversee and support the individual Mel-NAP building safety teams
- Oversee threat assessment training (CSTAG) for select district staff
- Ensure each building has a trained CSTAG team
- Ensure each CSTAG team has diverse members (administration, counseling, special education, social work, general education)
- Conduct threat assessments throughout the district
- Be notified of threats to the district, students, staff, and community
- Conduct CSTAG threat assessments at the district level
- Assist in CSTAG threat assessments at the building level
- Provide threat assessment results and recommendations to the superintendent
- Work with law enforcement to conduct joint threat assessments
- Follow prosecuted individuals through the court system
- Identify victims of trauma and assist in obtaining trauma treatments
- Conduct district safety meetings
- Assist with building level safety meetings
- Provide the district emergency line and respond to calls
- Serve as the district's OK2SAY first contact
- Serve as the district's public information officer
- Write public statements
- Assist administration in writing public statements
- Attend training and maintain certification for public information officers
- Serve as a liaison to the media
- Attend superintendent cabinet meetings
- Attend administration meetings
- Serve as district liaison to emergency services
- Melvindale Police Department
- Allen Park Police Department
- Melvindale/Dearborn Fire Department
- Allen Park Fire Department
- Michigan State Police
- FBI
- Department of Homeland Security
- Community Partnerships
- Oversee various district safety/crisis concerns (other than threats) at all three phases of safety
- Primary Prevention: creating policies and training for safety events
- Secondary intervention: address the emergency, follow the safety plan, mitigate the impact, and resolve the emergency as safely, and quickly as reasonable
- Tertiary Intervention: identify those impacted by the safety event and provide supports, including trauma debriefing
- Oversee post critical incident debriefing with the safety team, emergency services, staff, and community, as necessary
- Oversee ALICE training for the district
- Advise on online training modules for district staff
- Provide in person ALICE training for select district staff
- Maintain Certified ALICE Trainer status and updates
- Serve as liaison to ALICE/Navigate360
- Serve as a liaison to the Lockout Company and assist in the installation, training, and usage of the SmartBoot System for the district
- Assist Building Services and Maintenance in assessing and maintaining the physical security, structures of the district and camera systems.
- Provide a presence for assistance and deterrence at each of the district's buildings
- Attend safety conferences to obtain critical updates and information
- Michigan State Police Office of School Safety Academy
- Great Lakes Homeland Security Conference
- North American Active Assailant Conference
- Obtain various trainings relevant to the Safety Coordinator position
- Trauma diffusion from STARR Commonwealth and School specialist from TLC
- Maintain and update multiple, various FEMA training such as unified incident command (UIC)
- CERT
- CBRNE
- RESA bus security training
- Preview and recommend district trainings modules for district staff from Safe Schools and other sources
- Bus driver training
- Anti-bullying
- Suicide prevention/intervention
- Basic threat assessment
- Work with the Special Education Director regarding safety incidents and concerns with special education students
- Assist in providing victim impact statements to the court when necessary
- Review, update, and maintain the district emergency operations plan (EOP)
- Attend trainings
- Receive updates and bulletins
- Review for best practices
- Provide recommendations for additions and changes
- Make submissions to central office for review
- Review the safety aspects of the district code of conduct, policies and procedures for best practices and legal compliance
- Assist the district with recommendations regarding liability in safety issues
- Work with the school district's attorney during safety events
- Work with the district technology department in various aspects
- District cameras
- Electronic card readers
- Digital security
- Digital threats
- Collection of digital and video evidence
- Work with district SROs when applicable
- Facilitate community town hall safety meeting for the school district when necessary
- Answer emails of safety concern from staff, students, parents, and the community
- Assist in running safety drills and providing feedback to front office staff.
- Delivering notices of trespass as needed throughout the district.
- Work with district truancy officers to communicate with families of chronically absent students.
- CPI- Train the trainer
- Assist in supporting front office staff when needed.
Qualifications and Education Requirements
- Bachelors degree in education.
- Minimum three (3) years teaching experience.
- Teacher leadership experience preferred.
- Admin Certificate preferred.