With gratitude for your service to the United States today and every day, Albemarle County Public Schools would like to recognize and show appreciation to our employees who have served in the armed forces. Thank you! To help you celebrate Veterans Day tomorrow, we encourage you to check out these local Veterans Day events and local Veterans Day deals.
Below you will find several important pieces of information regarding the Payroll Clarity Project. As a reminder, our move in January to Positive Pay and a biweekly pay cycle will impact all employees. Please make sure to read all of the information being shared about this payroll change.
As promised, we have some tools to help you with planning for the upcoming payroll changes. Continue reading
ACPS Educators: The Department of Instruction and Content Advisory Teams have identified projects that the division will develop in order to advance our curriculum, assessment and instruction in alignment with the Strategic Plan. The range of projects is diverse, from drafting curriculum frameworks to developing assessments to vetting potential curricular resources.
We are now looking for teachers across every discipline to work with a product team to develop these projects. Interested? Continue reading
Do you have questions around your students’ technology use, either at home or in the classroom? The Department of Technology is inviting all families and faculty to participate in a Q&A forum with ACPS administrators, teachers, students, and experts from Common Sense Media. The session will cover digital citizenship and healthy media habits.
Please join us on Tuesday evening, November 16, via Zoom for this informative session. Continue reading
Now that Open Enrollment is open, you may be wondering how your benefit selections tie into the Payroll Clarity Project. Although the employee premium rates for medical and dental benefits are not changing in 2022, the deductions will look a little different as we transition to a Positive Pay model. Take a look at the following video presentation for more details on how this transition will impact your benefit deductions: Continue reading
Elementary Teachers: Some questions have arisen regarding what specific data should be entered into Illuminate for the first quarter. The Illuminate Requirements document highlights by grade level which assessments are required to be entered. We are requesting that all data be entered no later than Friday, November 12.
If you have any questions, please contact Lisa Molinaro for English Language Arts or Neely Minton for social studies.
Attention All Employees! Your annual benefits Open Enrollment window is open now through November 12. Open Enrollment is your ONE time of year to make any changes you wish to your current medical or dental elections. You can add/drop/change a plan or add/drop dependents. It’s also the one time of year when you can enroll in a medical or dependent care FSA (Flexible Spending Account). Plus, it’s always a good idea to log in to your personal Open Enrollment site annually to verify your plan elections and confirm other information about yourself and your covered dependents. Continue reading
Teachers: Are you interested in serving on a product team to vet and finalize field experiences for students in Albemarle County? In alignment with our strategic plan, ACPS will develop and implement a guaranteed viable curriculum. As part of this work, we will also develop and implement a set of guaranteed field experiences to support place-based learning for ACPS students. Continue reading
UPDATE: Effective February 3, 2022, everything you need to know about COVID-19 testing for employees is now on our website at www.k12albemarle.org/CovidTesting.
As weather begins to get colder and more inclement, and as daylight hours become more limited, we are adjusting the locations and schedules of our COVID-19 testing sites, effective Friday, October 29, 2021. In addition to the revised testing schedule, this update includes information about testing during inclement weather, testing for symptomatic employees, testing expectations when school is not in session, and COVID-19 vaccines and booster shots. Continue reading
While it is the last week of Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2021, cybersecurity is our individual and collective responsibility every day! We must do our part and work together as ACPS staff members to protect our part of cyberspace.
Here are some proactive steps we can each take: Continue reading