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.