December 3, 2020
Alan Schmitt, ARM-P Area Vice President Loss Control The year 2020 has dealt us many obstacles and forced us to think outside the box and change how we perform our daily duties. However, some of these changes may impact the safety of our facilities, students, and staff. Therefore, we must take a step back and […]
September 18, 2020
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD DR. BERNARD DUBRAY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT Dear MUSIC Member, Education times continue to be difficult and ever changing. By now, many school districts have opened their doors to face-to-face instruction with masks, hand washing and social distancing – the words of the day. Many […]
September 16, 2020
What Are My Expectations and Options? It seems every time you turn on the news, pick up a newspaper or look on-line, there is a reference to an active shooting event. Unfortunately, school violence and shootings are not going away. Therefore, it is extremely important that we review our current security procedures and understand some […]
September 16, 2020
MUSIC Sexual Misconduct Training Is Required While MUSIC members know that the MUSIC Sexual Misconduct: Staff-to-Student training is required by MUSIC, many members may not know why this is a requirement. So why does MUSIC require this training every year? First, if training is not completed by faculty and staff, and a sexual misconduct loss […]
September 16, 2020
Written by Natalie Hoernschemeyer Mickes O’Toole, LLC Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in educational programs and activities that receive federal funds. In May, the Department of Education released new regulations for Title IX to govern the reporting, investigation, and adjudication of sexual harassment allegations in educational institutions. These major changes went […]
September 16, 2020
The State of Missouri has updated its Required Training for the 2020-2021 school year. MUSIC Members now receive twelve complimentary courses each year. These courses align with the state’s requirements and federal requirements. This year’s courses include the following: Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Prevention De-Escalation Strategies (New Course) Discrimination Awareness in the Workplace Diversity Awareness: Staff-to-Student […]
September 16, 2020
When you have an injured employee, it is important to always provide the injured worker with the Workers’ Compensation Treatment Authorization form before sending him or her for medical treatment. Missouri schools have the right to designate the medical provider(s). This medical treatment authorization form is essential not only for the authorization for your medical […]
September 16, 2020
MUSIC will be rolling out the new Workers’ Compensation Incident Tracker, a cloud-based application that allows a school’s Workers’ Compensation Coordinator, or claims handler, to store incident and claim information electronically. The tool was developed for MUSIC and its members, and it will be unique for each member. The tool allows the Workers’ Compensation coordinator […]
July 1, 2020
Anita Kiehne – Vice President Claims For the last two years, MUSIC has included Cyber coverage for all members as part of the regular assessment. This year, the policy included a sublimit of coverage for “social engineering” that is new to this policy and those prior policies placed on an individual basis. The limit is […]
July 1, 2020
Jim Akers – Work Comp Specialist – Gallagher MUSIC has been working to develop a new tool to assist in tracking your workers’ compensation claims. The Workers’ Compensation Incident Tracker does exactly that, it tracks your claims and incidents. The Tracker was designed to give you a format to log and track all of your […]