Classroom safety is an easy topic to incorporate into class preparation and course materials to ensure faculty and student safety.
Tips and Resources For Faculty
Before Term Starts
- Identify an assembly area for a classroom evacuation.
- Determine what emergency information you will include on your class syllabus such as evacuation routes, assembly location, or resource lists. Suggested syllabus text is below.
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 chosen for this class.
- Remind students to sign up for UO Alerts texts.
- 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.
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 assembly area is: _______________________________
Be sure you are receiving UO Alert text messages on your cell phone. To sign up either confirm your phone number in DuckWeb or text UOEUG (for main campus), UOPDX (for UOPortland), or UOOIMB (for OIMB) to 333111.
Faculty and Students
There are simple steps all members of the campus community can take to increase classroom safety.
- Confirm your phone number via DuckWeb.
- Learn about UO Alerts Actions.
- Visit your classrooms to check the building evacuation maps (posted in most hallways) for routes.
- Know at least two evacuation routes from each of your classrooms.
- Review the UO Emergency Procedures Guide.
- Identify safety resources in the classroom (ex. first aid kit, AED, fire pull station).
- For emergencies call 911.
- For non-emergencies or concerns call UOPD a 541-346-2919
- For all other concerns, visit Report A Concern.