Strategic Teaching Associates, Inc. is now Dr. Tom Phelan Consulting Emergency Management, Exercise Facilitation & Training Worldwide  The Mission of Strategic Teaching Associates, Inc. After more than a decade of successful consulting, STA is no longer contracting directly with customers. Instead, Dr. Tom Phlean is contracting with prime contractors only. The mission of Strategic Teaching Associates, founded in 1988, is to mitigate the impact of disasters and emergencies by assisting communities, corporations, small businesses, not-for-profit organizations, and educational institutions in all aspects of incident preparedness, response, recovery and restoration. Strategic Teaching Associates provides active consulting services producing measurable deliverables to strengthen incident managment teams in business, government, education, and non-profit orgranizations.  Our services have been utilized by IBM, Verizon, Boeing, Disney, USDA, FDIC, Virtual Corporation, Vantage HR, the American Institutes for Research, NeighborWorks America, and several governments and colleges. To learn more about us, click any item on our menu. If you have comments or questions, let us know by clicking Contact Us. Thanks for visiting and be sure to check back often for updated information Services We Offer Dr. Tom Phelan offers consulting services on disaster recovery planning, exercise development and facilitation, and NIMS ICS. Step by step assistance is available for executives, managers, elected officials, school administrators, response teams, and not-for-profit organization leaders. To support your plan, Dr. Tom offers on-site training for your team. STA can help you with the following: Emergency Exercise Development Vulnerability Assessment Emergency and Contingency Plan Development Exercise Development, Facilitation and Evaluation Evacuation Plan Development Staff Training (see ProTrainingPlus) Command Post Operations (Planning and NIMS ICS Training) Crisis Communications Crisis Management Planning Project SAVE Plans (Safe Schools Against Violence in Education) College course and curriculum development for Emergency Management degree programs Keynote Addresses for Corporate Meetings On-line Instruction for College and University Emergency Management Degree Programs View our list of training programs.