Jun 12

Written by: Bret Rachlin
6/12/2009 3:27 PM

Does your school district leverage new technology to train your staff on safety and security more effectively and efficiently? If not, then please consider this Ohio school district (Source: THE Journal, June 2009, Safety Training Goes Online at Berea City School District).

The Berea City School District used to train its nearly 1,000 faculty and staff members on health, safety, and compliance issues with staff meetings and video presentations. According to Michael Sheppard, assistant superintendent, "Not anybody attended those meetings. They weren't very exciting. It was very difficult to track that everybody participated in all the required training we needed to have done."

To improve its safety training, the district implemented PublicSchoolWORKS, a Web-based service that delivers training to staff members, so they can complete the training on their own time from their PCs. Once members complete the courses they take a short test, which must be passed by a certain percentage for them to get credit for the course. Testing ensures compliance.

Since schools have so much employee turnover in addition to annual student turnover, it is imperative that new employees come up to speed on the current safety and security processes. Additionally, it is critical that existing staff review new safety procedures on an as needed basis. Obviously, schools that provide elearning tools for this training make it simpler for their staff to understand the changes.

Overall, elearning enables employees to learn on their own time and it provides an efficient way with assessment tools to ensure they’ve completed the training to the school’s satisfaction.

Do you plan to deliver your safety training to your school staff members through elearning?

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