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FacebookTwitterMarch April 2019WSSCA NewsletterThe "news you can use" periodical for Wisconsin's school safety and securityprofessionalsConference keeThe 2019 WSSCA Conference was an amazing success. Thankyou so much to all the members and guest who attended and toall of our generous sponsors and vendors.A few of the many highlights:John-Michael KeyesThe founder of the i love u guys foundationgave us a very moving keynote to startthe professional development portions ofthe conference. As you may know, theWisconsin Department of Justice-Office ofSchool Safety has endorsed the i love uguysfoundation and their StandardPastPresidentJimJozwiakowski CottageGroveFirst VicePresidentJeremiahJohnsonMuskego NorwaySecondVice

Reunification Method as a best practice in school security. We'velinked the free web-site and following materials on our web pageand y JonesOshkoshJoe HendryThe Director of ALICE’s Risk Assessmentdivision, and recognized authority on manyfacets of school security, Joe presented thefirst ever empirical evidence-based scientificstudy of active shooter response protocols.Take a look at the presentation:Board ofDirectorsAl partaKristen Devitt and Glenn RehbergDaveSchultzWauwatosaTimGoreckiMuskego NorwayThe Director and Assistant Director of the Office of School Safetyin the Department of Justice joined us on the first morning of theconference.Director Devitt shared a lot of timely information about the statusof the OSS Initiatives. Much has been accomplished, and stillmuch has to be done according to the OSS. WSSCA has been amajor player in the state-wide efforts that started with Act 143.ScottJohnsonLa CrosseRobertSmithTomorrowRiverBoard ofAdvisorsJodi Traas

AppletonMike Hinske - WSSCA Lifetime Achievement AwardDaveYoungBrookfieldBillFreemanLake haelHackerMilwaukeeAs stated in the conference book, this is the “pinnacle” of allWSSCA awards, and Mike Hinske, retired principal from BigfootUnion High School with a list of accomplishments as long as yourarm was presented with this well-earned recognition.BarbaraDorffGreen BayExecutiveDirectorEdward L.DorffGreen BayAssistantExecutiveDirectorStacyWashingtonGreen BayCarrie Hallquist - WSSCA 2019 School Safety Coordinator of theYear Award

Carrie, the Safety Coordinatorfor the Eau Claire Area SchoolDistrict was recognized asour 2019 School SafetyCoordinator of the Year.Carrie has been a member forWSSCA for years and also aWSSCA Past-President. She’s agraduate of WSSCA’s SchoolSafety and Security CoordinatorCertification program, a certifiedSchool Risk Manager (CSRM)and a CPR / AED / First AidInstructor. Carrie is alwaysresearching ways to improveschool safety for students andstaff and continues to make her district safer.Thank you to Jodi Traas and our Conference Sponsor, Community InsuranceCorporation for sponsoring this annual award and recognition.Gary Rosploch - Retiring from WSSCASince 1977 Gary has been an activemember, contributor, instructor, andmentor of The Wisconsin SchoolSafety Coordinators Association, andmost recently served on our AdvisoryBoard. Gary is retiring and it is mostfitting that WSSCA recognized his 42years of service to the organization.Gary’s advice and insights have beeninvaluable and frankly, irreplacable.Vendors and Sponsors

We had 50 vendors this year! Many of our sponsors and vendors are longtime friends of WSSCA, and weestablished a number of newrelationships this year as well. Pleasecontinue to use the products andservices of the fine folks who stand withus in our mission to keep schools safe.The raffle that we conducted for visitingthe vendors was a lot of fun, andsomething we will continue next year.WSSCA School Safety Coordinators Certification GraduatesGraduates of the WSSCA School Safety Coordinators Certification Course.Fifteen people completed their ten-module certification course since lastyear’s conference. Some of our graduates didn’t make the groups shot here.We're impressed with the dedication and determination every one of thegraduates have demonstrated.

Congratulations to Dave Gerberding, Douglas Franzen, Eric Hidde, JanetRosseter, Jeff Butler, Kevin Kohn, Leonard Burzynski, Laurie Beimborn,Robert George, Scott Katterhagen, Steve Shulta, Terry Collins, Todd Endl,Victoria Claas and William Eberle.Passing the Gavel and Past-President RecognitionJim Jozwiakowski has completed his term as President and John Stanglerbegins his year as WSSCA President. Thank you, Jim for a great year. Yourleadership has been excellent, and we look forward to John’s continuedefforts as he leads us through 2019 and to the 2020 Conference.Also, many thanks to Past-President Brian Koffarnus. While he leaves hisofficial position, we do expect that he will continue to be a major player inWSSCA.

WSSCA President's 2019LetterDear WSSCA Membership,As we enter our 52nd year, it is a great honor to begin my term as president ofthe Wisconsin School Safety Coordinators Association.Founded in 1968, WSSCA has grown from a small group of dedicated safetypersonnel into an outstanding organization committed to making our schools asafer place to learn, play, teach, work and visit. I look forward tohelping WSSCA continue this effort.As evidenced by recent events, the role of a School Safety Coordinator in ourschools continues to become more difficult every year. Not only are weresponsible for promoting a culture of safety in our buildings, but we need tocontinue to work diligently to keep our schools as secure as possible to helpprevent tragedies. A successful safety and security program requires a wideplethora of knowledge and expertise that comes from networking with otherprofessionals, learning from our past mistakes and most importantly having awillingness to embrace new challenges with new ideas.

School safety is everyone’s responsibility. There is no one-size-fits-all forschool safety, but indeed there are firmly established evidence-basedpractices that can and should be adopted universally to improve schoolsecurity. I am looking forward to work with WSSCA members on the Board’sinitiatives for 2019. This will include increased engagement of ourmembership and the role WSSCA members play in addressing safety &security matters in our schools and secondly, sharing our success storiesthroughout the state with the assistance of the school safety grants. We willalso continue to develop and deliver professional development opportunitiesfor WSSCA members through re-certification courses and online training. Ihope that through the strength of the organization we will achieve our goals.As a WSSCA Board member for the last several years, I have been privilegedto work with a team of exceptional people dedicated to helping otherssucceed in school safety. WSSCA has been actively involved with the Officeof School Safety in creating Wisconsin School Threat Assessment Protocoland Wisconsin Comprehensive School Security Framework. These bestpractices are a great instrument to be used in the safety and security plan forevery school.I would like to thank Jim Jozwiakowski for leading and guiding WSSCA overthe last year and helping us to continue to promote our message. With theexpert guidance of our Executive Director Ed Dorff, Associate ExecutiveDirector Stacy Washington and the rest of the Board, we have been able tocontinue to provide our members with the training, education and resources tohelp keep our schools safe. I would also like to thank our corporate sponsorsand vendors in supporting the efforts of the board, all the individuals thatvolunteer their time to teach our certification modules and the Board Advisorsfor their valuable knowledge. Please take the time to thank them for theirsupport.As a final reminder, WSSCA is only as strong as its members, so please feelfree to share any and all ideas that will help advance our mission. Remembereducation first, safety always.John Stangler2019 WSSCA President

Hanover Research School Safety & SecurityWebinarRecently Hanover Research, a, “Brain Trust,” that does a lot of work in thefields of school safety along with other studies in leadership, organizationalmanagement, and best-practice solutions held a webinar on school safety andsecurity. President Stangler participated in the webinar, and acquired the linksto the webinar resources. I’ve looked at these and found that they reinforce somuch of what WSSCA has been offering to schools in Wisconsin through ourCertification Course and our Assessment Services. Please take a good look –it’s worth your time:·Video Recording: School Safety & Security Webinar·Presentation Slides: School Safety & Security WebinarThe Eagerly-Awaited Wisconsin School Security HandbookOffice of School Safety Releases Comprehensive School SecurityFrameworkWEST MILWAUKEE, Wis. – AttorneyGeneral Josh Kaul announced the release ofthe Wisconsin School Threat assessmentProtocol and WisconsinComprehensive School Security Framework,providing educators and partners acomprehensive set of policies that supportschool safety efforts. The WisconsinDepartment of Justice (DOJ)Office of School Safety (OSS) is also thisweek hosting a free school threatassessment conference for educators,behavioral health professionals and law enforcement.The Wisconsin School Threat Assessment Protocol provides schools accessto a threat. The Comprehensive School Security Framework provides a

comprehensive set of policies, practices, and procedures to help guide localefforts to prevent, mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover fromviolence. The framework provides best practices for preventing violencethrough climate and culture, student engagement, school policies, andphysical structure. The framework also provides guidance on assessingpotential violence indicators and diverting identified hazards before violencetakes place. When violence occurs, the framework addresses how properplanning, preparation and training can minimize the severity of the incidentand help the school recover more quickly.Each of these guides were developed in partnership with educators, lawenforcement,and mental health professionals, including the Wisconsin Department ofPublicInstruction, Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association, Wisconsin SchoolPsychologists Association,Wisconsin School Safety CoordinatorsAssociation, Wisconsin Safe andHealth Schools Center, U.S. Secret Service, and many others.Link to iles/schoolsafety/WI School Safety ault/files/schoolsafety/WI School Threat Assessment Protocol.pdf

2019 READY (Responding to Emergencies And Disasters withYouth) CampWausau, Wisconsin - June 24-28, 2019Watch READY CampYouTube Video to seesome of the fun:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v Vp1udVsTMxo

For more information and registration form, visit us com/youthpreparedness.org/Register your team early!Youth participants ages 13 – 18 years old will be accepted with preference toteams with advisors attending to supervise youth. Individual teens will beaccepted according to available space.The READY program includes: describing students’ potential role in preventing, planning for, respondingto, and recovering from an emergency situation safety and injury prevention, First aid, CPR and Automatic ExternalDefibrillator (AED) trainingand certification leadership development through outdoor adventure activities career development with fire department, law enforcement, emergencymanagement and health care personnel community service learning projects identification and description of potential hazards and reducing hazards in and around the home, school and community multiple hands-on mock disaster exercises“READY has provided opportunities for our teens to do very important work inpreparing others and our community for disaster and emergency situations.”– Kimberly Schubring, Family and Youth Program Director, Bay ViewCommunity Center, Milwaukee