Recent Updates!
 PREPARE Training (November 16th and 28th)
The Tennessee Department of Education has partnered with Vanderbilt Community Mental Health Center to provide a professional development training called PREPARE. PREPARE is designed to develop and disseminate information to school districts that will assist schools in advancing an “after the crisis” response plan. This is an excellent, hands-on, interactive training designed to assist school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists and crisis team members in what to do after a school crisis. The training is free but seating is limited, so register as soon as possible.
Registration materials can be obtained by emailing Rose Cope at Rosemary.Cope@vanderbilt.edu. General questions about the training can be directed to Nichole Cobb, Director of School Counseling at (615) 741-5113 or via email to Nicole.cobb@state.tn.us.
The Methamphetamine Awareness Project
The Department of Education is pleased to announce a new training opportunity for Tennessee educators and others working in a school setting. The Methamphetamine Awareness Project will focus on the drug methamphetamine and its impact on children.
One-day trainings will be offered in Kingsport on November 5, Knoxville on November 6, Chattanooga on November 7, Jackson on November 13, Nashville on November 14, and Cookeville on November 15. Participants will receive a basic overview of the drug as well as learn how to recognize the signs and symptoms of children living in a home where methamphetamine is being produced or used. Appropriate intervention strategies will also be identified. These trainings are made possible through a collaboration between the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration, Office of Criminal Justice Programs and is supported by the Governor’s Methamphetamine Initiative Grant.
Any questions about the trainings may be directed to Lori Ungurait at (615) 253-6382
or via email to lori.ungurait@tennessee.edu. (A confirmation and directions will be
sent upon registration.)
Registration Form
Parent Project Facilitator Training
The Parent Project Facilitator Training is a 10 to 16 week parent training program designed specifically for parents of strong-willed or out-of-control adolescent children. The curriculum teaches concrete prevention, identification, and intervention strategies for the most destructive of adolescent behaviors (poor school attendance and performance, alcohol and other drug use, gangs, runaways, and violent teens).
The Parent Project Facilitator Training is a 5-day, 40-hour course. Due to the serious nature of many children’s high risk behavior choices, satisfactory completion of the training is required to teach Parent Project Senior programs. Participants will be required to attend each full day session. After completing the five- day training, each trained Parent Project Facilitator is issued a Certification Number which is necessary to order all Parent Project Senior materials.
In addition certified trainers will receive a Facilitator Guide including camera ready overheads, lesson plans, a sample copy of Changing Destructive Adolescent Behavior parent workbook, and ongoing telephone consultation (Technical Assistance) support with Parent Project authors.
To read more about the program, please visit http://www.parentproject.com/. 
Registration Form  Hotel Information  Agenda
21st Century Community Learning Centers
Grantees Announced!
Governor Bredesen and the Tennessee Department of Education today announced funding for 51 21st Century Community Learning Centers across the state to help raise achievement of students in high poverty schools. These grants support research-based programs that help students master the skills necessary to meet state and local achievement standards. Fourteen grant recipients will receive funding each year for the next three years.
For a list of grantees and full announcement
Introduction to Incident Command Systems for Schools
A web-based (IS-100.SC) introduction to incident command systems for schools course is now available online. This NIMS-compliant course can be accessed through the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) Independent Study website at: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS100SC.asp. The course was developed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Education.
Course Objectives: At the completion of the course, participants should be familiar with:
ICS applications in school-based incidents
ICS organizational principles and elements
ICS positions and responsibilities
ICS facilities and functions
ICS planning
This course is a comprehensive introduction to Incident Command System (ICS) tailored for school situations. It will familiarize participants with how the Incident Command System can be applied in school-based incidents and how school personnel can interface with community response personnel during a multi-jurisdiction, multi-agency, multi-discipline incident.
The course is designed primarily for kindergarten through high school personnel who have preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation roles and responsibilities for school emergencies.
If you are interested in joining the Incident Management Systems Division, National Integration Center listserv to receive NIMS Alerts as they are posted, please send your email request to FEMA-NIMS@dhs.gov.
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