Culture of Safety Education

Smith College is promoting a culture of safety on campus by strengthening the community’s resilience through various education programs. These education programs are safety-related and are delivered in a trauma-informed environment. The culture of safety education was developed to help promote safety, resilience, and preparedness for Smith’s entire community—staff, students, and faculty!

Please Note

  • Please note that emergency preparedness education may contain difficult subjects. This training is not mandatory—if you find any part of the information distressing or anxiety-provoking in any way, please follow-up with the Schacht Center or Employee Assistance as needed.
  • If you’re looking for something that isn’t listed, or if you have any questions or comments, please reach out to the Safety Education Team at SafetyEducation-u@smith.edu. 

Advanced Safety Education

ALICE: Armed Attacker Response Training

In-person, 3–4 hours long

  • ALICE is the gold-standard of armed attacker response training
  • This training was developed to be implemented at K-12 schools, but is widely applicable to any person or setting, particularly higher education
  • ALICE provides the user with options, tools, and resources that can be used to help increase survivability during a violent critical incident, such as an active shooter
  • Training consists of both lecture and practical demonstrations
    • Lecture reviews the ALICE principles of Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate
    • Practical demonstrations take the group out of the classroom, where the class demonstrates the effectiveness and applicability of the ALICE principles
  • Participants need to be prepared for the following:
    • This is a voluntary training and you can step out at any time
    • Bring safety goggles or glasses if possible, otherwise safety glasses will be provided to you
    • Participants need to wear close-toed shoes and need to be prepared to run, walk, crouch, kneel, lift, and throw objects, if participating in the demonstrations

CPR/AED Training

In-person or hybrid, 3 hours long

  • Class participants will receive a CPR certification from the American Heart Association Heart Saver Program
  • This course is offered at no-cost to Smith community members. The AHA charges around $50 per person to take the course, however the Department of Emergency Management has budgeted for around 100 community members to take this training at no cost to the community members
  • Hybrid learning is the preferred method- this takes around 2 hours of online training and 30 minutes of an in-person skills-session. The skills-session is offered monthly at Smith and will be scheduled once the online learning certificate is sent to phogue@smith.edu