The Minnesota School Safety Center (MnSSC) provides FREE, legislatively funded, services, trainings, and resources to schools and districts to help them prepare for, respond to, mitigate, and ​recover from all-hazard emergencies. ​MnSSC works with each school to provide individualized services and trainings to fit the school and district's needs. Trainings are best provided in the schools or districts who request them, the MnSSC teams travels to all corners of greater Minnesota. 

The Minnesota School Safety Center offers a School Based Emergency Management Program (SBEM) certificate of completion program for school officials who are tasked with school safety responsibilities. This learning opportunity is designed to provide a foundation in school-based emergency management. Additionally, this curriculum serves as a conduit to resources for school safety professionals in: physical security, intervention/prevention, and emergency preparedness planning. School safety officials are trained to lead the development and implementation of school safety practices in order to provide safe educational environments. 

While sole representation from an agency is beneficial, there is additional value in completing the curriculum and attending the in-person training as a team. Up to three individuals from any one district or school will be accepted into the program. Each interested individual will need to complete the application. 

Curriculum Requirements:

• In-Person Training:
  • Exact address will be shared with applicants in their acceptance emails.
  • Training will take place from 8:00am-4:30pm both days. 
• FEMA Online Independent Study (IS) Courses:
  • IS-100.C: Introduction to the Incident Command System
  • IS-200.C: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response
  • IS-362.A: Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools
• Elective Experience:
  • Two separate elective opportunities (minimum of one hour each) must be completed after the in-person training. 
  • Details about this requirement will be discussed during the in-person training.

Curriculum completion is estimated at 27 hours and participants will receive 20.75 CEU credits from Board of School Administrators (BOSA). 

2025 Course offerings will be announced here soon.