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Jason Stoddard is the Director of School Safety and Security for the Charles County Public Schools (MD) and chair of the National Council of School Safety Directors (NCSSD). He is responsible for sustaining a safe learning and work environment for over 27,000 students and nearly 4,000 staff members. Since coming to the public schools in April of 2018, he has created the Office of School Safety and Security, been awarded millions of dollars in grant money, implemented major evolutions such as revolving backgrounds for all employees, options-based active shooter response, the “I love u guys” Foundation Standard Response Protocols, a state of art radio communication system with public safety interoperability, first its kind intelligence unit, drone program and most recently install Gun Detect, an artificial intelligence driven solution for surveillance cameras in all the system schools. Originally from a small town in Iowa, Mr. Stoddard came to the Washington, DC area while serving as a Security Police Officer in the United States Air Force. After completing his service obligation, he embarked on a career in civilian law enforcement. He spent over 20 years with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office rising to the rank of Lieutenant. His executive command assignments include tours within the Patrol Division, Special Operations Section (overseeing the SWAT team, K-9, Marine, Traffic, and Civil Disturbance), and Homeland Security and Intelligence Sections. He has a master’s degree in organizational leadership. He is a graduate of the Northwestern University, School of Police Staff and Command, and the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Program. Mr. Stoddard also serves as an adjunct professor at several universities, teaches executive-level leadership for the Maryland Police Training Commission, has authored several articles for magazines on topics ranging from school safety to organizational leadership, serves as a consultant for the Department of Justice and National Institutes of Justice, sits on several advisory boards, and has often traveled the country teaching school safety, active assailant response, leadership, data/evidence-based decision making, and crisis communications, and incident management.
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Communication During a Crisis. Using ICS to help you communicate when you need it most.
Critical event define organizations. Learn how the effective use of the incident command system can help you better communicate both internally and externally during crisis.Learning Objectives
- Participants will walk away with a framework to will help them better communicate both internally and externally during critical events.
- Introducing the Incident Command System (ICS)
- Defining crisis communication How to develop a crisis communication plan.
- Learn lessons and techniques for using the incident command system for crisis communication internally and externally.
Participant Outcomes
- Participants will understand the importance of response structure.
- Participants will understand how to effectively prepare to interact with the media.
- Participants will understand how to lead during a crisis from the appropriate altitude.