Healthy Schools Healthy Students

Safe and Secure Schools:

Where We Are Now, What We Need to Do

 Conveners: NJ School Health and Climate Coalition, NJ Coalition for Bullying Awareness and Prevention, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

The day long conference will be split into two parts:

Part I

We will explore the key the key elements that need to be in place for students to thrive academically, emotionally and physically in a school, why the elements are so critical and what is the impact, and then we will focus on the key questions of where we are in terms of having these elements in place and well-functioning including identification of where things aren’t working.

Part II

We will take a deeper look into the topic of school violence – the causes and the wide-ranging impact on the most vulnerable populations. We will then develop a list of next steps to address system wide barriers and challenges that can be addressed to allow schools to be safe and secure places where all children can thrive.