Why not July as usual?
Due to constrained budget resources, there weren’t sufficient funds to support meaningful, full-year increases in keeping with our market strategy. Delaying the timing of the increase saves the organization money, but also keeps us in line with our compensation market strategy and yields a higher base salary for VRS. Continue reading
Category Archives: Classified Staff
Required Training for School Staff Who Interpret/Translate
The ESOL Office is excited to offer a special one-hour training to comply with state and federal guidelines to ACPS employees who wish to support ESOL families through occasional interpretation and/or translation during the school day. Interested staff members should contact Elaine Cecelski-Ayala, Family Engagement Liason, about scheduling and receiving payment for the training (ececelski@k12albemarle.org or 434-973-7921 | 434-465-0776).
Questions about interpretation and/or translation? Please call the ESOL Office at 434-296-6517 or contact Elaine.
Free Workshop: Customer Service in Action – August 17
You’re invited! The Virginia Workforce Center, in cooperation with Virginia Cooperative Extension, is offering a FREE workshop entitled “Customer Service in Action,” on Monday, August 17, from 1 to 4 p.m. Participants will define the components of quality customer service; understand the importance of effectively communicating with customers; explore the impact of positive and negative communication practices on customer interactions; and identify personal actions that will improve delivery of on-the-job customer service. Continue reading
New Competencies for Classified Employees
Since February, a committee composed of classified employees from the school division and local government has been working to review and revise the performance competency and appraisal model for classified staff. As a result of their analysis, including employee feedback, new competencies used to recruit, hire, train and evaluate classified employees have been established. View the new competencies for classified staff »
JMRL’s Summer Reading Challenge, June 1 – August 31
The Jefferson-Madison Regional Library’s summer challenge is back! Beginning June 1, adults, teens and kids can participate in the same program, using the same process. Prizes include Barnes & Noble gift cards for four kids, Amazon gift cards for two teens, and an Amazon Kindle for one lucky adult! Don’t miss it—the program ends on August 31. Get the details »
Tell Us What You Think: Proposed New Competencies for Classified Employees – Respond by May 13
You are invited to review the proposed new classified employee competencies and offer your feedback through a short survey. Please respond by Wednesday, May 13.
The competency review group has been receiving classified employee feedback since March through meetings, focus groups, and a survey. As we sought to organize the many comments and suggestions, we remained focused on our primary goals: to ensure alignment with the mission, vision and values of both divisions, and to create a new, streamlined set of competencies that makes it easier for classified employees to answer the “how do they relate to my actual job?” question. Continue reading
A Week of Thanks … for Our Teachers, School Nurses, & School Nutrition Employees
This week, our nation honors the contribution of teachers, school nurses, and school nutrition employees: May 4-8 marks Teacher Appreciation Week and School Nutrition Employee Week, and May 6 is School Nurse Day!
During this annual recognition week, please join me in celebrating our school nurses and teachers, who every day make fit our learning environment to extraordinary purpose. Thank you for making our county more welcoming, more safe, more uplifting, and more rewarding for those we serve. Read the Superintendent’s message of thanks »
This week also honors school nutrition employees across the nation for their daily work to provide healthy meals and a positive welcome to children dining in our school cafeterias. Continue reading
Save the Date: Annual We Notice Employee Recognition and Service Celebration – April 23
The Albemarle County Student Advisory Council, in partnership with Albemarle County Public Schools, has kicked off the annual We Notice Program! Students, parents, and employees are invited to recognize a teacher or staff member whose work should be celebrated. Any ACPS employee (teacher, office associate, building services team member, teaching assistant, cafeteria worker, school nurse, bus driver) is eligible for recognition, but nominations must be received by March 28. Open the recognition form »
Join us for the We Notice Employee Recognition and Service Celebration on April 23, 4:30 to 6 p.m., at the McIntire County Office Building, Lane Auditorium.
Last Day of School & Office Closures Due to Inclement Weather
The last day of the 2014-15 school year for students will be Tuesday, June 9, 2015. The last work day for teachers will be Wednesday, June 10, 2015. View an update on where we stand with inclement weather make-up days.
As a reminder, General Government classified staff and School Division classified staff are no longer treated the same in the case of closures due to inclement weather. Continue reading
Classified Staff Performance Competencies Review: We Want to Hear From You!
Attention classified employees! Last week, Assistant Superintendent Matt Haas shared about our current review of the competencies used to recruit, hire, develop and evaluate our classified employees. At this time, you are invited to share your thoughts about what our competencies should be. Please provide your feedback through this short survey. The survey will remain open through Friday, March 27. Continue reading