The School Safety App Your Staff Will Actually Use
What does the SchoolDog School Safety App do
day-to-day?
The SchoolDog app puts school safety in the hands of the people walking the campus everyday and uses the power of crowd-sourcing to collect actionable data insights without the perception of “extra work.”
It’s a multi-tool to help your teammates show each other what they see, report concerns, conduct formal safety walks, celebrate best practices, view their safety procedures, submit a work order ticket, and much more.
Anything from a propped-open exterior door to a tripping hazard to a burned-out hallway light, right from their phone, with photos and location tags and context.
Built-in and customizable (and paperless) safety walk tools guide administrators and safety staff through routine safety audits built on the district’s priorities and procedures. And when something needs immediate attention, the app can be used to push proactive alerts to the right people instantly, so issues don’t sit “in the cloud” waiting for people to notice.
The SchoolDog web-based platform also includes a fully integrated management platform for your emergency operations procedures (EOP) and one of the easiest-to-use Work Order Ticketing Platforms in the nation.
And all of it can be accessed from your Android or Apple device!
Who uses it?*
Administrators: reviewing trends, celebrating and supporting best practices, targeting improvement initiatives, assigning follow-up, tracking building-wide compliance
Safety Resource Officers, Safety and facilities staff: conducting formal walk-throughs, tracking flagged concerns, responding to alerts
Select teachers and safety team leaders: using the app to share their observations and tips about safety practices and behaviors, facility concerns, and improvement ideas.
*The district has full capacity to determine who uses the app and what permissions they have, customizing the use of the app based on the role of the person.
How does it
connect to the full
safety platform?
The app isn’t a standalone tool. It’s the field-level front end of your safety platform. Observations logged into SchoolDog complement SchoolDog’s:
Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) Management Module*: allows district management and access of school safety plans, totally customizable. Easy to publish and download for local or state compliance (PDF format)
Work Order Management Module*: a flagged issue (like that propped door) can be converted into a work order automatically, routed to facilities, and tracked to resolution, closing the loop between “we noticed a problem” and “it’s fixed”
*All SchoolDog modules are optional and may be hidden until the district is ready to roll them out.
What makes SchoolDog
different from other
school safety apps?
SchoolDog is more than an app for reporting safety concerns. It connects the people who see safety issues every day with the district leaders responsible for acting on them.
Instead of creating another system that feels like extra work, SchoolDog makes safety part of the daily routine. Staff can quickly report concerns, conduct safety walks, share observations, recognize best practices, receive alerts, and submit work orders directly from their phones.
What really sets SchoolDog apart is what happens next. Those observations become actionable data for district leaders and can connect directly to Emergency Operations Plan management and work order tracking. This creates a complete loop from “we noticed a problem” to “it was addressed.”
SchoolDog brings field-level reporting, safety practices, emergency planning, and facilities management together in one connected platform, giving K-12 districts a clearer picture of what is happening across their schools and the tools to do something about it.
