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Readiness Of The Administrative Team To Respond To An Active Shooter On A Campus, Erin K. Newberry
Readiness Of The Administrative Team To Respond To An Active Shooter On A Campus, Erin K. Newberry
Doctor of Education (Ed.D)
Philanthropic efforts and community responses to mass school shootings have generated an evolutionary change to the legislation surrounding school safety. An in-depth review of major school-related active-shooter incidents indicated a prioritized need for change across school campuses. Recent laws in the state of Florida created the eminent responsibility of site-based administrative teams in collaboration with the local sheriff’s office, to effectively implement and participate in synergistic crisis planning. While school safety has been at the pinnacle of community leaders’ political platforms for over 20 years, researchers have almost exclusively concentrated on identifying the role of the School Resource Officer (SRO) …