Sara Rooseboom – Program Coordinatorsarar@safetyinschools.ca 403.984.6375

FOUNDING PARTNERS: SPONSORS:

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Workers between 15 and 24 (young workers) have the highest risk of getting hurt at work – up to twice that of other workers. By combining industry and regulatory requirements, CTS safety training and the emerging workforce, Safety in Schools will reduce and eliminate workplace injuries and fatalities of young workers across Alberta.

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OUR STORY REDUCING INJURIES AND FATALITIES

Safety in Schools Foundation of Canada is a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing worksite injuries and fatalities among young workers by providing students with interactive, industry recognized online safety training through Alberta high schools.

ONLINE DELIVERY

Online delivery allows students to work at their own pace and the combination of visual, audio and written content allows them to absorb the information in the manner that works best for them.

CLASSROOM USE

While students are engaged through online, interactive courses, teachers are provided with a no cost method of lesson delivery that aligns with high school curriculum outcomes for HCS3000, HCS3010 and AGR3000, as well as several learning outcomes for various courses within the CTS stream.

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The Safety in Schools program is important to young workers because the employers would like to know that the 16 year olds actually know what they’re doing. The courses give you specialized knowledge for specific jobs while also giving you general knowledge that applies everywhere. [It] is easier than you think, and you learn more than you think.

– T.N. – Student, Registered Apprenticeship Program, Calgary

WHERE WE ARE

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Over three years of operation, Safety in Schools has grown from a presence in one school with seven students to more than 190 schools with over 42,400 course enrollments, adding new schools and new students regularly.

We have schools signed up in over 70% of the Public and Catholic school districts in Alberta and are currently working with representatives of several boards to implement our program district-wide. Students have mastered over 21,700 courses to date.

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WHERE WE’RE GOING

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CONTENT CREATION

Safety in Schools has received funding to develop a new course titled, Life Lessons—Learning the Hard Way. Working together with people directly impacted by workplace incidents, this course aims to challenge the idea that “it can’t happen to me” by providing young workers with first-hand accounts from people no different than them who have been injured or had a loved one killed on the job.

Students taking the Life Lessons – Learning the Hard Way course will be challenged to consider the physical, emotional and financial impacts of workplace injuries and fatalities that go beyond the individual, and to put real names and faces to otherwise faceless statistics.

We are also in the planning stages of developing another custom Safety in Schools course called That’s Got to Hurt! – Lessons from the Workplace. This course will focus on incidents experienced and witnessed by Safety in Schools students and shared with us through a variety of media.

CONTESTS

In order to compile content for That’s Gotta Hurt!, we will be running a series of contests throughout 2015 and 2016 and we encourage all students to participate. Teachers can help drive this initiative by using these contests as a tool to drive classroom dialogue, or as part of an in-class project. We will be running three different types of contests:

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Social Media Contests Student Video Contest Student Essay Contest

WHERE WE’RE GOING

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SCHOOL TOURS

As part of the Life Lessons initiative, we have partnered up with motivational speaker, Candace Carnahan, who was severely injured at the age of 21 in a pulp mill incident, to speak to students about her own experience with a life-altering workplace injury and the impact that it had not just on her, but on her family, friends and coworkers.

Teaching young people the basics of workplace safety is vital, but it is equally important to drive safety messages home in ways that tap into the emotional part of their brains, and that they can relate to personally. Our speaking tours with Candace is one approach to doing so.

In November 2014, we visited schools in Calgary and Fort McMurray and are currently planning future tours in Edmonton and Grande Prairie (Spring 2015) and Lethbridge, Lloydminster, Red Deer and Medicine Hat (Fall 2015).

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COURSES OFFERED

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Safety in Schools offers two types of courses. Our Curriculum Aligned courses were designed to meet the learning outcomes for Work Experience programs and certain CTS courses.

Our Enhancement courses provide safety training that is more geared toward individual workplace settings and skill sets.

CURRICULUM ALIGNED COURSES ENHANCEMENT COURSES

HAZARD RECOGNITION GENERAL FIRE SAFETY

HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAM BASICS GROUND DISTURBANCE AND EXCAVATIONS

ALBERTA OH&S AWARENESS FALL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT

HAZARD ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES WORKING IN CONFINED SPACES

JOB SAFETY ANALYSIS H2S AND OTHER TOXIC SUBSTANCE AWARENESS

WHMIS NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL

TRANSPORTATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS OVERHEAD POWER LINE AWARENESS

WORKPLACE INSPECTIONS GENERAL ELECTRICAL SAFETY

EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANNING DISTRACTIONS AND PROACTIVE DRIVER TRAINING

CRITICAL INCIDENT INVESTIGATION LADDER SAFETY TRAINING

HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEES COLD STRESS AWARENESS

ENERGY ISOLATION HEAT ILLNESS AWARENESS

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT BEAR SAFETY AWARENESS

RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT ASBESTOS AWARENESS

YOUR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AT WORK

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The Safety in Schools program has aligned its safety courses with the Alberta Education curriculum in order to reach students in the Career and Technology Studies (CTS) stream. Safety in Schools also provides high school students not enrolled in the CTS program with the opportunity to advance their personal safety knowledge, build their resume, and work safely in a full or part-time position.

The following is how the Safety in Schools program aligns with the HCS-3000, HCS-3010 and AGR-3000 Curriculum from Alberta Education:

AGR-3000:AGRICULTURE SAFETY

HCS-3010:WORKPLACE SAFETY PRACTICES

HCS-3000:WORKPLACE SAFETY SYSTEMS

HAZARD RECOGNITION JOB SAFETY ANALYSIS HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAM BASICS

GENERAL FIRE SAFETY HAZARD RECOGNITION HAZARD RECOGNITION

GENERAL ELECTRICAL SAFETY GENERAL FIRE SAFETY HAZARD ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES

LADDER SAFETY TRAINING GENERAL ELECTRICAL SAFETY JOB SAFETY ANALYSIS

WORKING IN CONFINED SPACES LADDER SAFETY TRAINING ALBERTA OH&S AWARENESS

WHMIS WORKING IN CONFINED SPACES YOUR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AT WORK

JOB SAFETY ANALYSIS WHMIS

EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANNING

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COURSE CONTENT

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Safety in Schools courses are recognized by:

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At an interview for a good paying summer job with an oil company, the interviewer said one of the reasons I was selected was the safety courses on my resume. When she offered me the job, she said the safety courses made me the top candidate.

– Grady, Currently Studying Engineering at the University of Alberta

Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals (BCRSP)

Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists (CRBOH)

American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH)

The University of Calgary Continuing Education awards up to 30 hours of credit towards their Health, Safety and Environmental Certificate

Students can earn points toward three competency-based OH&S Certificates as well as The University of Calgary’s Environment, Health and Safety Certificate.

Teachers Student-centered learning Reduce workload with a curriculum aligned solution for AGR-3000, HCS-3000, HCS-3010

and a CTS general alignment Automatic, immediate grading Prepare your students to become safety-conscious, knowledgeable workers before they

step onto their first jobsite

Students Set their own direction Work at their own pace Receive industry-recognized credentials Certificates can be referenced on resume and placed in portfolio Head start toward a career in Occupational Health & Safety Receive advanced standing with University of Calgary (Dual Credit) Become a better prepared new hire Competitive advantage over other candidates Better employment opportunities

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HOW TO REGISTER

The Safety in Schools program has engaged my students very positively because it is so user-friendly. The activities, graphics and  concepts taught are very engaging and entertaining. Students with a variety of learning styles have all attained their competency certificates with little difficulty.

- Liza Bennett, Off-Campus Educator at Western Canada High School

STEP 1: WHEN TO REGISTER

You can register your school at any time – our courses do not follow any set schedule and are available year-round.

STEP 2: HOW TO REGISTER

Contact our Program Coordinator, Sara: P: 403.984.6375E: sarar@safetyinschools.ca

STEP 3: 15-MINUTE DEMONSTRATION

Sara will take you through an online demonstration to show you how to use all of the teacher management tools and functionalities and answer any questions that you have about the program.

STEP 4: AFTER YOU’VE REGISTERED

Enroll your students and set up your classes. Students are not limited to the core curriculum alignments of the HCS3000, HCS3010 and AGR3000 courses. Safety in Schools encourages students to take any courses that will help them further their personal and professional development.

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Safety in Schools is proud to have the following schools as references for our program:

A snapshot of industry leaders who are currently using these online safety training courses:

REFERENCES AND INDUSTRY USERS

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Western Canada High SchoolLiza Bennett

Off Campus Coordinator403.228.5363

Western Canada High SchoolLiza Bennett

Off Campus Coordinator403.228.5363

Strathcona Christian AcademyFred Rempel

CTS/Job Safety Instructor780.464.7137

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Delburne Centralized High SchoolDeter Brandt

Principal403.749.3012