Interested in Becoming a Teacher for ACPS or Earning a New Endorsement? Complete Our Interest Form by Oct. 30 & Join Our Cohort!

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The Department of Human Resources is seeking teachers who are interested in new endorsements and staff who are interested in becoming teachers. We are preparing to launch two pilot programs, one focused on endorsement in Special Education or English as a Second Language, and another focused on teacher prep. Our programs will include access to high-quality instruction, paid coursework, and highly sought-after employment opportunities. We will also provide short- and long-term support to ensure successful transition into available positions. We invite all interested staff to complete our Teacher Preparation Cohort Interest Form by Sunday, October 30. Continue reading

HR Weekly Update: Self-Serve Options in ADP & Our New Open Enrollment Info Site

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ADP Benefits: Employee Self-Serve Options Go Live This Afternoon!

We are activating additional self-serve options in ADP! (Current self-serve options include viewing your pay statements, changing your federal and state withholding amounts, and updating your personal contact information.) Beginning this afternoon, our self-serve options will expand to include reviewing your benefits elections and requesting changes to your benefits enrollments (including adding/dropping medical/dental plans or adding/dropping covered dependents) in conjunction with a mid-year Qualifying Life Event (such as marriage, birth, divorce, or a change of employment status that impacts your access or the access of your spouse and/or dependents to medical/dental coverage). Continue reading

Upcoming Opportunities to Learn More About CRT & the Division’s Anti-Racism Work

Are you interested in learning more about culturally responsive teaching (CRT) or our anti-racism policy, or would you like friends or family to know more about our collective efforts to end the predictive value of race on student success? This October and November, Community Engagement’s team of equity specialists is offering FREE 90-minute virtual courses through Open Doors to educate the community on CRT and the division’s anti-racism work. Upcoming course offerings include:

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What Is Culturally Responsive Teaching?
Thursday, October 20, 2022
6 to 7:30 p.m.
Virtual Class (Zoom)

ACPS Anti-Racism Policy Orientation

Anti-Racism Orientation: Unpacking What it Means to be Anti-Racist
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
6 to 7:30 p.m.
Virtual Class (Zoom)

ACPS Anti-Racism Policy Orientation

Taking a Look in the Mirror: Examining Your Racial Identity
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
6 to 7:30 p.m.
Virtual Class (Zoom)

To register, visit opendoors.digitalsignup.com or call 434-975-9450.

Interested in Serving on the Classified Employee Advisory Committee? Complete Our Interest Form by Oct. 23!

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At this time, the Department of Human Resources is seeking volunteers for the Classified Employee Advisory Committee. If you would like to volunteer to serve on this important committee, please complete our brief Classified Employee Advisory Committee Interest Form by Sunday, October 23.

The Classified Employee Advisory Committee (CEAC) is an important representative group of ACPS classified staff. In addition to office associates, teaching assistants, and nurses, CEAC includes broad representation from the following departments: Building Services, Child Nutrition, Extended Day Enrichment Programs, and Transportation. Continue reading

Rollout of Self-Serve Options in ADP Postponed

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The planned expansion of self-serve options in the ADP Employee Portal, including reviewing benefits elections and requesting changes to benefits enrollments in conjunction with a mid-year Qualifying Life Event, will not occur on Monday, October 17, as previously announced. Following the transfer of employee data from Great Plains (our former system for tracking employee information) to our new Human Resources Information System (HRIS), the project team needs additional time to ensure the accuracy of the data transfer. We apologize for any inconvenience; however, we expect this to be short delay and will provide an update in this Thursday’s HR Weekly Update.

Opportunity to Learn from Radford University’s IMPACT Lab

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As our new Career Learning Communities come online next year, we want to ensure that we have staff equipped with the professional knowledge to teach courses that support growing industries.

Starting this fall, ACPS is partnering with the IMPACT Lab at Radford University to provide teachers with support as they engage in IMPACT’s online, self-paced, competency-based education modules and courses in cybersecurity, geospatial intelligence, and data science. These courses are FREE for educators and open to ALL educators, not just those with background knowledge in the fields of cybersecurity, geospatial intelligence, and data science. Continue reading

HR Weekly Update: We’re Expanding Self-Serve Options in ADP & an Update on Our Vaccination Clinics

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Starting next week, we are expanding the self-serve options available in the ADP Employee Portal to include reviewing your benefits elections and requesting changes to your benefits enrollments in conjunction with a mid-year Qualifying Life Event. Also, our vaccination clinics are well underway! ALL Albemarle County and Albemarle County Public Schools employees and public safety volunteers are eligible to participate with no out-of-pocket cost. Please read on to learn more about each of these announcements. Continue reading

Preliminary Logistics for Making Connections on Nov. 7

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We’re excited about our annual Making Connections professional learning event coming up on Monday, November 7. As a reminder, this year’s event will provide professional development opportunities for all ACPS educators as well as support staff! We’ll soon be sharing specifics about session offerings and conference logistics, but in the meantime, here are some preliminary details: Continue reading

Digital Citizenship Week Is Oct. 17-21

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ACPS is now certified by Common Sense Media as a Common Sense District! As part of this digital citizenship certification, schools are teaching students how to use technology in safe and healthy ways, addressing topics like maintaining a healthy digital footprint and staying safe in an online community. As a division, we would like to highlight the importance of this work during National Digital Citizenship Week, October 17-21.

In honor of Digital Citizenship Week, the Department of Technology’s Learning Technology team has launched a Digital Citizenship Week website featuring short, fun, and easy-to-access extensions to the existing digital citizenship curriculum. Continue reading

Reminder: Change Your Password by Oct. 14!

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The Department of Technology will require all staff and students in grades 3-12 to change their password on or before October 14, 2022. Staff and students who have not changed their password since June 8 will be prompted to do so this Friday. You can manage your ACPS password through our Self Password Reset portal. If you experience technical issues or need assistance, please contact the Service Desk during normal business hours at 434-975-9444.