Developing a Crisis Plan
For this Assignment, assume the role of the principal at Grand City High School. You have discovered that a crisis plan does not exist. All that exist are general comments in the district handbook that state that the school buildings will provide a safe and supportive learning environment for all students, faculty, and staff. There is no specific plan for what you should if an intruder or intruders decide to bring violence into a building. What structure or plans need to be in place to respond effectively to a crisis?
As a starting point for your plan, review the crisis plan in your own educational setting, which you can use as a reference. For your Learning Outcomes Project, you may choose to update this plan or create a new crisis plan.
Your crisis plan should include the following:
Introduction: (approx. 1–2 pages)
Explain the purpose and goals of your crisis plan, specifically addressing how the plan will support a safe school culture and mobilize resources to respond effectively to a crisis situations..
Body (approx. 5–6 pages): Using the template provided create the sections of your crisis plan as follows:
Describe your plan of action including the following:
Your crisis response plan including a crisis response team (e.g., assistant principal, director of guidance, other members)
Your plan for evacuating the school during the crisis
Your communication plan for notifying outside agencies (e.g., police, hospitals, counseling agencies)
Your communication plan for notifying parents/guardians
Your media communications strategy (e.g., how and when do you notify the media, in what area can they work, who addresses the media)
Your plan to incorporate community resources to assist students and personnel in the aftermath of the crisis
Explain how your plan will be effective in responding to and mitigating crisis situations and will maintain a safe school culture and minimize negative impact.
Summary: (approx.1–2 pages)
Summarize the insights you gained as a result of creating this crisis plan and how you will utilize these insights to inform efforts in your own school setting.
Reference Page: All scholarly resources must follow APA (6th ed.) guidelines. All references and research studies used to support the crisis plan should be evidence-based and scholarly in nature.
