During the live recording of this webinar, we asked attendees to share who they think should be involved with protecting student safety. The responses were added to a word cloud as shown on the left—the larger the text, the more common the answer. The majority of attendees agreed that everyone is responsible for keeping students safe.
Dr. Lisa Strohman is a child psychologist, lawyer, and author of Digital Distress: Growing Up Online. She established the Digital Citizen Academy to help keep families safe from online dangers. Her background working as a visiting scholar with the profiling unit at the FBI during one of the most tragic school shootings in the U.S. helped create her passion to help proactively prevent and educate students, educators, and parents on issues related to technology.
Deputy Eric Ebling is the school resource officer (SRO) at Columbine High School in Colorado. Throughout his five-year tenure, he has developed a collaborative approach to school safety with emphasis on strong team orientation and community partnership development. Through this lens, he hopes to provide education, insight, and guidance into the ways in which schools can implement and maintain a sense of security and safety.