# Presentation: 664053

## Emergency Management for Schools Training IntroductionMay 16, 2006Pittsburgh, PA

**U.S. Department of Education**
**Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools**

## Overall Training Agenda

- Day 1
- 8:00 am - 8:45 am:  		Welcome and Introduction
- 8:45 am - 9:00 am: 		Break
- 9:00 am - 10:30 am:		Concurrent Session 1
- 10:30 am - 10:45 am:	Break
- 10:45 am - 11:30 am:	Concurrent Session 2
- 11:30 am - 1:15 pm:		Lunch and Infectious Disease Planning 				Plenary
- 1:15 pm - 1:30 pm:		Break
- 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm:		Concurrent Session 3
- 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm:		Networking Dessert
- 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm:		Concurrent Session 4

## Overall Training Agenda

- Day 2
- 7:30 am - 8:00 am:  		Continental Breakfast
- 8:00 am - 8:20 am: 		Recap of Day 1 and Overview of Day 2
- 8:20 am - 8:30 am:		Break
- 8:30 am - 10:00 am:		Concurrent Session 5
- 10:00 am - 10:15 am:	Break
- 10:15 am - 11:45 am:	Concurrent Session 6
- 11:45 am - 12:00 pm:	Break
- 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm:	Questions and Answers
- 					Feedback and Closing

## Introduction and Overview: Opening Session Agenda

- What do we know about Emergency Management for Schools?
- Why is Emergency Management for Schools important?
- Where do we want schools to be with Emergency Management?
- What is the role of the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS) in Emergency Management?
- What resources are available to assist with Emergency Management for Schools?

## What do we know about emergency management for schools?

- Involvement with emergencies since Oklahoma City
- Project School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV)
- Research with the U.S. Secret Service
- On-going contact with Department of Homeland Security
- Development of Crisis Planning Guide
- Coordination with school law enforcement and state school safety centers
- ERCM grantee feedback
- Coordination with the Centers for Disease Control on infectious diseases, including Pandemic Flu

## What do we know about emergency management for schools?

- Most school districts have emergency management plans. However, often these plans are not:
- Comprehensive!
- Practiced regularly!
- Coordinated with the community!
- Always viewed as essential!
- Always discussed with families, staff, and students!
- Based upon sound factual data and circumstances!
- Consistent with Federal guidelines.

## Why is emergency management for schools important? 

- Basic K-12 Statistics** **
**Students in Public and Private Schools:  ****	****53 million**
**Teachers in Public and Private Schools:  ****	****3 million**
**Number of Public School Districts:    ****	****	****15,000**
***	******Ranging from 100 to over 1 million students***
**Number of Schools: ****	****	****	****113,000**
***	******87,000 public/26,000 private—100 to 5,000+students***

## Why is emergency management for schools important?

**Basic Statistics:**
**There is ample opportunity to engage in misbehavior and criminal behavior**

_**53 million students X 180 school days =**_
**about 9.5 billion student school days**

## U.S. School Crime and Discipline Indicators

**Total Homicides:  24* (16 students)**

**Serious violent Crime:  150,000**

**Violent Crime (Fighting):  740,000**

**Theft:  1,200,000**

**Non-criminal but disruptive **
**incidents such as:  bullying, **
**truancy, harassment, teasing****	**

**11 million**
**  ****plus**

*** Preliminary Data (07/01/99 - 06/30/2000)****	**

***2003 Data***

## Where do we want schools to be with emergency management?

- Goal is for all school districts to have emergency management plans that:
- Address all four phases of emergency management and cover multiple hazards
- Are developed collaboratively with community partners and stakeholders
- Are based upon sound data and information
- Are practiced on a regular basis
- Are continually reviewed and updated regularly
- Are living documents

## What is the role of the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS) in emergency management?

- Following 9/11, OSDFS established the "Center for School Preparedness"
- Practical Information on Crisis Planning: A Guide for Schools and Communities
- Emergency Response and Crisis Management Grant Program

**Notes:**
1. Schools can be impacted by natural disasters, school shooting, biological and other threats

## What is the role of OSDFS in emergency management?

- Provide guidance and resources for schools and school districts on emergency management
- Coordinate at the Federal level with other agencies on emergency management issues
- Provide training and technical assistance to grantee, non-grantee school districts, and private schools
- Provide grant funding to schools and school districts to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from crises
- Ultimate goal is to ensure that all schools are safe and secure

## How are we going to get there?

- Continue "crisis planning" as a priority
- Additional discretionary grant funds in FY 2006
- Continue to respond to crises (Project SERV)
- Continue training programs and technical assistance
- Continue to collect/disseminate best practices
- Adhere to principles of the National Incident Management System
- Continue coordination with DHS on
- Interagency Incident Management Group
- Infrastructure Protection Plan
- National Response Plan

## What resources are available to assist with emergency management for schools?

- U.S. Department of Education Emergency Planning Web site
- www.ed.gov/emergencyplan
- Practical Information on Crisis Planning Guide
- http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/emergencyplan/crisisplanning.pdf
- Emergency Response and Crisis Management Grants (FY 2006)
- Emergency Response and Crisis Management Web cast
- http://www.kidzonline.org/ercm/

## What resources are available to assist with emergency management for schools?

- Emergency Response and Crisis Management (ERCM) Technical Assistance (TA) Center
- _[www.ercm.org](http://www.ercm.org/)_
- Presentations from previous ERCM training events
- Technical Assistance Request form
- ERCMExpress Newsletters
- Emergency Management for Schools Training events

## What resources are available to assist with emergency management for schools?

- Emergency Management for Schools Trainings
- Denver, CO: April 26th- 28th
- Pittsburgh, PA: May 15th-17th
- ERCM Focus Group
- ERCM Working Group
- Participant feedback from Denver and Pittsburgh
- Your feedback is critical
- Feedback forms will be available throughout the meeting

**Notes:**
OSDFS is in the process of standardizing our training materials on the four phases for schools
We convened a series of school emergency management "experts" from across the country in February to discuss core elements of this training.
After developing basic PPTS, we convened a working group in March to refine the presentation materials
OSDFS staff will use your feedback from this meeting and the meeting in Pittsburgh to continue to enhance and provide our training materials for schools.
Your feedback is needed and appreciated!

## For Further Information

- Bill Modzeleski _b__[ill.modzeleski@ed.gov](mailto:ill.modzeleski@ed.gov)_
- Tara Hill _[tara.hill@ed.gov](mailto:tara.hill@ed.gov)_
- Michelle Sinkgraven _[michelle.sinkgraven@ed.gov](mailto:michelle.sinkgraven@ed.gov)_
- Sara Strizzi _[sara.strizzi@ed.gov](mailto:sara.strizzi@ed.gov)_
- _[www.ed.gov/emergencyplan](http://www.ed.gov/emergencyplan)_