Elevator Entrapment Protocols and Considerations What to do when someone is stuck in an elevator? This question comes up on occasion in campus safety and emergency management conversations. I asked some colleagues in higher education emergency management via the Disaster Resistant University Listserv about this and got a lot of great responses. After reviewing … Continue reading Elevator Entrapment Protocols and Considerations
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Dr. Matthew W. Colpitts is currently a professional emergency manager in higher education. He works closely with law enforcement, fire, EMS, environmental health, student affairs, residential life, facilities services, and community partners is enhance safety and preparedness.
Matt has been an educator, administrator, and leader in higher education and K12 independent schools for over 20 years serving in the areas of residence life, university housing, student conduct, campus safety and security, emergency management, enrollment management, and student affairs. Matt has also served in educator-leader roles at diverse educational institutions including University of Washington, Clark University, Landmark College, Southern Oregon University, Utah State University, and Interlochen Center of the Arts. He is a sought-after risk and safety management consultant, working with many different types of education and non-profit institutions.
A first-generation college student from rural Maine, Matt is a proud graduate of Clark University in Worcester, MA with a B.A. in English and Philosophy. He holds an EdD from Fielding Graduate University where he researched emergency management in educational institutions. He holds the Certified Protection Professional (CPP) designation, the premier security credential from ASIS. Outside of school, Matt enjoys reading, traveling, and learning Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Financial Advice for New Education Professionals - May 2018 New professionals in education have a number of financial factors against them. Student loan debt can take away a lot of financial momentum before professional careers even get started. The average debt for an undergraduate is “$37,172 in student loans, a $20,000 increase from 13 years … Continue reading Financial Advice for New Education Professionals – May 2018
Writing about Challenges of 30 Day Sprint - May 2018 Since May 10, I have been working on a 30 day challenge that includes writing 250 words per day. I have produced some writing and I am looking forward to producing more. However, there have been challenges with this project. As of this writing, I … Continue reading Writing About Challenges of 30 Day Sprint – May 2018
Over the past several months, I have been thinking about improving my skills in several areas and having learned about 30-day sprints as a way to improve, I have decided that I might as well start now. This blog post is my public commitment to 30 days of writing. I will write at least 250 … Continue reading 30-Day Sprints – Round 1, Writing
Every school, college, and university has a formal curriculum. Perhaps they even have several, one for each program, major, etc. The academic curriculums are (hopefully) designed intentionally, with reasons for each item included and what items are excluded. Curriculums communicate what we value as educational institutions. A critical part of any educational community is its … Continue reading Hidden Curriculums
Never Forget? We always do - Book Review for I Can't Save You But I'll Die Trying: The American Fire Culture by Burton Clark ______________________________________ Firefighters have to die, right? Isn’t it part of the job? Dr. Burton Clark, EdD, EFO has been arguing in his new book (and for decades) that this is not … Continue reading Never Forget? We always do – Book Review for “I Can’t Save You But I’ll Die Trying”: The American Fire Culture by Burton Clark
Executive/Personal Assistants (EAs) save their bosses time, and as we have all heard before, time is money. EAs can make enormous contributions to productivity at all levels of an organization by: Ensuring that meetings begin on time with prep material delivered in advance Optimizing travel schedules and enable remote decision making, keeping projects on track … Continue reading Using an Admin or Executive Assistant
Special thanks to involvio.com for publishing this on their site as well - http://blog.involvio.com/2018/01/28/untitled/. Since 1990, federal law has required colleges and universities to have a notification system for emergencies such as natural disasters, active shooters, bomb threats and more. K-12 schools are also required to develop emergency alerting protocols. Campuses send out critical information through … Continue reading Emergency Notifications, Texting, and the FCC
Multitasking is fine. Really, it is. But not in the way you are probably thinking. Of course, humans cannot really do two things at the same time with full attention and efficiency. What we can do is using down beats and slow times effectively: Waiting in line? Good! Time to catch up on some personal development … Continue reading In Defense of Multitasking…But Not That Kind.
Everyday is an important day. As a leader, and as a person, there are things that you can do to advance your team, family, organization, and yourself? My passions are leadership, productivty, education, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and emergency management. I feel strongly in advancing them (most of them, anyway...) everyday. What are your passions? Did … Continue reading What have you done today?
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