RISE 2024

The 2024 RISE Back to School Safety Summit – the Center for Safer Schools’ signature event – will be held from Monday, July 29 to Wednesday, July 31 at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington, N.C.

RISE training focuses on the resiliency, information, support and empowerment needed when supporting children and adolescents in schools and communities. This training offers a range of sessions covering the issues of bullying, suicide, opioid and substance use, critical incidents and other vital information about trauma and victimization among children and adolescents, and how these various dynamics impact school climate and school safety.

What's New?

New for RISE 2024 is a parent/student component, which will be held (by invitation only) Thursday, Aug. 1 and Friday, Aug. 2.

Registration

For registration

For a discounted hotel rate

For a discounted hotel rate

Topics

Monday, July 29
  • Center for Safer Schools Update
  • Sandy Hook Promise: Know the Signs Programs (Peer to Peer Programs)
  • Protecting Our Students Videos for Middle School, High School, and PSU Staff
  • Asset Based Community Development: A Journey to Meeting the Needs for the Whole Child
  • Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM)
  • SERA/SRMP
  • School Safety: Protecting Our Students in a Post Pandemic Environment
  • Demand Reduction Task Force
  • The Grafton Story: Safety You Can Count (On)
  • Bullying Prevention & Intervention
  • Regional School Safety Specialists Forum
Tuesday, July 30
  • Center for Safer Schools Update
  • The Third Talk
  • Educating Kids About Gun and Gang Violence (EKG2)
  • Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM)
  • School Safety: Protecting Our Students in A Post Pandemic
  • Youth Legislative Assembly
  • Reportable Offenses
  • Powerful Partnerships: Engaging the Community for Student Success
  • Teen Dating Violence
  • Demand Reduction Task Force
  • Gang Awareness
  • Say Something ARS: More Than a Reporting Tool
  • Navigating School Safety: Five Essential Protocols for Teams to Establish
  • Achieving Health Hand in Hand
  • Behavior Systems in A MTSS
  • Leveraging Connections Between Rural Schools and Community Partners
Wednesday, July 31
  • Center for Safer Schools Update
  • Suicidality
  • Responding to An Active Shooter
  • Smart Strategies to Overhaul Your School's Safety and Security
  • Psychological Safety In Schools
  • Core Social, Emotional, and Behavior Data in an MTSS
  • Internet Crimes Against Children
  • Teens and Alcohol: The State of Underage Drinking
  • From Connection to Protection: Advancing School Safety Through Peer Mentorship
  • Student Engagement with SAVE Promise Clubs
  • Discipline Data
  • School Safety Grants Update
  • A Culture of Care
  • The Role of Family Life Coaching as a Critical Partner in Mental Health
  • Artificial Intelligence and School Safety

Questions

If you have questions or for more information about RISE 2024, send an email to cfss@dpi.nc.gov.

Center for Safer Schools staff at the 2023 RISE Back to School Safety Summit in Gastonia, N.C.
Center for Safer Schools staff at the 2023 RISE Back to School Safety Summit in Gastonia, N.C.