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Adair Co. School District members attend school safety training Meeting attended by Dean of Students Robbie Harmon, School Resource Officer Kevin Atwood, and ACES Principal Steve Burton. Preparedness is a priority in Adair County Schools. "What we do is train our students, we train our staff, we train our administrators and we get with our first responders. This is what we know, so if we've never talked about it before and it's in a manual somewhere, it's not really our reality. With our school safety preparedness, we work through that.' - Dean Harmon said. Click on headline for story with photo By Allison Cross Members of the Adair County School District, along with representatives of nine other districts from across the state, recently attended a school safety training at The Center for Rural Development. The AWR 148 Crisis Management for School-Based Incidents training provided an open line of communication between local school districts, subject matter experts and first responders. Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium (RDPC), an affiliate program of The Center for Rural Development, delivered the training at no-cost to attendees. "We all must work together to make our schools a safer place for our children," Lonnie Lawson, president and CEO of The Center said. "This course gives regional school district employees and law enforcement personnel the training they need to make that happen." School district employees and law enforcement from Adair County that attended the training were Dean of Students Robbie Harmon, ACES Principal Steve Burton and SRO/CPD Officer Kevin Atwood. Harmon works with the school safety coordinators throughout the Adair County School District and maintains the district's emergency operations plan. According to Harmon, two of the biggest aspects of school safety preparedness are "being proactive" and transparency. "We want to make sure that we plan for the absolute worst," Harmon said. "Throughout the training, we've heard 'The things you know are what you resort to.' The presenter said your heart is beating 170 beats per minute, you're going to go back to what you know." Harmon said it important to keep the conversation going with all members of the school district. "What we do is train our students, we train our staff, we train our administrators and we get with our first responders," Harmon said. "This is what we know, so if we've never talked about it before and it's in a manual somewhere, it's not really our reality. With our school safety preparedness, we work through that." Harmon said the district promotes transparency and has a STOP Tipline on their website for anyone to report issues such as bullying, violence and other issues. They get a lot of tips that they can work out before the problem happens. "Transparency is a big focus in our district," Harmon said. "So we have people you can talk to, parents have people that they can talk to." The AWR 148 training focuses on real-life situations, problems or issues that are common in rural areas as opposed to more urban areas. "It's so great to see The Center and (other) people bring stuff to rural areas," Harmon said. "A lot of times stuff is geared to bigger districts and it's geared to urban areas. It's geared to urban problems. People in rural areas have different issues. It's been small scale. It's been practical. It's been stuff that I can take back to our school district...There are a few things that he's made us think differently about today. It gets us thinking and it gets us going in the right direction." The AWR 148 training provides representatives of rural law enforcement departments with a foundation of knowledge and skills that will enable them to progressively establish a school-based emergency response plan and a crisis management team through information sharing. All RDPC courses are certified by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Participants received 8 contact hours for completing the training. Kentucky educators who attended received EILA credit, while law enforcement received KLEFP credit. RDPC offers more than 40 courses in mobile and web-based training. To view the full course catalog or to request a course, visit www.ruraltraining.org. The Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium is led by The Center for Rural Development. The consortium offers tuition-free training to rural first responders in all 50 states and 6 U.S. territories. All training is certified by the Department of Homeland Security. Established in 1996 through the vision of U.S. Congressman Harold "Hal" Rogers, (KY-05), and other leaders, The Center for Rural Development is a nonprofit organization fueled by a mission to provide leadership that stimulates innovative and sustainable economic development solutions and a better way of life in Southern and Eastern Kentucky. In its 45-county primary service region, The Center provides innovative programs in leadership, public safety, technology, and arts and culture. The Center is committed to constantly expanding its capabilities in order to deliver a range of key services throughout Kentucky and the nation. This story was posted on 2016-05-23 08:51:02
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