Does your school have the following pandemic preparation/response procedures in place?
Updated sources on disease prevention and control available for students, teachers
and staff.
Crisis Response Plan designating responsibilities during an epidemic for
Crisis Response Team, administration, teachers, staff, students and parents.
Pandemic-specific communications to home and family regarding plans and
preparations already in place.
Communications plan (including identification of key contacts, with
back-ups, as well as a chain of communications and process for tracking and
communicating student, teacher and staff member health status).
Stockpiling of appropriate school materials.
Screening procedures (refer to Center for Disease Control, World Health Organization or the
official U.S. Government web site for information on pandemic and avian influenza).
School closure procedures (and evacuation procedures if appropriate).
Virtual School/Distance Learning plan in place.
Procedures for updating emergency response plans.
Legal counsel/insurance/American Embassy R.S.O. contact information.
Death in the school community procedure.
