Resources for Instructors

Safety Resources for Instructors

Your leadership is crucial to building a safe and supportive community. Here's how you can help:

  • Prepare yourself with knowledge of building emergency plans, building exits, and general emergency procedures.
  • Announce safety information and procedures to your students during the first week of classes.
  • Complete the Active Shooter Preparedness training in Edge Learning.
  • Complete the Spotting Trouble and From Conflict to Collaboration trainings in EDGE Learning.

 


Announcement to Students

Please alert your students to the options available in an emergency. We’ve provided an example of what you could say as a guide.

The University of Arizona is committed to creating and maintaining a safe learning environment for all students, faculty, and staff. Part of this mission includes educating the campus community on how to respond in an emergency. Emergencies can happen anywhere at any time, so it’s important that we take a minute to prepare for a situation in which our safety could depend on our ability to react quickly.  

In an emergency, UAlert will send important text and email messages. Your 10-digit U.S. cellphone number listed in UAccess is automatically registered to receive UAlert text message notifications for Tucson. These messages will also scroll across classroom message boards. You can learn more about UAlert at safety.arizona.edu/ualert.  

Take a moment to learn the different ways to leave this building so if there is an emergency or a fire alarm, you’ll know how to get out and you’ll be able to help others get out.  

Download SafeCats, our new go-to safety app.

In addition, we encourage you to watch the 12-minute video Safety Preparedness Training: Active Shooter and find other trainings, which can be found on the Office of Public Safety website.

SAFECATS: Our new go-to safety app

Find your campus safety tools all in one place. The SafeCats mobile app is designed to help students and the Wildcat community stay prepared, informed and connected. The app will be regularly updated based on campus feedback, with new features added so it keeps getting better over time. 

Download SafeCats for free from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. Download a SafeCats information slide for the classroom.

 

Learn more about SafeCats

Quick Links

Building Emergency Plans

Review emergency plans for specific buildings.

Campus Emergency Procedures

Guidance for how to prepare for, react to, and recover from critical incidents.

Safety References

Viewable and downloadable classroom and resource information.

Dean of Students CARE Report

If you are concerned about a student who is struggling with academic, personal, or emotional difficulties or who may be exhibiting worrisome or other concerning behavior, learn about Student Assistance and the Dean of Students Office. You can also fill out a CARE report by clicking the Concerned about a Student button.

Threat Assessment and Management Team (TAMT)

TAMT depends on the campus community for early reporting of any concerning behavior. 

Together We Care

University faculty and staff may be the first to notice when a student is struggling. You may also be the person a student feels most comfortable going to for help. Together We Care equips faculty and staff with free evidence-based trainings and resources to help the support the mental health of the students they serve. 

Trainings