APS Required Trainings

• Trainings are assigned yearly.
• Trainings are assigned upon hire or with a change to a different type of position.
• Trainings are reset and reassigned every year at the beginning of the school year (July 1st).
• Trainings should be completed within 30 days of their assignment.
• Notification emails will be sent a few days prior to the reassignment of the training.

The SafeSchools system will email employees a detailed training plan with deadline dates. You can also check your transcript to see when you last completed your training (instructions are listed below).

1. Using your web browser, go to the SafeSchools™ website for Albuquerque Public Schools.
2. If you are logging on to SafeSchools directly from the APS site, enter your username (letter "e" followed by your six-digit APS employee ID number).
3. If you are logging on to the Vector site directly and not via the Albuquerque site, they would enter the user id with @aps.edu. For example, e123456@aps.edu
4. Trainings assigned to you will appear under the heading titled Mandatory Training.

1. Ensure you are using a recent version of Google, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, or Safari.
2. Clear your browser history, cache, and cookies (Time Range: "All Time")
3. Close all browsers and Restart your browser (fully quit the browser on a Mac)
4. Disable any device-specific browser extensions and pop-up blockers. Try accessing the training from another browser to rule out interference.
5. Using your web browser, go to the SafeSchools™ website for Albuquerque Public Schools.
6. Use the new username format to log in (e+ IED NUMBER@aps.edu) and your employee email password that you use for all APS systems.
7. If you still encounter errors after trying the above steps, please try using an incognito window to log in
8. If the issue persists, please email support.education@vectorsolutions.com.

Please note that our videos do not autoplay. Click on the play button if presented with a video screen to continue with the module/course.

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding. We are committed to resolving any issues you may encounter in accessing Safe Schools. Your prompt action in following the above steps will help resolve the issue quickly

• Trainings that have been directly assigned to you will appear under the heading titled Mandatory Training.
• Trainings listed under the heading of Additional Training are optional (unless your supervisor has requested you complete the training).
• Extra Training is available to all employees.

The system cannot assign the courses below to an individual employee without assigning it to everyone in the same salary schedule. Review to see if you need to complete any of these trainings.

• Anyone driving an APS vehicle: Defensive Driving.
• Counselors, Social Workers: Crisis Response and Recovery.
• Counselors, Social Workers: Threat Assessment.
• Custodians: Fire Extinguisher Safety.
• Science teachers: Science Lab Safety.

1. Click on the training title.
2. Click on "Start Course."
3. Watch the video segment (after the video finishes the segment will be marked as completed).
4. Click on the next video segment.
5. Continue until you have viewed all the video segments.
6. Pass the quiz.

1. In the upper right hand corner, click on your account settings drop down arrow.
2. Click on Training History.
3. Change the date range as needed.
4. Click on "Refresh List." 

• Users are given one chance to pass the quiz and "Test Out" of the course.
• If the test is passed the course will be marked "Completed" but a training completion certificate will not be created.
• If the "Test Out" is not passed the user needs click start course, watch all of the training videos and pass the quiz.

Do I need to provide completion certificates to my principal or supervisor? SafeSchools tracks course completions. Principals and supervisors can request access to view completion reports for employees assigned to their location.

• Log in to SafeSchools https://aps-nm.safeschools.com/login
• Look at the list of courses under My Assignments
• Click on the title of the course
• Click on Retake course