Crisis Management Plan
By: Kalee Adams, Allison Branch, Phyllis Tully, Shari Frankel, and Carla Thompson
Phone Tree
School Map
Keys to all School Doors
Bell Schedule
Bus Schedule and Numbers
Master Schedule and List of
all Students
In Crisis Management
Procedures (who is
responsible for each aspect)
Sign-in Sheet for Crisis Team
Name Badges for Crisis
Response Team
Statement to Media
Sample Letter from Principal
Informing Parents of
Crisis/Procedures
An up to date roster of the first person to be contacted in
case of a crisis with three or four other branch people
listed. This phone tree needs to be distributed to all
school personnel.
An up to date detailed map of school buildings and
surroundings. The map will include notations of all
emergency devices, evacuation routes, telephone
locations, stairways, exits, windows, fire extinguishers,
and safety places. Also included will be a blueprint of
the school, a picture of the school, and an aerial view
picture of the school.
The principal, assistant principal, janitors, and
maintenance personnel will have keys to all school
doors. All keys will be identifiable. Keys will be updated
with any lock changes in the school.
The bell schedule is the times during the school day the
bell rings.
A comprehensive list of all buses and their scheduled
arrival and departure times. The bus numbers are a way
to identify each bus.
Master schedule is the class schedule for the year. List of
all students is an alphabetical listing of each student
enrolled in the school.
Crisis management procedures are the specific steps that
will be taken if a crisis occurs in the school. Members of
the crisis team should include: School Administrators,
School Counselors, identified teachers, School
Psychologist, School Social Worker, school nurse, and
other significant adults. Each member of the crisis team
will be responsible for a specific task.
This is a sheet that all members of the crisis team sign
upon arrival and departure that includes times.
Name badges for crisis response team are identification
measures.
Statement to media will be a single statement response
that includes only facts. There will be only one
spokesperson for the school (AP).
A statement that informs parents of the facts pertaining
to a crisis and the procedures that are being followed.
Sample Statement Informing
Faculty and Staff of
Crisis/Procedures
Sample Announcement for
Classroom or School Wide
Communication
Resource Telephone Numbers
of Community Resources
Telephone Numbers of Parent
Network, School Volunteers,
Clergy, and Other Resource
People
Walkie Talkies
A statement that informs faculty and staff members of
the facts pertaining to the crisis and the procedures that
are being followed.
An announcement that informs students and staff of
information pertaining to the specific crisis.
Telephone numbers of specific community resources that
may need to be contacted in the case of an emergency.
A listing of contact information for parents, school
volunteers, clergy, and other resource people that include
phone numbers.
A means of communication to use during a crisis. Each
faculty and staff member should have a walkie talkie and
a charging device accessible at all times.
References:
Thompson, R. A. (2004). Crisis intervention and crisis management. Great Britain: BrunnerRoutledge.