Sorry for the tardy response, I hope it's not too late to offer a couple of suggestions. Two of our most successful Arizona SRO Conference topics were CPTED and PowerPoint Presentations.
PowerPoint Presentations offered a bevy of strong suggestions on how to make and present a powerful PPT without a thousand words typed on the screen, in which the presenter simply read what everyone else could easily read. Putting a few words or a picture on the screen, then discussing the topic at length made for great discussion and most importantly, retention on the topic. Some of my best PPT classes held a single image or word and the students were able to equally get involved without the mundane verbiage on the board. Also, shortcut keys helped tremendously during the presentation.
CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environment Design) - A Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) assessment attempts to evaluate the physical setting of facility and maintenance factors that affect the safety and crime quotient capability of a particular school. Environmental factors such as the types of neighborhoods, housing facilities, businesses, streets and institutions surrounding the school affect the school’s operation. Classrooms, security systems, lighting and color design, accessibility and quality of maintenance are all evaluated to determine their effect upon the school climate, natural supervision, defensible space and differentiated space. The survey items are to be rated as Satisfactory (S), Unsatisfactory (U) or Not Applicable (NA).
There are 7 categories in the CPTED, which include:
1. School Data - basically the name, location, school style and general information on the school site.
2. Neighborhood area - describes what surrounds the school site.
3. Interview Comments - Staff comments dealing with issues at the school site.
4. Survey Items - school site curtilage, interior design, parking areas, communications, storage facilities, etc. What works, what needs
fixing. A deep look into the entire school location.
5. Priority Recommendations - Based on #4, what needs to be fixed NOW, for site security.
6. Security Plan - How to implement the needs of #5; or how to improve school safety and/or security.
7. School Incident Map / Target Incidents - data from school discipline tracking and police reports, dealing with all criminal, civil and
delinquent acts on a particular school site. This lets the Site Administration and/or Safety Team know what occurred not only the previous year, but also the current school year.
I have several completed CPTED Assessments from elementary, middle and high schools, along with the District Office. If you would like to view one, send me an e-mail at gpd202@yahoo.com, and I shall forward whichever assessment you desire. Just let me know if it's the elementary, middle or high school version you'd like. The main document is the same, just differences in the school makeup will change.
www.cptedtraining.net/ and
www.ncpc.org/training/training-topics/crime-prevention-through-environmental-design-cpted- would be some sites to visit for more information.
Again, if I can help your school district, let me know. Regardless, these topics should be strongly considered as part of the 2015 MSROA Conference. When I initially took this during an Arizona SRO Conference, we were split up into teams for an entire afternoon and sent to a host high school, where our team accomplished the CPTED Assessment. We presented our information to the Host School and SRO, along with keeping a copy for ourselves for future reference.
- David
