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PFT Updates & Top 3 News You Can Use
May 8, 2023
Dear PFT Members,
Happy Monday! The voluntary transfer process is open and available positions are posted on the district website. You can view openings by going to Employees, Personnel Resources, Teacher Transfer Opportunities or by clicking PUSD Teacher Transfer Opportunities webpage.
Additional positions may become available as people resign, retire or as enrollment grows so be sure you’ve submitted your transfer request form (listing all sites and all grade levels/content areas of interest). This will secure you an interview not just for a currently listed position, but for additional positions as they come up.
Please see the email below and the attachment for additional information on the specifics of the transfer process.
Email link - click here
Attachment link - click here
Thanks,
Kelly
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2022-2023 & 2023-2024 Tentative Agreement
April 6, 2023
The PUSD School Board has voted unanimously to approve the Tentative Agreement (TA) between PUSD & PFT for 2022-23 & 2023-24!
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May 15, 2023
Dear PFT Members,
Great news! The PUSD/PFT Interest Based Problem Solving Team (IBPS) has reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) for 2022-23 & 2023-24! The Agreement includes a 5% across-the-board salary increase for all PFT salary schedules beginning July 1, 2023. It also includes salary enhancements targeted to specific salary schedule steps. These enhancements will increase retirement earnings for career teachers who ultimately retire from PUSD on the highest step. They will also increase the beginning steps of our salary schedules, helping us attract and retain high quality new teachers. Please see the Agreement and the Q & A attached for details and additional information.
Tentative Agreement & Attachments
Tentative Agreement Q & A
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1. PFT Executive Board and Site PFT Rep Elections |
TPLES - Teacher Professional Learning and Effectiveness System
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 Donation Site
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
