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    This document discusses the importance of preparing teachers for school disaster preparedness. It notes that schools are frequently used as evacuation sites during disasters like typhoons, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. However, teachers have often been overlooked as a key resource in school disaster planning. The presentation describes efforts to educate teachers and students in the Philippines about disaster risk reduction through curriculum development, lesson plans, and training programs. The goal is to better prepare schools and communities by teaching children lifesaving skills from an early age.

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    Teachers -

    Forgotten Resource in
    School Disaster Preparedness

    Presenter:
    Beryl Cheal
    Disaster Training International
    Mt. Mayon
    Partners in Emergency Preparedness
    Conference – 2012
    The World
    The Philippine Islands –
    Integral part of the
    Ring of Fire
    Earthquakes

    Volcanoes

    And more -
    Typhoons - Schools dismiss
    when one is coming. They can
    cause wind damage, floods,
    mudslides, lahar flows, and - -
    Many homes aren’t safe in a typhoon.
    Typhoon
    Ondoy,
    September
    2009
    Mudslides can be tragic
    A 2006 Eruption of Mt Mayon

     Destroyed villages and


    livelihoods
     Killed 1,300 people
     Included pyroclastic flow
     Molten hot rock flow
     Pyroclastic flows - can
    travel close to 50 mph
     Hot and often poisonous
    gas cloud
    Volcanic eruptions
    disrupt life!

    Often men stay home to care for the fields.

    School children need to know -

    Hundreds of
    people slept in
    this school room
    every night for
    weeks. Schools are
    used as evacuation
    sites.
    Save the Children, Philippines response

     Preparedness work with schools


     Developed preparedness plans
     Coordination with local city/village preparedness committees
     BERT
     Students – grades 3 to 5
     Age/location appropriate CERT program
     Preparedness tools
     Resources for students
     Teacher’s tools
     Lesson plans
     Worked with teachers, supervisors, content advisors, district and
    country administrative personnel
    Mrs. De la Rosa

    “Always before we have been thinking about how to


    help after a disaster, how to help the survivors. Until
    now we didn’t realize that if we prepared ahead of time
    we wouldn’t have as many lives lost. We wouldn’t have
    as much destruction to property. Now we can do things
    differently.” - Assistant School Superintendent, Catanduanes
    This school has worked
    hard at being Disaster-ready.
    Decisions, decisions, decisions -
    Schools frequently provide safety
    lessons by drawing murals on
    school walls and painting signs
    on school fences.
    Basic first aid and water safety workshop
    Teacher helping with basic first aid training
    Contingency planning workshop
    Mapping their school campus
    Classrooms help in DRR preparedness
    Resources
    for
    students
    Teacher’s tools
    Seeds of Safety
    Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction in Public
    Elementary School Curriculum

     Strong trees start with good seeds.


     Let’s plant the seeds of safety now.
     Tomorrow, we will see them standing like a forest that can resist a
    storm.
    Developing Lesson Plans

    Grades 1 – 4
     11 Competencies
     Basic terms and concepts
     Hazards
     Safety

    Grades 5 – 6
     7 Competencies Teaching about typhoons
     Disaster Management
     Rights of the Child
    Guidelines we used

    1. DRR can be presented in any subject area


    2. Must cover all competencies in each grade level in at
    least 1 subject area
    3. May need more than 1 lesson to cover the Competency
    comprehensively
    4. Must cover at least 1 of the sub-topics listed under the
    Competency chosen
    We worked hard
    Worked in teams
    Individually
    We all worked
    For 2 ½ days
    With help from District and State Departments
    of Education
    Children share what they have learned about DRR
    Lessons learned

    “I’m not afraid any more – “

    Talked about tsunamis


    “They have
    been there – “
    Teaching
    children
    about
    strong
    houses...
    Mindinao Island, December 2011

    More than
    1,000 people
    killed

    Logging blamed for Philippines flood


    deaths. – BBC News, 19 February 2012
    Just plain brooms
    “We didn’t realize that if we prepared ahead - -
    . . we can do things differently. . .”
    Presented by:

    Beryl Cheal
    Disaster Training International
    Helping Adults Help Children
    9400 Ravenna Ave. NE #3
    Seattle, WA 98115
    Tel. 206-420-8217
    www.disastertraining.info, [email protected]
    A question -

     What did the people in Pompeii, Italy put on their heads


    to keep them safe when Mt. Vesuvius started erupting in
    79 AD?

     1. Ribbons
     2. Hard hats
     3. Pieces of wood
     4. Pillows
    A question -

     What did people in San Francisco do with the money in


    the banks during the Great San Francisco Earthquake in
    1906?

     1. Took it out into the bay in boats


     2. Buried it
     3. Took it and got out of town
     4. Let it burn in the fires that started
    A question -

     What major league baseball teams were 21 minutes away


    from starting the 3rd game of the 1989 World Series when
    the “World Series Earthquake” occurred?

     1. The Cleveland Indians and the Milwaukee Braves


     2. The Seattle Seahawks and the California Angels
     3. The Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco 49ers
     4. The New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays
    A question -

     What is the average speed of a falling raindrop?

     1. ½ mile an hour
     2. 7 miles an hour
     3. 20 miles an hour
     4. 50 miles an hour

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