Impactful Learning Paths
Offering diverse paths for meaningful professional development journeys.
elearning
Workshops | Presentations
Tabletop Exercises
Train-the-Trainer
DIY Training Toolbox
eLearning
We combine expert knowledge, sound instructional design principles, and creativity to provide schools with engaging and inclusive courses.
Growing Collection of Curated Courses
Create multi-year training plans from a selection of interactive, mobile-ready courses developed specifically for K-12 schools.
Courses cover essential topics in the following areas:
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Emergency Preparedness
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Health and Safety
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Human Resources related-issues
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Ethics and Engagement
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Wellness and Mental Health
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Professional Conduct
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Pest Management
A Full-Feature Learning Management System
Effortlessly deploy, manage, and track learning through HZ Online’s LMS – ensuring alignment with your school’s learning objectives, certifications, and compliance requirements.
DIY Toolbox
Leverage high-quality training resources.
Equip your in-house learning leaders with browser-based and downloadable resources.
We have the expertise, and you have great educators.
Let’s bring those resources together.
The Hour-Zero School Emergency Program provides your learning leaders access to professionally prepared Do-It-Yourself (DIY) training materials so they can deliver great training with less effort.
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Ready-to-use resources
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Consistent, vetted materials
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Reduce workload
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Optimize training schedules
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Quicker, simpler, and cost-effective
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Streamlines training efforts
We create the materials. You deliver them. It’s that simple.
Train-The-Trainer
Develop In-House Expertise
Hour-Zero’s Train-The-Trainer program is designed exclusively for K-12 schools seeking to fortify their emergency programs and build in-house expertise.
Hands-on Experience
Our Train-The-Trainer program goes beyond theoretical concepts, immersing participants in a hands-on experience to help them advance their skills.
Trainees receive coaching in activities such as:
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Conducting Site Assessments
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Co-presenting Staff Training Workshops
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Completing Site Plans
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Developing Emergency Maps
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Conducting and Evaluating Drills
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Maintaining Your Program
Through this collaborative journey, we cultivate champions who can independently address your schools’ needs while fostering a culture of preparedness.
Upskill, Reskill, Evolve.
At Hour-Zero, we believe purpose, content, and method are key to impactful training.
That’s why we provide training options — offering methods tailored to the subject matter, learning objectives, and staff needs.
Explore our training options.
Workshops | Presentations
In-Person | Virtual
Hour-Zero has been creating and delivering school emergency preparedness workshops for more than twenty years, so we’ve learned a thing or three about keeping people captivated, participating, and learning.
With a dedication to empowering staff, we transform critical life-safety topics into actionable learning experiences.
Knowledge, Tools, and Skills
Hour-Zero workshops to equip staff with the necessary knowledge, tools, and skills to navigate the complexities of emergency preparedness within the educational landscape.
We deliver a variety of workshops and presentations related to school emergency preparedness.
A few of the many workshops we offer:
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Implementing your Emergency Plan
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Comprehensive School Safety Planning
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Emergency Protocols and Procedures Best Practices
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Student Release (Reunification)
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ICS 100/200/300/400 (Certificated Courses)
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ICS for Schools
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Risk and Crisis Communications
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District / School Emergency Teams Roles and Responsibilities
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Restoring Confidence in School Safety
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Incorporating NIMS and SEMS into Your Plan
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Applying Standards to school emergency programs
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Developing Your Comprehensive School Safety Plan (Addressing CA Assembly Bill 1747 requirements)
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First in Line: Front Office Staff
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Addressing Special Needs
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Assessing and Mitigating Security Issues
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Planning for Natural Disasters
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Parents as Partners
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Onboarding and Refresher Workshops
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Customized Training
HZ School Emergency Program Implementation Series
Educating and upskilling staff on the associated concepts, terminology, and procedures is essential to successfully implementing any initiative.
To that end, Hour-Zero offers a series of workshops designed to meet stakeholders’ needs during program implementation.
preparED (2 day training event)
The Premier K-12 Emergency Preparedness Training Event
Discover the unparalleled experience of preparED®, the emergency preparedness training event for K-12 schools.
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Immerse yourself in emergency issues and engage in activities that effectively cultivate the essential skills required to address emergencies within K-12 schools.
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Expand your knowledge through a meaningful experience that breathes life into your learning journey.
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Build confidence by tackling challenges mirroring real-life events.
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Come dressed for comfort, but don’t settle in, as preparED® is hands-on and interactive.
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Experience the vivid portrayal of how schools and districts respond to emergencies that impact your school, district, or community.
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Unleash the transformative power of this extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, hands-on school emergency training event.
The Format
preparED® combines contextualized presentations with active, experiential learning. The approach provides learners with new knowledge and engages them in a simulated real-life experience relevant to their work in a K-12 environment.
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Over two days, participants work through a functional emergency exercise: allowing them to practice their skills against a simulated event.
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The event is divided into blocks. Each block begins with a presentation, followed by your emergency team responding (through role-play) to the ever-changing circumstances of an emergency that struck the school district.
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The scenario exercises both school-level and district-level responsibilities and needed response.
Whether a seasoned pro or aspiring leader in school emergency response, you’ll leave with the knowledge, skills, and mindset needed to address emergencies affecting your school and district effectively.
A must attend for:
School Administrators
District Administrators
Emergency Program Coordinators
School Emergency Team members
District Emergency Team members
Health and Safety Officers
Communications Officers
Risk Managers
Crisis Counsellors
First Responder Liaison Officers
Be prepared to tackle an emergency, hone your response skills and flex your decision-making muscles.
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preparED® dates, location, and details are released in the spring of the year.
Due to the highly active nature of preparED®, enrolment is limited. So be sure to register early!
Tabletop Exercises | TTX
Readiness Stress-Testing
Elevate your response training by immersing your team in simulated incidents facilitated by Hour-Zero.
Embrace the power of role-playing as Hour-Zero guides you through operational, technical, and policy considerations to identify critical areas of improvement within your decision-making process.
Training-Forged Readiness
These carefully crafted exercises put your plan into action and help your team to understand their roles better and strengthen decision-making.
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Assess your decision-making agility
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Test your processes
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Elevate your communication strategies
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Review responsibilities
Hour-Zero School Emergency Program TTX Library
The HZ Emergency Program includes an extensive TTX library.
The tabletops, ranging from 15-minute novice-level to half-day expert-level exercises, align with your emergency program.
Each TTX is ready to use with the resources needed to conduct your own exercise, including:
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Facilitator guide
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Participant Brief
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Presentation
Access to the HZ Tabletop Library requires an annual subscription to the program.
Learning experiences that drive lasting results.
Speak to our friendly staff today about your needs in order to set up your free demo of HZ School Safety Programme.
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