This toolkit is the first of its kind for rapid education response. It aims to improve children and adolescents’ access to safe and quality education in the first phase of humanitarian emergencies by encouraging the inclusion of education in multi-sectoral Rapid Response Mechanisms (RRMs). RRMs are operational, programmatic and partnership models designed to increase the available capacity of humanitarian actors to respond to the acute needs of vulnerable populations quickly and efficiently. They define response thresholds, provide a platform for nimble data collection and needs assessments, and ensure the right people with adequate training are available to respond. RRMs are generally multi-sectoral and are often used by coordination entities to provide a rapid injection of resources during the critical first phase of a humanitarian crisis, the escalation of an existing crisis, or into limited geographic areas most affected by crisis.