WCASD Secuity Team Visits Pennsylvania School Safety Institute
WCASD Secuity Team Visits Pennsylvania School Safety Institute
The impressive training center is home to the newly constructed state-of-the-art 360-degree smart screen and a multi-room school building simulator.
First, the WCASD team was trained on the basics of a trauma-informed approach to school safety, highlighting the effects of trauma and the impact it can have on student development and behavior in the school setting. They also reviewed the requirements under law and regulations for school safety and security programs in the Commonwealth.
Next, the team proceeded to the 360-degree simulator for hands-on training utilizing de-escalation tactics, critical thinking proficiencies, and honing situational awareness skills. The use of five interactive large screens creates a truly immersive experience with scenarios that react to a participant’s live movements and reactions.
The final session of the day was in the multiroom simulated school building for violent critical incident training. The modular and mobile structure can be designed in a variety of layouts to enhance in-depth scenarios with a single storyline. Each storyline evolves and changes as participants move through the simulated school building, encountering and reacting to dynamic situations while overcoming the chaos of sirens, strobe lighting, and IED detonations.
The School Safety Institute gave the WCASD team invaluable training in optimizing safety and security to prepare the team to be able to best handle situations to create safe and secure learning environments for students and staff.
In picture (front row left to right): CSO Matthew Bristow, CSO Christina Spigarelli, Officer Ken Frascella, Michael Deitz (PenSSI), SG Thomas Bucco. Second row left to right: Officer Ryan Kenna, Officer Dave Spigarelli, SG Thomas Aughey, CSO Shane Moyer, Officer Norm Donkin, SG Aaron Small