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Emergeny Planning for Schools
Upon opening my outdated staff handbook, I noticed that our Emergency Plan was from the stone ages (1998). I took it upon myself to begin researching other district plans and procedures and how they are compiled. I have listed a few references and procedures to help our school begin what seems to be a daunting but necessary process. In this paper I will include two resources found from the Los Angeles School District. One reference explains the duties and key elements for a Principal and a Safety Committee, while the other reference is a fill in the blank form for important information. Information such as: emergency phone numbers, team assignments with alternates, meeting locations and plans for loss of utilities. Other important information needed would be a vicinity map and a school map. These resources are extremely critical to know and have for emergencies.
The School Safety Committee would first meet to change all out dated information such as phone numbers and personal. Once finished with this the committee would then begin to compile school data/climate information which includes: School Accountability Report Card, School Learning Improvement Plan, Attendance Statistics, Truancy, Dropout Data, Student/Staff/Parent Surveys, Resources/Community Partners/Service Providers, Suspensions, Expulsion, Opportunity Transfers, Student Discipline referrals, Student Social Adjustment Reports, School Crime Statistics, Referrals and a Survey of school programs. Incidence reports should be reviewed and updated as well. This information while seeming trivial allows the school to be proactive in fighting violence at the building and provides help where needed. (The School Safety Committee should always inquire what the district has in place already in terms of assistance when an emergency occurs.)
Safety/Emergency procedures should be reviewed and updated along with escape routes and meeting places in the case that students had to leave the building for any unseen reason. In addition to updating the routes and meeting places, procedures for earthquakes, severe weather conditions and possible terrorist actions should be reviewed. This data communicated to the staff is very important in a well-rehearsed emergency procedure.
The School Safety Committee will then put together a team, which will be in charge of communication with all members of the school staff. This team will be considered a crisis team and will be in charge of communication and distribution of necessary tasks and equipment. While all this seems to be overwhelming, it is critical in the safety of our children in the event of an emergency. Resources from the state and district are available to help the committee with the information needed to carry out their data collection, one can just hope that this information will be compiled before any event might occur. The resources at the end of this paper are just a sample of the key elements needed. If further information is needed please let me know.
Upon completing the Safety/Emergency procedures the Safety Committee will follow the checklist in the reference section to make sure that the proper people are aware of the procedures and plans for our school. All of this entails a lot of time and should be delegated evenly when possible between the administration and the committee. Again the safety of our children must precede anything our school does and is commonly overlooked in this high stakes test society we live in today.
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