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NEW LICENSED STAFF

ORIENTATIONAugust 13, 2015

NEW LICENSED STAFF ORIENTATION AGENDA:Time Description

8:30 – 8:35 WELCOME, Cynthia Lopez, Personnel Director 8:35 – 9:10 Dr. Tony Baldwin, Superintendent

Susanne Swanger, Associate Superintendent

9:10 – 9:30 State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) BCS Foundation, Lisa Adkins Tax Sheltered Annuities, Prudential & TIAA-CREF

9:30 – 10:20 Personnel Information, Cynthia Lopez 10:20 – 10:30 Break

10:30 – 10:50 Account Information / Aesop / Home Base, Brian Propst

10:50 – 11:10 Technology Services, Barry Pace

11:10 – 11:40 Communications, Dr. Donald Porter

11:40 – 12:00 Professional Organizations

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch in Nesbitt Discovery Academy Cafeteria, PROVIDED BY: BCAE Chefs: Buncombe County Board of Education Members

1:30 – 3:30 Digital Learning Facilitator Sessions at Central Office

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Welcome! Dr. Tony Baldwin, Superintendent

Susanne Swanger, Associate Superintendent

Mission StatementTo collaborate with stakeholders to provide a safe, caring, rigorous and engaging learning environment that prepares all students to be Career and College Ready.

Vision StatementBuncombe County Schools’ students will reach their full potential and become successful, responsible citizens in a diverse, global society.

Personnel Information Cynthia Lopez, Personnel

Director

Benefits

Eligibility for full-time benefits: Must work 30 hours or more per week Permanent employment for at least 6 consecutive months

Eligibility for part-time benefits: Must work 20 hours or more per week Permanent employment for at least 6 consecutive months

www.buncombe.k12.nc.us/benefits

FULL-TIME BENEFITS Health insurance Retirement benefits $7000 life insurance Flexible benefits plan, including medical savings account Option to purchase health insurance for family Holiday and leave pay Universal Local Supplement Longevity pay after 10 years (except teachers) Participation in 401k or other tax-shelter annuity Excess Professional Liability Insurance

Part-time benefits include:

Option to purchase health insurance for self and family

Holiday and leave pay (pro-rata) Universal Local Supplement Longevity pay after 10 years (except teachers) Excess Professional Liability Insurance

Temporary and interim employees

Temporary: Less than 20 hours per

week Employed for less than

6 months No benefits Salary only

Interim: Fills in for someone on

LOA Earns benefits only if

qualify as full-time employment

Time earning sub pay does not count

LEAVE BENEFITS

Annual Leave:

1. Based on NC state service

2. Teachers can’t use on student days

3. Can use for parental leave/adoption

Personal Leave – classroom teachers and media coordinators only

Sick Leave Extended Sick Leave Voluntary Shared

Leave

ANNUAL LEAVE RATES

Years of State Service

Days Earned Per Month

Less than 5 years 1.1666

5 but less than 10 1.4166

10 but less than 15 1.6666

15 but less than 20 1.9166

20 years or more 2.1666

SICK LEAVE BENEFITS

Sick leave is accrued at the rate of 1.0 day per month

Unused sick leave counts towards additional service time at retirement – SAVE YOUR SICK LEAVE!

Extended Sick Leave – up to 20 days per year - available to classroom teachers and media specialists who have exhausted all sick and annual leave

Voluntary Shared Leave – For employees with a serious medical condition

Personal leave

Personal Leave is available only to classroom teachers and media specialists who are not allowed to take annual leave on student days

Earn .2 days per month Accrue up to 5 days May use on some students days and will pay a $50

mandatory deduction May use on Optional Teacher Workdays without

the $50 deduction Reimbursement of $50 if no substitute is called.

OTHER LEAVE BENEFITS

Jury Duty Court Appearance Episode of Violence Leave Family and Medical Leave Act

Retirement Benefits

Age 65 with 5 years service Age 60 with 25 years of service Any age with 30 years of service Reduced retirement benefits also available Benefit is based on average of highest 48

consecutive months of compensation One month of additional service is given for each 20

days of sick leave . . . . therefore,

SAVE YOUR SICK LEAVE!www.nctreasurer.com/ret

LOG YOUR ABSENCE IN AESOP

www.aesoponline.com

Other important benefits

Death benefit – one year’s salary after one year of service minimum = $25,000

maximum = $50,000

Disability Benefit – after one year of service

Short term = 50% of salaryLong term = 65% of salary

BENEFITS AND EMPLOYMENT POLICY

MANUALAvailable on the BCS Employee Website

http://www.buncombe.k12.nc.us/Domain/3567

Pay issues

Teachers and Licensed Staff are paid at the end of the month

Installment pay is available through a Summer Cash account with SECU

All BCS Employees are required to receive paychecks via direct deposit

Paycheck stubs are available on MyPayStub Website.

UNIVERSAL LOCAL SUPPLEMENT

Years on License

Rate of Supplement

0-4 years 6.3%

5-9 years 6.4%

10-14 years 8.2%

15-19 years 8.4%

20-24 years 10.6%

25-29 years 10.9%

30+ years 11.7%

Employment contracts

Contracts for licensed employees: No Career Status/Tenure granted after

August 1, 2013 New Teachers will receive one year contracts During contact year, dismissal only for

limited reasons and teacher entitled to due process

Non-renewal at end of year for any reason that is not "arbitrary or capricious."

SchoolCalendar

www.buncombe.k12.nc.us/site/Default.aspx?PageID=11

SCHOOL CALENDAR RULES Calendar includes 215 days, consisting of:

180 student days

10 Annual Leave days

11 Holidays

4 Designated Teacher Workdays

8 Optional Teacher Workdays

2 Days to use Accrued Annual Leave

6 PLC Early Release Days

4 Early Release Days

BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCHOOLSEMPLOYEE HANDBOOK

www.buncombe.k12.nc.us/handbook

Handbook Highlights

Available on BCS Website > Employment Contains information on:

Mission Statement

General Responsibilities

Employee Conduct

Terms of Employment

Leave

Benefits

Compensation

Licensure

Read this . . . .

Code of Ethics for North Carolina

Educators

BOE Policy Manual

Available on BCS Website Our District > Board of Education > District Policies Policies on:

Staff-Student Relations (#7310/4040)

Staff Responsibilities (#7300)

Employee Use of Social Media (#7335)

Economic Conflicts of Interest

Grievance Procedures for Employees (#7220/1750)

Teacher Evaluation Process

Training / Orientation to be completed at your school by August 31, 2015

Home Base training will be conducted at the school level

https://ncees.homebase.ncpublicschools.gov/alternateLogin.html

Questions / Comments?

NEW LICENSED STAFF ORIENTATION AGENDA:Time Description

8:30 – 8:35 WELCOME, Cynthia Lopez, Personnel Director 8:35 – 9:10 Dr. Tony Baldwin, Superintendent

Susanne Swanger, Associate Superintendent

9:10 – 9:30 State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) BCS Foundation, Lisa Adkins Tax Sheltered Annuities, Prudential & TIAA-CREF

9:30 – 10:20 Personnel Information, Cynthia Lopez 10:20 – 10:30 Break

10:30 – 10:50 Account Information / Aesop / Home Base, Brian Propst

10:50 – 11:10 Technology Services, Barry Pace

11:10 – 11:40 Communications, Dr. Donald Porter

11:40 – 12:00 Professional Organizations

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch in Nesbitt Discovery Academy Cafeteria, PROVIDED BY: BCAE Chefs: Buncombe County Board of Education Members

1:30 – 3:30 Digital Learning Facilitator Sessions at Central Office

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System Account Information

Brian Propst, Personnel Department.

2015-2016 New Hire Information handout

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BCS System Account Info

BCS System Account Info

Website: mail.google.com Username: firstname.lastname@bcsemail.org Temporary Password: DOB (YYYYMMDD) Password Change upon first login

Computer Login

Windows 8Username: 10-digit UID.Temp Password: DOB (YYYYMMDD)Claim your IAM account to change password.

www.buncombe.k12.nc.us/UID

Any Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) will need to download and install the Zscaler root certificate in order to access secure (https://) websites

Visit www.buncombe.k12.nc.us/zscaler for complete instructions

Aesop: Absences and Substitutes

Website: www.aesoponline.com/login2.asp Mobile: m.aesoponline.com Phone: 1-800-94-AESOP (1.800.942.3767) Username: 10-digit home phone number Password: last 4-digits of your SSN.

Substitute Preference Lists

Teacher’s List

School’s List

BCS’ List

• Absence is logged.

• The job is released to subs in this order:

Aesop: Preferred Substitutes/Favorite 5

Include

Exclude

Leslie Knope, Teacher

Student Information

(Powerschool)Student attendance

Gradebook

NC Educator Effectiveness

(NCEES)ObservationsProfessional

Development

Student Information

(Powerschool)NC Educator Effectiveness

(NCEES) Website: my.ncedcoud.org Username: 10-digit UID Password: Claim your IAM account to set password

Claiming your IAM Account

Once you have a State UID you can Claim Your IAM Account.

Visit my.ncedcloud.orgTip Sheet is located at

tinyurl.com/BCSIAM

DocAgent: ePay Stub Website

Website: buncombe.docagent.net Username: first three letters of your last name +

last four numbers of your SSN. Password: 9-digit Employee ID with leading zeros.

Address/Phone Number Change

www.buncombe.k12.nc.us/hrmsinfochange

BCS Employee Website Login

The Employee Website login is your 10-digitUID and IAMpassword.

Employee Website

Website: buncombe.k12.nc.us > Staff Department Information Directories Employee Information UID / CEU Lookup Beginning Teacher Information Calendars This PowerPoint Much More…

Questions / Comments?

brian.propst@bcsemail

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Communications• Dr. Donald Porter,

Director• Jason Rhodes,

Assistant Director

Technology Services• Barry Pace, Director• Robert Frisby, Assistant Director

• Tech Support• District Technicians/Systems Engineers/Specialists

• Digital Learning Specialist/Facilitators

• HelpDesk@bcsemail.org or 255-5987 or BOLT Ticket

• Professional Dev• Digital Learning Initiative: http://tinyurl.com/bcsdlp

• SMART Boards, High Density Wireless

• Blending Educational Strategies Together

• Personalized Learning

Digital Learning Facilitator Sessions

Professional Organizations

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• Lunch in Discovery Academy Cafeteria, PROVIDED BY: BCAE

Digital Learning Facilitator Sessions