Safety Calendar

College of Education, Grand Canyon University

EAD-536: Strategic Leadership and Management in the Principalship

Hugo Guillen

Week Four

March 1, 2023
◄ July August 2023 September ►
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19
First Day Fire Drill Debrief
of school 8:20 am Meeting
2:00 pm

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31

Safety
Meeting
2:00 pm

Fire Drill- Fire drill will occur August 15th at 8:20 am during 2nd period. The intent of the the drill
is to ensure that early in the year the students and staff have an accurate knowledge and
understanding of this critical procedure.
Debrief Meetings- Debrief meetings will occur after each simulation to ensure that staff
understand what went well during the practice session and what needs for improvement where
identified. Key takeaways will be dessimanted to admin, school nurse, site manager and
secretaries.
Safety Meeting: All school staff will meet on a quaretly basis for a brief meeting to discuss the
importance of school safety and discuss areas of strengths and areas for improvement.
Upcoming drills will also be discussed to prepare toeachers a solicit input.
◄ August September 2023 October ►
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fire Drill Debrief
9:15 am Meeting
2:00 pm

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Full School Debrief
Evacutation Meeting
1:15 pm 2:00 pm

Fire Drill- Fire drill will occur September 26th at 9:15 am during 3rd period. The intent of the the
drill is to ensure that the students and staff have an accurate knowledge and understanding of
this critical procedure for this class period.
Debrief Meetings- Debrief meetings will occur after each simulation to ensure that staff
understand what went well during the practice session and what needs for improvement where
identified. Key takeaways will be dessimanted to admin, school nurse, site manager and
secretaries.
Full School Evacuation- Monday September 26 at 1:15 pm staff and students will conduct a full school
evacuation to the alternate safe are identified in the school safety plan. This will occur to our sister
elementary school playground. Parents will be notifed through the district communications of this drill
and through a flyer sent home. Parents will be informed of the need to conduct such a drill and protocols
on how to pick up their child such an event. Students and staff will work together to train students on the
procedures during the students enrichment classes.
◄ September October 2023 November ►
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Quarterly Debrief
Lockdown Meeting
Drill 2:00 pm
10:15 am

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Fire Drill Debrief
10:10 am Meeting
2:00 pm

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30 31

Quarertly Lockdown Drill- On October 3rd at 10:15 am a local police department was
conducting a felony stop on a vehicle when the suspect ran from the police towards the
direction of the school. Code yellow was initiated.
Fire Drill- Fire drill will occur October 18th at 10:10 am during 4th period. The intent of the the
drill is to ensure that the students and staff have an accurate knowledge and understanding of
this critical procedure for this class period.
Debrief Meetings- Debrief meetings will occur after each simulation to ensure that staff
understand what went well during the practice session and what needs for improvement where
identified. Key takeaways will be dessimanted to admin, school nurse, site manager and
secretaries.
◄ October November 2023 December ►
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Safety
Meeting
2:00 pm

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Fire Drill Debrief
11:05 am Meeting
2:00 pm

26 27 28 29 30

Fire Drill- Fire drill will occur November 21st at 11:05 am during lunch time. The intent of the the
drill is to ensure that students and staff have an accurate knowledge and understanding of this
critical procedure for this period out of the classroom. Students will be promptly escorted to the
evatuation point closest to their areas using their enrichment room signs as a meeting point for
each student.
Debrief Meetings- Debrief meetings will occur after each simulation to ensure that staff
understand what went well during the practice session and what needs for improvement where
identified. Key takeaways will be dessimanted to admin, school nurse, site manager and
secretaries.
Safety Meeting: All school staff will meet on a quaretly basis for a brief meeting to discuss the
importance of school safety and discuss areas of strengths and areas for improvement.
Upcoming drills will also be discussed to prepare toeachers a solicit input.
◄ November December 2023 January ►
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Quarterly Debrief
Lockdown Meeting
Drill 2:00 pm
1:15 pm
10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Fire Drill Debrief
12:30 pm Meeting
2:00 pm
31

Quarertly Lockdown Drill- On December 5th at 1:15 pm an angry parent enters the school
demanding to speak with the principal. After being asked to calm down the parent pulls out a
gun and threatened to shoot an administrator who had suspended their child. Code red is
initated.
Fire Drill- Fire drill will occur December 27th at 12:30 pm during students enrichment period.
The intent of the the drill is to ensure that the students and staff have an accurate knowledge
and understanding of this critical procedure for this class period.
Debrief Meetings- Debrief meetings will occur after each simulation to ensure that staff
understand what went well during the practice session and what needs for improvement where
identified. Key takeaways will be dessimanted to admin, school nurse, site manager and
secretaries.
◄ December January 2023 February ►
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Safety
Meeting
2:00 pm
15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Fire Drill Debrief
12:10 pm Meeting
2:00 pm

29 30 31

Fire Drill- Fire drill will occur December 27th at 12:10 pm during students enrichment period.
The intent of the the drill is to ensure that the students and staff have an accurate knowledge
and understanding of this critical procedure for this class period.
Debrief Meetings- Debrief meetings will occur after each simulation to ensure that staff
understand what went well during the practice session and what needs for improvement where
identified. Key takeaways will be dessimanted to admin, school nurse, site manager and
secretaries.
Safety Meeting: All school staff will meet on a quaretly basis for a brief meeting to discuss the
importance of school safety and discuss areas of strengths and areas for improvement.
Upcoming drills will also be discussed to prepare toeachers a solicit input.
◄ January February 2023 March ►
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Quarterly Debrief Meeting 2:00
pm
Lockdown
Drill
9:30 am

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Fire Drill
1:05pm

26 27 28
Debrief
Meeting
2:00 pm

Quarertly Lockdown Drill- On February 6th at 9:30 am the local police department call sthe
school to notify that there has been a suspicious package found on a sidewalk near the school.
While the package does not pose an immediate threat law enforcement will be conducting a
special operation to investigate the suspicious item. Code yellow is initiated.
Fire Drill- Fire drill will occur February 24th at 1:05 pm during students 5th period. The intent of
the the drill is to ensure that the students and staff have an accurate knowledge and
understanding of this critical procedure for this class period.
Debrief Meetings- Debrief meetings will occur after each simulation to ensure that staff
understand what went well during the practice session and what needs for improvement where
identified. Key takeaways will be dessimanted to admin, school nurse, site manager and
secretaries.
◄ February March 2023 April ►
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Fire Drill Debrief
1:05 pm Meeting
2:00 pm

26 27 28 29 30 31

Fire Drill- Fire drill will occur March 23rd at 1:05 pm during students 6th period. The intent of the
the drill is to ensure that the students and staff have an accurate knowledge and understanding
of this critical procedure for this class period.
Debrief Meetings- Debrief meetings will occur after each simulation to ensure that staff
understand what went well during the practice session and what needs for improvement where
identified. Key takeaways will be dessimanted to admin, school nurse, site manager and
secretaries.
◄ March April 2023 May ►
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Safety
Meeting
2:00 pm
16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Fire Drill Debrief
1:45 pm Meeting

30

Fire Drill- Fire drill will occur April 26th at 1:45 pm during students 6th period. This will but up
near the end of the school day and the students may be more rowdy and agitated than usual.
The intent of the the drill is to ensure that the students and staff have an accurate knowledge
and understanding of this critical procedure period of the day.
Debrief Meetings- Debrief meetings will occur after each simulation to ensure that staff
understand what went well during the practice session and what needs for improvement where
identified. Key takeaways will be dessimanted to admin, school nurse, site manager and
secretaries.
Safety Meeting: All school staff will meet on a quaretly basis for a brief meeting to discuss the
importance of school safety and discuss areas of strengths and areas for improvement.
Upcoming drills will also be discussed to prepare toeachers a solicit input.
◄ April May 2023 June ►
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6
Quarterly Debrief
Lockdown Meeting
Drill 2:00 pm
1:20 pm

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Fire Drill Debrief
7:45 am Meeting
2:00 pm
28 29 30 31

Quarertly Lockdown Drill- On May 3rd at 1:20 pm a unknown adult waits in the secure school
lobby for a student to enter the building in the main lobby and quickly runs in behind him without
permission or identifying their reason for being there. Code red is initated.
Fire Drill- Fire drill will occur February 24th at 7:45am during students 1st period. The intent of
the the drill is to ensure that the students and staff have an accurate knowledge and
understanding of this critical procedure for this class period. This will be the second time that a
drill occurs during this period. Admin will evaluate how well students do recalling procedures.
Debrief Meetings- Debrief meetings will occur after each simulation to ensure that staff
understand what went well during the practice session and what needs for improvement where
identified. Key takeaways will be dessimanted to admin, school nurse, site manager and
secretaries.
◄ May June 2023 July ►
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Fire Drill Debrief
10:20 Meeting
am. 2:00 pm

25 26 27 28 29 30

Fire Drill- Fire drill will occur June 19th at 10:20 am during students 3rd period. The intent of the
the drill is to ensure that the students and staff have an accurate knowledge and understanding
of this critical procedure for this class period. This will be the second time that a drill occurs
during this period. Admin will evaluate how well students do recxalling past procedures.
Debrief Meetings- Debrief meetings will occur after each simulation to ensure that staff
understand what went well during the practice session and what needs for improvement where
identified. Key takeaways will be dessimanted to admin, school nurse, site manager and
secretaries.
Rationale:

Student safety is of the paramount concern for any school site leader. When planning such key

measures the school leader is compelled by their duty to protect and provide for student safety at all

times period taking such measures such as conducting fire drills lockdown drills evacuation drills and

safety trainings are something that cannot be taken lightly. While it would be easy to view these

measures as simply a compliance issue, the reality is that real life incidents do occur all the time across

the country and usually we see that proper prior planning improves the outcomes of such events. With

this in mind we need to make sure that staff and students alike understand what each drill consists of

and what the intent of each drill is supposed to be. When staff and students understand not only what

they need to do but why they need to do it there is often going to be more buy in for such drills.

Many of these drills are inconvenient to teachers and disrupt their teaching practices, however

when they are properly planned ahead and teachers are notified of when to expect such drills they are

able to understand and be willing to work with admin as they prepare a safe environment for all their

students and for the teachers themselves. If an event was to occur the simple fact is that all staff and all

students want to be able to go home safely. By being able to invest beforehand in how to mitigate the

dangers and risks of each of these scenarios we are able to truly say that we care for student and staff

safety.

Are schools vision and mission always revolves around student safety and by adhering and

properly planning out these drills we are ensuring that we are doing our part in taking care of the whole

student not just their academic needs. Furthermore we comply with local and federal regulations and

avoid unnecessary legal exposure to the school district and ourselves.