Classroom Safety

At the University of Oregon, the safety of our students is a high priority. Classroom safety is an easy topic to incorporate into class preparation and course materials to ensure student safety.

Before class begins

  • Determine what emergency information you will include on your class syllabus such as evacuation routes, assembly location (see below), or resource lists. Suggested text is included at the bottom of this page.  
  • Sign up for UOAlert and/or confirm your existing registered number via DuckWeb.
  • Be personally prepared for an emergency at home or on campus. 
  • Consider classroom evacuation.
    • Visit your classrooms to check the building evacuation maps (posted in most hallways) for routes and building assembly area.
    • Know at least two evacuation routes from each of your classrooms.
    • Pick a specific assembly area, near the building’s designated area, for each class.
  • Print hardcopies of the class rosters and keep with your class materials so that you will know if all students are present after an evacuation.
  • Understand what to do and who to call should there be a medical emergency in your classroom. 

On the first day of term

  • Review classroom evacuation with your students.
    • Describe at least two evacuation routes from each of your classrooms. 
    • Tell your students the specific assembly area, near the building's designated area, chosen for this class. 
  • Point out the emergency procedures poster (if in a general pool classroom). 
  • On the first day, or any day, practice your evacuation routes by entering and exiting the building using the different routes you identified. 

Sample syllabus language

In Case of Emergency:
CALL 911 

Call the UO Police Department (541) 346-2919 for non-emergency assistance.

If we need to evacuate the building during class, two possible evacuation routes include:  _______________________________

If we need to evacuate the building during class, our designated assembly point is: _______________________________

Be sure you are receiving UO Alert text messages on your cell phone. To sign up text UOEUG (for main campus), UOPDX (for UOPortland), or UOOIMB (for OIMB) to 333111.