Welcome back to a new school year! I am looking forward to another great year with exciting learning experiences for students.
Many of you engaged in professional development opportunities last year. There will again be some options for teacher quality funding to support your professional learning this year.
There will be one window for teacher quality funds to support coursework this year. However, this window will extend across the school year (August 23, 2017-August 22, 2018).
There is a $375 limit for teacher quality funding during this timeframe. Each teacher may submit one TQ Course Application during the 2017-2018 school year. You may submit an application through the link below. This link may also be found on the mySEP page under "Teaching and Learning Resources."
When your course is completed, please submit your transcript and a payroll sheet to Nikki Christianson in the district office. Please follow the guidelines below to make sure you receive your payment in an efficient manner.
PAYROLL GUIDELINES
- Payroll sheets may be found on MySEP under the Human Resources/Payroll link.
- Under the description put "TQ: THE NAME OF THE COURSE"
- Make sure you complete 'time in', 'time out' and the total hours (up to 15)
- If the course is more than 15 hours, only submit up to 15 hours.
- All submitted times must be outside of contract hours.
- A separate payroll sheet should be submitted for each month if the course is held across multiple months.
- Be sure to sign your payroll sheet.
- Your instructor should not sign the payroll sheet--your transcript will serve as the verification needed.
- Please submit your payroll sheet within 1 month after completing the course.
A second opportunity for funding will be an option for teachers to participate in an additional day of professional development on February 16, 2018 (TIME-Teacher Initiated Meaningful Engagement). Teachers who participate will receive per diem pay for that day.
Please let me know if you have any questions about teacher quality funding. Your commitment to building and extending your professional learning is very much appreciated!
