Exceptional Educator/NBCT Day at Safeco - April 10, 2016!

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Exceptional Educator/NBCT Day at Safeco - April 10, 2016!
Join OSPI, CSTP, and WEA during Exceptional Educators Night at Safeco Field on Sunday,
April 10, 2016 for the 1:10 pm game with Mariners against the Oakland Athletics. Attendees
and their friends and family enjoy discount tickets of $12 in the view level (normally $27), or
$29 in the Mail Level (normally $43).
For game time and scheduled events details around the Exceptional Educators Night at
Safeco Field go to: http://Mariners.com/NBCT
Positions are available for Pre-K, Elementary K-5, ROBOTICS and ECHO
GLEN Summer School Programs These are for both Certificated and Classified
Positions
Are you highly qualified, energetic and desire to
work with incoming Kindergarten and K-5
students and students at Echo Glen School
during the summer? Access the steps you need
to take to apply for these postions using these links:
Pre K Summer School Program - Contact Susan Mundell (ext. 7129) if you have any
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further questions. Elementary K-5 & Robotics Summer School Program - Contact Kathy Keegan,
Elementary Summer School Coordinator (ext. 7942) if you have any further questions. Letters of interests will be accepted through 4:30 pm on Friday, April 6, 2016.
Echo Glen School Summer School Program - Contact Mike Williams, Echo Glen
Principal, if you have questions.
Letters of interests will be accepted through 4:30 pm on Friday, April 22, 2016.
CERTIFICATED STAFF - Credits & Clock Hours Documentation for
Salary Placement
Please remember the following when submitting documentation of credits and clock hours
earned for the purpose of calculating salary placement:
Academic credits must be submitted via official transcripts from a regionally accredited
college or university.
SPU clock hours must be submitted via official transcripts.
Clock hour forms must be signed by the provider in order to verify the hours have been
earned.
Clock hour forms submitted for salary placement can be photocopies.
Employees are responsible for providing documentation of clock hour earned through ISD
to Personnel in order for the hours to be included in salary placement calculations. This
documentation would be either a copy of the ISD clock hour form or a copy of the clock
hour transcript from PD Place, depending on when the hours were earned.
In addition, although submission of the Eligible Credits for Salary Placement form is no longer
required, courses for credits or clock hours earned after September 1, 1995, must satisfy at
least one of the following criteria in order for the credits or clock hours to be recognized for
salary placement:
(a) It is consistent with a school-based plan for mastery of student learning goals as
referenced in RCW 28A.655.110, the annual school performance report, for the school in
which the individual is assigned;
(b) It pertains to the individual's current assignment or expected assignment for the
following school year;
(c) It is necessary for obtaining endorsement as prescribed by the Washington
professional educator standards board;
(d) It is specifically required for obtaining advanced levels of certification;
(e) It is included in a college or university degree program that pertains to the individual's
current assignment or potential future assignment as a certificated instructional staff; or
(f) It addresses research-based assessment and instructional strategies for students with
dyslexia, dysgraphia, and language disabilities when addressing learning goal one under
RCW 28A.150.210, as applicable and appropriate for individual certificated instructional
staff.
Please contact Betsy Meador if you have any questions regarding this information.
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Certificate Renewal Reminder
Do you know when your teaching certificate
expires? Please take a moment to check the
date on your certificate. Please remember that
you may apply for further certification at any time. Renewal information and forms are available at
www.k12.wa.us/certification. If your certificate
expires this year, you are encouraged to renew
as soon as possible in order to avoid a delay in
processing the application at the state office. Failure to renew your certificate in a timely
manner may mean that you will not have a valid
certificate, or temporary permit, in time to teach or
provide services in September. Valid certification must be on file in Human Resources by the first
day of school.
Longevity Stipend
Certificated staff who have thirty (30) years or more in Washington State service and who are
eligible for retirement will receive a $1000 annual payment as an incentive to not retiring. If a staff
member becomes eligible during a year, the incentive will be prorated. If a staff member, who has
received the incentive, retires during the year, the staff member will repay all of the incentive s/he
received that year. Staff who believe they are eligible should forward a copy of their annual
retirement statement, or a similar official notice from the Washington Department of Retirement
Systems. Deadline to submit the required documentation in order to receive the stipend during the
current school year is June 30. Please forward your statement to Betsy Meador.
PGIF REIMBURSEMENTS
Certified Staff may submit a request for Professional Growth Incentive Funds (PGIF)
between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016. We would like to remind certificated staff that they
may file their annual reimbursement request (one submittal per year) anytime between the
aforementioned dates. Please visit the following link in Connect for the 2015-2016 PGIF
guidelines, forms, and checklist: ARC-PGIF Information
Payroll Dates and Deadlines
2015 W-2s were mailed on January 27th to employees who did not “opt-in”
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for an electronic version. All employees may also view their 2015 W-2
information on Employee Access. Logging into Employee Access is easy!
See the details below. If you have questions about your Login ID, please
contact Nancy Beltz 425.837.7082. New Health Care Tax Forms
1095-B and 1095-C
Due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), some
employees may receive important tax forms
providing information about the health care
coverage they had or were offered during the
2015 calendar year. Much like Form W-2,
these health care forms provide information
that will help complete your 2015 tax return. It
is important that you save these two forms, as
you may need them as supporting IRS documentation. For more information, please visit
the District’s Benefits Resource Page out on Connect or the IRS website. If you have
questions, please contact Sara Maza (x7065) or Jenny Shim (x7627).
Employee Access is where you can log onto a website to
see a variety of information including your address as
we have it on file, leave balances as of the last payroll
period, federal withholding status, history and detail of
pay checks, direct deposit bank account information and
W-2 information! Click the icon above to utilize Employee Access. To retrieve your login
information, click on the link that says ‘Forgot your Login/Password’ and an email will be sent to
you with your login ID and a link to reset your password. For further assistance, contact Nancy
Beltz /425.837.7082. 2015-2016 Month End Payday Calendar
2015-2016 month end payroll dates are on Connect. Click here to view the calendar.
Please note all extra hours worked outside contracted day received by the 5th of the month
in the Payroll Department will be paid in the current month's payroll. Any and all forms
received after the 5th will be paid on the following month's payroll.
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District Sponsored Voluntary Retirement Plans
The Issaquah School District offers two voluntary retirement plans for active employees:
403(b) tax-deferred plan and 403(b) Roth after-tax plan with TSA Consulting
Group 457 tax-deferred plan with WA State Deferred Compensation (DCP)
Participation is optional and funded solely by employee contributions. No District
contributions are made to either of the voluntary retirement plans. Please click here for more
information and instructions.
Department of Retirement Systems’ TRS and SERS Plan 3
Participants
To better serve you, Department of Retirement Systems’ (DRS) is
upgrading many of the tools and resources they offer. Part of the
upgrade is the selection of a single service provider to perform
recordkeeping for Plan 3 and the Deferred Compensation Program
(DCP). On March 4, Empower Retirement will replace ICMA-RC as the record keeper for TRS
Plan 3, SERS Plan 3, and DCP accounts. Participants will see updates to the DRS
website and call center services when the transition period ends March 4. DRS and Empower Retirement share a goal — to make retirement planning easier by
upgrading the tools and resources they offer to manage your retirement now and in the
future. Visit www.drs.wa.gov/upgrade to find the most recent information and important
timelines on the upgrades.
Secretarial Conference Funds
The District has set aside a limited amount of money for Secretarial Conference Funds to give staff
the opportunity to apply for money to attend workshops and conferences relevant to their assigned
job responsibilities. This fund can be used, for example, to pay the registration fee to attend a
workshop or take a course that will enhance the skills of an employee. There is a maximum of
$175.00 available per year to individual staff members who apply.
Priority will be given to staff members who did not receive funds the previous year. Applications
need to be submitted to Human Resources at least three (3) weeks prior to the conference or
workshop dates. For guidelines or an application, please visit Home>Human Resources>Staff
Resources>Forms>Staff Development Reimbursement forms or contact Bethany Rogers, in HR
(7060).
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Educational Assistants: SEIU STAFF DEVELOPMENT
– Expense Reimbursment Guidlines An SEIU member shall forward a Staff Development Fund Application, obtained through your
building secretary or Human Resources, send to the Staff Development Committee.
Applications may be sent to the committee via intra-district mail to the SEIU mail box at the
Administration Building. Applications must be received by 4:30 pm May 31 in order to be
processed for authorization. Employees will have the choice to access these funds for
authorized expenditures via District purchase order or reimbursement. The maximum
reimbursement allowed for approved expenditures per year per member is $350.00. For
guidelines or an application, please visit HR Website> Training & Development> Staff
Development or contact Bethany Rogers, Human Resources (7060). First Aid/CPR/AED Training Opportunity
The following staff are required to have current First Aid and CPR/AED
certification for their positions:
Athletic Directors
Campus Security * Chemical Hygiene Officers*
Coaches
CTE Teachers (Voc. Ed.)*
Deans of Students*
Early Childhood Teachers & Educational Assistants*
Health Room Specialists*
LRCII Teachers and Educational Assistants*
PE Teachers*
Principals and / Assistant Principals
School Age Care Site Managers & Educational Assistants*
School Secretaries with Health Room duties*
UNS EA’s (Unique Needs Specialists)*
*Compensation for attending First Aid/CPR classes is provided.
Staff required to have First Aid and CPR certification will have first priority, followed by highly
recommended staff. All other staff can attend on a space available basis.
Note: To check your First Aid/CPR/AED certification expiration dates, log onto “Employee Access”,
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click on “Personal Information”, then “Certifications”.
2015 - 16 Training Dates Register for a class on PD Place. If you would like to attend any of the FIRST AID/CPR/AED training sessions, please register on PD
Place. Questions? Please call Ann Swiftney, in HR (7145).
ISD Employee Leave Share There are times within the Issaquah School District Community that employees are faced with
situations that deplete the leave they have available to cover when they are absent from work. In
these situtuations, Human Resources will communicate the need through the monthly HR Enews.
Currently, the staff members that have a need are: Braden Richey-Cascade Ridge, Deanna BuderSunset, Diana Clark-SHS, Heidi Buse-Bing-SHS, Jason Stump-MVSC, Jennifer Winn-Sunny Hills,
Kim Johansen-PLMS, Laurie Studer-MH, Martha delaVaga-SS, Michelle Robinson-NC, Mouy-Leng
Bennick-IHS, Nancy MacEwen-MVSC, Penelope Harrison-Transportation and Tracie WrightMWMS.
If you are interested in donating sick leave to these noted employees please complete a LEAVE
DONATION FORM and submit it to the Human Resource Dept. Attn: Bethany Rogers.
Employees donating leave are required to have accrued 176 hours of disabilty/sick leave in order to
donate.
Questions - ask Bethany Rogers in HR (7060).
FIRST CHOICE HEALTH – EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (EAP)
Six (6) sessions with EAP services are provided without cost, allowing district employees and
family members to prevent or resolve problems before productivity and effectiveness decrease at
work, at home, at school, in rest or at play. Employees and their immediate family members can
use the EAP anytime they are experiencing work, personal, emotional or family problems. Services are strictly confidential and information is protected in accordance with public law and
professional guidelines. No one will ever be told of your contact with the EAP, or what was
discussed, without your written consent. If you have questions about a problem or wish to set an
appointment, simply call 1-800-777-4114 or contact First Choice Health at
www.FirstChoiceEAP.com.
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Check out the Community Fliers electronic bulletin board.
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