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² HPEC All Staff In-service=5 points.- No need to put on plan. Sign in and email is all we needJ ² Infinitec – Engage Program- All paras will receive required Campaigns from myinfinitec. Make sure you have registered at myinfinitec.org. ² You must use your school email address. ² Passing the ParaPro=20 points (one Pme only event). Call Ellen at the HPEC office for more informaPon. ² District In-service=1 point per contact hour. This does not include breaks, lunch, working in your room etc. (These require a Staff Development Plan).
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² You must earn the required points each year to be re-hirable next fall. ² Complete and turn in early. ² If you leave prior to the end of the school year you are still required to complete your PDC for those months worked. ² HPEC will loose funding if PDC is not completed.
Para-educators who have worked as a Kansas special education para for more than 3 years (including the past 3 years) must complete 10 hours
- f in-service if employed for 9
months during the school year. Tier II Para-educators Tier I Para-educators Para-educators who have worked as a Kansas special education para less than 3 years (within the past 3 years) are to complete 20 hours of in-service if employed for 9 months during the school year.
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PARAEDUCATOR STAFF DEVELOPMENT PLAN: Use only for non HPEC(Infinitec/Engage) sponsored staff development
² School email address is required to access. ² Make sure that the central office has your email. ² You will need to go to myinfinitec and register if you don’t have an acPve account. ² You need to check your school emails at least weekly for noPces.
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² All staff will have a mandatory campaign to complete. ² Once you have registered, you will receive a notice from Intinitec with your assigned campaign. ² http://www.myinfinitec.org/home ² You may pick modules not assigned under a campaign. You must print the certificate and complete a PDC plan for that module. ² You will have 30 days to complete the modules once assigned.
² There is no need to fill out a para plan for the following two methods of staff development: ²
- High Plains EducaPonal CooperaPve sponsored
staff development (i.e. all staff August inservice.)
- Infinitec/Engage website.
² Any staff development opportunity other than HPEC
- r Infinitec Campaign will require a para inservice
- plan. (An agenda with date and 9me is required for
evidence).
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² Support students as indicated by supervisor.
² Complete the required number of staff development
- hours. (Less than 3 years-20 More than 3 years- 10)
² Time sheets are to be sent to HPEC from your teacher by the 15th of every month. Late Pme sheets will be paid the following month. ² ConfidenPality. ² Complete SecPon 125 documents provided by American Fidelity representaPve.
² Only with those directly involved with the student. ² Direct parent inquiries to the supervising teacher. ² Those who need to know. ² InformaPon for instrucPon only. ² If you need a sounding board, the general educaPon teacher is not it.
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² Please keep on a daily or weekly basis. ² Must be emailed by your supervisor into the central office on the 15th of each month. ² Must be signed by your supervisor. ² No more than 35 hours per week unless you have special permission from the director. ² Unscheduled closings are built in at 7 hours per year to cover: Snow days; State basketball; Music fesPvals. ² Paras are now allowed to work on teacher workdays and early release days if you are working on Engage in-service points.
² Begin with the 21st day on the job. ² 10 leave days, 2 of which may be used for personal leave. ² Personal days can not be used during orientaPon, first or last week of school or the day before/afer a regularly scheduled school vacaPon. (p.11) ² Leave will be taken off of your Pme sheet and signed by your teacher. Please make sure that your teacher and principal know when you will be gone. ² Check with your supervising teacher on their preference for legng them know when you will be gone. (i.e. text, email, phone call)
SLIDE 7 8/10/17 7 ² If you are injured on the job: ² NoPfy Chrissie Mangels or Marcy Fierstein at the HPEC Central Office immediately. ² Fill out and submit to above persons, the Worker’ s Comp form as required within 5 days from the date of injury. This form is found on our website at www.highplainsed.com under paraeducator forms. ² Review pg. 11 in the para handbook with your supervisor. Cell Phones Social Media
² Do not text students ² Do not text and drive ² Do not be distracted from students by your phone ² Follow the school’s cell phone
- policy. If students are not
allowed to use theirs during class, then neither should you. ² Please do not add students ² Be careful about what you say ² Please stay off of it during school hours. ² Non adherence to these policies will result in an improvement plan and the possibility of being terminated.
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8/10/17 8 ² Director ² Area Supervisor ² Principal ² Immediate supervising teacher ² In class, general educaPon teacher ² In resource room, special educaPon teacher
I look forward to a wonderful year with you.
