Critical Incident Manual - Ministry of Education

Guidelines for Developing a Critical Incident Management Plan for a Safe School EnvironmentInterventive Response StrategiesInterventive response strategies provide general guidelines for responding to specific criticalincidents that occur at school. These include:Crime and ViolenceIncident: Student FightFighting, between student and student; member of staff and student; with or without weapons.Potential OutcomesPhysical injury or death.Pre-plan Action• Establish and maintain zero tolerance of fights within the school setting.• Create a culture of respect.• Establish and maintain zero tolerance of violent play within the school setting.• Conduct frequent, spontaneous searches among students for weapons or otherinstruments that could become weapons.• Confiscate all tools that could become instrument• Ensure that adequate resources are in place.• Ensure adequate supervision of classrooms and other areas where studentscongregate.• Avoid promoting any form of idleness on the school compound.• Do annual review of the school rules by members of staff, students and parents.• Implement a violence prevention programme, with special emphasis on conflictresolution and anger management strategies.• Establish a student-assistance and welfare programme for needy students.Ministry of Education 2007 / 50