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SchoolSafety.gov provides resources, like guidance, training, and fact sheets, to help schools create and maintain a safe learning environment. 

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Threat Assessment and Reporting
School Security and Resilience – Traditional Chinese Translation

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, February 2024

The “Active Shooter Preparedness: School Security and Resilience” video provides information geared towards educators, school resource officers, and school administrators who serve in important roles in safeguarding schools.
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Threat Assessment and Reporting
School Security and Resilience – Spanish Translation

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, February 2024

The “Active Shooter Preparedness: School Security and Resilience” video provides information geared towards educators, school resource officers, and school administrators who serve in important roles in safeguarding schools.
Guidance
Infectious Diseases and Public Health
Considerations for Monitoring and Evaluation of Mitigation Strategies Implemented in K-12 Schools

Department of Health and Human Services, October 2020

This resource provides example evaluation questions, indicators, and data sources to help state and local public health and education agencies, school and district administrators, and evaluation professionals monitor and evaluate the implementation and impact of COVID-19 mitigation strategies implemented in K-12 schools on the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

Guidance
Emergency Planning
Stay Safe Choices

Third Party, 2016

 Developmentally appropriate translation of Run, Hide, Fight for children & youth. 

Guidance
Emergency Planning
Hierarchy of Education & Training Activities

Third Party, 2016

There are many forms and methods of educating and training students and staff to respond in an emergency. The following are examples of several models, beginning with the most basic and progressing to the most advanced.

Guidance
Cybersecurity
Cyber Safety Series: Making Strong Passwords – Tip Sheet

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, September 2020

This tip sheet covers some tried and true methods for making a memorable password out of the required letters, numbers and special characters that will be secure and keep your information private.

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Cybersecurity
Cyber Safety Series: Making Strong Passwords

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, September 2020

Thus video features methods for making a memorable password out of the required letters, numbers and special characters that will be secure and keep your information private.

Guidance
Cybersecurity
Ransomware Guide

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, September 2020

This guide outlines ransomware prevention best practices and provides a response checklist to follow should your organization be a victim of ransomware. It is intended for information technology professionals as well as others within an organization involved in developing cyber incident response policies and procedures or coordinating cyber incident response.

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