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Course detail: Safe Schools, Strong Futures: A Roadmap to Threat Preparedness
Course Description
Safe Schools, Strong Futures is a regional school safety training initiative developed through a partnership between the Kansas State Department of Education Safe and Secure Schools Unit, the Kansas Association of School Boards, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the Kansas Attorney General's Office, and federal agency partners.
This course is designed to strengthen coordination among educators, school resource officers, mental health professionals, and law enforcement. The training integrates local, state, and federal perspectives to support consistent threat preparedness practices across Kansas schools. Consultants from the Safe and Secure Schools Unit have delivered this training statewide to cultivate collaboration, clarify procedures, and reinforce proactive safety planning.
Although the Safe and Secure Schools Unit is not a law enforcement entity, its partnership with public safety agencies enhances access to resources, improves communication channels, and supports unified approaches to school safety.
Core Competency
Participants will apply coordinated threat preparedness strategies by strengthening collaboration, standardizing procedures, and utilizing local, state, and federal resources to support safe and secure school environments.
Learning Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Identify key partners and resources that support school threat preparedness.
Describe standardized procedures that promote consistent and coordinated response efforts.
Strengthen collaboration between school leadership, school resource officers, mental health professionals, and law enforcement.
Apply tabletop scenario exercises to enhance preparedness and response planning.
Recognize strategies that increase community confidence and reduce safety incidents.
Instructional Methods:
Lecture
Group discussion
Scenario based tabletop exercises
Who Should Attend:
Superintendents
District leadership
Building administrators
School resource officers
Mental health professionals
Course Requirements:
100% attendance and participation
Fitness Level Necessary for Successful Completion: SEDENTARY
Notice of Availability of the KLETC Annual Security and Fire Safety Report:
The University of Kansas has determined that the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) main campus in Hutchinson and its regional sites in Dodge City, Hays, and Parsons are separate campuses. This determination was made in consultation with the Department of Education. The report is available online at: https://civilrights.ku.edu/clery. The report contains information regarding campus safety and security including topics such as: campus law enforcement authority; crime reporting policies; campus alerts (Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications); fire safety policies and procedures; programs to prevent sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking; the procedures the institution will follow when one of these crimes is reported; and other matters of importance related to security on campus. The report also contains information about crime statistics for the three most recent calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred On-Campus; in On-Campus Student Housing Facilities; in Non-Campus buildings or property owned or controlled by the institution or a recognized student organization; and on Public Property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus. The report also contains fire statistics for any fires occurring in an On-Campus Student Housing Facility during the three most recent calendar years. A paper copy of the report will be provided upon request. If you would like to receive a paper copy, you can request that a copy be mailed to you by calling 785-864-6414 or emailing civilrights@ku.edu or arrange for pick-up at a KLETC location.
