Safety and wellness
Recommended for any member of the management team concerned with a healthy and safe school environment, and its effect on student achievement and the workplace. All sessions will be held in rooms D 132.
Monday, 9 a.m.
Greening your school bus fleet
The Ohio EPA shares several technology options and grant opportunities to help school districts purchase hybrid and other types of buses and retrofit their existing buses to reduce student and driver exposure to the harmful pollutants in diesel exhaust.
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Monday, 2 p.m.
Staff injury and safety intervention trends
Learn about the top five injuries in schools over the last four years, based on frequency and total direct cost, as well as an intervention program that may prevent accidents.
Handouts not provided
Monday, 3:30 p.m.
Combined wellness plan boosts health all around
Avon Local (Lorain), Fairview Park City, Olmsted Falls City and Rocky River City implemented a staff wellness program that expanded to include students. Hear about the program's best practices and impact on staff, students and parents.
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Tuesday, 9 a.m.
Classroom survival - a gunman is in your school
Great Oaks ITCD uses case studies and a role-playing scenario to show how the actions of students and staff save lives. Learn about escape, evasion, classroom defense, concealment and cover, and other options that enhance one's ability to survive critical situations.
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Tuesday, 2 p.m.
Enhancing lockdown strategies
The Response Options firm trains school staff and students how to respond to an active shooter among them. Learn how the A.L.I.C.E. (alert, lockdown, inform, counter, evacuate) program can keep staff and students safe.
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Tuesday, 3:30 p.m.
Nutrition service - get the handbook!
From wellness initiatives and technology advancements such as biometrics, to the evolving integration between the classroom and the cafeteria, Hudson City explains how nutrition programs become a major part of school operations.
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