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Recent tragedies in schools only underscore
the importance of taking proactive action to either
defuse preventable school violence incidents or mitigate
the harm caused by events that simply cannot be predicted.
The unfortunate reality is that the only sure thing
is to plan in advance as if the scourge of school
violence could touch your community next.
VTS
Leadership Responds to the Virginia Tech Massacre
VTS offers a wide range of services
to communities, schools, and administrators. From
four
hour presentations with a “town hall”
style Question & Answer period to detailed policy
review and development projects, VTS stands ready
to assist you in grappling with this most serious
of issues. Contact us to discuss your needs. Please
see or example Agenda
Recent
tragedies only underscore the importance of taking
proactive action to either defuse preventable school
violence incidents or mitigate the harm caused by
events that simply cannot be predicted. The unfortunate
reality is that the only sure thing is to plan in
advance as if the scourge of school violence could
touch your community next. VTS offers:
• Process Improvement/Policy
Development Services: We can aid you in
updating your safety policies or developing new
ones in response to current threats. After consultation,
we offer policy drafting services with follow up
to ensure that the policy adopted by your district
is reflective of your standards and goals.
• “Safety Strategic
Planning” Services: We can assist
with the creation of a Safety Strategic Plan for
your district. Planning begins with a collaborative
vulnerability assessment and proceeds through the
setting of strategic goals, supported by tactical
objectives, designed to address correctable vulnerabilities
and promote ongoing vigilance through the creation
of processes that compel continual reassessment
and follow-through.
VTS provides training to administrators and districts
seeking to improve their media relations skill including
crisis management.
VTS offers Training for Public Information
Officers/Press Secretaries; Assessments of local media
markets and an organization’s role in it; Organizational
structures that can be put into place to ensure smooth
functionality in a crisis; Comprehensive media strategies
for success; Tactical techniques for dealing face
to face with the media; Identifying opportunities
for positive media coverage; and Creating/implementing
systems for getting an organization’s message
out to the media quickly and effectively.
At VTS, our experience taught us that the only way
to prevent a catastrophe is to actively prepare for
it. Plan to prepare. Prepare to prevent. You cannot
write a policy, put it on a shelf to gather dust and
expect it to protect you. Successful preventive measures
are dynamic. They are competently rendered, and they
must continually be evaluated and updated. The nature
of today's threat is fluid and your plan should evolve
to encompass the breadth and scope of the threat.
You won’t get a check list from us. We will
help you plan. We will help you evolve. Click
here to read more about meeting 'The Threat'
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