A Study on Role of School Administrative Staff after a Major Earthquake

Abstract

In order to establish a school disaster prevention system, it is necessary to clarify the roles of teachers and staff members and to systematically address such issues as how to respond to disasters at schools. Although school sites are staffed by teachers and staff with a variety of job titles, school disaster prevention manuals only clarify the roles of administrators and teachers, and do not indicate the roles of all teachers and staff. Therefore, we conducted a study to clarify the roles and duties of school administrative staff, the only administrative staff in schools, focusing on the role of general affairs in the school disaster prevention system. In order to clarify the roles and duties of school administrative staff, we conducted interviews and workshops for school administrative staff, and organized and verified the duties that they are involved in in cooperation with other faculty members and those that they are involved in alone. The results were summarized and a manual was created to indicate the duties that school administrative staff are responsible for. By specifying the roles of school administrative staff in the manual, we were able to clarify the roles and duties of school administrative staff in school disaster prevention.