FBUSD Staff Blog 8.2.2024
WELCOME BACK! I hope you have all had a wonderful summer! As we gear up for a new school year, I wanted to let you know of some exciting developments.
- FBUSD has received a 5 year Community Schools grant to support connections of community support to our students. The grant will be coordinated by Martha Lopez serving in the newly created role of Community Schools Coordinator. The grant will provide funding for Family Liaisons, upgrades at the JD Center, Mindfulness through Martial Arts, access to the Dolly Parton Imagination Library for families with children 0-5 years old, and access for our students to Psychiatric services. These services are not up and running yet, but we will be adding them throughout the year.
- Our Custodial and Maintenance teams have been busy this summer. I really appreciate all that they do to ensure our sites are clean and safe for students and staff. Please join me in thanking them for their hard work!
- Construction projects have been going all over the district. Redwood has experienced the most significant impacts with the construction of the 4 new classrooms and renovation of the office spaces. Redwood has also had the kitchen and cafeteria updated with new flooring and equipment. FBHS has new flooring in the student union and in the entry to the gym as well as new lights at the stadium. Alternative Education has new siding on some of the rooms on campus. The computer network equipment has been updated throughout the district.
- We are building inclusive practices for our students this year. Our Preschool and TK programs will operate with all students in the regular education classroom with any needed services pushed in to the classroom.
- We will continue our work with Nicole Anderson Consulting in the pursuit of ensuring equity for our students in our organization. In addition to the leadership training for our Board and administration, we will have a book study for staff and an Anti-Bias Committee.
- Please return your contracts to your site office or the district office.
HR Notes from Suzie
Salary Schedule and Column H. FBDTA Master Agreement Article XVI 16.1
Unit members shall be placed on the appropriate class of the salary schedule (Exhibit C) according to their degree and the number of semester units beyond their degree. Units beyond their degree shall be in accordance with Article XVIII, Section 18.2, 18.3, and 18.4, DCEC. 16.1.1 Any unit member with ten (10) years of service in the District and 105 units (Range G) will be placed or remain on Range H in any given year by providing evidence by August 15th of completing at least three units acceptable for salary credit (see Article 18) in the prior year. Anyone not qualifying in a subsequent year will revert to Column G.
DCEC FBDTA Master Agreement Article XVII 18.5
The petitioner shall submit the DCEC form to the Human Resources Department by October 15th. The DCEC committee will meet annually between October 16th and October 26th to review applications. The committee will accept or decline each application. The DCEC Chair will notify the Human Resources Department of the committee decisions before October 31st. The Human Resources Department will notify the petitioner (s) of the committee decision five (5) days of receipt. If advancement on the Salary Schedule is approved, the unit members shall receive retroactive payment at the new rate, and the new rate shall begin with the December paycheck for that year. Note: See article 16.1.1 regarding maintaining placement on Column H of the salary schedule"
Please notify the District Office of any credentialing or name changes.
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New certificated employees, please make sure I know of all prior school district employment for sick leave transfers and experience verification. This does affect your salary placement. Please check your sick leave and credits post BA for accuracy.
Contracts are issued before the first service duty days. Please ensure all listed information is correct.
Your employee portal is a great way to keep your contact information current. It is on the FBUSD website, employee resources, and then the Employee portal.
How to register:
Go to fbusd.us
Click Employee Resources
Click Employee Portal
Click Create New User (You must be logged into your FBUSD email account first)
Fill in the boxes and hit submit.
Check your email for a verification code, and enter it in the portal.
Once registered, please check the information entered on the My Information tab.
The portal lets you update your employee information and view recent pay stubs, reimbursements, W-2s, benefits info, leave balances, etc. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact the District Office staff.
If you have a rental, please post the information at https://docs.google.com/
The rental link will also be available in Mr. Aldridge's Friday Newsletters.
Required Annual Training
Keenan Training modules are available in your account. The website can be found here.
Classes are to be taken during work hours.
If you need help logging in, please look at the information below.
Go to: https://fbusd-keenan.
Put your username in all lowercase. It will be your first initial and last name. You might have to call HR to log in if you have a common name.
Click login, then click the "Log Me In" (blue bar)
You will see all the mandatory training for your job class
Take each course assigned
Read the disclaimer
Accept
Start Course
Follow through to the end and follow prompts for the additional subjects until you reach the quiz.
Take the quiz.
Please complete all assigned classes.
The following departments have several other required assignments:
Food Service
Maintenance
Transportation
Custodians
Average Assignments:
Bloodborne Pathogens 23 Minutes
California SB 553 Workplace Violence Prevention and Neglect 16 Minutes
Integrated Pest Management 60 Minutes
Mandated Reporter Child Abuse 51 Minutes
Bi-Annual: Sexual Harassment SB 1343 Prevention for Non-Managers 60 Minutes, or AB 1825 Sexual Harassment Policy Prevention for administrators only.120 Minutes
Title IX Compliance Overview 45 Minutes
Keenan's classes are assigned from July 1, the first day of the fiscal year, to June 30, the end of the fiscal year.
Keenan's classes are due by September 3, 2024.
Field Trip Opportunity
Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens would like to remind teachers that their docent team is a wealth of knowledge that will encourage and inspire students to get excited about nature and to appreciate the relaxation that can be found at the Gardens.
To schedule field trips for your class or a classroom visit, teacher meeting, or assembly to talk about some of the amazing things going on here like our SPROUTS program,
Contact Sarah DeAngelo, Administrative & Volunteer Coordinator, 707-964-4352 ext. 113
- Absence Request/Verification Form (Sub line 707-962-7368)
- Air Quality Information in Fort Bragg
- CA Dept of Public Health Guidance for K-12 Schools
- FBUSD Employee Handbook
- FBUSD Employee Payroll Portal
- FBUSD Salary Schedules
- MCOE Air Quality Guidelines for Schools
- Bilingual Family Liaison Referral Form
- Submit an IT Help Ticket
- Submit a Maintenance Department Ticket
- FBUSD Employee Resource webpage
- DCEC Folder
- DCEC Book List
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