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My role was to organize a more efficient fire and tornado drills for the Sigourney Jr./Sr. High School building (one building). To complete this task I wanted to get some professional advice so I contacted the Sigourney Fire Chief and the Keokuk County Emergency Supervisor to walk through the building and pick out safe rooms for students and staff. I found the greatest importance was to make the drills more efficient so students and staff did not have to travel as far to safety. Once we had organized the revised drills I had to make new signs for all the classrooms in the building. When designing the new signs I had the help of one the building secretaries. Once they were completed I asked some of the honor students in our building to go around and help take down the old signs and post the new ones. After coordinating a practice drill for a tornado, I found it helpful to get feedback from the staff on how the drill was conducted and if instructions were presented clearly. The majority of the staff found the drill to be helpful and a success.

On May 14, 2010 I played the role of the building secretary. As I helped throughout the morning and during my noon hour and I performed several meaningful tasks, which include: filling out tardy and absent slips for students, making copies, collecting lunch money, and collecting the attendance. During this experience I had an in depth discussion with the current secretary on her every day responsibilities and learned how an administrator could help make her job easier.

On October 15, 2010 the building principal, the Sigourney Chief of Police, the Keokuk County Sheriff, and myself organized a plan for having an lock down/evacuation drill on November 2, 2010. During this meeting we decided on what time of day it would take place and how long it would take. It was also concluded that it would be appropriate to invite a reporter from the local newspaper. With this being a drill it was decided to communicate this to the community and parents as much as possible that this will take place sometime in November.