The vendor is required to provide from qualified presenters with demonstrated experience in providing instruction on the topic of school threat assessment and school safety in the k-12 school setting.
- Instruction will incorporate adult learning techniques including problem-based facilitated discussions, real-world case studies and learning activities for a multi-disciplinary, collaborative and diverse team approach in threat assessment, prevention and management strategies.
- Include for services:
• Threat assessment definitions and concepts
• Distinguish threat assessment from a vulnerability assessment.
• Identification of individuals who may pose a threat, including pre-incident warning behaviors.
• Threat assessment methodology, including threat enhancers, threat mitigators, threat imminence and indicators of homicidal ideation.
• Practical learning activity based on actual case studies, using a problem-based, student centered approach in which participants learn to identify pre-incident behavioral indicators of a subject who may be preparing to carry out an act of violence.
• Discussion of reporting threats or perceived threats including social media threats.
• Discussion of motivations for carrying out school violence, including extremist ideologies that may be a nexus to domestic violent extremism (DVE).
• Discussion of domestic violent extremists (DVE) by youths using generative artificial intelligence and its impact on radicalized violent threats.
• Threat assessment process, including recognition of biases, fact-gathering investigative techniques, interrogatory assessment questions, and evaluation of level of concern/risk of attack.
• Threat management strategies, including mental health, administrative, civil and criminal strategies.
• Potential obstacles and challenges to utilizing threat management strategies.
• Gun violence restraining orders (GVRO), including execution of a lawful search warrant.
• State of education codes relating to threats of homicide at school and school safety.
• Essential elements of state of welfare and institutions code, Tarasoff duty, and penal code relating to mental health, weapons seizure, potential criminal conduct.
• Practical applications of threat monitoring.
• A second student-centered activity to engage participants in a cohort learning model to apply acquired knowledge, skills and abilities to a realistic, school-based threat.
• Outcomes to include use of the threat assessment process, investigative techniques, threat management strategies and threat monitoring.
• Discussion of the process to develop a potential school safety prevention plan.
• Exploration of essential documentation for prosecution and liability.
• Discussion of appropriate interviewing techniques.
• Discussion of child access prevention laws and laws relating to the safe storage of firearms
- Course certification requirements
• The eight (8)-hour course must be certified by state peace officer standards and training (post).
• This class must be approved for our use by state office of emergency services by the time of delivery.
- Contract Period/Term: 1 year
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: May 20, 2025