PublicSchoolWORKS Named Schools Insurance Group’s Risk Management and Safety Resource for Member Districts

Member districts’ positive experience with EmployeeSafe Suite convinced the SIG Executive Committee to partner  

Cincinnati, OH (December 10, 2014) —  After three of its member districts successfully implemented the award-winning EmployeeSafe Suite, the Schools Insurance Group (SIG) in Auburn, CA, partnered with PublicSchoolWORKS to provide access to the automated risk management system to its 32 member districts.

 By using EmployeeSafe, districts automate safety and regulatory compliance requirements including training, compliance tasks and Safety Data Sheets (SDSs), while enhancing risk management initiatives such as accident investigation and hazard management. The result of this system is expected to reduce the occurrence of staff accidents and related Worker’s Compensation costs, as well as help avoid non-compliance penalties. 

“Several of our districts, both large and small, were looking for more structured training options for both mandated training and additional safety training for employees,” said Bev Wilkinson, Executive Director of Schools Insurance Group. “The extensive list of training courses and its automated process, in addition to the fact that it specifically focuses on schools’ needs, made PublicSchoolWORKS stand out for us.” 

SIG member Grass Valley School District (SD) was in need of a more streamlined way to provide staff training to its employees. The district’s Business Manager Jodi LaCosse began looking for training options to quickly and efficiently train employees so the district could remain compliant with training mandates. In her research, LaCosse came across a company that fully addressed the districts’ safety and regulatory compliance requirements, including training. In the fall of 2013, Grass Valley SD began using the PublicSchoolWORKS EmployeeSafe Suite to meet these needs. 

“We needed to get a handle on our staff compliance training and not use our already-limited staff development time,” said LaCosse. “We came across PublicSchoolWORKS and thought it would be perfect for our district, since we wanted as much automation as possible.”

In addition to Grass Valley SD using PublicSchoolWORKS to effectively meet mandates, several other SIG member districts began implementing PublicSchoolWORKS. Pleasant Ridge School Districts implemented EmployeeSafe for their safety and regulatory compliance needs and Penn Valley Union Elementary School District began using the training system for all employees and the work management system for maintenance processes. These three districts then met with SIG’s executive committee to share their positive experiences with the systems and the customer service received to address their individual needs. 

“After these districts talked about their smooth implementations and how they were able to handle it without extra staff, the committee saw the true value of EmployeeSafe,” said Wilkinson. “There are so many different aspects combined into one package that both HR and Workers’ Compensation staff on the executive committee saw how it could impact districts.” 

“It has the ability to meet the varying needs of very different districts,” said Wilkinson. “This is why we are making it available to our member districts.”

To date, 10 SIG member districts have implemented EmployeeSafe: Dry Creek Joint Elementary SD, Grass Valley SD, Nevada County Superintendent of Schools, Newcastle Elementary SD, Penn Valley Union Elementary SD, Pleasant Ridge Union SD, Roseville City SD, Roseville Joint Union High SD, Union Hill SD and Western Placer Unified SD.

About PublicSchoolWORKS
Since 2000, PublicSchoolWORKS safety and regulatory compliance management solutions have helped schools easily meet ever-changing compliance requirements, improve staff and student safety, cut costs associated with risk, and reduce administrator and staff time and effort. PublicSchoolWORKS is the only, complete safety compliance management program built for K-12 schools, and is proud to provide districts with award-winning technology and support recognized by North American educators. For more information on how PublicSchoolWORKS can improve district safety programs, contact 1-877-779-6757 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

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