School Safety Preparedness Training Guide for K-5 Staff and Students

o 1. Prompt audience with scenario. o Hip Pocket Emergency Preparedness Training Guide for School Safety/Security Personnel & SRO s (K-5thgrade) Use appropriate sections to test individual preparedness/ readiness of specific group. (Students, classroom teachers, administrators & staff to include bus drivers, custodial and food services, and parent volunteers Each scenario should take no more than 3 minutes. 2. Listen to their response. 3. Evaluate their response together, taking in to account individual school/ district policies. 4. Suggest changes to response that may help audience in case of actual incident. o K-5 Student Scenario #1 o Positive responses may include: Tell the teacher What do you do if you see a stranger on the playground? Tell a trusted adult Yell, Stranger! o K-5 Student Scenario #2 o Positive responses may include: Back to classroom Where do you go if you hear a fire alarm while you are walking to the bathroom? Evacuation site, if known School Office

o K-5 Student Scenario #3 o Positive responses may include: Tell any adult in the immediate area What do you do if you smell gas or smoke? Pull fire alarm if available and/or able Tell office if no other adults are nearby Return to classroom if safe o K-5 Student Scenario #4 o Positive responses may include: Tell the recess monitor, in a calm manner What do you do if a bigger kid calls you names on the playground every day? Tell a trusted adult at the school, in a calm manner Tell your parents Tell him or her to stop o K-5 Classroom Teacher Scenario #1 o Positive responses may include: References to current school policy What is the school s policy on bullying? Or a discussion on what the school is doing in this area What are the school s rules on bullying?

o K-5 Classroom Teacher Scenario #2 o Positive responses may include: Notify another adult to call the office, or use inter-school communication One of your students, who is allergic to peanuts, appears to be having trouble breathing after being served a cookie during a classroom party. What do you do? Send a child runner to the office or call 911 if no other adult is available Conduct first aid, be aware of the presence of epi pens o K-5 Classroom Teacher Scenario #3 o Positive responses may include: Speak to the 11 yr. old about his situation, (may be easier for a favored teacher or male teacher), being aware of health or mental issues. Notify admin if necessary Speak to 11 yr. old s parents about situation Refer to mental health if necessary, (counselor or outside agency) Other children should be talked to in general terms about mistakes, PBIS or classroom rules if being utilized in school An 11 yr. old boy is being teased for wetting his bed. How do you support the student? What should happen to the other children? o K-5 Classroom Teacher Scenario #4 o Positive responses may include: Lock the door, gather children into secure room/area, turn off lights, hide children from sight, keep children quiet and calm, wait for all clear from law enforcement Demonstrate the actions you would take after hearing, Lockdown, lockdown, lockdown, over the schools PA system. Go into lockdown as prescribed in school policy

o K-5 Staff/Admin Scenario #1 o Positive responses may include: Call 911 or have another adult call Provide first aid Have other adults remove child witnesses Once EMS has taken over, notify parents of injured child as well as witnesses Notify entire school in appropriate manner Provide mental health counseling A 7 yr. old is struck by a car at dismissal, he is seriously injured and several other children witness the accident. What actions should be taken? o K-5 Staff/Admin Scenario #2 o Positive responses may include: Notify school community in appropriate manner A favorite art teacher dies over the Christmas holiday from complications of pneumonia. What actions need to happen? Follow procedures of school crisis team, including mental health counseling Think about appropriate memorial activities o K-5 Staff/Admin Scenario #3 o Positive responses may include: Use alert system to place school in shelter-in-place condition Reverse evacuation of all persons outside If possible move people away from any exterior windows and/or into storm shelters Double check personnel are in appropriate areas, without endangering yourself A tornado alert has just been issued for the surrounding community. A teacher reports seeing a funnel cloud as she returns from a meeting. What actions are necessary?

o K-5 Staff/Admin Scenario #4 o Positive responses may include: After the girls are separated have a conference with both girls and at least 1 other trusted adult Two 5thgrade girls get in a physical fight on the playground, one calls the other a, fattie. What steps can you take? Parents may need to be involved, at a minimum notified Use Restorative Justice practices if applicable o K-5 Parent/Volunteer Scenario #1 o Positive responses may include: Approach him and question his presence You notice a man, whom you don t know piggyback thru the side doors with students returning from recess, he does not have a visitors pass. What do you do? Inform him of the proper entrance process Notify a staff member or law enforcement, if he does not comply o K-5 Parent/Volunteer Scenario #2 o Positive responses may include: Follow schools reverse evacuation plan if known The town tornado warning siren just went off, you are helping supervise recess. What steps do you take? Calmly escort students back inside the school Inform a staff member so they are aware of the siren Move to storm shelter or safe area, as directed by staff

o K-5 Parent/Volunteer Scenario #3 o Positive responses may include: Enter bathroom and confront stranger on reason and identification During a field trip you see a 3rdgrader walk into a bathroom with an adult male, whom you don t know. What do you do? Notify school staff member and law enforcement if necessary o K-5 Parent/Volunteer Scenario #4 o Positive responses may include: By their photo identification, that they are supposed to be wearing How can you identify a staff member or authorized visitor to this school? Other responses may include: School Uniform or Clothing, prior knowledge to include name and position ( I know all the parents and teachers. This may not be the best answer based on size and scope of school) This section on Buff colored paper, 250 copies, laminate, fold, cut, holepunch