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Patricia M. Virella – Harvard Education Press, 2025
In "Crisis as Catalyst," Patricia M. Virella uncovers opportunities for school leaders to act as agents of equity and inclusivity during crisis situations. Virella interviewed dozens of school principals across the United States and Puerto Rico, and in this book she shares the key lessons from their experiences with crisis events of all…
Descriptors: Administrators, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Leadership Qualities
Moore, Pauline; Jackson, Brian A.; Augustine, Catherine H.; Steiner, Elizabeth D.; Phillips, Andrea – RAND Corporation, 2021
School leaders across the United States face the challenge of creating safe and secure environments across their campuses in a way that helps promote the achievement of schools' educational objectives. To help them meet this challenge, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency asked the Homeland…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, School Safety, Public Agencies, Kindergarten
Shannon, Judy; Wang, Tiffany R. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2010
Administrators are continually seeking university-community engagement. Continuing education departments are in a unique position to further these initiatives by connecting academic faculty, staff, and students with emerging community needs. This article provides a model to demonstrate the significant role continuing educators can play in…
Descriptors: Community Needs, Continuing Education, School Community Relationship, Models
Brown, Richard – Business Officer, 2000
Recounts the experience of East Carolina University (North Carolina) in responding to the disaster of Hurricane Floyd in 1999. Identifies 10 operational lessons such as ensuring that the institution's emergency response team is prepared for quick decisions and planning with the assumption that all vital utilities will be lost for not less than a…
Descriptors: Crisis Management, Emergency Programs, Higher Education, Hurricanes
Bourbon, Julie – Trusteeship, 2008
This past June, the Iowa River overflowed its banks and deluged 20 buildings on the University of Iowa's Iowa City campus. As the floodwaters finally receded, regents and administrators on the Iowa campus began dealing with all the ramifications and lessons of the flooding--including the key roles of testing emergency plans, nonstop communication,…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Crisis Management, Emergency Programs, Sustainable Development
Dolan, Thomas G. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2006
Most colleges and universities are poorly prepared to efficiently address and manage crises. That is the finding of a survey, the results of which were in the January/February issue of the publication, "Change." The authors point to Hurricane Katrina and the 9/11 terrorist attacks as wake-up calls to higher education and maintain both that campus…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Terrorism, Crisis Management, Emergency Programs
National Center for Homeless Education at SERVE, 2006
School offers structure, stability, and support to children and youth displaced by disasters. The 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes demonstrated the powerful role that schools can play in helping displaced children overcome the traumas they experience and regain their academic, social, and emotional footing. The school response to the 2005 hurricanes…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Student Rights, School Districts, Homeless People
State Univ. of New York, Buffalo. Coll. at Buffalo. – 1994
The purpose of this plan is to minimize the potential for disaster and to minimize damage to materials if a disaster should occur. It contains: emergency instructions; evacuation procedures; a disaster contact list; and sections on salvage priorities, prevention, protection, response, recovery, rehabilitation, disaster team responsibilities,…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Administrative Policy, Emergency Programs, Fire Protection
Mink, Kandy S. – Campus Activities Programming, 1995
The responses of several college student activities programs to crises on campus (violence, civil unrest, and earthquake) are described. In each case, professionals responsible highlighted the importance of having a proactive emergency plan in place and rehearsed. Flexibility and clear thinking are also crucial ingredients. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Planning, Emergency Programs, Extracurricular Activities, Higher Education
Brown, Michelle – Campus Activities Programming, 1995
Preparation for college campus crises (natural disasters, violence or unrest) is discussed. Specific suggestions are made for three distinct areas of readiness: (1) response to the situation; (2) response to the students; and (3) personal response. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Planning, Emergency Programs, Extracurricular Activities, Higher Education
Larkin, Ray; Brevard, Henry – Executive Educator, 1992
Teamwork and cooperation were the keys in restoring school service in Berkeley County (South Carolina) 17 days after Hurricane Hugo. Offers school districts tips on what to do both before an emergency strikes and in the aftermath. Lists information available from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. (MLF)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Emergency Programs
Wilkins, Jeannine W. – School Business Affairs, 1985
Every school needs an effective disaster recovery plan that is flexible, comprehensive and designed to take into account unexpected disasters. Presents guidelines for preparing such a plan, with immediate and long-range recovery procedures. (MD)
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Emergency Programs, Evaluation
Perry, Lester – School Business Affairs, 1989
Educators are not preparing adequately for the possibility of a sudden catastrophe. Outlines a disaster recovery plan and the duties of a disaster recovery team. Lists 10 short-term disaster recovery procedures. (MLF)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Emergency Programs, Management Teams, Natural Disasters
Pennsylvania State Emergency Management Agency, Harrisburg. – 1990
Guidelines to help school districts in Pennsylvania recognize potential hazards and develop a plan of community action are presented in this guidebook. The 1988 Emergency Management Services Code requires that every publicly funded state school have a disaster response plan that is exercised annually. Further, all publicly funded educational…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Compliance (Legal), Elementary Secondary Education, Emergency Programs
Speier, Anthony H. – 2000
Major natural and human-caused disasters deeply affect children, and they have a special vulnerability to such events. The importance of providing crisis counseling recovery assistance within the context of their special world cannot be over emphasized. The information in this manual provides both theory and guidance to individuals concerned with…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Needs, Children, Counseling
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