"Elementary School Principal Perceptions of Multi-Optional Response Pla" by Brett Burton
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Elementary School Principal Perceptions of Multi-Optional Response Plans for Active Shooter Drills

Abstract

Active shooter drills in public schools are mandated by state legislation. Elementary principals are required to prepare students and faculty for these potential risks. In certain states school districts may require principals to use a multi-option response plan for active shooter drills. There are two prominent multi-option response plans: Run-Hide-Fight or Alert Lockdown Inform Counter Evacuate (ALICE). This phenomenological research investigates the perceptions of principals on the use of multi-option response plans before, during, and after active shooter drills. The researcher determines six central themes from the qualitative study for (n = 7) elementary principals. The six themes were the following: principals must communicate before, during, and after the drill, principals must collaborate with school resource officers, principals observe increased anxiety levels among students and faculty, principals support their staff with effective decision making during the drills, and principals need to determine what level of the active shooter drill is age appropriate. The culmination of all six themes results in elementary principals desire to have more training with executing a multi-option response plans for an active shooter drill.

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