Joffe Academy

Bomb Threat Response Toolkit (10/16/23)

This toolkit represents a series of actions and best practices that schools might consider taking to respond to a bomb threat.

Israel/Gaza War Response Toolkit (10/13/23)

This toolkit represents a series of actions that schools might consider taking to communicate about the recent developments on the war in Gaza and Israel.

Chromebook Challenge Toolkit

Topic: Chromebook Challenge

Free Resource: Mitigating Risk Liability for Schools

Explore this complimentary guide detailing the procedures schools can follow to reduce the risk of liability.

BTA Pre-Requisite Training

This course is an introduction of the Behavior Threat Assessment Team Training with Joffe Emergency Services in partnership with VAIS.

School Safety During the Political Season Toolkit

This toolkit represents a series of resources of best practices for school safety during the political season.

School Shooting Response Toolkit (9/4/24)

At Joffe, we have prepared a toolkit to assist you in providing immediate support when a shooting occurs at another school. These materials are not designed for the school that was directly impacted. If your school needs support, please contact us.

The Jane Group Webinar Recording (March 2020)

Topic: Infection Disease Tabletop Exercise with the Distinguished Presenters, The Jane Group

01/10/22 Webinar Recording

Topic: Mental Health and COVID Best Practices

01/31/22 Webinar Recording

Topic: COVID Trends, Updates, and Best Practices

02/28/22 Webinar Recording

Topic: Small Groups with Schools, Current Events with Russia and Ukraine, and 5 Things We Expect to See in 2022

03/14/22 Webinar Recording

Topics: COVID, Cybersecurity, Russia/Ukraine, and Teacher Shortages

03/28/22 Webinar Recording

Topic: COVID and Cybersecurity

4/25/22 Webinar Recording

Topic: Get CPR Done and Planning for Summer 2022

5/23/22 Webinar Recording

Topics: COVID, 100 Days of May, and Mental Health Awareness Month

6/6/22 Webinar Recording

Topic: Ending the School Year, Summer 2022, COVID and Monkeypox

7/18/22 Webinar Recording

Topic: Updates from Chris: Who are we? What’s staying the same? What’s new?

8/29/22 Webinar Recording

Topic: Meaningful, Trauma-Informed, Emergency Preparedness including Compliance of Drills, How to Make Drills Meaningful and Trauma-Informed Approach

8/1/22 Webinar Recording

Topic: Reflections from Uvalde and Joffe Division Updates

9/12/22 Webinar Recording

Topic: Emergency Preparedness on Open Campuses- Philosophy and Considerations Along with COVID Updates

LIVE Monthly Webinar

9/26/22 Webinar Recording

Topic: September is National Suicide Prevention Month and “Swatting” Hoaxes in Schools

10/10/22 Webinar Recording

Topic: Fentanyl OD/Narcan on Campus and October- The Great Shakeout & other drills

10/24/22 Webinar Recording

Topic: Gun Safety, Access to Weapons, and Halloween Safety

11/21/22 Webinar Recording

Topic: To Barricade or Not Barricade and Tripledemic

1/9/23 Webinar Recording

Topic: Morning Security Arrival Best Practices, Sport Injury Prevention and Emergency Protocols

1/23/23 Webinar Recording

Topic: Run, Hide, Fight vs Lockdown Debate Recap along with Q & A

3/1/23 Webinar Recording

Topic: Maintaining a Healthy Campus, Workplace Stressors and Supports for School Health Professionals, Youth Mental Health Crises and Substance Use, School Connectedness: Relationship Building Among Joffe Health Coordinators

3/6/23 Webinar Recording

Topic: Behavior Threat Assessment, Staff Turn Over, and Joffe Security Best Practices

4/3/23 Webinar Recording

Topic: Post-Nashville Shooting Reflections & Resources

4/17/23 Webinar Recording

Topic: Business Continuity Plans

5/1/23 Webinar Recording

Topic: Secure Doors and Locks

5/15/23 Webinar Recording

Topic: Mental Health- What Does that Mean for Us?

6/26/23 Webinar Recording

Topic: Getting Your Board Chair Invested in Safety

8/7/23 Webinar Recording

Topic: '23-'24 Trends and Action Steps

8/21/23 Webinar Recording

Topic: Weather Emergencies and Natural Disaster Preparedness

10/2/23 Webinar Recording

Topic: Navigating Threats in Schools

10/16/23 Webinar Recording

Topic: Israel/Gaza War Impact on US Schools and October Safety Initiatives

10/30/23 Webinar Recording

Topic: Risk vs Threat and Behavior Threat Assessments

11/27/23 Webinar Recording

Topic: Who owns safety and security? A role and responsibility exercise for schools of all sizes and types

1/8/24 Webinar Recording

Topic: Decision Making and Roles & Responsibilities

2/12/24 Webinar Recording

Topic: Minimizing Trauma During Lockdown Drills

3/11/24 Webinar Recording

Topic: Crisis Communication

8/12/24 Webinar Recording

Topic: 24-25 Trends

9/25/24 Webinar Recording

Topic: Navigating Social Media Threats In Schools

Speaker Series: Alex Kajitani (8/9/21)

Alex Kajitani, speaker, teacher and author, along with CEO of Joffe Emergency Services, Chris Joffe, discuss creating a culture of belonging and how to help staff and students feel healthy, safe and confident.

Speaker Series: Frank DeAngelis (9/13/21)

National presenter, Frank DeAngelis, and CEO of Joffe Emergency Services, Chris Joffe, discuss reflections on resilience and the leadership needed during recovery.

Speaker Series: Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. (10/18/21)

Dr. Bruce D. Perry and Chris Joffe discuss helping your school staff better support students with a history of trauma as well as better understand each other.

Speaker Series: Amanda Hagan, MD with the Cleveland Clinic (12/13/21)

In this 90-minute virtual event, Dr. Hagen shared real-time COVID facts, figures, projections, and recommendations to keep your school community healthy and safe.

Speaker Series: Judy Hawkins and Alicia Garcia with ReSolutionaries (1/31/2022)

Lead associates at The ReSolutionaries Inc. and Chris Joffe, discuss restorative practices, which is a framework to prevent, resolve, and transform conflict. This webinar will offer concrete action items each school can takeaway to manage healing.

Speaker Series: Rahel Bayar (4/11/22)

Rahel Bayar and Chris Joffe, discuss sexual abuse and the boundaries needed to bring safety to our schools. Rahel will offer abuse prevention strategies for schools, and demonstrate how to tailor that abuse prevention to best fit your community.

Speaker Series: Dr. Monica Gandhi (2/14/2022)

Dr. Monica Ghandi and Chris Joffe, discuss the history of infectious diseases as it relates to schools. This will act as a roadmap for the current Covid culture schools are dealing with on a daily basis.

Speaker Series: Dr. Jaclyn Schildkraut (5/9/22)

Dr. Jaclyn Schildkraut, and Chris Joffe, CEO of Joffe Emergency Services discuss the mass shootings tragedies and the best practices schools can follow to make their learning environment safer for their students and staff.

Speaker Series: Steve Smith (8/15/22)

Risk expert, Steve Smith, and Chris Joffe, CEO of Joffe Emergency Services discuss the beneficial risks of outdoor programs and how to design our outdoor programs optimize those beneficial risks.

Speaker Series: Shallan Ramsey (11/07/22)

Shallan Ramsey, and Chris Joffe, CEO of Joffe Emergency Services, discuss blood born pathogen awareness and female hygiene education.

Speaker Series: Project Camp (12/05/22)

Mikey Latner and Henry Meier from Project: Camp, and Chris Joffe, CEO of Joffe Emergency Services, discuss crisis response with children.

Speaker Series: Magnus Health (2/06/23)

Kristen Power and Jen Sherman from Magnus Health, and Chris Joffe, CEO of Joffe Emergency Services, discuss the tracking and management of student health data.

Speaker Series: Dr. Nancy Zarse (3/20/23)

Dr. Nancy Zarse, and Chris Joffe, CEO of Joffe Emergency Services, discuss threat assessment in a school environment.

Speaker Series: Claire Marie (6/12/23)

Claire Marie, and Chris Joffe, CEO of Joffe Emergency Services, discuss trauma informed drills

Speaker Series: Michael Robinson (9/18/23)

Michael Robinson, and Chris Joffe, CEO of Joffe Emergency Services, discuss school safety committees

Speaker Series: Sarah H Fay (11/13/23)

Sarah H Fay, and Chris Joffe, CEO of Joffe Emergency Services, discuss risk liability mitigation

Speaker Series: Caitlin Malone (12/11/23)

Caitlin Malone, founder of Kids Best Friends and Chris Joffe, CEO of Joffe Emergency Services, discuss enhancing school safety with dual-purpose working dogs.

Speaker Series: SPARC (4/8/24)

SPARC members, Nat and Karen and Cat Cecere, managing director of Joffe Emergency Services, discuss ensuring safety beyond the traditional school hours.

Speaker Series: Carly Posey (5/13/24)

Carly Posey shares her story of her children surviving the Sandy Hook shooting.

Speaker Series: Jim Hulbert (6/10/24)

Jim Hulbert answers questions regarding crisis communication

Speaker Series: Michael Wells (9/9/24)

Michael Wells answers questions regarding Fire Safety

Speaker Series: Megan Mann (10/14/24)

Megan Mann talks about The Impact of Geopolitical Events on Campus

Speaker Series: Cynthia Romero (11/12/24)

Cynthia Romero talks about promoting safety and preparedness within communities.

Speaker Series: Dr. Olivia Ellison (12/09/24)

Dr. Olivia Ellison talks about Trends in School-Based Gun Violence Surveillance Systems.

KIPP Nashville Reunification Training

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Toolkit

Topic: ICE Resources for Schools

3/10/25 Webinar Recording

Topic: Strike Teams: Part 1 of 3

Speaker Series: Steve Smith (2/10/25)

Steve Smith and members of Joffe Emergency Services discuss how their work in risk management and emergency services overlap.

Measles Toolkit

Topic: Measles Toolkit

4/14/25 Webinar Recording

Topic: Strike Teams: Part 2 of 3

6/9/25 Webinar Recording

Summer Readiness for Operations and Leadership Teams

5/12/25 Webinar Recording

Topic: Strike Teams: Part 3 of 3

VAIS 3 Attendees ($1,000)

VAIS 2 Attendees ($400)

VAIS 1 Attendee ($275)

8/11/25 Webinar Recording

What smart, intentional safety prep looks like before the first bell rings.

School Shooting Response Toolkit (8/27/25)

At Joffe, we have prepared a toolkit to assist you in providing immediate support when a shooting occurs. These materials are not designed for the school that was directly impacted. If your school needs support, please contact us.

9/8/25 Webinar Recording

Where Are You Now? Risk Management Starting Place

10/13/25 Webinar Recording

Building Your School Safety Roadmap

11/10/25 Webinar Recording

Becom A Level 5 School

Workplace Violence Prevention

Developed for school administrators, safety personnel, and HR professionals, the "Workplace Violence Prevention" course offers strategies for preventing and managing workplace violence in educational settings. SB 553 mandates this training for all Ca

Safety Committees and Advanced Planning Toolkit

This Joffe toolkit is full of resources for learning more about how to establish a safety committee, or how to maximize your existing committees.

Templates and Documents (Behavior Threat Assessment Toolkit)

This course is part of the Behavior Threat Assessment Toolkit, and is full of templates and resources that walk you through this 8 step process.

Recorded Training: How to Debrief an Incident

This is from a live training recorded in 12/2020. The goals were for participants to build knowledge around debriefs including: - Who should be involved -How to set and communicate goals -How to facilitate -How to evaluate and improve

Engaging with Community Partners for Emergency Planning

When schools are engaging in emergency preparedness activities, it is important they engage with those community resources, developing relationships that can provide crucial in an emergency and this module will show you how to make that connection.

Functional Exercise Drills

In this module, you will learn how to facilitate a functional emergency exercise at your school. We will discuss how to prepare, how to lead discussions with your faculty and staff, and what is most important to learn from the exercise.

Charter School Safety Certification Course

This course is designed to teach crisis response skills, foster relationships across networks, and share best practices to enhance the effectiveness of daily operations.

Templates and Documents (End-of-the-Year Activities)

This course is part of the End of the Year Activities Toolkit, and is full of templates and resources tho end your school year.

Templates and Documents (Roadmap to Reunification Resources)

This course is part of the Roadmap to Reunification Toolkit, and is full of templates and resources that walk you through this 9 step process.

Opioid Awareness & Response

Awareness of the risks of prescription opioid use and being informed about the appropriate use of opioids and non-opioid alternatives, when appropriate, is important to help prevent opioid misuse and avoid a potential path to addiction.

Campus Movement Restrictions

This module will illustrate the role that campus movement restrictions play in responding to hazards and empower you to incorporate campus movement restrictions into your emergency plans.

Cyberbullying Basics: Prevention & Intervention

This module will review the basics of cyberbullying: what is it, how frequent is it, and why is it particularly threatening? You will also review suggestions for schools to both implement plans for intervention and preventative measures.

Business Continuity Plan

A BCP should be supplemental and not a replacement to an Emergency Operations Plan. This module will provide and highlight the essential components a BCP should have as well as provide a roadmap for how to create one.

Run, Hide, Fight vs Lockdown Debate (1/18/23)

This exciting, recorded live event between two nationally known experts battle the issue of which methodology is best during an active shooter.

Social Media Threats

Social media is one of the most common ways that schools receive threats. Schools should have a plan to monitor, detect and respond to social media threats, whether they are vague or specific. In this module, we cover how to respond to these threats.

Threat Assessment with Dr. Nancy Zarse

This training describes threat assessment, which enables the early identification and intervention of violence and discovers the power of one simple question: is there movement from thought to action?

Best Practices for Co-Located Schools and Places of Worship

Safety for staff and students is a top priority for schools, and when a school is co-located with a house of worship, there is an elevation of safety considerations. This module is in partnership with ISLA, the Islamic Schools League of America.

Extracurricular Activities Protocols

Having specific extracurricular activities protocols in place will not only offer safety and peace of mind, but allow for plans to be in place if an emergency occurs outside of the traditional school day.

Learning From Near Misses

Outdoor risk expert, Steve Smith, shares how to learn from near misses of incidents. Being able to distinguish between a normal occurrence, a near-miss, and a reportable incident are just a few areas this module will investigate.

Health Emergencies: Life-Threatening Allergies & Anaphylaxis

Life-threatening allergies require school faculty to be observant and spring into action if necessary. In this module, life-threatening allergies reactions and best practices will be explored.

Health Emergencies: Asthma

Asthma is a condition that many children have to live with, but when faculty is informed of the details of the conditions and a plan is formed, our children can be even more protected and safe in their community of learning.

Incident Command System (Part 3): Student and Family Reunification

In this module, we will discuss the best practices for student and family reunification after an emergency event.

Incident Command System (Part 2): How to Create and Run a Tabletop

Once an ICS is in place, it is important for a school to be prepared by practicing emergency scenarios. Running a tabletop allows participants to learn from practicing all steps, procedures, communication methods, and best practices.

Incident Command System (Part 1): Incident Command Orientation

When an emergency strikes and the school has an incident command system in place, each staff member knows their role, responsibility, and who to look to for guidance. This module will act as an orientation tool and standard best practices by Joffe.

The Importance of FERPA

This introduction to FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) provides a high level overview of the history, rules, and purpose of this important law. After completion of this module, participants will understand how FERPA applies to schools

Search and Seizure

Students in the United States have the right to be free from unreasonable searches; however, because of the unique need to maintain a safe atmosphere where learning and teaching can occur, schools must strike a balance between the two rights.

Incident Reports

School incidents can happen fast, which is why it is important to always have an incident report to document the factual information. This module will walk administration and health coordinators through the steps of a report and offer resources.

Closing Out the School Year Documentation

The end of the year can be a very hectic time, and sometimes, necessary tasks can fall through the cracks. With this Closing Out a School Year Documentation module, administration can receive resources of tasks that need attention.

Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA)

Children can experience harmful materials and inappropriate communications online. The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) was put into place- requiring schools to offer internet safety policies. This module will overview the CIPA guidelines.

The Year Ahead [Recording]

This LIVE learning experience with Joffe Emergency Services experts will explore health & wellness, safety & security, facilities & operations, & administration. [8/16, 9-1 PST]

Recorded Training from 01/2021: Contact Tracing

This was a recorded training from Jan 2021 in which participants honed understanding of the nuances of contact tracing, worked through grey-area situations together, and left more confident with navigating contact tracing issues.

Recorded Training from 03/2021: COVID-19 Vaccines

This training was recorded in February-March of 2021 about educating your community about the Covid-19 vaccine. There is a recording of the training, the slide deck used in the training, and a template slide deck that you can use.

Recorded Training: School Violence Prevention

This training focuses on the discussion of the best practices for school violence prevention.

Recorded Training from: How to Design & Lead a Tabletop Exercise

This is a previously recorded workshop from 10/2020 where participants developed skills they could bring back to their response team: learning how to design, facilitate, and learn from tabletop exercises.

Recorded Training For Staff from 08/2020: Food & Play during Covid-19

You can show this training directly to your staff. It covers: Food service Safety while eating Recess Physical Education Youth sports Sharing objects Performing Arts

Recorded Training from 08/2020: Pandemic Coordinator Training

This pandemic coordinator training looks at the health and safety, facility and operations, as well as administration that is necessary.

Recorded Training For Community Members from 08/2020: Preparedness at Home During Covid

This training is designed to support families, employees, or anyone adapting to working and/or learning from home more frequently during the 2020-2021 school year. It can be shown directly to your staff and community.

Recorded Training from 08/2020: COVID-19 Health & Safety

This plug and play training reviews: Food service Safety while eating Recess Physical Education Youth sports Sharing objects Performing Arts

Positive Youth Development

This module is an overview of Positive Youth Development that also provides the opportunity to evaluate your current programs or plan new ones using the lens of PYD.

Structuring Schools with Well-Being in Mind

We know that now, more than ever, we want to focus on caring for the mental health of teachers and staff. But what exactly does that mean? This module will walk you through a research based framework for well-being at work.

Addressing Trauma Before, During, and After an Event

This module will provide an overview of understanding the stages of trauma, how to intervene with a culturally-sensitive lens, and ways to support the recovery phase after an event.

Trauma Informed Schools

Take this course to explore what a trauma informed school looks like. You'll be able to assess your school environment regarding being trauma informed and identify ways to implement trauma informed practices right away.

School Health - Building Belonging

Review belonging and mattering from a psychological perspective and plan using research-based ways to increase them in your school.

Mental Health Course Bundle Assessment

The purpose of this assessment is to gauge the learning from the five courses within the Joffe Mental Health Category. Please take this assessment AFTER the five mental health courses have been completed.

Crisis Communication Planning

This module is designed to help you build a crisis communication plan for your school or organization. We’ll explain why and how communication can make or break your success in responding to an emergency to prevent traumatic circumstances.

How to Run a Debrief

By the end of this training, you'll be able to confidently lead a debrief after an incident at your school.

Physical Security Best Practices

In this module, you’ll gain a basic understanding of how physical security works, and what to expect from your security team.

An Introduction to an Emergency Operations Plan

The purpose of an EOP is to plan and develop a course of action for emergency response. The EOP should provide school staff the who, what, when, where, and why for each possible threat or hazard and then move into practicing the plans in place.

LA Area Fires Toolkit

Topic: LA Area Fires

Political Violence Response Toolkit (7/15/24)

This toolkit represents a series of actions that schools might consider taking to communicate about the recent political violence.