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Dear PFT Members, 6/12/25

Teacher Check Out Day is upon us, and summer break is within reach! I hope you get some well-deserved time to rest and relax, and that you can spend quality time with those you love. Here is the latest news you can use from PFT.

In Solidarity,
Kelly

A Few of the Things We Collectively Accomplished This Year:

Keep Your Keys!

Teachers will be able to keep their keys for the summer to organize, prepare, etc. if desired. Sites will receive info on any time periods where areas will be inaccessible due to maintenance and safety issues. If you see our custodians and/or Facilities, Maintenance and Operations workers, please allow them to accomplish their work & thank them for maintaining and improving our campuses! Some sites are having major projects that could pose safety risks, like roofing. As a result, these sites will have more limited access. Please see joint communication from PFT & PUSD on Tuesday, June 10 for further details on campus access.

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Congratulations to our 2025 PUSD

Teachers of the Year!

The Poway Unified School District (PUSD) is proud to announce that Alyssa Roscoe, Elementary Teacher at Midland Elementary School; and Christopher “Chris” Koreerat, Extensive Needs Support Teacher at Bernardo Heights Middle School; Carissa Jones-Fletcher, Physical Education Teacher at Poway High School have been named the 2025 PUSD Teachers of the Year. These outstanding educators exemplify PUSD’s commitment to academic excellence, innovation, and student support. Their names will be forwarded to the San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) for consideration in the countywide Teacher of the Year recognition program.

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

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.

Attachments:

FAQ Classroom Supplies
CSOLD Parent Handout

In Unity,
Kelly

IBPS

PFT-PUSD

Interest Based Problem Solving

- Click here to read about IBPS
- Click here to view an informational video
- Click here to view Principles of our IBPS
Negotiations

April 6, 2023

This email is going to all PFT Members

Dear PFT Members,

The transfer process for spring 2023 is attached. This document outlines how the transfer process works. We are also frequently asked, “When does the transfer process begin?” Staffing schools and programs is complex, and the data needed to determine how many teachers are needed, in which programs, and at which sites depends on many factors. These factors include things like student enrollment, the number of teachers declaring retirement or resignation, and the number of teachers requesting or returning from a leave of absence. This data becomes more and more definitive over time.

The PFT/PUSD Joint Staffing Team will be meeting after spring break to review preliminary enrollment and staffing projections at sites for next year. We anticipate the transfer process beginning toward the end of April as projections become more certain. The number of teachers needed at many sites will remain the same, but some sites could be overstaffed.

The transfer process begins with placement of teachers who are at sites that are overstaffed, typically due to a lack of enrollment. (The contracts of temporary teachers end, typically June 30, so they are “out” of the matrix/do not have a position at the site at this point in the process and are not considered in determining overstaffing). In an overstaffing situation, the site principal will seek a permanent or probationary teacher volunteer willing to transfer. Typically, voluntary candidates come forward. If there are no volunteers, district seniority is the criteria used for involuntary transfer. If a teacher is transferred due to an overstaffing situation (as a volunteer or as an involuntary transfer), the teacher will receive “priority placement” for all known vacancies within their credential area. These teachers will also receive two paid workdays to move, compensated at the teacher hourly rate of $41.67. Teachers must submit a timesheet to receive this compensation. The district and school site administration will coordinate with the teacher to facilitate the process of moving. (Teachers in itinerant positions do not qualify for compensation for moving).

After teachers being involuntarily transferred due to overstaffing are placed, teachers returning to the classroom after a leave of absence are returned to their site if there is space available. This applies to those returning after completing a Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) role, those returning from a leave of absence of one year or more, or those returning from a shared contract. If there is no space at the site, teachers returning to the classroom in these situations receive priority placement for vacancies if they let the district know they are returning to the classroom by April 21.

Once teachers in the above situations are placed, sites have the option to keep high performing temporary teachers if there is space available. After this step, vacancies will begin to be posted on the district website and the voluntary transfer process for permanent and probationary teachers begins. If you are interested in a voluntary transfer, please fill out the Transfer Form, linked here. By filling out and submitting this form to Jennifer Loper at jloper@powayusd.com, you will be contacted for an interview for all vacancies that match the programs and sites you have listed. Your form will be retained and reviewed as new vacancies are posted, so there is no reason to resubmit the form unless you so choose. You MUST submit your Transfer Form before a job posting closes to be considered. Each position is posted for 5 workdays only.

You can also continue to check the PUSD Teacher Transfer Opportunities webpage, as new transfer opportunities will be posted regularly once we reach this step in the process.

After all voluntary transfer candidates have had an opportunity to interview for open positions that match their transfer request form, highly recommended temporary teachers and interns will be considered for rehire into remaining vacancies. PSS will provide names of highly recommended temporary and intern teachers, who were unable to be retained at their site, to those administrators with openings.

Please contact your PFT Site Rep/s if you have additional questions after reading the attached document.

Have a wonderful Spring Break!

Kelly

Transfer Process for Spring 2023

This email is going to all PFT Members April 15, 2024

Dear PFT Members,

The transfer process for spring 2024 is attached. This document outlines how the transfer process works. We are also frequently asked, “When does the transfer process begin?” Staffing schools and programs is complex, and the data needed to determine how many teachers are needed, in which programs, and at which sites depends on many factors. These factors include things like student enrollment, the number of teachers declaring retirement or resignation, and the number of teachers requesting or returning from a leave of absence. This data becomes more and more definitive over time. This year, we are also facing budget cuts. PUSD & PFT continue to meet using the IBPS process, but no decisions about cuts to our unit have been negotiated at this time. Similarly, the PUSD School Board has not made any final decisions about budget cuts for next school year.

The PFT/PUSD Joint Staffing Team will be meeting soon to review preliminary enrollment and staffing projections at sites for next year. We anticipate the transfer process beginning toward the end of April or early May, as projections become more certain. The number of teachers needed at many sites will remain the same, but some sites could be overstaffed.

The transfer process begins with placement of teachers who are at sites that are overstaffed, typically due to a lack of enrollment. (The contracts of temporary teachers end, typically when school ends in June, so they are “out” of the matrix/do not have a position at the site at this point in the process and are not considered in determining overstaffing). In an overstaffing situation, the site principal will seek a permanent or probationary teacher volunteer willing to transfer. Typically, voluntary candidates come forward. If there are no volunteers, district seniority is the criteria used for involuntary transfer. If a teacher is transferred due to an overstaffing situation (as a volunteer or as an involuntary transfer), the teacher will receive “priority placement” for all known vacancies within their credential area. These teachers will also receive two paid workdays to move, compensated at the teacher hourly rate of $45.28. Teachers must submit a timesheet to receive this compensation. The district and school site administration will coordinate with the teacher to facilitate the process of moving. (Teachers in itinerant positions do not qualify for compensation for moving).

Once teachers in the above situations are placed, sites have the option to keep high performing temporary teachers if there is space available. After this step, vacancies will begin to be posted on the district website and the voluntary transfer process for permanent and probationary teachers begins. If you are interested in a voluntary transfer, please fill out the Transfer Form, linked here. By filling out and submitting this form to Melody Lotter at mlotter@powayusd.com, you will be contacted for an interview for all vacancies that match the programs and sites you have listed. Your form will be retained and reviewed as new vacancies are posted, so there is no reason to resubmit the form unless you so choose. You MUST submit your Transfer Form before a job posting closes to be considered. Each position is posted for 5 workdays only.

You can also continue to check the PUSD Teacher Transfer Opportunities webpage, as new transfer opportunities will be posted regularly once we reach this step in the process.

After all voluntary transfer candidates have had an opportunity to interview for open positions that match their transfer request form, highly recommended temporary teachers and interns will be considered for rehire into remaining vacancies. PSS will provide names of highly recommended temporary and intern teachers, who were unable to be retained at their site, to those administrators with openings, so they can be interviewed for potential selection.

Please contact your PFT Site Rep/s if you have additional questions after reading the attached document.

Final Transfer Process for Spring 2024

In Solidarity,

Kelly

TOP 3 NEWS YOU CAN USE ARCHIVE-

Sep 21 - Catastrophic Leave Bank Update / Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (SPSL) / Mandatory Trainings
Oct 21 - Covid-19 Leave Options / Catastrophic Leave Changes / IBPS Negotiations (Attachments - 2021 Bargaining Survey Results with Weighted Scores, PFT Initial Proposal 2021-22 December 2020)
Nov 21 - Tentative Agreement Reached / Extension of Supplemental Sick Leave (SPSL) / Catastrophic Leave Process
Dec 21 - Tentative Agreement Ratification
Jan 22 - Update on Governor's January Budget for 2022-23 & Negotiations / Update on Implementation of Late Start Legislation for 2022-23 / PFT Educational Leader Effectiveness (ELF) Survey
Feb 22 -PFT Educational Leader Effectiveness (ELP) Survey / SB114: New State Supplemental Paid Leave (SPSL Extension) / Continuation of Masking in Schools and Exclusion for Non-Compliance
Mar 22 - COVID-19 Update / Transfer Process / Upcoming Meetings
Apr 22 - COVID-19 Update / Transfer Process / Negotiations Update (Class size survey results)