Taylor Goodwin is the Safe and Healthy Schools Coordinator for the Vermont Agency of Education. Taylor began her career as Associate Director of Bands within the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District (TX), where she led nationally recognized and award-winning band programs. Her time in the classroom led her to develop a passion for school safety, which expanded into multiple career opportunities, inclusive of her current role at the AOE. As the Safe and Healthy Schools Coordinator, she is responsible for the implementation of statewide school safety legislation. She co-developed the VT AOE BTAM model policy, procedures, and other state-provided school safety resources, oversees the statewide school BTAM training program and intra-agency BTAM work, and assists with providing complex case support for all Vermont districts and schools. She is a certified ALICE trainer, a member of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP) and is pursuing her Certified Threat Manager credential. She lives in Vermont with her husband where she enjoys yoga, hiking, baking and curling up by the fire with a good book (and a cat or two).