Safe Environment Coordinators

Virtus Facilitator training

Fall 2012

Tuesday September 11, 2012

Spring 2013

Wednesday March 6, 2013

All sessions are from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm and take place at the Bishop O'Connor Center in Madison. To register for this session go to www.virtus.org and log in with your user name and password, and click on the "training" tab. You should then see "live training" on the left hand side of the page, click, this link will take you to a page that shows your previous class(es) and under that is a link to pre-register for a training. If you do not have a log in, or forgot your log in or password, contact the Office of Safe Environment. (please do not create a new account, this creates duplicate accounts and does not merge your previous account information or trainings.

This session is for those people that are in a leadership role in the Parish/School and are looking at facilitating the Virtus for their Parish/School. This is NOT a class for volunteers and does NOT fill the requirement for the Diocesan Policy to attend a Virtus session. Every person attending this sessions needs to have a facilitator binder with them at the session. These binders are available for purchase if you do not have one available at your location. Notify the Safe Environment Office, prior to the session, if you need a binder ordered.
Any questions, contact the Office of Safe Environment at 608-821-3133 or email at cheri.crubaugh@straphael.org

September 2012 · Vol. 15

Take 25 With Netsmartz
BACK TO SCHOOL RESOURCES

1. Request an invite to use our newest educator tool-
the NetSmartz Lesson Builder! This amazing planner
helps you create customized Internet safety lessons using NetSmartz resources.

2. Read the e-book, The Princess’s Password,
with your students to teach them about creating and securing passwords. In this second e-book on NetSmartzKids.org, Nettie’s virtual castle is taken over by a dragon!

3. Help tweens learn about grooming and the risks of meeting offline with the latest NSTeens animation,“Friend or Fake?”

4. Teach your students about the risks of posting embarrassing information online with the action-packed game Stop That Post...Again! This follow-up to the original Stop That Post is currently available on NSTeens.org and Android devices. It will soon be available on the App Store.

5. Talk to your students about the consequences of posting inappropriate pictures online using our newest teen video, “Two Kinds of Stupid.”

Enter NCMEC’s Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Contest
Open to all 5th grade students. First prize winner receives a laptop and accessories.
E-mail take25@ncmec.org to enter today!

We can’t wait for the 2013 campaign!
Tell us how you Take 25 all year long at take25@ncmec.org.