School Health, Safety, and Alternative Education

Welcome to the School Health, Safety and Alternative Education website. Creating and maintaining safe, supportive and successful schools requires careful planning, implementation and coordination of efforts by many stakeholders. The following links illustrate the many overlapping and interrelated components that contribute to school health, safety and alternative education.

Teacher Certification

Initiatives

School Counseling/Behavioral Health

EED encourages a comprehensive and integrated system of school-based and school-linked mental health services, based on best practices, that supports the social, emotional health and academic success for all students.

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Suicide Awareness, Prevention, & Postvention

This website is designed to help Alaskans promote a culture that restores hope, encourages distressed people to seek help, and builds resilience and connectedness among families and communities.

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School Health

In order for students in Alaska to become College, Career and Culturally Ready Graduates, it is important that they feel healthy (both physically and emotionally) and safe in school.

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School Safety

This page contains detailed links to documents and articles related to Alaska School Safety Laws & Regulations and National Resources.

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Trauma‐Engaged Schools

As Alaskans we are resilient and on the cutting edge of transforming schools together by supporting the whole student and integrating trauma-engaged practices. 

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Alternative Schools

Alaska’s Alternative Schools (defined as those serving high-risk students) provide a spectrum of critical educational and health enhancing services to, arguably, Alaska’s most vulnerable youth.

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eLearning

The Alaska Department of Education & Early Development has a growing catalog of eLearning courses available for educators in Alaska. The web-based, interactive training courses assist educators in complying with many of the state and federal laws requiring district staff training. 

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Education Specialist
Title IV-A Program Manager
Program Coordinator I
Education Specialist II