NEW SY 24-25 Safe School Plan Documents
- Safe School Plan Technical Training Course-recorded 9.20.24 CANVAS course (PDF)
- SY 24-25 School Districts and Charters due for Triennial PED Review (PDF)
- SY 24-25 Training Instructors (PDF)
- SY 24-25 Letter to Admin
- SY 24-25 Safe School Plan Requirement Rubric (Word)
- SY 24-25 Safe School Plan Requirement Rubric (PDF)
- SY 24-25 Safe School Plan Template (Word)
- SY 24-25 Safe School Plan Template (PDF)
- SY 24-25 Registration for Access – Secure Drive
Social Media Threat Guidance and Assessments
- Social Media Threat Guidance and Assessments (PDF)
- K-12 Anonymized Threat Response Guidance | CISA
- Anonymized Threat Response Guidance: A Reference Guide for K-12 Schools (PDF)
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION MODIFIABLE TEMPLATES
- Parent Letter on Emergency Procedures – Before an Incident Occurs (Word)
- Parent Letter on Emergency Procedures – Before an Incident Occurs (PDF)
- Emergency Modifiable Message Template (Word)
SCHOOL SAFETY DRILL REQUIREMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
https://www.srca.nm.gov/parts/title06/06.029.0001.html
Emergency drills shall be conducted in each public and private school in the state, as follows:
- During the first four weeks of school, schools shall conduct:
- two fire drills; (primary location)
- one evacuation drill (secondary location); and
- one active shooter/shelter in place drill.
- During the rest of the school year, each school shall conduct at least 4 additional emergency drills, at least two of which shall be fire drills.
In locations where a fire department is maintained, a member of the fire department shall be requested to be in attendance for the purpose of giving educational instruction and recommendations for all 8 drills.
Fire department attendance is at the discretion of available resources.
- Any drill conducted for the purpose of active shooter preparation/response should include parent/guardian notification.
Federal Guidance and Resources
- Podcasts from Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (Updated September 2024)
- SchoolSafety.gov Back-to-School Checklist
- SchoolSafety.gov Back-to-School Reading List
NEW MEXICO PUBLIC SCHOOLS INSURANCE AUTHORITY (FREE SCHOOL TRAININGS)
Updated POMS Child Abuse Prevention Flier
STOPIT – ANONYMOUS REPORTING SYSTEM
Contact information:
- Matthew Toth – mtoth@stopitsolutions.com (new districts/charters)
- Annie Martinez – amartinez@stopitsolutions.com (existing STOPit school districts / charters)
Rave Panic Button
Patricio Ruiloba
Implementation Manager, New Mexico
Rave Mobile Safety
www.ravemobilesafety.com
Active Shooter
Note: The Video below does not replace in-person Required Active Shooter Training for your school
- Active Shooter 1-pager from FEMA (Sept. 2016!)
- DHS Options for Consideration Active Shooter Preparedness (5 minute) Video
FAMILY REUNIFICATION SITE PLANNING
- Working reunification model-shared by: Albuquerque Public School District, credit to: Capital Master Plan Executive Director, Kizito Wijenje, and Graphics Senior Director, Jerome Martinez
- REMS Fact Sheet on Post-Disaster Reunification and K-12 Schools
- Student/Parent Reunification video, Adams 12 Five Star Schools, CO, 2016
Anti-Bullying and Cyberbullying Training and Resources
- Stop Bullying
- Key Considerations for Bullying Prevention
- Bully Assessment Flow Chart
- School-based Bullying Prevention I-Guide (OJJDP)
- National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
CYBER/INTERNET SAFETY-SEXTORTION
- Internet Safety Tips
- Online Safety Resources
- Sextortion Resource Sheet
- This is Sextortion
- Online Sextortion: I Didn’t Think it Would Happen to Me
- REMS Fact Sheet on Incorporating Sextortion into School EOPs
- National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
- When Your Child is Missing: A Family Survival Guide
Swatting calls and hoaxes – Best Practices
- Sheltering in Place
- Characteristics of Swatting Calls
- Quick Response Guide to Internet-Based Threat Investigations
Behavioral/Mental Health
- Suicide Prevention Resource Center
- Adobe Brochure 2023 – New Mexico UNM
- Project Light – Las Cruces (Front Cover) – (Back Cover)
- The School Mental Health Action Guide
- Sample Survey: School Staff Skills (Word)
- Sample Survey: School Staff Skills (PDF)
- Guide to K-12 Student Wellbeing: Strategies to Recognize, Document, and Support Students in Distress
- Children and Mental Health
- Coalition to Support Grieving Students
- Appropriate and Inappropriate Activities for School Counselors
- Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Schools: Developing and Implementing School Protocols, Cornell Research Program on Self-Injury and Recovery
- Model School District Policy on Suicide Prevention: Model Language, Commentary, and Resources
- Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Suicide Prevention Training Program, NM Suicide Prevention Coalition
- After a Suicide: A Toolkit for Schools
INCIDENT COMMAND/COMMUNICATIONS/AND AFTER-ACTION REPORTING
- Back-to-School Campaign Communications Toolkit
- Site Incident Response Kit
- NM School Incident Command Tactical & Accountability Sheet (IC TAC) (PDF)
- NM School Incident Command Tactical & Accountability Sheet (IC TAC) (XLSX)
- After-Action Reports: Capturing Lessons Learned and Identifying Areas for Improvement
Public Health
Weather
- National Weather Service – Lightning Safety
- NMAA Lightning/Threatening Weather Policy
- Red Cross – Thunderstorm Safety Checklist
- FEMA – Be Prepared For A Thunderstorm, Lightning, Or Hail
- Disaster Activity Book for Kids (English)
- Disaster Activity Book for Kids (Spanish)
Access and Functional Needs
- Integrating Students with Special Needs and Disabilities into Emergency Response and Crisis Planning
- REMS Fact Sheet on Addressing AFN in School EOP
Additional Resources
- Dr. Dewey Cornell-The Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines | UVA School of Education and Human Development (virginia.edu)
- Uvalde Texas-Robb Elementary-Critical Incident Review
- US Secret Service resource for Enhancing School Safety Using a Threat Assessment Model.
- DHS K-12 School Security: A Guide for Preventing and Protecting against Gun Violence provides preventive and protective measures to address the threat of gun violence in schools. The Guide is delivered in two parts: the first portion is a PDF with general security best practices and considerations in narrative format; while the second portion is an Excel-based security survey. Together, these tools outline action-oriented security practices and options for consideration based on the results of the individual school’s responses to the survey.
- School Resource Officers, School Law Enforcement Units and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA): This FAQ document is follow-up to the Federal Commission Report and consolidates guidance and technical assistance into a single resource to help raise schools’ and districts’ awareness of these provisions (02/12/19).
- The Final Report of the Federal Commission on School Safety (Dec. 2018)
- US Department of Homeland Security Guide for Preventing and Protecting Against Gun Violence and School Security Survey for Gun Violence (click on the School Security Survey to access the site assessment Excel workbook)
- The Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) Technical Assistance Center provides additional of training opportunities.
For questions about Safe Schools Plans, please contact:
Kathryn Bolkovac
Safe Schools Program Coordinator
Kathryn.Bolkovac@ped.nm.gov