SITUATION: MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT

SCHOOL

I. Step 1: Indicate your role when responding to a crisis:

ڤMaintenance/Safety

ڤParent ڤStudent

ڤAdministrator/Principal

ڤTeacher ڤSchool secretary

ڤSchool Counselor

ڤOther ______

II. Step 2: read the following scenario and write down your answer individually to

the following questions.

A. Scenario

School has been dismissed for the day and students are boarding buses for the ride home

or being picked up by a parent. A 6-year-old student is struck by a car and suffers

massive head trauma in front of everyone. Students, parents and staff are in shock.

Some are “frozen”, some are screaming for help, others are crying. The bus drivers are

not sure what to do about transporting students home.

B.Given the role you identified above what would you do?

C.What if…? What do you do?

The driver of the car that hit the student is a High School Junior who was picking up

his younger brother.

Emergency services personnel arrive, provide medical care and later pronounce the

girl dead.

Media arrives wanting to film and interview students, staff and parents.

Police want to talk to students, staff and parents about what happened in the parking

lot.

Someone asks you what the school plans to do to help students, staff and parents.

III.Step 3: Debrief your responses in your team/group.

IV. Step 4: After you have all shared, answer the following questions:

  1. Was the Crisis Response Manual procedure followed? Y/N

B. What areas were forgotten?

C. What questions do you have that need to be clarified in order to respond

more effectively next time?

D. What lessons were learned?

E. What are the next steps?

TABLE TOP EXERCISE PRACTICE DRILL

SITUATION: BOMB THREAT EVACUATION

I. Step 1: Indicate your role when responding to a crisis:

I. Step 1: Indicate your role when responding to a crisis:

ڤMaintenance/Safety

ڤParent ڤStudent

ڤAdministrator/Principal

ڤTeacher ڤSchool secretary

ڤSchool Counselor

ڤOther ______

II. Step 2: read the following scenario and write down your answer individually to

the following questions.

A. Scenario

At 10:35 a.m., the school secretary receives a phone call reporting there is a bomb in the

building. While on the line, the secretary notifies the Principal and then asks the caller

questions and listens for relevant information about the bomb and the caller. The code

for an evacuation is given.

B. Given the role you identified above what would you do?

C.What if…? What do you do?

  • A substitute teacher is unfamiliar with the evacuation code and procedures.
  • Several students are walking in the hallway without a teacher and you see some

backpacks in the commons area.

  • The Bomb Squad arrives. Some students are afraid.
  • It starts to rain and gets cold. Many students are unprepared.
  • Parents who heard about the bomb threat come to check on their child.

III. Step 3: Debrief your responses in your team/group.

IV. Step 4: After you have all shared, answer the following questions:

A. Was the Crisis Response Manual procedure followed? Y/N

B. What areas were forgotten?

C. What questions do you have that need to be clarified in order to respond

more effectively next time?

D. What lessons were learned?

E. What are the next steps?

TABLE TOP EXERCISE PRACTICE DRILL

SITUATION: INTRUDER LOCKDOWN

I. Step 1: Indicate your role when responding to a crisis:

I. Step 1: Indicate your role when responding to a crisis:

ڤMaintenance/Safety

ڤParent ڤStudent

ڤAdministrator/Principal

ڤTeacher ڤSchool secretary

ڤSchool Counselor

ڤOther ______

II. Step 2: read the following scenario and write down your answer individually to

the following questions.

A. Scenario

A student runs into the office after seeing a stranger with a gun in the building. The code

for a lockdown is given.

B.Given the role you identified above what would you do?

C.What if…? What do you do?

  • Some students grumble “not another stupid drill” and hesitate to participate.
  • You see a stranger go around a corner in the hallway.
  • A gunshot is heard.
  • Some students in nearby classes start crying and several leave the class.
  • Students who go outside are terrified when weapons are pointed at them by members

of the SWAT team.

  • The media arrives.

III. Step 3: Debrief your responses in your team/group.

IV. Step 4: After you have all shared, answer the following questions:

A. Was the Crisis Response Manual procedure followed? Y/N

B. What areas were forgotten?

C. What questions do you have that need to be clarified in order to respond

more effectively next time?

D. What lessons were learned?

E. What are the next steps?