You can use the following resources to learn more about building teams and developing plans. Although organized according to venue, each contains ideas that are useful in any environment.

General:

• Collaboration: Key to a Successful Partnership. Presents simple guidelines for collaboration.

Schools:

• FEMA course IS-362, Multihazard Emergency Planning for Schools. Covers basic information about developing, implementing, and maintaining a school emergency operations plan (EOP).
• Practical Information on Crisis Planning: A Guide for Schools and Communities. Presents critical concepts and components of good crisis planning, stimulates thinking about the crisis preparedness process, and provides examples of promising practices.
• Steps for Developing a School Emergency Plan. Includes helpful hints for school planning.
• Components of Comprehensive School & District Emergency Management Plans. Provides a checklist of items to be included.

Institutions of Higher Education:

• Action Guide for Emergency Management at Institutions of Higher Education. Serves as a resource for developing and implementing an emergency management plan at a higher education institution.

Houses of Worship:

• Checklist for a Church Emergency Management Plan. Provides a guide for the leadership of a faith-based organization to evaluate its readiness to respond to an emergency.
• Be a Ready Congregation: Tip Sheets for U.S. Religious Leaders. Provides tip sheets by the National Disaster Interfaiths Network, including Active Shooter in a House of Worship and others.