John Calvert graduated Washburn University (Topeka, KS) in 2006 with a degree in Criminal Justice. John was the School Resource Officer for Holton, Jackson Heights, and Royal Valley school districts. After a 12 year career in Law Enforcement, John accepted a position with Kansas State Department of Education as the School Safety Specialist. John has written for Safe and Civil Schools, has presented all over the state of Kansas over a variety of school safety issues, and is a 2016 National Association of School Resource Officer’s recipient of the NASRO Practitioner Award. John is a strong believer that nothing can change without building positive relationships and believes that change in our schools should be student lead.
In this session, participants will learn how empowering staff members and students to make decisions in stressful situations can improve the climate of the school. Participants will also review the importance of conducting a variety of drills and a new way to approach crisis drills.
- Empower educators to make decisions during a crisis
- Conduct drills in schools differently than the “way we’ve always done it”
- Expand the types of drills conducted
- Empower educators to make decisions during a crisis
- Conduct drills in schools differently than the “Way we’ve always done it”
- Expand the types of drills conducted