Virtual Trainings By Request
The REMS TA Center is excited to announce our NEW Virtual Trainings by Request (VTBRs) program! Like our live Trainings by Request, these interactive trainings are designed to assist education agencies, including school districts, schools, institutions of higher education (IHEs), state education agencies, and regional education agencies, with their professional development and emergency preparedness capacity-building efforts. Read more about our VTBRs, including how they can support your professional development, in our fact sheet Virtual Trainings by Request (VTBRs): Support for Your Education Agency’s Emergency Preparedness Efforts.
Our VTBRs vary in length from 2 to 4 hours. They are led by the REMS TA Center team and our cadre of highly qualified subject matter experts, who come equipped with hands-on knowledge of emergency preparedness principles and practices in the educational setting. To support learning before and after the event, each interactive VTBR also features pre- and post-training activities that enhance professional development efforts, build individual preparedness capacity, and support education agencies in bridging training and practice. All VTBRs feature interactive polls, breakout rooms, and chat-based discussions to enhance the learning process.
Training Catalog
The REMS TA Center designed the new VTBR program to mirror our live Trainings by Request offerings, ranging from developing a high-quality emergency operations plan (EOP) to understanding the behavioral threat assessment process. To learn about a training’s purpose and intended audience, select a training topic below or download the Virtual Trainings by Request At a Glance.
Train-the-Educator (TtE)
Planning for Family Reunification Before, During, and After an Emergency
Duration
2 hours
Description
Learn about family reunification and how it is used to reunite children with verified and authorized family members after a critical and often highly stressful incident (e.g., a fire, a natural disaster, a school bus accident, a situation involving weapons or violence at school, etc.) that prevents a normal school dismissal. The Family Reunification Annex is recognized in the Guide for Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans and The Role of Districts in Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans as a critical element of the overall EOP. Participants will be equipped to review and update their Family Reunification Annex on a regular basis to ensure the most successful outcome, while applying training principles for including a step-by-step plan to reunify children with their families before, during, and after an emergency across the five mission areas.
Intended Audience
School and school district administrators, educators, staff, and members of an EOP planning team. Also applicable for fire officials, emergency medical services personnel, law enforcement and school resource officers, local public health officials, local mental/behavioral health practitioners, and other community partners.
Class Size
50 attendees at a minimum and 475 attendees at a maximum.
Resilience Strategies for Educators: Techniques for Self-Care and Peer Support (RSE)
Duration
4 hours
Description
Learn about resilience strategies following emergency events and how to engage in and teach others about this critical topic. These resilience strategies are aimed at helping educators and school staff increase their ability to work more effectively with students impacted by stress, loss, and trauma brought on by emergency events, such as community or family violence, and economic hardship. Participants will leave the training with the knowledge and hands-on skills needed to implement steps to prevent compassion fatigue. They will also leave with a detailed action plan that includes specific steps and timelines for implementation and application at the school district or school-site level.
Intended Audience
School district and school administrators, educators, counselors, school psychologists, school social workers, and support staff. Also applicable for local mental/behavioral health practitioners and other community partners.
Class Size
25 attendees at a minimum and 475 attendees at a maximum.
Conducting K-12 Site Assessments With SITE ASSESS
Duration
2.5 hours
Description
Learn about site assessments and how to use the REMS TA Center’s SITE ASSESS mobile application (app). This training is intended to provide participants with an introduction to site assessments, including their purpose; who should serve on a site assessment team; how site assessments support school preparedness activities; how data from site assessments are incorporated into the planning process put forth in the Guide for Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans; and key topics such as Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design. This training also provides an overview of SITE ASSESS, including how it was developed by the REMS TA Center, some of its key features, and how to use it collaboratively. Participants will have the opportunity to practice using the mobile app on their own mobile devices through a guided session.
Intended Audience
School district and school administrators, educators, facilities staff, food management and cafeteria staff, transportation staff, security staff, the school nurse, athletic department staff, support staff, members of an EOP planning team, and members of a site assessment team. Also applicable for law enforcement and school resource officers, fire officials, emergency medical services personnel, and other community partners.
Class Size
25 attendees at a minimum and 475 attendees at a maximum.
Developing Emergency Operations Plans (EOPs) K-12 101
Duration
2 hours
Description
Learn about the recommended planning processes and key considerations for creating, revising, or enhancing school EOPs. The six-step planning process, outlined in the Guide for Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans and discussed during the training, is flexible and can be adapted to accommodate a school’s unique characteristics and situation. Participants will be equipped with the information needed to develop a high-quality school EOP, conduct a comprehensive review of their entire plan, and conduct periodic and incremental reviews of a plan’s components.
Intended Audience
School and school district administrators, educators, staff, and members of an EOP planning team. Also applicable for fire officials, emergency medical services personnel, law enforcement and school resource officers, local public health officials, local mental/behavioral health practitioners, and other community partners.
Class Size
50 attendees at a minimum and 475 attendees at a maximum.
School Behavioral Threat Assessments: An Introduction
Duration
3 hours
Description
Learn about school behavioral threat assessments and how they can help prevent and reduce targeted violence in schools. This training introduces participants to various components of school behavioral threat assessments, which were originally put forth by the Safe School Initiative, alongside new information and guidance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation as presented in the Guide for Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans. Participants will learn about effective characteristics of threat assessments to consider when forming their own approach and team. Specialized topics will also be addressed, such as the use of social media in threat assessments. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss concepts in small-group discussions and practice a basic threat assessment in a tabletop exercise.
Intended Audience
School district and school administrators, educators, counselors, school psychologists, school social workers, support staff, members of a threat assessment team, and additional staff who play a role in threat assessments and/or school safety, security, emergency management, and preparedness. Also applicable for law enforcement and school resource officers, local mental/behavioral health practitioners, representatives from youth-serving organizations, and other community partners.
Class Size
25 attendees at a minimum and 475 attendees at a maximum.
Earthquake Preparedness for Schools
Duration
4 hours
Description
Learn about the risks posed by earthquakes and how to plan for an earthquake that may impact the school community and its buildings and grounds, as well as those within the surrounding community. Featured within this training is the six-step planning process outlined in the Guide for Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans. and guidance on how to use this process to develop an Earthquake Annex. The training also presents courses of action that planning teams may want to consider when developing hazard-specific and functional annexes relevant to earthquakes. Throughout the training, small-group discussions are facilitated that provide participants the opportunity to discuss earthquake-related activities at their schools or in their communities and gain a foundation for developing their own EOP with their partners.
Intended Audience
School district and school administrators, educators, counselors, school psychologists, school social workers, facilities staff, food management and cafeteria staff, the school nurse, support staff, and members of an EOP planning team. Also applicable for the local municipality’s representative, emergency managers, law enforcement and school resource officers, fire officials, emergency medical services personnel, local public health officials, local mental/behavioral health practitioners, representatives from youth-serving organizations, and other community partners.
Class Size
25 attendees at a minimum and 475 attendees at a maximum.
Developing Emergency Operations Plans (EOPs) IHE 101
Duration
2.5 hours
Description
Learn about the recommended planning process and key considerations for creating, revising, or enhancing higher ed EOPs. The six-step planning process, outlined in the Guide for Developing High-Quality Emergency Operations Plans for Institutions of Higher Education and discussed during the training, is flexible and can be adapted to accommodate an institution’s unique characteristics and situation. Participants will be equipped with the information needed to develop a high-quality higher ed EOP, conduct a comprehensive review of their entire plan, and conduct periodic and incremental reviews of a plan’s components.
Intended Audience
IHE faculty, staff, administrators, members of an EOP planning team, campus public safety officials, and students. Also applicable for law enforcement and campus police, fire officials, emergency medical services personnel, campus and/or local public health officials, campus and/or local mental/behavioral health practitioners, and other community partners.
Class Size
50 attendees at a minimum and 475 attendees at a maximum.
Train-the-Trainer (TtT)
Developing Emergency Operations Plans (EOPs) K-12 101
Duration
2.5 hours
Description
Learn about the recommended planning processes and key considerations for creating, revising, or enhancing school EOPs. The six-step planning process, outlined in the Guide for Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans and discussed during the training, is flexible and can be adapted to accommodate a school’s unique characteristics and situation. Participants will be equipped with the information needed to develop a high-quality school EOP, conduct a comprehensive review of their entire plan, and conduct periodic and incremental reviews of a plan’s components.
Intended Audience
Potential master trainers from participating schools and school districts responsible for training site-based planning teams, including school administrators, educators, staff, and members of an EOP planning team. Also applicable for fire officials, emergency medical services personnel, law enforcement and school resource officers, local public health officials, local mental/behavioral health practitioners, and other community partners.
Class Size
25 attendees at a minimum and 475 attendees at a maximum.
Eligibility Requirements
Please carefully review the topics, attendance requirements associated with each training type, as well as the length of the training and its applicability to your school, school district, or IHE. In order to receive a virtual training, you must also meet the following criteria:
- Be a public or nonpublic K-12 school, school district, IHE, local education agency, regional education agency, state education agency, or partner with an education agency that will serve as the lead requestor.
- Market the virtual training to ensure the minimum required number of attendees. Most trainings require 25 or 50 attendees and have a maximum of 475 attendees. Please review the number of participants required for the training in which you are interested.
- Designate a point of contact who will coordinate with REMS TA Center staff members and trainers regarding the logistics of the event.
- Other requirements, as they pertain to specific virtual trainings.
Application and Hosting Process
If you meet the above criteria and are ready to request a REMS TA Center VTBR, fill out the VTBR Host Application Form. Please submit this form no later than 15 days from your requested training date. Step-by-step instructions for hosting a virtual training are outlined below.
Step-by-Step Process
Complete and submit the VTBR Host Application Form to info@remstacenter.org at least 15 days prior to the requested training date. You will receive an email notification from the REMS TA Center acknowledging receipt of the application within 1 day of submission. If you do not receive this, please contact the Help Desk.
VTBR Host Application Form
Wait while the REMS TA Center and U.S. Department of Education review the application. If the application is approved, the REMS TA Center will send an email notification with documents attached, including a Host Site Agreement and Planning Checklist. If the application is not approved, the REMS TA Center will send an email with compliance instructions for resubmittal.
Review, approve, sign, and return the Site Host Agreement and Planning Checklist to the REMS TA Center within 3 business days of receipt of these two documents. The REMS TA Center provides the following services: online registration for the event, weekly registration reports, a customized and electronic marketing flyer for local distribution, and online training materials to be downloaded and/or printed.
Participate in a site coordination call/dry run with the REMS TA Center, including its expert trainers and staff representative, at least 1 week prior to the training date.
Participate in the pre-conference and live virtual training. The REMS TA Center, via its expert trainers and staff representative, delivers the training via a virtual platform.
The REMS TA Center will send online evaluations to training attendees. Electronic certificates of participation are issued upon completion of evaluation forms.
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