School Resource Officer and School Security Employee Training Academy The SRO/SSE Training Academy is a specialized curriculum developed and delivered by the Maryland Center for School Safety staff and Local Subject Matter Experts in education. The Safe to Learn Act mandates the curriculum, which is re-evaluated and certified every three years. The training team certified over 250 SROs/SSEs in the State of Maryland over the course of seven regionally based sessions. Seven more sessions of the Training Academy will be held across the state in 2025.
Per the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commission’s (MPCTC) regulations, the SRO/SSE Training Academy underwent a comprehensive review and update in 2024. The curriculum consists of 54 hours of MPCTC-certified material over 26 classes. Each of these classes was reviewed, updated, and re-certified. The new course, to be implemented in 2025, will begin with a two-hour self-paced video outlining the role of the SRO/SSE in Maryland schools. It then moves to four days of virtual classes delivered asynchronously, followed by five days of in-person class sessions. The 2025 Training Academy curriculum adds one additional day of in-person training. This extra day was added based on feedback from 2024 attendees requesting more in-person class time. Additions to the 2025 curriculum include sessions on Multicultural and Generational differences, Human Trafficking in Schools, Current Trends, Pathways to Violence, Self-Care for SROs/SSEs, Tabletop Exercises for SROs/SSEs, and a renewed version of the Bullying class. The Tabletop Exercises class will depict everyday school situations affecting SROs/ SSEs. This class was created after veteran SROs/SSEs’ suggested that real-life role-play scenarios may prove beneficial for new SRO/SSEs decision-making. The scenarios will include discussions involving the differences between school discipline and criminal offenses.
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