“Kids can't learn if they don't feel safe and secure. Period. It's that simple.”
~ Kevin Jennings, Assistant Deputy Secretary of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools

Conference Purpose: To provide school administrators, law enforcement personnel and other partnering agencies with evidence-based tools, practices and interventions that are essential for creating safe, supportive and successful schools.

Attendees will hear from national and local experts in the following areas:

• The relationship between school safety and academic achievement and the importance of using a partnership approach to improve school climate
• Best practices in youth violence (and other problem behavior) prevention, intervention and re-engagement across the developmental continuum (early childhood through high school graduation)
• Comprehensive crisis response planning
• Data driven school safety planning

Main School Safety and Violence Prevention Conference
Dates:	June 2-3, 2010
Location:	Adams City High School 7200 Quebec Parkway Commerce City, CO 80022
Time:	8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Breakfast and Registration 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Conference
Post-Conference Table Top Workshop (open to all participants):
Date:	June 4, 2010
Time:	8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Breakfast and Registration 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Table Top Workshop