School Safety Plan (SSP)

plays a vital role in

addressing the incidents or
emergencies, safety, and
security in a learning
environment as it covers the
operational procedures in
mitigating the impact, and
immediate response to take,
anchored in its primary goal
of protecting the learners,
personnel, and parents
while in school.
 School Safety Plan (SSP) basically
has the following goals:
❑ Protect learners, educators and
staff from death, injury, violence
and harm in schools and other
learning spaces;
❑ Plan for education and protection
continuity, and limit disruptions
to learning in the face of shocks,
stresses, hazards and threats of
all kinds; and
❑ Promote knowledge and skills of
learners and school staff, to
contribute to risk reduction,
resilience building, and
sustainable development.
 The overall strategy of a
School Safety Plan (SSP) is to
execute effective and timely
decisions and actions that
prevent harm, protect lives
and property, mitigate
damages, restore order and
aid recovery. This plan shall
promote the ABC’s of school
safety: Awareness, Balance,
and Control to effectively
discharge school operation,
orderliness and security.
 This plan has been
established for the safety 0f
students, staff, and parents
while in school and the
community. Its guidelines are
to provide a safe and orderly
environment during the
school day. The information in
this plan is the
responsibilities and
guidelines for security. It
contains procedures to
implement in case of a crisis
or emergency.
 School Safety is a
community issue that
requires collaboration
between the schools,
emergency response
agencies, parents, and
the community. This takes
an all-hazards approach.
The plan will address:
prevention, response, and
recovery for any
emergency.
Prevention. Prevention
programs are the first
component in a school
safety plan. The purpose
of these programs is to
create a safe school
environment that supports
academic achievement.
These programs address a
variety of activities/tasks
because the primary goal
is to prevent emergencies.
Prevention. This plan
section outlines the
measures in use to
prevent crime, violence,
accidents and disruptive
events as well as those
designed to minimize the
negative impact of
those events that cannot
be prevented or that may
occur despite
prevention efforts.
Response. Some emergencies or
disasters cannot be prevented.
In those cases the second
component, emergency
response and emergency
operations plans are necessary
to ensure an effective response.
By having an emergency
response plan in place, the
school will minimize the impact
of an emergency or disaster. It is
important for all involved
response entities to coordinate
and plan their activities in
advance to minimize confusion
and enhance the response.
Recovery. School personnel and
staff must be prepared to assist
students in their emotional
recovery from an emergency or
disaster. To do this, a Critical
Incident Stress Management
response plan is necessary to
care for affected students and
staff. Facilities recovery is
another important
consideration. It is important to
have plans in place to get
classes back in operation as
soon as possible after the
response is concluded.
Phases of Disaster Management Cycle
 Why is it important to
ensure safety in schools?
School Safety plays a crucial
role in youth’s development
and academic success.
Students who feel safe at
school tend to have better
emotional health and are less
likely to engage in risky
behaviors. That sense of
safety contributes to an
overall feeling of connection
(https://www.kidsdata.org)
Main components of a
Safety plan
Basic Safety Plan Elements
❑ Policy or goals statement
❑ List of responsible persons
❑ Hazard identification
❑ Hazard controls and safe
practices
❑ Emergency and accident
response
❑ Employee training and
communication
❑ Recordkeeping
In crafting your School Safety Plan,
please bear in mind that we are
organizing a content of security not
only for the learners but also for the
entire school-community, and most
specifically for the following targets:
Crafting an Enhanced

PLAN
How to craft a School Safety Plan
❑ Begin with a preliminary
profile that includes:
a. School Name
b. Contact Number
c. School ID
d. SBM Level of Practice
e. School Head
f. Contact Number (SH)
How to craft a School Safety Plan
❑ Organize the introduction
that includes:
a. Vision for safe school
b. Brief description of the
plan
c. Goals, objectives, and
purposes of the plan
How to craft a School Safety Plan
❑ Proceed with the school
profile that highlights:
a. Brief description of school
location
b. Identified common hazards
and risks
c. Baseline data
c.1 Total number of students
c.2 Total number of school
personnel employed
c.3 List of risks/incidents
involving learners and
personnel safety
How to craft a School Safety Plan
❑ Fill in the Situationer that will
emphasize the following:
a. Identified incident
b. Brief Summary
c. Action Taken/Current Control
and Intervention
How to craft a School Safety Plan
❑ List down and identify your
School Safety Committee
members preferably an
incumbent members of the
school DRRM Team and
external partners.
a. Include the complete name,
designation/position, and
contact number
❑ Each incident shall have a
separate Incident Committee
not exceeding three (3)
members including the lead
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How to craft a School Safety Plan
❑ Organize your School Safety
Plan (in columnar form) that
highlights:
a. Hazard (1st column)
b. Risk (2nd column)
c. Incident (3rd column)
d. Prevention (4th column)
e. Step-by-step response (5th
column)
f. Recovery/Reintegration (6th
column)
g. Resources Needed (7th
column)
h. Person-in-charge (8th column)
HAZARD – is the danger, threat,
or source of accident that may
compromise operation and
safety of the school-community

RISK – is the specific peril or

degree of specified course
brought about by the identified
hazard

INCIDENT – is the specific

cause, result, or occurrence of
an action or situation
Threat, Hazard Types, and Examples:
1. Natural Hazards
Examples: earthquakes,
tornadoes, lightning, severe wind,
hurricanes, floods, wildfires,
extreme heat or temperatures,
landslides or mudslides, drought,
tropical cyclones (typhoon),
pollution, strong winds, etc.
2. Technological Hazards
Examples: explosions, release
of toxins, gas leaks, laboratory
spills, defective school structure,
dam, power and water failure,
industrial pollution, radiation,
transportation accidents, etc.
Threat, Hazard Types, and Examples:
3. Biological Hazards
Examples: infectious diseases,
pandemic, contaminated food
outbreaks, spread of viruses, etc.
4. Adversarial, Incidental, and
Human-Caused Hazards
Examples: fire, criminal threats,
gang violence, bomb threats,
cyber attacks, suicide, poisoning,
accidents in human-built
infrastructures, acceleration of
combustible substances,
suspicious packages, etc.
STEP-BY-STEP RESPONSE – list
of steps undertaken by the
committee to address a
particular incident – if needed
and necessary include time frame
RECOVERY/REINTEGRATION – is
the scientific application of
treatment and restoration of
one’s (victim) well-being
RESOURCES NEEDED – list of
tangible/intangible things

PERSON-IN-CHARGE – list of
persons involved
How to craft a School Safety Plan
❑ Fill in the table that highlights
the Resource Projection,
Capacity, and Need that
includes:
a. Incident
b. Current Resources – include
trained personnel, facilities,
and materials at-hands (at
present)
c. Needed Resources – include
trained personnel, facilities,
and materials (lacking,
additional resources that are
needed at the moment)
How to craft a School Safety Plan
❑ Proceed crafting your
Communication Plan:
a. Communication Directory –
include internal/external role
player, contact number,
office and address
b. Communication Protocol – is
an illustration or diagram that
shows set of detailed plan or
procedure to direct the
efforts or attention to a
particular incident. Graphics
is particularly accepted.
How to craft a School Safety Plan
❑ Formulate the School Safety
Plan Monitoring and
Evaluation Tool that will
continuously gather
immediate feedback
whenever possible incident
will happen
❑ The concerned personnel
from the school and the
stakeholders must be asked
to monitor the progress
report of a particular incident
to ensure that everybody in
the school is safe
How to craft a School Safety Plan
❑ The School Safety Plan
Monitoring and Evaluation
Tool is a mean for adjustment
if it is deemed necessary to
improve services and provide
immediate actions to
learners, personnel, and
stakeholders inside the
school.
❑ ME Tool can be crafted as a
whole generating all types of
incident or an individual tool
for each type of incident.
How to craft a School Safety Plan
❑ Conclude your School Safety
Plan with Appendices that
include:
a. School Hazard Map
b. Memorandum of Agreement
or Memorandum of
Understanding (MOA/MOU)
c. Term of Reference of Role
Players and Persons Involved
– these are list of duties and
responsibilities
d. Infographics – incidents
enlisted shall have their
respective infographics
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 REMINDERS
❑ School Safety Plan is by
School Year therefore
updating, revision, and
modification is expected to be
done after every school year
(if needed and necessary)
❑ School Safety Plan must be
communicated/cascaded in
all types of modality for
information dissemination
❑ School Safety Plan’s
illustrations, diagrams,
frameworks, procedures, etc.
must be evaluated
 REMINDERS
❑ School Safety Plan must be in
place along with all other
Contingency Plan Forms
❑ In documenting the
implementation of the School
Safety Plan, make it sure that
all other documents such as
incident report (but not
limited to IR) are attached and
filed properly
❑ School Safety Plan must
highlight specific steps-by-
steps actions in all incidents
listed