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Pandemic Flu-How to Prepare for Administrators

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to what county officials estimate widespread illness and absentee rate exceeding 30% when we hit Full Steam this is reporting  I don't be alarmed this is only a simulation of what may future who are the talk to you about the flu not the flu or seasonal flu that we are all familiar with but the pandemic flu a type of flu that is so bras especially in your school but first let's talk about the different types of flus or common who is a respiratory illness that can be transmitted person-to-person most people have some immunity however a flu vaccine is available for added protection pandemic flu is a violent human flu that causes a global outbreak or pandemic of serious illness because there is little natural immunity disease can easily spread from person to person currently there is no pandemic flu the flu either pandemic for school staff critical people you depend on for Central Services may be absent if they are gone do you have a plan to ensure that your school operations continue without interruption now is the time to put together your plan of action to ensure that you are not caught short by the pandemic flu or any widespread the first step is to identify the critical on your staff who have the skills essential to keep your school operating try to think of the there may be no substitutes but who have responsibilities that must be done some of these people may include the plant manager cafeteria manager school administrative assistant administrators coordinators even the athletic director if any of these people were out sick for 3 weeks straight what would you do okay before you start to panic let me help you better prepare your school let's start off by setting up a plan in case the plant manager is first you need to select someone possibly on your staff that can fill the position while the plant manager is out have their contact in Nation available and updated  have your current plant manager write a daily schedule of what tasks need to be done by certain time in order for the school run smoothly know what specific needs to have to accomplish these daily tasks make sure you have access to these keys be sure to document any special or unique Val's and or switches that need to be operated during the school day it may be helpful to photograph them to what's the chip will better understand there should be a written work schedule for plant managers and all custodial staff at each school when there are absences the daily assignments can be modified to sure that priority tasks affecting the health and safety of students are dressed priority tasks include the cleaning of restrooms Food Service facilities disposal of trash a list of tasks and the keys needed for those tasks will be critical for the success of any substitute the M & O will assist in the creation of these lists check with your area Food Services he asked to fill in for the cafeteria manager in the event that they are absent if your school has a senior cafeteria worker they may be asked to fill or maybe someone else on your cafeteria staff you need to know who that person could be do you have their contact information if you do not have a senior lower Chris one from another school may be assigned to assist you be sure to provide the person with a copy of your school schedule and Foodservice protocols I need the keys to your freezer and storeroom it is important to work at their cafeteria manager and area food service director now to establish a plan for your school another key person in the main office of every school is a Schools administrative assistant this person is responsible for critical School functions such as payroll Supply orders and tracking Keys some of these functions require special training Keys combinations and passwords you need to prepare backup plan for all the critical tasks that are being done by the school administrative assistant find out who else has been to pause the combination to the school safe it may be better to have more than one person trained to do individual jobs than to have one person trying to do all the jobs present there are no subs for site administrators if one is absent due to illness for 3 weeks how will you compensate over and above the supervision assignment determine what critical functions are done by each administrator such as assignments with critical deadlines or specific critical plans that must be made for events like Rodger prepare a new chain of command to be used when administrators are absent is your staff aware of this chain of command if more than one Trader is absent coordinators are also Key Personnel but because they are teachers there might be Subs available to fill in for the coordinators remember that Subs will not come with the same skillset and finally the school principal including your plan the personnel will make the key decisions when the principal is out list of critical jobs that need to be done for the school to continue operation by taking the time now to put Planet action your school will be better prepared to provide the essential Services when the pandemic flu or any widespread illness occurs  you can use perform on this DVD to document your continuity of service plan use it to list who you have trained to fill in for missing key employees how you will contact these people and what they may need to be successful

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