Chapter 1
Strategic Leadership
Course: School Leaders Licensure Assessment 6990
Subject: School Leaders Licensure Assessment 6990
Chapter: Organizational Leadership
A school leader
1. Understands how to ensure a safe environment by proactively addressing challenges to the physical and emotional safety and security of students, faculty, and staff
a. Develops a comprehensive safety and security plan in accordance with local, state, and federal policy
- Builds a written Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) that follows district policy, state statute, FEMA/ICS structure, and best-practice school safety guidance; updates annually and after any critical incident.
- Covers all‐hazards: fire, medical emergency, active threat, severe weather, gas leak, hazardous materials, bomb threat, cyber incident, utility failure, bus/transportation accident, after-hours events, and reunification.
- Specifies command roles (Incident Commander, Safety Officer, Operations, Planning, Logistics, Public Information) and alternates; includes duty cards and decision checklists.
- Maps facilities and posts color-coded evacuation/shelter/lockdown routes; verifies ADA-compliant egress and accessible refuge areas.
- Maintains equipment: two-way radios, mass notification system, AEDs, Stop-the-Bleed kits, trauma bags, flashlights, master key sets, go-kits for each area, backup rosters.
- Establishes drill calendar meeting state frequency (e.g., monthly fire; periodic lockdown/shelter/evacuation); conducts after-action reviews with corrective timelines and owners.
- Aligns student-specific safety: Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs), suicide risk protocols, threat assessment, medical care plans (epilepsy, diabetes, severe allergy), and confidential re-entry plans after hospitalization.
- Common pitfalls to avoid: propped exterior doors, outdated rosters during drills, unlabeled shutoff valves, expired AED pads/batteries, unsecured chemicals, inconsistent visitor management.