This is the protocol used by national mass shooting expert and UCF double graduate, Jaclyn Schildkraut, B.A.\u201909, M.S.\u201911, when teaching today\u2019s youth how to react during school shootings.<\/p>\n
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Jaclyn Schildkraut<\/p><\/div>\n
Schildkraut currently works with 30 schools in the Syracuse City School District on research-backed active-shooter and lockdown protocol. \u00a0By combining a passion for developing training curriculum with knowledge absorbed studying sociology, Schildkraut is creating a safer learning space for the next generation of schoolchildren.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is work to be done when it comes to research in school security,\u201d said Schildkraut. \u201cMy job is to fill in the research gaps and implement what\u2019s learned in the least traumatizing but most effective way to teachers and students.<\/p>\n
Current protocol follows the directives of \u201clocks, light, out of sight\u201d: in other words, locking the door, shutting lights off and remaining out of sight and quiet.<\/p>\n
\u201cDrills are a method of practice,\u201d said Schildkraut. \u201cBy practicing, you\u2019re building that necessary muscle memory.\u201d<\/p>\n
The current protocol methodology was developed in collaboration with the \u201cI Love U Guys\u201d Foundation, started by John-Michael and Ellen Keyes after their daughter Emily was killed in a school shooting.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe protocol created by the Foundation is already well developed,\u201d said Schildkraut. \u201cAfter meeting them at a conference and hearing their story, we felt mutually passionate about working together to keep students safe. I worked with what they\u2019ve already created and found ways to implement into the Syracuse school system.\u201d<\/p>\n
Schildkraut\u2019s protocol largely emphasizes the concept of muscle memory for students and faculty that may find themselves involved in a case of active shooting.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we teach people what to do, literally, with their bodies during a high-stress situation, we find that in the face of actual catastrophe people will follow the protocol because of the associated muscle memory that kicks in when adrenaline spikes,\u201d said Schildkraut.<\/p>\n
Schildkraut notes that many schools are uneager to participate in perfecting their protocol due to how disruptive active shooting drills can be to the schedule of teachers and the mental health of students.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere have been cases where schools will run drills and traumatize their kids\u2014hearing screaming or seeing actors covered in blood can have an obviously triggering affect,\u201d said Schildkraut. \u201cMany schools are apprehensive about running drills because of how intense it can be, but methods proven effective don\u2019t have to be this extreme or disruptive. There is a way to do this without scarring the student body.\u201d<\/p>\n
The forward-thinking Syracuse City School District has been a source of opportunity for Schildkraut to make a direct impact.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m grateful to the Syracuse City School District for opening their doors and minds,\u201d said Schildkraut. \u201cI am honored to have the opportunity to keep their students safe when so many districts have been resistant to drills.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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