Funded by the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS), U.S. Department of Education, the National Training and Technical Assistance Center for Drug Prevention and School Safety Coordinator Program (formerly the Middle School Coordinators) has supported the implementation of school-based prevention by full-time coordinators in public schools across the country since 1999. During these 6 years, the coordinators gained a wealth of knowledge and experience in carrying out prevention in schools. Many implemented successful prevention programs with lasting changes in challenging schools. OSDFS supported their work by providing training and technical assistance based on the latest research in planning, implementing, and sustaining prevention in schools.

This five-day facilitated event will examine the research base for prevention programs, examine how to effectively implement evidence-based programs, and draw from examples of coordinators' success in using these principles to reduce drug abuse and violence in their schools. Coordinators can use this course to familiarize key school officials, such as superintendents and principals, as well as policy makers with what can be achieved when a dedicated staff member in schools attends to the daily work of preventing drug abuse and violence in schools.

By participating in this online event you will have the opportunity to do the following:

• Review the research basis and background for the coordinator program.
• Review preliminary evidence on the effectiveness of the coordinator program.
• Learn about successes of coordinators across the country.
• Share the key steps that a prevention coordinator must take.
• Explore resources to continue the work of prevention coordinators.

You are ready to begin this event if you have done the following:

• Received confirmation of your registration
• Visited the Center's Orientation to On-Line Events Web site