Active Shooter Training for Faculty & Staff: The BECON™ Framework
A memorable, deployable response framework — built for the everyday American college or university campus.
Most faculty and staff are not trained responders. They are professors, residence life coordinators, financial aid officers, chaplains, librarians, and administrators. When a threat enters their building, they need more than a slogan. They need a framework they can remember under stress and act on in seconds. BECON™ — Barricade, Escape, Control, Oppose, Notify — gives them that framework.
What BECON™ Produces
By the end of a BECON™ training engagement, your faculty and staff are equipped to:
Confidence in the first 30 seconds
Act with confidence in the first thirty seconds — the period where outcomes are most determined.
Choose the right response
Choose the right response for the situation they face — not a one-size script, but five options matched to circumstance.
Clear communication
Communicate clearly with one another, with public safety, and with students during a developing incident.
Faster recovery from freeze
Recover from freeze response faster, because they've already mentally rehearsed the decisions.
Shared campus vocabulary
Reinforce institutional response standards through shared vocabulary across departments, buildings, and shifts.
Built for Every Role on Campus
BECON™ Faculty & Staff Training is designed for the full breadth of campus personnel — not just those in safety-adjacent roles.
Faculty & Instructors
Residence Life &
Student Affairs
Administration & Operations
Library, Dining & Facilities
New Employee Onboarding
The Engagement
Every BECON™ Faculty & Staff Training engagement is delivered in person, on your campus, by Active Shooter Response Solutions instructors. We come to you.
Multiple Smaller Sessions
Focused discussion
Individual attention
Flexible scheduling
One Coordinated Event
Large groups
Shared experience
Consistent messaging
Session Sizing
We scope and price engagements based on three cohort tiers:
1–20 Participants
Small-group format, ideal for tight discussion and high engagement
21-40 Participants
Mid-sized cohort format, commonly used for departmental or building-level training
41+ Participants
Large-group format, suitable for yearly conferences or training events
Training That Leaves a Record
What Each Participant Receives
A printed BECON™ Course Certificate documenting that the participant has completed Active Threat Response training under the BECON™ framework
What Your Institution Receives
A formal Training Completion & Due Diligence Record — provided in both printed and digital copy — that documents your institution's good-faith effort to train its people in Active Threat Response. This record is a permanent artifact of the training delivered and is structured to support your institution's due diligence posture in conversations with leadership, legal counsel, insurers, and regulatory bodies.
- Institution name
- Date of training and instructor of record
- The ASR Solutions company logo & the signature of Kyle Sproles, Founder & Lead Instructor
- A complete roster of trained personnel (optional, at the institution's discretion)
This document is built to be referenced in conversations with your board, your legal counsel, your insurance carrier, and — if ever required — the Department of Education or your Clery compliance review.
Every 2 years
We recommend BECON™ recertification every two years.
This is a recommendation, not a requirement — your institution is never locked into a recurring schedule with ASR Solutions. Many institutions choose the two-year cadence because it supports a documented pattern of ongoing training, which strengthens institutional posture in the event of media scrutiny, regulatory review, or post-incident inquiry.