Having emergency preparedness plans is essential. They protect businesses, staff, children, and families. These plans must have specific, required components. Once established, programs must communicate plans to staff, families, and community partners. This course uses downloadable tools to guide center and group child care administrators and staff to create or refine effective plans for their facility. Learn to conduct and document required safety practices regularly to stay mission-ready for a future moment of crisis. (3 hours)
A wall with a bold EXIT sign, alarm pull inside a protective clear case, a building map with multiple evacuation routes marked in color, a light switch, and intercom panel.
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Course Objectives
- List the various required components of emergency plans, the reasons for those components, and the potential cooperation with local partners to carry out high-quality emergency responses.
- Create the basics of or review existing content in their program's emergency preparedness plan, including identifying facility features that may be installed as part of a safety design, in order to provide for the protection of children and staff in the event of a natural or human-caused emergency or disaster.
- Itemize the wide range of safety practices that staff should experience and how to document and learn from those practices as a part of a program’s continuous quality improvement process.
For family child care providers, visit the Family Child Care Emergency Plans and Preparation course page.
¡Disponsible en Español!: Planes y Preparación de Emergencia en Centros y Grupos De Cuidado Infantil
