Quinter School District STOP School Violence

Quinter Public Schools (QPS), USD #293, Quinter, Kansas, Project SECURE  will launch our project through a Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) Framework that will include social-emotional learning (SEL) assessments (Terrace Metrics) and by implementing training that will improve school climate/safety  using school-based behavioral threat assessments and/or intervention teams to identify school violence risks among students.  Project SECURE will provide opportunities to plan before a crisis event happens by involving parents, students, the community, and staff from schools, mental & public health agencies, the Gove County Emergency Management and the Gove County Sheriff's office in a collaborative endeavor to develop a comprehensive school violence\safety plan for QPS and our community.  QPS is a RURAL school district, has many needs in the area of a district-wide violence prevention. The school system serves 325 students in grades K-12 at two school sites.  Our project director will be responsible for the implementation and data collection for the following Goals 1) Improve school Climate; 2) Improve school safety; 3) Reduce school violence through support programs; 4) Provide a DOJ approved violence prevention program and 5) Plan in advance for potential crisis\violent issues.  Outcomes of these programs will be: 1) Staff will identify potential safe school issues through behavioral threat assessments; 2) School teams will complete training and self-assessment threats for each school; 3) Students will complete a behavioral health threat assessment; 4) Number of SEL strategies taught will increase; and 5) staff will complete constructive practices for emergencies.  Violence Prevention & Development of Violence Prevention Teams objectives will be: a) Implementation of evidence based school violence prevention plan; and b) Conduct assessments of schools and individuals to identify school violence risks and individuals determined to be a potential threat to themselves or others receive a school threat assessment and are referred for services; and c) Establish or enhance multidisciplinary teams that identify school violence threats and mitigate those risks.  Activities will include: 1) Staff school behavioral threat assessments; 2) Threat/site assessment and comprehensive school violence\safety planning program through Campus SEL Teams; 3) Students participate in a comprehensive behavioral health threat assessment tool; 4) Students, staff and parents participate in a School Climate Survey; and 5) Community participates in school violence\crisis planning and activities.