6th annual

INTERNATIONAL School Safety Institute Symposium

Ensuring a safe, caring culture and climate in our schoolS is the foundation of effective school safety initiatives

APRIL 19 & 20 • 2023

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

This training qualifies for 14.5 hours of ASIS Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credit. You will also receive a Certificate of Completion.

PLEASE JOIN US 2023 Surefox International School Safety Institute Symposium in LAS VEGAS, NV on April 19-20, 2023

The primary goal of this year’s Symposium is to provide attendees with realistic and attainable approaches to school safety.

Attendees will take away valuable and, more importantly, practical information and tools that can be implemented immediately to ensure the safety and emotional well-being of their students, staff, and community.

Please note full breakfast (buffet) and catered lunch will be provided each day.

This training qualifies for 14.5 hours of ASIS Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credit. You will also receive a Certificate of Completion.

MEET OUR SPEAKERS

Check our current list of our prestigious presenters and updates to our program schedule + team will be provided soon.

Theresa Campbell

THERESA CAMPBELL

CEO, Safer Schools Together

Digital Threat Assessment and Remote Learning in Education

Theresa Campbell

CEO, Safer Schools Together

Digital Threat Assessment and Remote Learning in Education

Theresa Campbell is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Safer Schools Together, an organization focused on promoting a climate and culture of safety in schools, as well as the Founder & Executive Director of International Center for Digital Threat Assessment® (ICDTA).

Theresa established Safer Schools Together (SST) in 2008, to provide opportunities for extensive professional development in the areas of safe and caring schools and violence prevention. In addition to hosting training symposiums, SST has authored the Safe & Caring School Tool to measure the climate and culture of a school, as well as ensure best practices are followed and the Ministry of Education mandates regarding school/student safety are met. Recommendations from each assessment are aimed at ensuring that positive programs and proactive measures to address bullying, drugs and fighting are implemented, or enhanced, ensuring students, staff and parents feel safe and comfortable in their respective schools. SST was awarded the contract for the British Columbia Provincially mandated ERASE Bullying Prevention Training Strategy for which, Theresa is the lead trainer.

Theresa was identified 20 years ago by educational and law enforcement professionals as an innovative visionary and passionate leader in the area of program development and ensuring safe and caring schools. She developed the first web-based anonymous reporting tool to encourage students to get personally involved in ensuring the safety and security of their school. In 2008, she was awarded the prestigious 2008 Frederic Milton Thrasher Award for superior service in gang prevention.

Theresa is very involved in the community and has served on many boards and committees, liaising with various levels of government, police services, school districts, regional health and social services. She is also an executive board member of the Odd Squad VPD (Vancouver Police Department).

Having served previously in a leadership role at the Surrey School District, one of Canada’s largest and fastest-growing districts, she has been responsible for the conceptualization, development and implementation of many highly successful and comprehensive, evidence-based prevention and intervention programs, initiatives and resource materials aimed at enhancing student and staff safety. Many of these unique and innovative projects have also been recognized and implemented worldwide. Prior to the Surrey School District, Theresa spent 10 years with the Vancouver School District where she worked extensively with entrenched, at-risk and gang-associated youth.

Theresa is also the executive producer of five award-winning gang prevention documentaries and serves as a representative on municipal, provincial and federal committees. She has been recognized for her work by all three levels of the Canadian government.

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Max Schachter

Safe Schools for Alex,  Founder & Executive Director 

School Safety Advocate

Max Schachter

Safe Schools for Alex, Founder & Executive Director

School Safety Advocate

Max Schachter is a national school safety advocate. His son Alex is one of the 17 victims murdered in the Parkland school shooting on Valentine’s Day 2018. Max is the founder and executive director of Safe Schools for Alex 501(c)(3). Their mission is to provide most current school safety best practices and resources to students, parents, school districts and law enforcement so that all children can learn in a safe environment.

Since the heartbreaking day that changed Max’s life forever, he has been advocating for policy change at the highest levels of the United States government. He has worked alongside members of congress, leaders of all major federal agencies, and Presidents of the United States to make schools safer. Max has testified as a subject matter expert before the United States House and Senate and multiple state legislatures. In August 2018 he advocated for the creation of a federal agency to house national school safety best practices. In June 2019, Max’s vision became a reality when President Trump created the Federal School Safety Clearinghouse at SchoolSafety.gov. In July 2022 Max attended the White House ceremony where President Biden announced the most significant gun safety legislation in 27 years, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which made SchoolSafety.gov permanent and law.

Max has also worked to improve the safety and security of Florida’s 2.4 million students through his appointment to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas (MSD) High School Public Safety commission. The MSD commission, established by former Governor Rick Scott, was tasked with leading the statewide investigation into the Parkland school shooting and developing recommendations to protect Florida’s children.

Max has advised the Federal Bureau of Investigation Behavioral Threat Assessment Center, the U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center and the Ohio Attorney General’s Office on threat assessment policies and procedures. He is a member of the National Sheriffs’ Association School Safety and Security Committee and the International Association of Chiefs of Police Mass Violence Peer-to-Peer Advisory Team. In June 2019, Max was awarded the U.S. Department of Justice Attorney General Citizen Volunteer Service Award by Attorney General William Barr.

Max has been interviewed by many local and national media outlets including CNN, MSNBC, Fox, ABC, NBC, CBS, and Dr. Phil. He has given keynote presentations to many school districts, law enforcement organizations, and local, state, and federal agencies detailing the lessons learned and best practices developed in the aftermath of the Parkland school shooting along with his journey from anguish to advocacy.

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Jeff Kaye

JEFF KAYE

President, School Safety Operations

Hazardous Vulnerability Expert & Emergency Response Planning and Training in Schools

Jeff Kaye

President, School Safety Operations

Hazardous Vulnerability Expert & Emergency Response Planning and Training in Schools

Jeff Kaye is a co-founder of the International School Safety Institute, and the President of the consulting company School Safety Operations Inc. Jeff is a motivational speaker, the author of reference books covering areas related to school emergency management and safe school culture and climate, and a recognized expert in school safety.

He took his twenty-five years of law enforcement experience with the Reno, Nevada Police Department and moved into the realm of school safety by taking a position as Director of Public Safety for a large Southern California K-12 public school district. Jeff and his team now consult and train schools, places of worship, and private industry staff on realistic ways they can stay safe, while remaining prepared to respond to any manmade or natural threat that may present itself.

Jeff’s work has been source referenced in the creation of laws, policies, and procedures for school safety in the U.S. and Canada.

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carly

CARLY POSEY

National Speaker, Advocate for School Safety, Mission Director for the "I Love U Guys" Foundation

Anticipating the Unthinkable

Carly Posey

National Speaker, Advocate for School Safety, Mission Director for the "I Love U Guys" Foundation

Anticipating the Unthinkable

Carly Posey is a national speaker and advocate for school safety. Two of her four children were inside Sandy Hook Elementary School when an armed man entered the building on December 14, 2012. The shooter made his way to her son’s first grade classroom, killing his teacher and a classmate. When he stopped to re-load, her son escaped, running to a nearby fire station. Her daughter, who remained hidden inside an art room office, also survived, but the lessons learned were significant. Carly’s other two children were at the intermediate school in Newtown where they were in lockdown the entire school day. The lack of preparedness within the community to respond and recover to such an incident left a lasting impression.

Today, as Mission Director for the “I Love U Guys” Foundation, Carly travels the country sharing her story to promote school safety and preparedness. Her experiences as a parent and a community member provide a compelling, often heartbreaking, case study for the need to prepare for the unthinkable. Carly has previously served as the Executive Director for the Safe2Tell Nonprofit and as Program Director for Anderson Software. She now lives in Colorado with her husband, Dave, and their four children.

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Dr.GREG GERBER

Director of Training, Safer Schools Together 

Digital Leakage Research Expert

Dr. Greg Gerber

Director of Training, Safer Schools Together

Digital Leakage Research Expert

Greg is the Director of Training for Safer Schools Together and is deeply engaged in the practice
and scholarship of teaching. With a Doctorate of Education (EdD), Greg holds the position of
Assistant Professor at the New York Institute of Technology, where he serves as the Associate
Campus Dean, Academic and Director of the Centre for Teaching and Learning.

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JOHN CALLERY

Director of School Safety Operations, Surefox North America Inc

Leadership During Crisis

John Callery

Director of School Safety Operations, Surefox North America Inc

Leadership During Crisis

John Callery is Surefox North America’s Director of School Safety. John joined Surefox in 2021 in the role of Director of Operations and has transitioned into this role due to Surefox’s steadfast commitment to school safety moving forward. Prior to retirement in 2021, Mr. Callery was the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the DEA San Diego Field Division, where he led DEA operations and planning that concentrated on the growing opioid/fentanyl threat, Mexican Cartels, US/Mexico Border issues and the enduring scourge of methamphetamine trafficking in the region.

John has more than 35 years of law enforcement experience beginning as a Police Officer in the United States Air Force (USAF) where he was also detailed to the prestigious USAF Presidential Honor Guard in Washington, D.C., serving then President Ronald Reagan. John matriculated his law enforcement career as a DEA Special Agent in 1992, initially assigned to the DEA Los Angeles Field Division, with later overseas tours in Thailand and Malaysia.

He is a professional speaker and has conducted hundreds of lectures around the globe on a myriad of law enforcement, intelligence, the opioid crisis and counter terrorism topics. Since 2010, he continues his support of the education safety industry as a means to foster relationships between academia and law enforcement for enhanced efforts in school safety.

John earned a Master’s of Science in Counterterrorism-WMD from the Rochester Institute of Technology and Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Administration from the University of Maryland. He also holds a Master Certificate in Conflict Management from the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza School of Business.

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George H. Brauchler

District Attorney (2013-2021)
18th Judicial District

Prosecuting School Attacks in the Digital Age

George H. Brauchler

District Attorney (2013-2021), 18th Judicial District

Prosecuting School Attacks in the Digital Age

George Brauchler served as the elected District Attorney for the 18th Judicial District (JD), Colorado’s most populous district with 1.1 million Coloradans, and includes Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, and Lincoln counties, from 2013-2021.

Over his career, George has served as a Deputy District Attorney, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, military prosecutor, criminal defense attorney, military defense attorney, and just prior to his election, the Chief of Military Justice — the chief prosecutor—for Fort Carson, the 4th Infantry Division, and the U.S. Division North in Tikrit, Iraq. Colonel Brauchler serves as a military judge and legal advisor for NORAD-NORTHCOM in the Colorado National Guard and is a Distinguished Graduate of the U.S. Army War College.

As a state prosecutor, he handled the felony cases from three, high-profile mass shooting cases: Columbine High School (1999), Aurora Theater (Batman) (2012), and recently, STEM Academy School (2019).

He has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado School of Law, University of Denver College of Law, the U.S. Army JAG School, and has trained state, military, and international prosecutors across the United States and worldwide, including the International Criminal Court at The Hague.

George has appeared in documentaries and news programs about various high-profile crimes, as well as having provided commentary on CNN, Fox News, NBC, Court TV, and every local television station.

George’s family lives in Parker, Colorado.

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Teresa Anderson

Vice President of Content, ASIS International

Editor-in-chief of ASIS’s flagship publication, Security Management

Teresa Anderson

Vice President of Content at ASIS International

Editor-in-chief of ASIS’s flagship publication, Security Management

Teresa Anderson is vice president of content at ASIS International where she oversees content strategy and leads the book publishing and magazine divisions. She is also editor-in-chief of ASIS’s flagship publication, Security Management. Teresa started her career at Security Management when she was hired as an editorial assistant in 1993. Since then, she has served in a variety of positions, performing most of the editorial duties at the magazine at one time or another. She also serves as immediate past president of the board of directors for the American Society of Business Publications Editors (ASBPE).

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safe, caring culture and climate in our schools

Ensuring a safe, caring culture and climate in our schools is the foundation of effective school safety initiatives. Presentations will focus on current best practices in school safety planning, training, and effective crisis and traumatic response management. Additionally,  attendees will be provided with practical strategies to address worrisome and threat-related behavior.

Tools available to identify and react to WARNING SIGNS

All those involved in school safety must be aware of and have the tools available to identify and react to, the warning signs concerning threat-related behavior to provide early intervention. Further, infrastructure target hardening, school emergency response training, and often-overlooked reunification post-incident will be presented.

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BEST PRACTICES & LESSONS LEARNED

Each outstanding presenter will pull from their respective subject matter expertise and share their best practices and lessons learned. The discussion topics will fundamentally build on each other and present a pragmatic, current, and attainable approach to school safety for 2023 and beyond.

Only education can create change

Anyone involved in school safety will benefit significantly from the dynamic instruction and information presented at the Symposium. This includes educators, administrators, risk managers, counselors, mental health professionals, and law enforcement. Only education can create change; it’s imperative to educate ourselves with current best practices and measures to ensure the safety of our children.

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