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After years of going on preliminary assessments in schools of all sizes, public, private and parochial, our founder,
April Kelcy, has seen certain patterns emerge. There are typical places schools get into big trouble, and most have
no idea why. Unfortunately, sometimes the typical approaches also just keep self-generating, as one school calls another
for a copy of their plan to use as a model.
This course takes a list of common assessment findings, and illustrates the whys and wherefores in such a way that it
helps the participants avoid the pitfalls and get on a better path to better safety approaches.
You will NOT find sample plans here. Sample plans are extremely limited and often very inappropriate to use.
Effective emergency plans MUST reflect the realities of your site, staffing and operations. There is no way to escape
the hard work. However, whether or not you can spend one hour or twenty on your planning, you'd better make sure each
hour spent results in improved safety, and that you don't get trapped in common, but often dangerous, assumptions.
Following are some of the comments received from class participants at a recent conference in Southern California:
"This was, by far, the best crisis management overview class I've ever encountered at this conference.
Much more complete & comprehensive. Also addressed legal requirements that no one else has mentioned. Excellent!"
Broad, big picture approach & helpful in all respects."
"I loved the slides that said "hot moment" for earthquake, fire active shooter etc., because they plainly stated
what the priorities are. This was was very informative and helpful....and gave great info for small schools with limited
budgets."
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