Last month’s tragic incident in Newtown, Connecticut, requires school districts to reassess security measures.
The January 18 forum, Safe and Secure Schools: Perspectives after Newtown, will include panel discussions on Safety and Security at the School Building Level and State School Security Procedures and Requirements. It will begin with a keynote address by a nationally recognized expert on school climate.
The College of New Jersey
Kendall Hall Theatre
2000 Pennington Road
Ewing, NJ 08628
Keynote Address:
The Essential Connection between a Safe and Secure School Climate and Students’ Educational and Life Success
Keynote Speaker: Maurice J. Elias, Ph.D.
Dr. Elias of Rutgers University is a nationally recognized expert in community and preventive psychology and school intervention. He serves as director of clinical training in the university’s Department of Psychology; director of the Rutgers Social and Emotional Learning Laboratory, and director of the Collaborative, Rutgers’ Center for Community-Based Research, Service, and Public Scholarship. For five years, he directed New Jersey’s Developing Safe and Civil Schools Initiative, working with 250 schools statewide.
PANEL DISCUSSION I:
Looking Forward: State School Security Procedures and Requirements
- Ronald Susswein, Esq., Assistant Attorney General, State of New Jersey
- Anthony Bland, State Coordinator, Office of School Preparedness and Emergency Planning, New Jersey Department of Education
- Raymond J. Hayducka, President, New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police, Chief of Police, South Brunswick Township
PANEL DISCUSSION II:
Looking Forward: Safety and Security at the School Building Level
- Dr. Christopher Manno, Chief Education Officer, Burlington Township Public Schools
- Christopher Brown, Director of Security, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick
- Dr. Michael Wanko, Ph.D., Principal, Piscataway High School, author of Safe Schools: Crisis Prevention and Responseand Past President, New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association
- Marty Kalbach, Director, New Jersey School Boards Association Insurance Group
The program is free, but pre-registration is required. Please complete the online registration form.