Quinter public schools (QPS), USD #293, quinter, kansas, project secure will launch our project through a multi-tiered systems of support (mtss) framework that will include social-emotional learning…

Quinter public schools (QPS), USD #293, quinter, kansas, project secure will launch our project through a multi-tiered systems of support (mtss) framework that will include social-emotional learning (SEL) assessments (terrace metrics) and by implementing training that will improve school climate/safety using school-based behavioral threat assessments and/or intervention teams to identify school violence risks among students. Project secure will provide opportunities to plan before a crisis event happens by involving parents, students, the community, and staff from schools, mental & public health agencies, the gove county emergency management and the gove county sheriff's office in a collaborative endeavor to develop a comprehensive school violence\safety plan for QPS and our community. QPS is a rural school district, has many needs in the area of a district-wide violence prevention. The school system serves 325 students in grades k-12 at two school sites. Our project director will be responsible for the implementation and data collection for the following goals 1) improve school climate; 2) improve school safety; 3) reduce school violence through support programs; 4) provide a DOJ approved violence prevention program and 5) plan in advance for potential crisis\violent issues. Outcomes of these programs will be: 1) staff will identify potential safe school issues through behavioral threat assessments; 2) school teams will complete training and self-assessment threats for each school; 3) students will complete a behavioral health threat assessment; 4) number of SEL strategies taught will increase; and 5) staff will complete constructive practices for emergencies. Violence prevention & development of violence prevention teams objectives will be: a) implementation of evidence based school violence prevention plan; and b) conduct assessments of schools and individuals to identify school violence risks and individuals determined to be a potential threat to themselves or others receive a school threat assessment and are referred for services; and c) establish or enhance multidisciplinary teams that identify school violence threats and mitigate those risks. Activities will include: 1) staff school behavioral threat assessments; 2) threat/site assessment and comprehensive school violence\safety planning program through campus SEL teams; 3) students participate in a comprehensive behavioral health threat assessment tool; 4) students, staff and parents participate in a school climate survey; and 5) community participates in school violence\crisis planning and activities.