Identifying Effective School Indicators After an Earthquake: A Qualitative Study of Sarpol Zahab Earthquake

Due to the prone to having earthquakes of Iran and given the importance and necessity of the role of schools in the lives of students, especially in times of crisis, the purpose of this study was to identify effective school indexes after the Serpol zahab earthquake in 1396.

Because of the risk of earthquakes in Iran and given the importance and necessity of the role of schools in the lives of students, especially in times of crisis, the purpose of this study was to identify effective school indexes after the Sarpol Zahab earthquake in 1396.

This qualitative research was conducted through the phenomenological approach. Therefore, 15 educators (including managers, teachers and counselors, etc.) were selected through purposive sampling method. Data were collected through in-depth interviews. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and coding was used to analyze the data.

After documenting the interviews, 290 primary codes, 12 sub-indicators, and final four main indicators, including "students", "teacher and school staff", "school structure and facilities", and "environment and family" were extracted. Indicators for students include sub-indicators: adaptive-functional, psychological, academic; while sub-indicators related to teachers and school staff include these sub-indicators: educational, personal and assistance; school structure and facilities index include these sub-indicators: equipment, planning, coordination tasks; and finally the indicator of the environment and family included these sub-indicators: financial, psychological, and physical-structural.

The results of this study can provide a comprehensive content of preventive measures related to the earthquake crisis to the ministry of education, so that the organization can provide protocols for crisis situations and provide them to schools nationally. By adhering to the results of this study, schools can help maintain their efficiency when passing through earthquake crisis successfully, while reducing its consequences.