School Safety Responses: Positive Scenarios and Actions

o 9-12 Student Scenario #1 Positive responses may include: Tell a trusted adult/staff member What would you do if you saw a fellow student with a gun in their locker? Alert campus security or SRO Call 911 Call Safe2Tell o 9-12 Student Scenario #2 Positive responses may include: Tell a trusted adult or staff member A friend has started talking to unseen entities, telling them to leave him alone & that he can t hurt her. This happens when he thinks he s alone. What do you do? Tell the school psychologist or counselor Tell you parents or you friends parents o 9-12 Student Scenario #3 The whole school starts to shake, lockers and other students fall to the ground, people start yelling, and the overhead sprinklers turn on. What steps should you take? Positive responses may include: Follow your teachers direction to a safe shelter, i.e. a doorway or storm shelter If possible to safely evacuate, do so, move away from the building and go to the evacuation site (Take others with you if possible and safe) Discuss evacuation sites and procedures for alerting school staff

o 9-12 Student Scenario #4 Positive responses may include: Be an upstander, not a bystander, tell the senior that bullying is not accepted in our school You see a senior girl shoving a freshman girl into a wall every day after lunch. The senior always walks away laughing. What can you do? Comfort the freshman, let her know she has friends who won t let this happen Tell a trusted adult or staff member about the behavior o 9-12 Classroom Teacher Scenario #1 Positive responses may include: Talk to the students about how important it is they share what they know for the safety of the entire school An ice bomb was detonated in the senior parking lot during lunch. Several students are overheard talking about who was responsible. What do you do? Connect students with administrator, school security or SRO for further investigation Report what you heard to administrators and the police o 9-12 Classroom Teacher Scenario #2 Positive responses may include: Consult with your administration and or emergency planning team, assess different routes and find a safer route. During a tornado drill, you realize your class must pass beneath several skylights to reach your shelter area. Can this be changed & who can you call to correct this oversight? Ensure changes are made to emergency plans Drill using new route

o 9-12 Classroom Teacher Scenario #3 Positive responses may include: Stay with the student until you have connected them with mental health staff, remind them that you can t keep this kind of secret, especially because you care about them and their safety A freshman talks to you after class about feeling hopeless regarding his grades & life in general. He asks you to keep quiet about this because he trusts you. What can you do? As a mandatory reporter you must inform trained mental health staff, in your school or in the greater community Use empathetic language to let them know you care about them & that they have done the right thing and help is available o 9-12 Classroom Teacher Scenario #4 Positive responses may include: Counsel the student on using appropriate/respectful language A straight A student punches a locker after being corrected for calling a teaching assistant a fag . What steps should you undertake? Talk to the student about anger management, refer to mental health staff if you are unsure Refer to Mental Health staff o 9-12 Staff/Admin Scenario #1 Positive responses may include: Refer the information to your Threat Assessment team or administrator and follow-up to ensure the matter has been addressed You review a student s web history as part of your duties and find sites on bomb making, rifles, and ammunition sales. What actions do you take next? Save copies of the web history for use by the Threat Assessment team

o 9-12 Staff/Admin Scenario #2 Positive responses may include: Activate fire alarm system Smoke is coming from a chemistry lab, what do you do? Evacuate all occupants and yourself in safest manner possible Notify front office and call 911 Move to evacuation site o 9-12 Staff/Admin Scenario #3 Positive responses may include: Call the school crisis team to discuss appropriate school response A student at the neighboring high school is killed in a traffic accident. One of your students was the driver and suffered only scratches. How can you support this child? Use empathetic language to let child know it s okay to grieve Refer child to mental health staff o 9-12 Staff/Admin Scenario #4 The school custodian shows you a discarded notebook with drawings of the school and threats against the dean, dated two days from now. A quick check reveals no one student in particular. What do you do? Positive responses may include: Notify the dean of the threat Notify the Threat Assessment team and follow-up to ensure threat is addressed Involve law enforcement

o 9-12 Parent/Volunteer Scenario #1 Positive responses may include: If known, discuss actions, i.e. moving to shelter location, showing ID to staff, sheltering with students Where is the shelter-in-place location in the event of a tornado? If not known, discuss school protocol for this event Ensure your school has a plan for this event o 9-12 Parent/Volunteer Scenario #2 Positive responses may include: Notify school administrator or mental health staff Your daughter shares concerns about her friend who has been posting pictures to Instagram of her arms covered in blood? What should you do? Call the friends parents if you have a relationship Notify Safe2Tell o 9-12 Parent/Volunteer Scenario #3 Positive responses may include: School goes into lockdown or lockout status, law enforcement is notified What actions will the school take in the event of a stranger with a gun being observed in the parking lot? Discuss visitor s actions within these emergency actions

o 9-12 Parent/Volunteer Scenario #4 Positive responses may include: Current Identification system, i.e. badges, name tags How do you recognize other trusted adults in this school? Identification needs to be worn in a visible manner I know all the parents and teachers. This may not be the best answer based on size and scope of school o Hip Pocket Emergency Preparedness Training Guide for School Safety/Security Personnel & SRO s (9th-12thgrade) 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. 1. Prompt audience with scenario. 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. This section on Yellow colored paper, 250 copies, laminate, fold, cut, holepunch