When a Crisis Hits

Will Your School Be Ready?
Robert H. Decker - University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, USA
August 1997 | 184 pages | Corwin
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As a principal or safety officer, you need a plan for dealing with any possible school emergency, one that reduces everyone's trauma and emotional distress. Your plan must build a sense of community during a crisis and get everyone working together.

Decker gives you the specifics you need to make sure everyone knows just what to do in any emergency. You'll learn:

  • A 10-step approach to developing the crisis plan
  • Why you need a crisis team and how to put one together
  • The critical components to ensure the plan is implemented efficiently

The author includes surveys, checklists, and other assessment tools help you determine your school's preparedness for an emergency. You'll find over 30 examples of different types of plans that cover such occurrences as bomb threats, fires, floods, kidnappings, shooting, suicides, and tornadoes.

Be a proactive school leader—make sure your staff, your students, and your community are ready for the school disaster you hope never comes. This easy-to-follow guide will help you implement a safety and crisis management plan that works for your school.

Contents

PART ONE: 10-STEP APPROACH TO DEVELOPING A CRISIS PLAN

  • Should Your School Have a Crisis Plan?
  • Parts of the Planning Process
  • The Safety and Crisis Team
  • The Plan

PART TWO: CRITICAL COMPONENTS FOR DEALING WITH CRISES

  • Being Sensitive to Student and Staff Needs
  • Prevention Programs and Strategies
  • Involving Parents as Partners in Prevention
  • Bringing Conflict Management into the School
  • Being Proactive in Dealing with Gangs

Description

As a principal or safety officer, you need a plan for dealing with any possible school emergency, one that reduces everyone's trauma and emotional distress. Your plan must build a sense of community during a crisis and get everyone working together.

Decker gives you the specifics you need to make sure everyone knows just what to do in any emergency. You'll learn:

  • A 10-step approach to developing the crisis plan
  • Why you need a crisis team and how to put one together
  • The critical components to ensure the plan is implemented efficiently

The author includes surveys, checklists, and other assessment tools help you determine your school's preparedness for an emergency. You'll find over 30 examples of different types of plans that cover such occurrences as bomb threats, fires, floods, kidnappings, shooting, suicides, and tornadoes.

Be a proactive school leader—make sure your staff, your students, and your community are ready for the school disaster you hope never comes. This easy-to-follow guide will help you implement a safety and crisis management plan that works for your school.

Contents

PART ONE: 10-STEP APPROACH TO DEVELOPING A CRISIS PLAN

  • Should Your School Have a Crisis Plan?
  • Parts of the Planning Process
  • The Safety and Crisis Team
  • The Plan

PART TWO: CRITICAL COMPONENTS FOR DEALING WITH CRISES

  • Being Sensitive to Student and Staff Needs
  • Prevention Programs and Strategies
  • Involving Parents as Partners in Prevention
  • Bringing Conflict Management into the School
  • Being Proactive in Dealing with Gangs
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When a Crisis Hits

Will Your School Be Ready?


August 1997 | 184 pages | Corwin

Format Published Date ISBN Price
Hardcover 27/02/2023 9780803966154 $77.95
Paperback 28/04/2023 9780803963047 $39.95

As a principal or safety officer, you need a plan for dealing with any possible school emergency, one that reduces everyone's trauma and emotional distress. Your plan must build a sense of community during a crisis and get everyone working together.

Decker gives you the specifics you need to make sure everyone knows just what to do in any emergency. You'll learn:

  • A 10-step approach to developing the crisis plan
  • Why you need a crisis team and how to put one together
  • The critical components to ensure the plan is implemented efficiently

The author includes surveys, checklists, and other assessment tools help you determine your school's preparedness for an emergency. You'll find over 30 examples of different types of plans that cover such occurrences as bomb threats, fires, floods, kidnappings, shooting, suicides, and tornadoes.

Be a proactive school leader—make sure your staff, your students, and your community are ready for the school disaster you hope never comes. This easy-to-follow guide will help you implement a safety and crisis management plan that works for your school.


Table Of Contents:

  • PART ONE: 10-STEP APPROACH TO DEVELOPING A CRISIS PLAN
  • Should Your School Have a Crisis Plan?
  • Parts of the Planning Process
  • The Safety and Crisis Team
  • The Plan
  • PART TWO: CRITICAL COMPONENTS FOR DEALING WITH CRISES
  • Being Sensitive to Student and Staff Needs
  • Prevention Programs and Strategies
  • Involving Parents as Partners in Prevention
  • Bringing Conflict Management into the School
  • Being Proactive in Dealing with Gangs

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