About the Webinar

Join Michele Gay, Founder and Executive Director of Safe and Sound Schools, and Tom McDermott, K-12 Safety & Security Coach for CEIA USA, for an engaging and informative session designed for parents, educators, and community stakeholders committed to school safety. 

This webinar will explore how to foster productive conversations and collaboration between schools and community members, including key questions to ask, how to apply lessons learned, and strategies for building effective, layered safety solutions in your local schools. 

This session will cover:

  • Addressing Modern Challenges: Gain insights into the current school safety landscape, understanding both recurring issues and new threats, and learn the key questions you should be asking.
     
  • Engaging the Community: Discover effective strategies for parents and community members to initiate and participate in meaningful conversations with schools about safety protocols and concerns.
     
  • Building Strategic Solutions: How to apply lessons learned from past incidents of school violence, as well as successful averted cases and current best practices, to help develop and support strategic, layered safety plans in your local schools. 

Meet the Presenters

Michele Gay
Michele Gay
Founder & Executive Director
Safe and Sound Schools

Tom McDermott
Tom McDermott
K-12 Safety & Security Coach, Weapons Detection Technology Expert
CEIA USA