PrepTalks: Michele Gay "Rethkg School Safety" |

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• GET TO KNOW MICHELE MOTHER, TOR, AND -FOUNR OF SAFE AND SOUND SCHOOLS, MICHELE GAY CHOSE TO TAKE ACTN AFTER LOSG HER DGHTER JOSEPHE GRACE ON DECEMBER 14, 2012. SCE THAT TIME, GAY HAS CHANNELED HER WORK AS AN ADVOTE, IMPROVG SAFETY AND SECURY SCHOOLS AND MUNI ACROSS OUR UNTRY. WH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE ELEMENTARY EDUTN OM TOWSON STATE UNIVERSY, GAY EARNED HER MASTER’S GREE CURRICULUM AND INSTCTN OM MCDANIEL COLLEGE. PRR TO THE SANDY HOOK TRAGEDY, SHE TGHT AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL THE MARYLAND AND VIRGIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. NOW A NATNALLY AND TERNATNALLY REGNIZED PUBLIC SPEAKER AND SCHOOL SAFETY EXPERT, GAY REACH DIENC AND NSULTS WH ALL LEVELS OF MUNY STUTNS — SCHOOLS; MUNICIPALI; HO OF WORSHIP; TNAL AND PUBLIC SAFETY LEARSHIP; STATE AND FERAL ERNMENTS; LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCI; AND TOP NEWS MEDIA SOURC. THROUGH HER WORK, AND ALWAYS WH A GOAL OF HELPG OTHERS CREASE THE SAFETY WH THEIR OWN MUNI, GAY SHAR HER PERSONAL EXPERIENC AND THE LSONS SHE HAS LEARNED. THE RECIPIENT OF NUMERO NATNAL AWARDS, GAY IS A REGULAR NTRIBUTOR FOR PRT, RAD, AND TELEVISN OUTLETS. THE PRIMARY VISNARY AND THOR OF SAFE AND SOUND’S PROGRAMS AND MATERIALS, GAY HAS SERVED AS A STAKEHOLR VOICE NATNAL LEGISLATIVE DISCSNS. THROUGH THE WORKS, GAY NTU TO BUILD SAFE AND SOUND SCHOOLS AS A NATNAL HUB OF SCHOOL SAFETY TN, TECHNIL ASSISTANCE, EXPERT NTENT, AND BT PRACTIC. GAY’S IMPASSNED POSN ON SCHOOL SAFETY HG ON EVERY MUNY TAKG A PREHENSIVE AND STAABLE APPROACH TO SAFETY. SHE WORKS DILIGENTLY TO UNE STAKEHOLRS OF ALL DISCIPL AND PERSPECTIV. AN TOR BY TRAG — AND FUELED BY THE HEART OF A MOTHER AND MUNY MEMBER — GAY IS UNIQUELY POSNED TO HELP OTHERS PREPARE FOR, PREVENT, RPOND TO, AND REVER OM TRAGEDI OF THEIR OWN. GAY REMAS SPIRED BY JOSEPHE, EVERY DAY. SHE DIT HERSELF TO HONORG JOSEPHE’S MEMORY THROUGH THIS WORK TO ENSURE THAT EVERY SCHOOL, EVERY CHILD, AND EVERY MUNY IS TLY SAFE AND SOUND. POPULAR PRESENTATIONS SCHOOL SAFETY: A PARENT’S PERSPECTIVEKEYNOTE: 1-2 HOURS PENDG ON REQUTS MICHELE TELLS HER PERSONAL STORY AND REUNTS THE LSONS SHE LEARNED ON DECEMBER 14, 2012 AND THE AFTERMATH OF THE SANDY HOOK SCHOOL TRAGEDY. SHE SHAR THE SPIRG WAY SHE HAS CHOSEN TO HELP SCHOOL MUNI IMPROVE SCHOOL SAFETY HONOR OF HER DGHTER, JOSEPHE, AND MEMORY OF THE OTHER 19 CHILDREN AND SIX TEACHERS LOST ON DECEMBER 14, 2012. MICHELE’S PERSPECTIVE, AS THE MOTHER OF A SPECIAL-NEEDS CHILD AND FORMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER, PROVIS UNIQUE SIGHT AND SPIRATN FOR PARENTS, ADMISTRATORS, SCHOOL STAFF, EMERGENCY RPONRS AND MUNY MEMBERS WHO STRIVE TO MAKE THEIR SCHOOLS SAFER. MICHELE GAY AND THE SAFE AND SOUND FOUNDATN BRG AN IMPORTANT MSAGE TO OUR MUNI, AND REPRENT A POWERFUL PRENCE OUR NATNAL SCHOOL SAFETY MUNY. BEYOND TRAGEDY: RPONSE AND REVERY FOLLOWG A SCHOOL-BASED CRISIS KEYNOTE: 1-2 HOURS PENDG ON REQUTS MICHELE SHAR HER PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE SANDY HOOK SCHOOL RPONSE AND REVERY EFFORTS. BASED ON HER OWN EXPERIENC, THOSE OF VICTIMS, SURVIVORS, FIRST RPONRS, MUNY LEARS, TORS, FAI, AND CHILDREN THE SANDY HOOK AND NEWTOWN MUNY, MICHELE OUTL THE CHALLENG, SUCCS, AND LSONS LEARNED THE AFTERMATH OF TRAGEDY AND LOSS TO BETTER PREPARE OTHERS TO RPOND AND REVER OM EMERGENCI, CRISIS, AND DISASTER. SHE SHAR SIGHTS ON EMERGENCY NOTIFITN, MUNITN, ATH NOTIFITN, PROTECTN OF VICTIMS AND VICTIMS’ FAI, MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS AND SERVIC, MEDIA MANAGEMENT, AND FANCIAL NSIRATNS, AS WELL AS OTHER ISSU SURROUNDG THE RPONSE AND REVERY EFFORTS WH SANDY HOOK AND NEWTOWN. SCHOOL SAFETY: STUNT’S FIRSTTHIS PRENTATN, OFFERED BY SEVERAL OF OUR SPEAKERS AND TORS, IS SIGNED WH STUNTS MD. ON OUR WEBSE, WE OFFER A PLIMENTARY DOWNLOAD OF OUR SAFE AND SOUND YOUTH COUNCIL K. THIS GUI IS SIGNED TO HELP 6TH – 12TH GRA STUNTS, THEIR PARENTS, AND THEIR ADVISORS TAKE THE FIRST STEPS TOWARD BEG A PROACTIVE PART OF THE THEIR SCHOOL’S SAFETY PLAN. FOR THOSE SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO WANT TO TAKE THE EXTRA STEP, SAFE AND SOUND SCHOOLS OFFERS SPEAKERS WHO N ASSIST GUIDANCE AND IMPLEMENTATN, HELP LNCH THE PROGRAM, LEAD SE WALK-THROUGHS, AND ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE ALL OF THE TOOLS YOU NEED TO STUTE SAFE SCHOOL PRCIPL FOR ALL STUNTS. EACH PROGRAM IS CTOMIZED TO THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF THAT SCHOOL’S MUNY. OUR PRENTERS SHARE THEIR PERSONAL STORI FOLLOWED BY A POWERFUL LL TO ACTN DIRECTG THE YOUTH OF OUR NATN TO STEP UP FOR SCHOOL SAFETY. AS LEARS AND PROBLEM-SOLVERS THEIR OWN RIGHT, OUR NEXT GENERATN IS SENTIAL TO OUR MISSN: SAFE AND SOUND SCHOOLS FOR ALL. THIS PROGRAM IS OFFERED BY THE SAFE AND SOUND SPEAKERS: MICHELE GAY, FRANK DEANGELIS, DR. C.J. HUFF, LISA HAMP, AND DR. AMANDA NICKERSON. RNIFITN FOR THE SCHOOL COMMUNY WORKSHOP: HALF OR FULL DAY MICHELE -PRENTS WH DR. MELISSA REEV TO SHARE PERSONAL AND PROFSNAL EXPERIENC SCHOOL-BASED RNIFITN, EXAME BT PRACTIC AND CURRENT RNIFITN MOLS, AND NDUCT SCENAR-BASED, TABLE-TOP EXERCIS TO PREPARE PARTICIPANTS FOR SUCCSFUL RNIFITN PLANNG AND PREPARATN. ENGAGG THE COMMUNY SCHOOL SAFETY: TOOLS AND IAS FOR SAFER SCHOOLS SEMAR/WORKSHOP:  1 HOUR MICHELE OFFERS PRENTATN AND DISCSN OF THE SAFE AND SOUND MOL, TOOLKS, AND TOOLS ACRDG TO THE NEEDS OF THE ATTEN. MICHELE’S SSNS N BE TAILORED TO SPECIFIC AND VAR SCHOOL SAFETY STAKEHOLRS OR LIVERED TO A MIXED GROUP, SHARED A SEMAR FORMAT, HANDS-ON WORKSHOP, OR BREAKOUT STYLE. AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL SAFETY MUNY, MICHELE IS PREPARED TO SHARE EXPERT ROURC AND DISCS MANY OF THE PROGRAMS AND TERVENTNS AVAILABLE TO MUNI STRIVG TO IMPROVE SCHOOL SAFETY. DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE SAFETY EDUTN WORKSHOP: 1-2 HRS PENDG ON REQUTS MICHELE ADDRS ONE OF THE MOST PRSG AND TIMELY NCERNS SCHOOL MUNI FACE TODAY: VELOPG AND LIVERG SAFETY CURRICULA AND TRAG WH RPECT TO THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF STUNTS AND STAFF OF ALL AG, ABILI, AND TNAL LEVELS. USG SAFE AND SOUND’S MOLS FOR TEACHG AND TRAG, MICHELE EMPOWERS STAFF TO TERME OBJECTIV AND ACTIVI FOR VELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE AND PSYCHOLOGILLY SAFE TN AND TRAG THE K-12 SCHOOL SETTG. PANEL DISCSNS AND Q&A SSNS MICHELE OFFERS Q&A SSNS FOLLOWG HER KEYNOT OR AS A SEPARATE SSN. SHE IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR PANEL DISCSNS. AS THE FORMATS ARE MORE ANIC AND HIGHLY DIVIDUALIZED, MICHELE PREFERS TO DISCS AND PLAN FOR THE TYP OF SSNS DIRECTLY WH CLIENTS. BOOK MICHELE GAY SEE WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYG  PREVNEXT“MICHELE’S PRENTATN WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED. AS YOU KNOW, SHE CLOSED THE SYMPOSIUM AND OFTENTIM PEOPLE DON’T STAY FOR THE CLOSER OR LEAVE EARLY. WE HAD 325 PARTICIPANTS AND I SAW ONLY A UPLE LEAVE EARLY. WE WERE VERY PLEASED WH THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED ALREADY.” – DEB HENTON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MNOTA ASSOCIATN OF SCHOOL ADMISTRATORS “MICHELE WAS FABULO, AS ALWAYS. IT WAS WONRFUL TO RENNECT WH HER AND I HAVE NOTHG BUT POSIVE FEELGS ABOUT HER PRENTATN.” – MARGIE DANIELS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MASSACHETTS PARTNERSHIPS FOR YOUTH MICHELE GAY WAS A KEYNOTE FOR OUR ANNUAL SAFETY SUMM.  SHE WAS SO SPIRG AND HER EXPERTISE WAS VALUABLE.  SOME OF THE MENTS OM OUR DISTRICTS CLUD “THE LSONS THAT WERE LEARNED ON THAT DAY RONATED WH ME.  I’M MEETG WH MY MTEE THIS WEEK,” AND “WE NNOT EVER PREPARE FOR EVERY SCENAR BUT WE NEED TO PLAN, PLAN AND PLAN SOME MORE. I SEE SANDY HOOK AS OUR DISTRICT… THIS WON’T HAPPEN HERE.  I APPRECIATED HER TTIMONY AND WORK FOR SAFE SCHOOLS.”  I HAVE MET WH MANY ATTEN SCE THE SUMM, AND THEY HAVE SAID THEY ARE REVISG THEIR EOPS TO ENSURE THEY ARE PREPARED THE BT THEY N BE FOR THEIR STUNTS, TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND MUNI.  THAT WAS THE GOAL OF OUR SUMM AND I AM GLAD WE HAD MICHELE TO ENERGIZE THAT EFFORT. – JEFEY LAPORTA, ASSOCIATN OF SCHOOL BS OFFICIALS – MARYLAND/DC WE LOVED MICHELE!! OUR NFERENCE ATTEN WERE AMAZED AT HER AND THE QUALY OF HER PRENTATN. I SPOKE TO MICHELE ABOUT ARMEA PARTNERG WH SAFE & SOUND SCHOOLS ON FUTURE PROJECTS. THANKS AGA! – DEB SWK, CO-CHAIR, ARKANSAS MENTAL HEALTH EDUTN HEADSHOT, TECH & INTRO HEADSHOT TECH PREFERENC PROJECTOR PROJECTOR SCREEN AUXILIARY PUT FOR D MICROPHONE (LAPEL MIC PREFERRED) PRENTER INTRODUCTNYOUR SPEAKER TODAY IS A MOTHER, FORMER TEACHER, AND ONE OF THE FOUNRS OF SAFE AND SOUND SCHOOLS: A SANDY HOOK INIATIVE. FOLLOWG THE TRAGIC LOSS OF HER DGHTER, JOSEPHE, THE SANDY HOOK SCHOOL TRAGEDY, MICHELE GAY JOED SANDY HOOK MOTHER ALISSA PARKER TO TABLISH SAFE AND SOUND SCHOOLS AS A NATNAL ROURCE FOR SCHOOL SAFETY. SHE NOW TRAVELS ACROSS THE UNTRY SHARG HER MSAGE OF SPIRATN, REVERY, AND SCHOOL SAFETY TN AND ADVOCY. PLEASE WELE MICHELE GAY. ON THE STAGE OR VIRTUALLY, MICHELE SHAR FIRST-HAND EXPERIENC AND LIVERS SPIRG KEYNOT WH ACTNABLE REMENDATNS AND STRATEGI. BRING MICHELE TO YOUR COMMUNITY
• MICHELLE GAY
• MICHELLE GAY MICHIGAN
• PREPTALKS: MICHELE GAY "RETHKG SCHOOL SAFETY"

GET TO KNOW MICHELE MOTHER, TOR, AND -FOUNR OF SAFE AND SOUND SCHOOLS, MICHELE GAY CHOSE TO TAKE ACTN AFTER LOSG HER DGHTER JOSEPHE GRACE ON DECEMBER 14, 2012. SCE THAT TIME, GAY HAS CHANNELED HER WORK AS AN ADVOTE, IMPROVG SAFETY AND SECURY SCHOOLS AND MUNI ACROSS OUR UNTRY. WH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE ELEMENTARY EDUTN OM TOWSON STATE UNIVERSY, GAY EARNED HER MASTER’S GREE CURRICULUM AND INSTCTN OM MCDANIEL COLLEGE. PRR TO THE SANDY HOOK TRAGEDY, SHE TGHT AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL THE MARYLAND AND VIRGIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. NOW A NATNALLY AND TERNATNALLY REGNIZED PUBLIC SPEAKER AND SCHOOL SAFETY EXPERT, GAY REACH DIENC AND NSULTS WH ALL LEVELS OF MUNY STUTNS — SCHOOLS; MUNICIPALI; HO OF WORSHIP; TNAL AND PUBLIC SAFETY LEARSHIP; STATE AND FERAL ERNMENTS; LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCI; AND TOP NEWS MEDIA SOURC. THROUGH HER WORK, AND ALWAYS WH A GOAL OF HELPG OTHERS CREASE THE SAFETY WH THEIR OWN MUNI, GAY SHAR HER PERSONAL EXPERIENC AND THE LSONS SHE HAS LEARNED. THE RECIPIENT OF NUMERO NATNAL AWARDS, GAY IS A REGULAR NTRIBUTOR FOR PRT, RAD, AND TELEVISN OUTLETS. THE PRIMARY VISNARY AND THOR OF SAFE AND SOUND’S PROGRAMS AND MATERIALS, GAY HAS SERVED AS A STAKEHOLR VOICE NATNAL LEGISLATIVE DISCSNS. THROUGH THE WORKS, GAY NTU TO BUILD SAFE AND SOUND SCHOOLS AS A NATNAL HUB OF SCHOOL SAFETY TN, TECHNIL ASSISTANCE, EXPERT NTENT, AND BT PRACTIC. GAY’S IMPASSNED POSN ON SCHOOL SAFETY HG ON EVERY MUNY TAKG A PREHENSIVE AND STAABLE APPROACH TO SAFETY. SHE WORKS DILIGENTLY TO UNE STAKEHOLRS OF ALL DISCIPL AND PERSPECTIV. AN TOR BY TRAG — AND FUELED BY THE HEART OF A MOTHER AND MUNY MEMBER — GAY IS UNIQUELY POSNED TO HELP OTHERS PREPARE FOR, PREVENT, RPOND TO, AND REVER OM TRAGEDI OF THEIR OWN. GAY REMAS SPIRED BY JOSEPHE, EVERY DAY. SHE DIT HERSELF TO HONORG JOSEPHE’S MEMORY THROUGH THIS WORK TO ENSURE THAT EVERY SCHOOL, EVERY CHILD, AND EVERY MUNY IS TLY SAFE AND SOUND. POPULAR PRESENTATIONS SCHOOL SAFETY: A PARENT’S PERSPECTIVEKEYNOTE: 1-2 HOURS PENDG ON REQUTS MICHELE TELLS HER PERSONAL STORY AND REUNTS THE LSONS SHE LEARNED ON DECEMBER 14, 2012 AND THE AFTERMATH OF THE SANDY HOOK SCHOOL TRAGEDY. SHE SHAR THE SPIRG WAY SHE HAS CHOSEN TO HELP SCHOOL MUNI IMPROVE SCHOOL SAFETY HONOR OF HER DGHTER, JOSEPHE, AND MEMORY OF THE OTHER 19 CHILDREN AND SIX TEACHERS LOST ON DECEMBER 14, 2012. MICHELE’S PERSPECTIVE, AS THE MOTHER OF A SPECIAL-NEEDS CHILD AND FORMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER, PROVIS UNIQUE SIGHT AND SPIRATN FOR PARENTS, ADMISTRATORS, SCHOOL STAFF, EMERGENCY RPONRS AND MUNY MEMBERS WHO STRIVE TO MAKE THEIR SCHOOLS SAFER. MICHELE GAY AND THE SAFE AND SOUND FOUNDATN BRG AN IMPORTANT MSAGE TO OUR MUNI, AND REPRENT A POWERFUL PRENCE OUR NATNAL SCHOOL SAFETY MUNY. BEYOND TRAGEDY: RPONSE AND REVERY FOLLOWG A SCHOOL-BASED CRISIS KEYNOTE: 1-2 HOURS PENDG ON REQUTS MICHELE SHAR HER PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE SANDY HOOK SCHOOL RPONSE AND REVERY EFFORTS. BASED ON HER OWN EXPERIENC, THOSE OF VICTIMS, SURVIVORS, FIRST RPONRS, MUNY LEARS, TORS, FAI, AND CHILDREN THE SANDY HOOK AND NEWTOWN MUNY, MICHELE OUTL THE CHALLENG, SUCCS, AND LSONS LEARNED THE AFTERMATH OF TRAGEDY AND LOSS TO BETTER PREPARE OTHERS TO RPOND AND REVER OM EMERGENCI, CRISIS, AND DISASTER. SHE SHAR SIGHTS ON EMERGENCY NOTIFITN, MUNITN, ATH NOTIFITN, PROTECTN OF VICTIMS AND VICTIMS’ FAI, MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS AND SERVIC, MEDIA MANAGEMENT, AND FANCIAL NSIRATNS, AS WELL AS OTHER ISSU SURROUNDG THE RPONSE AND REVERY EFFORTS WH SANDY HOOK AND NEWTOWN. SCHOOL SAFETY: STUNT’S FIRSTTHIS PRENTATN, OFFERED BY SEVERAL OF OUR SPEAKERS AND TORS, IS SIGNED WH STUNTS MD. ON OUR WEBSE, WE OFFER A PLIMENTARY DOWNLOAD OF OUR SAFE AND SOUND YOUTH COUNCIL K. THIS GUI IS SIGNED TO HELP 6TH – 12TH GRA STUNTS, THEIR PARENTS, AND THEIR ADVISORS TAKE THE FIRST STEPS TOWARD BEG A PROACTIVE PART OF THE THEIR SCHOOL’S SAFETY PLAN. FOR THOSE SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO WANT TO TAKE THE EXTRA STEP, SAFE AND SOUND SCHOOLS OFFERS SPEAKERS WHO N ASSIST GUIDANCE AND IMPLEMENTATN, HELP LNCH THE PROGRAM, LEAD SE WALK-THROUGHS, AND ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE ALL OF THE TOOLS YOU NEED TO STUTE SAFE SCHOOL PRCIPL FOR ALL STUNTS. EACH PROGRAM IS CTOMIZED TO THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF THAT SCHOOL’S MUNY. OUR PRENTERS SHARE THEIR PERSONAL STORI FOLLOWED BY A POWERFUL LL TO ACTN DIRECTG THE YOUTH OF OUR NATN TO STEP UP FOR SCHOOL SAFETY. AS LEARS AND PROBLEM-SOLVERS THEIR OWN RIGHT, OUR NEXT GENERATN IS SENTIAL TO OUR MISSN: SAFE AND SOUND SCHOOLS FOR ALL. THIS PROGRAM IS OFFERED BY THE SAFE AND SOUND SPEAKERS: MICHELE GAY, FRANK DEANGELIS, DR. C.J. HUFF, LISA HAMP, AND DR. AMANDA NICKERSON. RNIFITN FOR THE SCHOOL COMMUNY WORKSHOP: HALF OR FULL DAY MICHELE -PRENTS WH DR. MELISSA REEV TO SHARE PERSONAL AND PROFSNAL EXPERIENC SCHOOL-BASED RNIFITN, EXAME BT PRACTIC AND CURRENT RNIFITN MOLS, AND NDUCT SCENAR-BASED, TABLE-TOP EXERCIS TO PREPARE PARTICIPANTS FOR SUCCSFUL RNIFITN PLANNG AND PREPARATN. ENGAGG THE COMMUNY SCHOOL SAFETY: TOOLS AND IAS FOR SAFER SCHOOLS SEMAR/WORKSHOP:  1 HOUR MICHELE OFFERS PRENTATN AND DISCSN OF THE SAFE AND SOUND MOL, TOOLKS, AND TOOLS ACRDG TO THE NEEDS OF THE ATTEN. MICHELE’S SSNS N BE TAILORED TO SPECIFIC AND VAR SCHOOL SAFETY STAKEHOLRS OR LIVERED TO A MIXED GROUP, SHARED A SEMAR FORMAT, HANDS-ON WORKSHOP, OR BREAKOUT STYLE. AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL SAFETY MUNY, MICHELE IS PREPARED TO SHARE EXPERT ROURC AND DISCS MANY OF THE PROGRAMS AND TERVENTNS AVAILABLE TO MUNI STRIVG TO IMPROVE SCHOOL SAFETY. DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE SAFETY EDUTN WORKSHOP: 1-2 HRS PENDG ON REQUTS MICHELE ADDRS ONE OF THE MOST PRSG AND TIMELY NCERNS SCHOOL MUNI FACE TODAY: VELOPG AND LIVERG SAFETY CURRICULA AND TRAG WH RPECT TO THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF STUNTS AND STAFF OF ALL AG, ABILI, AND TNAL LEVELS. USG SAFE AND SOUND’S MOLS FOR TEACHG AND TRAG, MICHELE EMPOWERS STAFF TO TERME OBJECTIV AND ACTIVI FOR VELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE AND PSYCHOLOGILLY SAFE TN AND TRAG THE K-12 SCHOOL SETTG. PANEL DISCSNS AND Q&A SSNS MICHELE OFFERS Q&A SSNS FOLLOWG HER KEYNOT OR AS A SEPARATE SSN. SHE IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR PANEL DISCSNS. AS THE FORMATS ARE MORE ANIC AND HIGHLY DIVIDUALIZED, MICHELE PREFERS TO DISCS AND PLAN FOR THE TYP OF SSNS DIRECTLY WH CLIENTS. BOOK MICHELE GAY SEE WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYG  PREVNEXT“MICHELE’S PRENTATN WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED. AS YOU KNOW, SHE CLOSED THE SYMPOSIUM AND OFTENTIM PEOPLE DON’T STAY FOR THE CLOSER OR LEAVE EARLY. WE HAD 325 PARTICIPANTS AND I SAW ONLY A UPLE LEAVE EARLY. WE WERE VERY PLEASED WH THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED ALREADY.” – DEB HENTON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MNOTA ASSOCIATN OF SCHOOL ADMISTRATORS “MICHELE WAS FABULO, AS ALWAYS. IT WAS WONRFUL TO RENNECT WH HER AND I HAVE NOTHG BUT POSIVE FEELGS ABOUT HER PRENTATN.” – MARGIE DANIELS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MASSACHETTS PARTNERSHIPS FOR YOUTH MICHELE GAY WAS A KEYNOTE FOR OUR ANNUAL SAFETY SUMM.  SHE WAS SO SPIRG AND HER EXPERTISE WAS VALUABLE.  SOME OF THE MENTS OM OUR DISTRICTS CLUD “THE LSONS THAT WERE LEARNED ON THAT DAY RONATED WH ME.  I’M MEETG WH MY MTEE THIS WEEK,” AND “WE NNOT EVER PREPARE FOR EVERY SCENAR BUT WE NEED TO PLAN, PLAN AND PLAN SOME MORE. I SEE SANDY HOOK AS OUR DISTRICT… THIS WON’T HAPPEN HERE.  I APPRECIATED HER TTIMONY AND WORK FOR SAFE SCHOOLS.”  I HAVE MET WH MANY ATTEN SCE THE SUMM, AND THEY HAVE SAID THEY ARE REVISG THEIR EOPS TO ENSURE THEY ARE PREPARED THE BT THEY N BE FOR THEIR STUNTS, TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND MUNI.  THAT WAS THE GOAL OF OUR SUMM AND I AM GLAD WE HAD MICHELE TO ENERGIZE THAT EFFORT. – JEFEY LAPORTA, ASSOCIATN OF SCHOOL BS OFFICIALS – MARYLAND/DC WE LOVED MICHELE!! OUR NFERENCE ATTEN WERE AMAZED AT HER AND THE QUALY OF HER PRENTATN. I SPOKE TO MICHELE ABOUT ARMEA PARTNERG WH SAFE & SOUND SCHOOLS ON FUTURE PROJECTS. THANKS AGA! – DEB SWK, CO-CHAIR, ARKANSAS MENTAL HEALTH EDUTN HEADSHOT, TECH & INTRO HEADSHOT TECH PREFERENC PROJECTOR PROJECTOR SCREEN AUXILIARY PUT FOR D MICROPHONE (LAPEL MIC PREFERRED) PRENTER INTRODUCTNYOUR SPEAKER TODAY IS A MOTHER, FORMER TEACHER, AND ONE OF THE FOUNRS OF SAFE AND SOUND SCHOOLS: A SANDY HOOK INIATIVE. FOLLOWG THE TRAGIC LOSS OF HER DGHTER, JOSEPHE, THE SANDY HOOK SCHOOL TRAGEDY, MICHELE GAY JOED SANDY HOOK MOTHER ALISSA PARKER TO TABLISH SAFE AND SOUND SCHOOLS AS A NATNAL ROURCE FOR SCHOOL SAFETY. SHE NOW TRAVELS ACROSS THE UNTRY SHARG HER MSAGE OF SPIRATN, REVERY, AND SCHOOL SAFETY TN AND ADVOCY. PLEASE WELE MICHELE GAY. ON THE STAGE OR VIRTUALLY, MICHELE SHAR FIRST-HAND EXPERIENC AND LIVERS SPIRG KEYNOT WH ACTNABLE REMENDATNS AND STRATEGI. BRING MICHELE TO YOUR COMMUNITY

Michele Gay Prentatn From Hdsight to Foright (Michele Gay & Alissa Parker) The mothers of Josephe Gay and Eie Parker, killed the Sandy Hook School tragedy, and -founrs of Safe and Sound Schools, share their stori and lsons that sparked this natnal movement. Bgraphy Mother, tor, and -founr of Safe and Sound Schools, Michele Gay chose to take actn after losg her dghter Josephe Grace on December 14, 2012.

MICHELLE GAY

Learn om Michele Gay and other natnal and regnal school safety experts at the Natnal Summ on School Safety. Michele Gay and the Safe and Sound foundatn brg an important msage to our muni, and reprent a powerful prence our natnal school safety muny.

MICHELLE GAY MICHIGAN

This program is offered by the Safe and Sound speakers: Michele Gay, Frank DeAngelis, Dr. Michele Gay is a Safe & Sound Schools speaker booked by Kirkland Productns. Mother, tor, and -founr of Safe and Sound Schools, Michele Gay chose to take actn after losg her dghter Josephe Grace on December 14, 2012.

PREPTALKS: MICHELE GAY "RETHKG SCHOOL SAFETY"

Sce that time, Gay has channeled her work as an advote, improvg safety and secury schools and muni across our untry.

Wh a Bachelor of Science Elementary Edutn om Towson State Universy, Gay earned her Master’s gree Curriculum and Instctn om McDaniel College. Now a natnally and ternatnally regnized public speaker and school safety expert, Gay reach dienc and nsults wh all levels of muny stutns — schools; municipali; ho of worship; tnal and public safety learship; state and feral ernments; law enforcement agenci; and top news media sourc. Through her work, and always wh a goal of helpg others crease the safety wh their own muni, Gay shar her personal experienc and the lsons she has recipient of numero natnal awards, Gay is a regular ntributor for prt, rad, and televisn outlets.

The primary visnary and thor of Safe and Sound’s programs and materials, Gay has served as a stakeholr voice natnal legislative discsns. Through the works, Gay ntu to build Safe and Sound Schools as a natnal hub of school safety tn, technil assistance, expert ntent, and bt practic.