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1. Executive Board and Site Representative Elections |
Update April 6, 2021
Dear PFT Members,
Attached is information on the qualifying reasons and the PUSD process to request COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave. The document also includes info on how to request leave retroactively to January 1, 2021. Principals have also received this information and should be sharing it with you soon.
In Unity,
Kelly
Attachment - COVID-19 SPSL Process and form
In Unity,
Kelly
Click here for previous PFT Updates
Congratulations to our 2021
Teachers of the Year!
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Tasha Giffin |
Carlos LaGrange |
Julie Spychalski |
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The Poway Unified School District (PUSD) is proud to announce that Tasha Giffin, Social Science Teacher at Del Norte High School, Julie Spychalski, Physical Education Teacher at Twin Peaks Middle School, and Carlos LaGrange, Resource Specialist at Westview High School have been chosen as the PUSD Teachers of the Year for 2021.
Read more
The joint PUSD/PFT IBPS team is pleased to announce we have reached agreement on a Supplementary Retirement Plan (SRP) for the PFT bargaining unit!
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PFT Members Supporting Local Families in Need At the August 15 food distribution event, 625 families were fed! Special Thanks to These Member Volunteers! If you can spare some time to help, please contact Brian at orpheus197@aol.com . He will send you additional details and get you signed up. |
Tentative Agreement Reached!
We are pleased to announce that the PUSD School Board ratified our 2018-19 and 2019-20 Tentative Agreement on September 12, 2019.
To read more about it, please see links below:
Tentative Agreement
Tentative Agreement FAQ's
Updated salary and retro pay information
Is my paycheck correct?
TPLES - Teacher Professional Learning and Effectiveness System
Dear Colleagues,
The demands on a teacher's time are endless, and the school year seems to go so quickly from this point on. The below link Teacher Professional Learning and Effectiveness System (TPLES) reminder sheet is intended to provide support and suggestions for teachers in the evaluation cycle this year, as they monitor and document progress on their SLO/PLO. It can also help make the final evaluation conference, for both traditional and alternative evaluations, more meaningful for the teacher and administrator.
Teacher Professional Learning and Effectiveness System (TPLES) reminder sheet - click here
In Unity,
Kelly
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Teacher Professional Learning and Effectiveness System What is meant by "Multiple Measures" in relation to Teacher Evaluation? |
Evaluating teachers fairly and accurately requires the use of multiple indicators of effectiveness AND multiple ways to measure those indicators. Read more
Classroom Supplies using Online Donation Site ![]() |
What teachers need to do first to be eligible for donations: Go to www.pusddonate.org. Click your grade level (elementary, middle, high), click your “Site”, click “Teachers”. Please be sure your name is listed. The website is linked to the district’s payroll system. Therefore, the donation website uses the same name you are using for payroll purposes (legal name). Unfortunately, we cannot change that name.
What the Online Donation website provides:
1. Parents have the option of donating directly to their child’s teacher(s), program, department, grade level, program, or the school site’s general fund using this online donation website. The website is designed to provide parents with an easy and convenient way to help fund our instructional supply needs. Teachers and schools have received more than $100,000.00 in donations using this website. It works.
2. Parents may access the donation website by going to www.pusddonate.org. Parents receive a tax deduction and email confirmation when donating. The website also includes a “Matching Gift Program” if a parent’s employer provides that benefit.
3. Teachers receive an automatic email confirmation stating the amount of the donation, donor’s name and email, and student’s name, if provided by the parent. Our District uses a spam filter. Therefore, to receive confirmation emails from the donation site you must check your spam folder. When you see the link, pusdonline@firstlinemerchant.com that’s the Online Donation secure banking (when using a credit card) email address. Please “whitelist” this email address. For accounting purposes, your site finance clerk or site secretary receives a monthly report of all donations. If you have not received an email confirmation but think you have received a donation, check with your site secretary or finance clerk.
Donation: Teachers access these donations the same way they would their regular supply budget/s at the site.
COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES: Teachers may communicate this website to parents via their MyConnect site, newsletter, and/or during Back-to-School Night (see Common Message on Q&A attached). To promote greater equity among all our classrooms, we suggest grade-level teams or departments come together to identify their “collective” supply needs and request donations be made to the grade-level or department, rather than individual teachers.
Please note: Donations to this account may only be used for instructional supplies (e.g. school supplies, software, workbooks, art and science materials…). If requesting donations for technology, check with your principal. The primary function of your site Foundation is to purchase software and technology and teachers should be coordinating their efforts.
Field Trip Fees: The Classroom Supplies ~ Online Donations website now offers the option of collecting Field Trip fees. More information and directions for teachers will be coming soon in a separate email.
I've attached an FAQ and a handout you may wish to provide to parents. Questions or concerns, contact Kris Hizal PFT Director, khizal@powayteachers.org or khizal@powayusd.com
Attachments:
FAQ Classroom Supplies
CSOLD Parent Handout
In Unity,
Kelly
Thank you for visiting our website. If you have an questions, please contact us
Poway Federation of Teachers Local 2357
13475 Danielson Street
Suite 190
Poway, CA 92064
(858)674-2800
(858)674-2805 fax