Top 10 Reasons for Your School to Join Our Crisis Team Consortium

If there’s one universal truth about working in schools, it’s this: stuff happens. Sometimes it’s the “Oh no, we need more paper towels in the cafeteria” kind of stuff. And sometimes… it’s bigger. The ESSDACK Crisis Team Consortium exists for those bigger moments; the ones that need preparation, support, and a community of experts who don’t flinch when things get messy.

We’re here to help you prevent crisis where you can, respond skillfully when you can’t, and recover with strength afterward. And yes, there will be snacks.

Here’s why joining is one of the smartest moves your school can make.

1. Because when crisis hits, you shouldn’t be Googling "What do we do now?"
ESSDACK brings real humans with real skills (and maybe even snacks) to help you respond with calm, compassion, and clarity—remotely or on-site.

2. You’ll stop reinventing the wheel... mid-crisis... while it’s on fire.
We’ve already built the systems, the responses, the protocols. You just get to roll with it.

3. Proactive is our love language.
We don’t just show up when things go sideways. The Consortium helps schools prepare in advance so your team can lead with confidence, not chaos. And better yet, learn to prevent crises.

4. Because your counselor cannot do everything.
Neither can your admin, your nurse, your SRO, your front-office secretary, or your custodian (although they're all amazing). We provide an outside, experienced team to lighten the load, not add to it.

5. We translate crisis response into actual human language.
You won’t get buried in jargon. You’ll get tools, training, and support that make sense—and make a difference.

6. It’s like having a crisis hotline, but with your own people on speed dial.
And we answer. And we bring experience from dozens of other schools, so you're not alone in the hard stuff.

7. Because trauma-informed isn't just a buzzword; it's a skillset.
And your team will actually build it. We help your people respond to hurt, loss, fear, and chaos in ways that build safety and connection, not more confusion.

8. You’ll build a crisis team so tight they could start a band.
(We recommend “Emotional Support and the Regulators” as a name.)
Seriously though, our Consortium fosters connections among schools. You’ll have a community to call on when things get heavy.

9. Because student safety is everybody’s job, not just the people with walkie-talkies.
We help train the whole staff—teachers, paras, bus drivers, lunch ladies, and even Chad in Facilities—so that your response system actually works in real life.

10. You’ll finally get answers to questions you didn’t even know you needed to ask.
Like:

✔︎ Who talks to the media? What do they NOT say?

✔︎ How do we handle secondary trauma in staff?

✔︎ Why is Ginger walking the hallways with a bubble machine?

BONUS Reason: Because this work is hard, but it doesn’t have to be lonely.
Join the ESSDACK Crisis Team Consortium, and let’s walk through the messy, meaningful stuff—together.
Please reach out if you’d like to talk over some details.  

The ESSDACK Crisis Team Consortium strives to collaboratively initiate growth within school communities through proactive and responsive crisis-related education and supports by building community-wide connections and guiding skillful responses. We provide a continuum of crisis-related services and resources offered both remotely and on-site.