Course Description
This Erasmus+ emergency response training for teachers helps education staff turn school safety procedures into confident, coordinated action during unexpected incidents.
In a fast-moving emergency, teachers may need to guide learners, follow school instructions and communicate accurately while remaining calm. Knowing a policy is not the same as knowing what to do in practice.
Participants will examine teacher-level responsibilities during evacuations, shelter procedures, serious incidents and sudden disruptions, always working within their school policies and the directions of competent authorities.
Interactive tabletop exercises, role-plays and debriefs will allow participants to practise recognising alarms, checking attendance, supporting anxious students, sharing essential information and responding when the original plan cannot be followed.
A key outcome is a classroom emergency response checklist and a set of age-appropriate preparation activities that teachers can adapt and rehearse with colleagues and students.
The course is suitable for primary and secondary teachers, teaching assistants, school safety teams and other education staff. It develops educational preparedness skills rather than professional first-aid or emergency-services certification.
Course Content
- Teacher responsibilities and school emergency protocols
- Evacuation, shelter and classroom accountability procedures
- Communication, calm leadership and supporting learners under stress
- Scenario simulations, debriefing and learning from near misses
- Creating classroom checklists and preparedness activities
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course delegates will be able to:
- Explain their role within a school emergency response plan
- Follow and practise safe, age-appropriate classroom procedures
- Communicate essential information clearly during a disruption
- Identify adjustments needed for different learner needs
- Prepare a classroom response checklist for local adaptation
Assessment and Certificates
Assessment of performance will be through delegate-completed portfolio of work. The final course certification for successful completion is a college-issued “Course Certificate of Completion”, for each module studied. In addition, where applicable, delegates will receive relevant EuroPass certificates.
