MCSS Communication and Engagement Collaborative Community Meetings
MCSS continued to facilitate regular information-sharing meetings and calls with our school safety partners in 2024. The multi-directional flow of communications ensures MCSS best serves its various partners by supporting participants’ diverse disciplines and communities. • School Safety Coordinators (SSCs ) and local School Security Directors serve as the leads for school safety and security within each school system. These meetings focus on safety and security issues, concerns, and trends within the twenty-four local school systems. • Behavioral Health Services Coordinators work within the central office of local school systems to ensure students in need obtain necessary services. These calls focus on behavioral health concerns, trends, and promising practices within the twenty-four local school systems. • Private and Nonpublic School heads, administrators, and safety officials at private and nonpublic special education schools throughout Maryland ensure the safety of their schools and students. These calls focus on concerns, trends, and promising practices within the private and nonpublic school communities. • School Resource Officers (SROs) are sworn law enforcement officers who serve in public schools throughout Maryland. SRO Supervisors oversee and manage SROs and evaluate school-based police officers and/or programs. These calls focus on security and safety concerns, trends, and promising practices throughout Maryland. • Professional Development partners join together to learn from a guest presenter and discuss a topic of shared concern. • Behavior Threat Assessment Leads meet quarterly to share practices and engage in solutions. GovDelivery Communications MCSS utilizes GovDelivery to communicate with school safety stakeholders. GovDelivery communications are intended to increase stakeholder knowledge and awareness of various school safety topics. • Monthly newsletters include information on upcoming events hosted by MCSS and other reputable nonprofit organizations, and school safety topics with resources. • Topic Bulletins are communications focused on a single topic allowing for more expanded content and resources. • Promotional communications for MCSS resources including Active Assailant Best Practice Guidelines, upcoming events, and future workshops. Currently 3,688 individuals subscribe to receive communications from MCSS through GovDelivery. This is an increase of 287 subscribers in 2024. Forty four (44) communications were sent in 2024 with an average of 15 resource links included in each bulletin and a 44% open rate.
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