Introduces the Planning Considerations for K-12 Rural Schools Train-the-Educator Live and Virtual Trainings by Request, which provide strategies that enhance emergency management planning for rural schools.

Provides a hypothetical winter precipitation scenario with guiding questions and supplemental resources to be used to practice an emergency operations plan through awareness of human error. This document is a part of the Emergency Exercises Training Package that can be downloaded from https://rems.ed.gov/TrainingPackage.aspx.

Provides core planning teams with suggestions for developing emergency operations plans that consider the needs of their neurodivergent population.

Explains how K-12 schools can prepare for hate speech through the development of a Bullying Annex.

Showcases how schools and school districts can and should collaborate with faith-based organizations on emergency operations plan development.

Para que los directores y administradores del distrito escolar personalicen y diseminar a las familias, tutores y cuidadores para compartir información esencial sobre el almacenamiento seguro de armas de fuego.

For principals and school district administrators to customize and disseminate to families, guardians, and caregivers to share essential information about safe firearm storage.

Contains information about the REMS TA Center's Live Trainings by Request offerings, including the description, target audience, delivery format, number of participants, allotted time, and suggestions for who should attend.

Contains information about the REMS TA Center's Virtual Trainings by Request offerings, including the description, target audience, number of participants, allotted time, and suggestions for who should attend.

Introduces the Cybersecurity 101 Risk Management Train-the-Trainer Live and Virtual Trainings by Request, which provide basic strategies that enhance cybersecurity planning in a K-12 school setting.

Aids state education agencies in planning, creating, and delivering training events to assist local education agencies in the development and implementation of high-quality emergency operations plans.

Provides school and school district leaders and core planning teams with information on how to employ timeless school safety strategies for emergency management planning in collaboration with community partners.

Provides information on how state education agencies can support schools and school districts with the development and refinement of school emergency operations plans.

Aids state education agencies in establishing state-level partnerships and collaborating with other entities on the provision of training and technical assistance to local education agencies in the development and implementation of high-quality emergency operations plans.

Outlines how school core planning teams can provide K-12 agencies with information on cyber threats facing their networks and systems and prepare for cyber threats, through the creation and modification of a Cyber Annex in the school emergency operations plan.

Introduces the Resilience Strategies for Institutions of Higher Education: Techniques for Self-Care and Compassion Fatigue Prevention Train-the-Educator Live and Virtual Trainings by Request, which present approaches to resilience for faculty, staff, and administrators.

Provides education agencies with information and strategies for addressing fentanyl and opioid overdoses on their campuses through emergency operations plans and other preparedness activities.

Introduces the Earthquake Preparedness for Schools Train-the-Educator Live and Virtual Trainings by Request, which provide information on planning for earthquakes in the school setting.

Outlines how school core planning teams can protect youth from sextortion through the creation and modification of a Sextortion Annex in the school emergency operations plan.

Lists resources for planning teams on engaging students in prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery efforts and emergency operations plan development.

Lists resources for special educators and planning teams on access and/or functional needs and emergencies, emergency operations plan development, threats and hazards, and general safety.

Provides administrators, faculty, staff, and safety leaders with an explanation of the Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design concept and strategies for incorporating CPTED principles into emergency operations plan development to enhance physical security, school/campus climate, and student learning.

Provides school core planning teams and school safety leaders with strategies for engaging students in school emergency management planning efforts while still safeguarding their well-being.

Offers an example of goals, objectives, and courses of action that address before, during, and after an emergency event that may be found in a Family Reunification Annex. This annex was created for a fictional school and is intended to serve only as a sample of the structure and format of an annex; it should not be used as a template or copied.

Offers an example of goals, objectives, and courses of action that address before, during, and after an emergency event that may be found in a Lockdown Annex. This annex was created for a fictional school and is intended to serve only as a sample of the structure and format of an annex; it should not be used as a template or copied.

Offers an example of goals, objectives, and courses of action that address before, during, and after an emergency event that may be found in a Shelter-in-Place Annex. This annex was created for a fictional school and is intended to serve only as a sample of the structure and format of an annex; it should not be used as a template or copied.

Introduces the Conducting K-12 Site Assessments With SITE ASSESS Extension Training and Train-the-Educator Live and Virtual Trainings by Request, which provide information on site assessments and how to use SITE ASSESS, the REMS TA Center's free and secure mobile application.

Presents an overview of the Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) approach to reducing and removing opportunities for criminal behaviors, along with tips and strategies for applying CPTED in a K-12 school environment.

Explores an incident within a school that involved a mercury spill. Offers lessons learned and best practices related to managing toxic and hazardous chemicals in the school setting and preparing for a chemical-related emergency including collaborating with partners, providing training, preparing communications, conducting site assessments, allocating resources, and creating hazard-specific annexes in the school emergency operations plan.

Lists resources for athletic directors and planning teams on before, during, and after an emergency and emergency operations plan development and annexes.

Discusses approaches to create effective, evidence-based school discipline policies with a focus on responsive rather than punishment-based discipline practices. The fact sheet includes steps and resources to help school administrators and leaders examine the rationale driving existing discipline policies and to include students and community members in the conversation to develop revised approaches.

Highlights the important role student support teams (SSTs) can play in developing and enacting effective supports for students and ensuring that teachers also have the skills and support needed. It describes key elements for creating high-quality SSTs, identifying students who need additional support, and implementing Tier 2 (Targeted) and Tier 3 (Intensive) practices and procedures.

Introduces the School Behavioral Threat Assessments: An Introduction Train-the-Educator Live and Virtual Trainings by Request, which provides information on preventing and reducing targeted violence in schools through behavioral threat assessments.

Introduces the Communications and Warning Considerations for Your K-12 Emergency Operations Plan Train-the-Educator Virtual Training by Request, which provides information on planning for alerts, communications, and warnings before, during, and after a range of emergency situations.

Introduces the Resilience Strategies for Educators (RSE): Techniques for Self-Care and Peer Support Train-the-Educator and Train-the-Trainer Live and Virtual Trainings by Request, which presents approaches to caregiver resilience and can assist schools in their health, social, emotional, and behavioral recovery efforts before, during, and after and emergency event.

Introduces the Developing Emergency Operations Plans (EOPs) IHE 101 Train-the-Educator and Train-the-Trainer Live and Virtual Trainings by Request, which presents information on how institutions of higher education can collaborate with their local government and community partners to plan for potential emergencies through the creation of a high-quality higher ed EOP.

Offers an example of goals, objectives, and courses of action that address before, during, and after an emergency event that may be found in an Evacuation Annex. This annex was created for a fictional school and is intended to serve only as a sample of the structure and format of an annex; it should not be used as a template or copied.

Provides an overview of the REMS TA Center's free products and services for K-12 and higher ed audiences.

Offers an example of goals, objectives, and courses of action that address before, during, and after an emergency event that may be found in an Earthquake Annex. This annex was created for a fictional school and is intended to serve only as a sample of the structure and format of an annex; it should not be used as a template or copied.

Provides K-12 school and school district planning teams with considerations for addressing bereavement and loss, anniversaries, and memorials within the Recovery Annex in a school emergency operations plan.

Provides non-public school leaders and core planning teams with information on how to engage in emergency management planning in collaboration with community partners.

Introduces the Planning for Family Reunification Before, During, and After an Emergency Train-the-Educator Virtual Training by Request, which provides information on planning for family reunification before, during, and after an emergency.

Introduces the Addressing and Preventing Adult Sexual Misconduct Train-the-Educator Live Training by Request, which provides information on creating policies and procedures for preventing and addressing adult sexual misconduct in schools.

Introduces the Developing Emergency Operations Plans (EOPs) K-12 101 Train-the-Educator and Train-the-Trainer Live and Virtual Trainings by Request, which present an overview of recommended planning processes and key considerations for creating, revising, or enhancing school EOPs.

Aids state education agencies in communicating and disseminating information to the best contacts who provide training and technical assistance to local education agencies in developing and implementing high-quality emergency operations plans.

Lists resources on equity in school systems, school-based law enforcement, and emergency operations plan development.

Provides a hypothetical power outage scenario with guiding questions and supplemental resources to be used to conduct a tabletop exercise and practice a Power Failure Annex. This document is a part of the Emergency Exercises Training Package that can be downloaded from https://rems.ed.gov/TrainingPackage.aspx.

Provides a hypothetical infectious disease scenario with guiding questions and supplemental resources to be used to conduct a tabletop exercise and practice an Infectious Disease Annex. This document is a part of the Emergency Exercises Training Package that can be downloaded from https://rems.ed.gov/TrainingPackage.aspx.

Provides a hypothetical cyber threat scenario with guiding questions and supplemental resources to be used to conduct a tabletop exercise and practice a Cyber Annex. This document is a part of the Emergency Exercises Training Package that can be downloaded from https://rems.ed.gov/TrainingPackage.aspx.

Provides a hypothetical flood scenario with guiding questions and supplemental resources to be used to conduct a tabletop exercise and practice a Flood Annex. This document is a part of the Emergency Exercises Training Package that can be downloaded from https://rems.ed.gov/TrainingPackage.aspx.

Lists resources on exercise planning and capturing lessons learned and updating EOPs; tools for conducting emergency exercises; and training opportunities on emergency exercises. This resource list is a component of the Emergency Exercises Training Package.

Lists resources for school nutrition directors and planning teams on food safety, food defense, contaminated food annexes, continuity of feeding, and food distribution.

Provides information on the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration Weather Radio (NWR), including key features to look for when purchasing an NWR, where to station NWR receivers on the school campus, where to obtain more information specific to your area, and integration of NWR receivers when practicing the plan.

Provides schools, school districts, and institutions of higher education with lessons learned and strategies for planning and conducting functional exercises to practice EOPs with community partners.

Explores the goals of Psychological First Aid (PFA) models; outlines when and how schools can implement PFA, including considerations to keep in mind when implementing; and describes the type of training school staff need to use this strategy effectively.

Shares information and strategies for establishing partnerships with media representatives and for developing emergency operations plans that consider the role of the media before, during, and after emergency incidents.

Outlines key terms in school and higher ed emergency management planning that are commonly referenced throughout the REMS TA Center’s materials and resources. It is intended to be used by administrators, faculty, and personnel at K-12 schools, school districts, and institutions of higher education to standardize their vocabulary and enhance their capacity for EOP development.

Offers strategies that can be used by schools and school districts to create a solid foundation with youth-serving community-based organizations, expand their current networks of collaboration, and anticipate potential obstacles so that partnerships will be activated quickly and efficiently if a critical incident occurs.

Presents strategies and tips for initiating and managing the core and ad-hoc planning teams, as well as strengthening partnerships for effective emergency operations plan development.

Lists resources for public health officials and K-12 planning teams on emergency operations plan development and preparing schools for before, during, and after an emergency.

Provides emergency management planning considerations for online classrooms from an all settings, all times perspective, which includes schools and programs that are fully online; it also highlights the importance of considering online classrooms in EOP annexes, such as the Continuity of Operations (COOP) Annex and the Cyber Annex.

Lists resources for school administrators and planning teams on emergency operations plan development and preparing for before, during, and after an emergency.

Lists resources for mental health professionals and planning teams on emergency operations plan development and preparing for before, during, and after an emergency.

Provides considerations for charter school operators, administrators, and safety planning teams and their community partners to think about in their emergency management planning efforts.

Introduces the REMS TA Center's Online Courses and provides information on getting started, certificates of completion, and available courses.

Outlines how institution of higher education core planning teams can plan for potential bomb threats through the creation and modification of a higher education emergency operations plan that addresses the threat in a Bomb Threat Annex.

Provides rural school leaders and core planning teams with additional information on how to engage in emergency management planning in collaboration with community partners.

Provides K-12 and higher ed planning and response teams with strategies for engaging in whole community planning to enhance their collaboration and coordination with community partners.

Provides school district leaders and school core planning teams with recommendations to develop or enhance an Infectious Disease Annex within an emergency operations plan and considerations specific to pandemic planning.

Lists resources for transportation directors and planning teams on preparing for emergencies on school buses, using school buses to respond to emergencies, transportation safety and funding, and developing emergency operations plans.

Provides K-12 school and school district staff, teachers, and school safety leaders with information and strategies to engage administrators in emergency management planning in order to develop, implement, and maintain comprehensive school emergency operations plans.

Provides information and strategies for schools to use when planning for special needs and providing for students with disabilities before, during, and after an emergency.

Provides an overview of the purpose, structure, and benefits of after-action reports; offers best practices for creating after-action reports and implementing lessons learned after exercises or emergency operations plan activations; and shares resources to support K-12 and higher ed practitioners in integrating after-action reports into emergency management planning.

Lists resources for teachers and planning teams on emergency operations plan development, educator resilience and self-care, hazards and threats, and youth preparedness.

Provides schools, school districts, and institutions of higher education with guidance for reviewing, updating, and strengthening emergency operations plans, including through emergency exercises, collaboration, training, and plan evaluations.

Provides strategies that K-12 school and school district administrators, teachers, and staff can use when partnering with families and caregivers to build school emergency management capacity and offers guidance for families and caregivers on their roles and responsibilities throughout the five National Preparedness System mission areas—prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery.

Lists resources for facility managers and planning teams on school facility preparedness, site assessments, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, and emergency operations plan development.

Lists resources for information technology specialists and planning teams on cybersecurity and cyber safety considerations, infrastructure and data breaches, and emergency operations plan development and annexes.

Provee un resumen del Cuaderno de Trabajo Interactivo de EOP ASSIST, una versión sin conexión para desarrollar un plan escolar de operaciones de emergencia.

Provides information on the types and benefits of emergency exercises; developing an effective emergency exercise program; post-exercise evaluations; obtaining stakeholder buy-in; and resources for emergency exercises. A case study on emergency exercises is also included in this fact sheet.

Provides an overview of food safety and food defense; explores the assessment of food service operation hazards; describes implementation measures to enhance food safety and food defense; reviews training and planning for bioterrorism; and discusses how food safety and food defense can be incorporated into school emergency operations plans.

Use this checklist to help schools develop a new school emergency operations plan or refresh a current plan.

Use this checklist to develop a new school emergency operations plan or refresh a current plan.

Provides aspects to consider when creating emergency supply kits and suggested contents for administration and classroom kits.

Offers a compendium of key resources and information for practitioners who are interested in gaining an understanding of school emergency operations plan development.

Use this checklist to develop a new higher ed emergency operations plan or refresh a current plan.

Lists resources for families, parents, and planning teams on before, during, and after an emergency and emergency operations plan development and annexes.

Explores an incident within a suburban school community that involved a car crash resulting in the death of seven middle school students during a weekend. Offers school emergency operations plan lessons learned related to incident response teams; counseling; communications; bereavement and loss; anniversaries and memorials; memoranda of understanding; and health, social, emotional, and behavioral recovery.

Introduces Joint Field Offices as a component of the National Disaster Recovery Framework and provides information on working with Recovery Support Functions.

Lists resources for community engagement specialists and planning teams on before, during, and after an emergency and emergency operations plan development and annexes.

Provides an overview of the Specialized Training Package and its modules that can be used to deliver asynchronous or synchronous training opportunities on school emergency operations plan development.

Provides an overview of the EOP ASSIST Interactive Workbook, an offline tool for developing a high-quality school emergency operations plan.

Provides an overview of NIMS, information on NIMS and school safety planning, and practitioner-oriented NIMS implementation tips for education agencies.

Introduces the National Disaster Recovery Framework and its six Recovery Support Functions, provides information on state and local steady-state disaster recovery planning groups, and offers further reading on the topic.

Lists resources for school psychologists and planning teams to use before, during, and/or after an emergency and during the development of emergency operations plans and annexes.

Provides information on addressing, managing, and facilitating successful family reunification before, during, and after an emergency event within a school emergency operations plan.

Lists resources for K-12 schools, school districts, state education agencies, and regional education agencies, with their community partners, in emergency management planning.

Lista los recursos para las escuelas K-12, los distritos escolares, las agencias estatales de educación y las agencias educativas regionales, con sus socios comunitarios, en la planificación del manejo de emergencias.

Highlights the tools and trainings offered by the REMS TA Center for schools and institutions of higher education in the Spanish language.

Destaca las herramientas y capacitaciones que ofrece el REMS TA Center para escuelas e instituciones de educación superior en el Idioma de Español.

Provides information on youth preparedness, including how to integrate it into educational activities, benefits and tips, and programs, curricula, resources, and sample activities.

Provides information about the REMS TA Center's Virtual Trainings by Request (VTBRs) program, including featured VTBR training topics, how VTBRs can support your professional development, and how to request a free VTBR for your education agency.

Lists resources for school nurses and planning teams on collaborative planning, hazard mitigation, evacuation, triage, health education, surveillance, public health, medical, and mental health, infectious diseases, and opioid overdoses and drug-related emergencies.

Lists guidance, tools, trainings, and other resources on emergency operations plan development, the National Preparedness System, planning principles, and the planning process.

Lists site assessment resources for K-12 schools and school districts on maintaining safe and healthy facilities and preparing facilities for hazards and threats.

Lists site assessment resources for institutions of higher education on maintaining safe and healthy facilities and preparing facilities for hazards and threats.

Highlights the EOP Interactive Tools offered by the REMS TA Center for schools and institutions of higher education, including SITE ASSESS, EOP ASSESS, EOP EVALUATE, EOP ASSIST, and the EOP ASSIST Interactive Workbook.

Provides an overview of continuity of operations planning, key considerations for the continuity of teaching and learning, and additional resources.

Offers an overview of cyber safety, and provides key practical and quick links to Websites offering free cyber safety resources, tools, and training for youth, parents, and school personnel.

Provides a brief overview of cybersecurity and cyber safety, lists threats facing school district networks and systems, and offers a selection of resources on this topic.

Provides information and tips on using masks and personal protective equipment as mitigation tools, such as understanding types; designing usage requirements based on role; confirming state requirements and recommendations; training students, faculty, and staff on proper usage; creating virtual and in-person trainings; developing a self-inspection checklist; addressing issues with access and shortages; and identifying supportive resources.

Provides information about conducting exercises and drills during the COVID-19 pandemic, including recommendations for modifying plans and key considerations when modifying school-based exercises.

Offers key practical steps and quick links to learning opportunities and resources on resilience and well-being in the context of a pandemic and other emergency events.

Offers recommendations to support continuity of feeding and food distribution, common challenges identified by state partners, and Federal resources to support continuity of feeding and food distribution during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Provides an overview of the EOP ASSIST software application that K-12 schools, school districts, regional education agencies, and state agencies can use to walk through a six-step planning process for developing a high-quality emergency operations plan.

Proporciona las hojas de trabajo para ingresar información del plan dentro del libro de trabajo interactivo EOP ASSIST en el idioma Español.

Proporciona las instrucciones para utilizar el libro interactivo EOP ASSIST en español.

Provides the worksheets for inputting plan information within the EOP ASSIST Interactive Workbook.

Provides the instructions for using the EOP ASSIST Interactive Workbook.

Lists resources on trauma-informed care for before, during, and after possible emergency events, related to schools; educator resilience and self-care; social, emotional, and behavioral recovery planning; and psychological first aid.

Lists select Federal government preparedness trainings for the K-12 and higher ed communities by Federal agency.

Lists resources on preparing for floods at education agencies, including Flood Annex development; data sources for floods; flood mitigation; flood alerts, communications, and warnings/notifications; creating a culture of flood preparedness; physical and structural recovery from floods; and general flood safety.

Lists a variety of resources and tools that support the use of The Role of Districts in Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans, such as guides, publications, and tool kits; interactive tools, trainings, and downloadable packages; Webinars; Specialized Training Package modules on key topics in emergency management; on-site trainings by request; Community of Practice forums; and national, state, and local campaigns and initiatives.

Provides information on wildfire preparedness for K-12 schools and institutions of higher education.

Provides information on preparing for floods at state education agencies, including incorporating flooding in emergency operations plans, flood-related preparedness activities, and key resources.

Provides information on preparing for floods at institutions of higher education, including incorporating flooding in emergency operations plans, flood-related preparedness activities, and key resources.

Provides information on preparing for floods at K-12 schools and school districts, including incorporating flooding in emergency operations plans, flood-related preparedness activities, and key resources.

Shares 10 tips for teaching the psychological first aid (PFA) model, and includes an overview of the purpose and core elements of the PFA model.

Complements the earlier Guide for Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans (School Guide) by recommending specific roles and responsibilities for district-level administrators and staffs and that districts apply the same planning principles and follow the same six-step process as discussed in the School Guide.

Provides an overview of the SITE ASSESS mobile application that K-12 schools, school districts, and institutions of higher education can use to conduct a site assessment.

Lists resources for managing donations and volunteers before, during, and after major emergency events at schools, school districts, and institutions of higher education. The resources include guidelines, publications, and toolkits; EOP Interactive Tools; virtual trainings and downloadable packages; and on-site trainings by request.

Lists post-disaster reunification resources for schools and school districts related to planning, location systems, collaboration, and other resources.

Lists evacuation resources for schools and school districts related to collaboration; general evacuation planning; transportation; planning to evacuate specific locations; emergency supplies; and planning for students with disabilities or access and functional needs, including evacuation planning and general planning.

Lists resources for family reunification, related to planning and collaboration, from the Office of Safe and Healthy Students (now known as the Office of Safe and Supportive Schools), the REMS TA Center, and other partners.

Provides information on managing donations and volunteers as a part of education agency emergency management. Key topics include operational aspects to consider in partnership with key organizations and agencies, the relation to emergency operations plan development and planning, and key resources and references.

Offers considerations for schools seeking to increase connectivity and technology access for students, including how to start, how to connect schools to high-speed Internet and manage an Internet network, how to provide access to devices for students and teachers, and other privacy considerations.

Explains the components and benefits of the EOP ASSIST tool as a template document that can be customized to a particular agency and then distributed to local education agencies; common questions are answered.

Lists resources on using the five preparedness missions to help districts and schools be ready for emergencies. Resources are organized under the five preparedness missions: prevention, mitigation, protection, response, and recovery. Resources are listed with a short description, and they include Webinars, Trainings by Request, Web pages, and more.

Lists recovery resources, including resources for general recovery; academics recovery; physical and structural recovery; business functions recovery; and social, emotional, and behavioral recovery.

Lists Websites on compassion fatigue and behavioral health as part of the Resilience Strategies for Educators: Techniques for Self-Care and Peer Support Train-the-Trainer.

Lists resources for mitigation and resilience, including general mitigation and resilience, building and site design and construction, and mitigation for specific threats and hazards.

Helps schools and school districts understand adult sexual misconduct (ASM), develop policies and procedures around ASM, conduct trainings on ASM awareness and prevention, recognize the role of social media and technology in ASM, and incorporate ASM into their emergency operations plans.

Lists resources for integrating earthquakes into the school emergency operations plan. Resource topics include Federal and national earthquake programs, school earthquake preparedness, individual preparedness, funding for community hazard mitigation, and planning resources.

Lists resources related to addressing access and functional needs in school and higher education emergency operations plans, including overview resources, laws and regulations, tools and trainings, alerts and notifications, and special topics.

Lists resources related to continuity of operations (COOP) planning and developing a COOP Annex. Includes overview resources, COOP tools and trainings, and special topics.

Lists resources related to forming a school behavioral threat assessment team. Resource topics include threat assessments, school violence and active shooters, school climate, bullying, and Federal laws and regulations.

Lists resources related to the use of social media in school behavioral threat assessments. Resource topics include online safety and cyberbullying, threat assessments, school climate and bullying, and Federal laws and regulations.

Lists resources related to using the school emergency operations plan framework to support bullying prevention efforts, including overview resources and resources from StopBullying.gov.

Lists resources related to incorporating sextortion prevention, response, and recovery into school emergency operations plan (EOP) development. Resource topics include online safety, cyberbullying, and child exploitation as well as EOP development and school climate.

Recommends a six-step planning process to develop, revise, or review a higher ed emergency operations plan that can be customized to the building level with prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery activities.

Recommends a six-step planning process to develop, revise, or review a school emergency operations plan that can be customized to the building level with prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery activities.

Provides an overview of data on incidents of violence at institutions of higher education from 1900 to 2008, as well as observations and considerations to support higher ed emergency planning teams.