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Strengthening School-Parent Partnerships for Enhanced Safety

This episode of the School Safety Today podcast features host Michelle Dawn Mooney and guest Missy Dodds of Safe and Sound Schools discussing how schools can build stronger partnerships with parents to enhance school safety. Dodds shares strategies for equipping parents with school safety and mental health resources, as well as her personal experience surviving a school shooting in 2005. The conversation also explores community collaboration as a means of broadening support for families.

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Key takeaways

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Building structured school-parent partnerships is essential for creating a safer educational environment.

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Schools can empower parents by providing accessible tools, resources, and education around school safety and mental health.

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Collaborating with community organizations expands the support network available to parents and students.

School Safety Today podcast, presented by Raptor Technologies.

In today's episode of School Safety Today by Raptor Technologies, host Michelle Dawn Mooney sat down with Missy Dodds, speaker and trainer for Safe and Sound Schools, a national non-profit school safety advocacy and resource center. They discussed the pivotal role parents play in advocating for and ensuring the safety of their children within the educational environment and how schools can strengthen the school-parent partnership to enhance safety.

Key Takeaways:

  • Ways to build an effective school-parent partnership around school safety.
  • How schools can offer tools and resources to parents to educate them about school safety and mental health support.
  • Opportunities for collaborative relationship building with community organizations to enhance the support they offer to parents.

Missy also shared her personal experience of being a high school math teacher when a school shooting occurred on March 21, 2005. She discusses the traumatic events of that day and the years of healing, including dealing with PTSD.

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Missy Dodds

Speaker and Trainer

Safe and Sound Schools

Missy Dodds is a speaker and trainer for Safe and Sound Schools, a national non-profit school safety advocacy and resource center. She is a former high school math teacher who survived a school shooting on March 21, 2005, and has since dedicated her work to school safety advocacy and community education.

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Michelle Dawn Mooney

Host, School Safety Today

Raptor Technologies

Michelle Dawn Mooney serves as host of the School Safety Today podcast, presented by Raptor Technologies. She facilitates conversations with experts on school safety, mental health, and student well-being.

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