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SchoolSafety.gov provides resources, like guidance, training, and fact sheets, to help schools create and maintain a safe learning environment. 

For standards and guidance on submitting a resource to SchoolSafety.gov and to access the resource submission form, please see here.  

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Training Program
Emergency Planning
EDGE (Enhanced Dynamic Geo-Social Environment)

Department of Homeland Security, 2017

The Enhanced Dynamic Geo-Social Environment (EDGE) is a free virtual training platform that first responders, and now education institutions, can use to plan for a coordinated response to critical incidents.

Webpage
Infectious Diseases and Public Health
Responding to COVID-19: School Mental Health

Department of Health and Human Services, 2021

Public health emergencies such as COVID-19 have a significant impact on students and their families, educators and the school mental health workforce, as well as the school mental health system. The Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network recognizes this and is available to assist the school mental health workforce by providing training and technical assistance.

Report
Cybersecurity
Cyber Actors Target K-12 Distance Learning Education to Cause Disruptions and Steal Data

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, December 2020

This Joint Cybersecurity Advisory from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center assesses cyber threats, risk, vulnerabilities, and malicious cyber activity targeting K-12 educational institutions, leading to ransomware attacks, the theft of data, and the disruption of distance learning services. The advisory also outlines best practices to mitigate these threats.

Guidance
Cybersecurity
Ransomware Reference Materials for K-12

Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Justice

This webpage includes resources designed to help individuals and K-12 educational institutions remain secure from ransomware.

Guidance
Infectious Diseases and Public Health
Adapting PBIS Practices for Rural Settings: Remote Instruction Strategy Matrix

Third Party, November 2020

This Remote Instruction Strategy Matrix by the Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS) with corresponding resources that can be tailored in intensity to meet various student needs (social, emotional, behavioral well-being, academic engagement) provides educators within the rural education setting with a continuum of learning support strategies that can be followed by adaptations for implementation based on available technology. 

Video
Cybersecurity
Cyber Safety Series: Online Gaming Safety

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, November 2020

The team at CYBER.ORG and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) partnered to produce this Cyber Safety Series. In this video, we’re talking about online gaming safety. Here are some quick tips to make sure you're staying safe in the wide world of gaming and keeping your personal information private!

Video
Threat Assessment and Reporting
School Security and Resilience Video

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, October 2020

The “Active Shooter Preparedness: School Security and Resilience” video provides information geared towards educators, school resource officers, and school administrators who serve in important roles in safeguarding schools.

Video
Threat Assessment and Reporting
School Security and Resilience – ASL Translation

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, February 2024

The “Active Shooter Preparedness: School Security and Resilience” video provides information geared towards educators, school resource officers, and school administrators who serve in important roles in safeguarding schools.
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