School Safety Conference 2025
Together Well
Two day SEBW & School Safety Conference
You are welcome to attend both days, but DAY 2 has been designed especially for YOU!
Sessions focus on the pillars of school climate to assure that Delaware schools achieve the physical, emotional, and psychological safety to facilitate learning.
- Engagement
- Safety
- Environment
Day 1 provides an excellent line-up of national and local speakers, highlighting innovative and transformative practices for supporting the social, emotional. and behavioral wellbeing of students with a focus on engagement and safety of students.
Day 2 provides an excellent line-up of national and local experts, highlighting important practices and resources for school and student safety with a focus on safety and the environment.
Day 2: "School Safety After the Bell Rings"
August 7, from 8:00am to 3:00pm
Hosted in collaboration by the Delaware School Safety Center and the Delaware Department of Education. This special day is tailored for school safety professionals, administrators, and educators focused on the often-overlooked times—before and after the bell rings—when students and staff may be most vulnerable.
With a focus on real-world strategies and forward-thinking solutions, Day 2 features presentations from national leaders in school safety, covering topics such as early threat detection, violence prevention, digital behavior analysis, and the impact of artificial intelligence. The day will open with:
- Michele Gay (Safe and Sound Schools) – Keynote Speaker "School Safety: A Parent's Perspective"
- Dr. Peter Langman (Safe and Sound Schools) – "Preventing School Shootings"
- James Englert ("I Love You Guys" Foundation) – "The Day You Train For"
- Annie Martinez (Lightspeed Solutions) – "School Safety Intelligence: Seeing the Signs Before the Sirens"
- Steven MacDonald (Safer Schools Together) – "Tracing the Pathway to Violence" and "AI and its Impact on Accurate Threat Assessments"
- Joey Melvin (Delaware School Safety Center) – "School Safety After the Bell Rings"
Whether you're attending both days or just Day 2, this event will leave you with actionable insights and tools to strengthen safety before and after the bell rings.
