New Faculty Seminar Presentation 2014 THE NEW. THE FEW. IT MAY COME DOWN TO YOU!

New Faculty Seminar Presentation 2014 THE NEW. THE FEW. IT MAY COME DOWN TO YOU!

2 A Culture of Preparedness is Really a Mindset- What do you ask yourself when you prepare to teach? Ken Bain

3 The same way you have to prepare yourself to teach; you have to prepare yourself to think in an emergency.

4 The same preparation you take to develop a lesson plan, goals for homework assignments; you have to prepare to act in an emergency.

5 The same way you decide what salient points to include in your lectures; you must decide how to impart to your students the seriousness of responding to you and other college staff in the event of an emergency.

6 The same way you have expectations for student success; the college administration has expectations for you to respond to emergencies.

Know Your Emergency Plans 7 Intranet Information Security/Police/Emergency Website Key Contacts: Security, Police, VP Finance Administration or your Emergency Coordination Officer Evacuation Location Emergency Team/Floor Wardens

Know Your Emergency Plans 8 Current Emergency Contact Information HR Information on Medical/Physical Limitations Special Needs Students and Co-Workers Contact Information on your Students

Know Who to Contact 9 Security Police VP Finance & Administration Emergency Coordination Officer Threat Assessment Team (Chairman or any member)

Know Who to Contact 10 Student Services Human Resources Title IX Coordinator Facilities Local Law Enforcement and Fire

Commonwealth of Virginia Policies 11 Emergency Preparedness (vccs orientation for adjuncts) Check college procedures for emergency evacuation information Tell students where to relocate if evacuated Familiarize yourself with Violence Prevention policies Know the procedure to report threatening behavior Follow all emergency protocols (fire drills, bomb threats, evacuations) Inform students about weather related college closings

Commonwealth of Virginia Policies 12 Emergency Preparedness (vccs orientation for adjuncts) Learn the location of exits closest to your classroom/office Keep an accurate count of students in your area whenever possible Get to know your Security/Police Chief and Officers Keep emergency phone numbers handy Sign up for your Colleges Emergency Notification Alert System

Continuity of Education 13 Key responsibility is to continue the education process Know what your role is/departmental specific Have a Plan B- for your continuity of education (Blackboard, Sharepoint, Google) Know your college closing policy

Continuity of Education 14 Be prepared-weather, active shooter, evacuations Sign up for Alert Notifications Know your departments policy on student interaction during an emergency(department specific) Participate in college exercises and drills

Do You Feel Safe on Campus? New River Community College 2013 Northern Virginia Community College 2009 15

16 Culture of Preparedness-Knowing the Right Words for the Right Situation

17 Lockdown To remain in a secured classroom, or to find one quickly and go into the lockdown protocol.

18 Shelter-in-Place Necessary when external conditions make it unsafe to leave the building, but where locking down in a classroom is not necessary. A special shelter-in-place is conducted for tornadoes and severe weather conditions.

19 Evacuate Evacuations occur when the school building is not safe, or can be conducted once a lockdown situation is resolved.

Lockdown; Shelter-in-Place; Evacuate 20 A combination of shelter in place and evacuation may be necessary during situations such as earthquakes

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22 the human mind must first focus on the problem of how to understand, apply, analyze, synthesize or evaluate something Ken Bain

23 Our responsibilities in the VCCS learning culture do not begin and end at the classroom door.

Emergency preparedness for institutions of higher education has been an ever growing concern since 9/11. College staff and faculty have been tasked with being more involved with students and incidents on college campuses. How do you continue the educational process and maintain a safe work environment in the face of campus crisis? How do you foster a culture of preparedness in your classrooms and on your campuses? 24

You must develop the mindset to embrace the potential for emergencies that will occur on your campus or in your classroom. 25 The Culture of Preparedness begins with you and passes to your students and ultimately the college community.

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27 Questions????? Mary T. Savage Emergency Preparedness and Safety Manager Virginia Community College System 804-819-4986