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Another opportunity for funding will be an option for teachers to participate in additional hours of professional learning throughout the school year (TIME-Teacher Initiated Meaningful Engagement). Certified teachers may receive up to 8 hours of additional per diem pay for collaborative work completed outside their regular contract time during the 2023-2024 school year. The criteria for these hours is below:

• Extension of the District/Building PD Plan

• Supportive of Building SIP

• Responds to one of the 4 PLC Questions

• What do we want students to learn?

• How will we know when they have learned it?

• What will we do if they do not learn?

• What will we do if they have already learned it?

To receive payment for this work, please submit the form at the link below. This form may also be found on the Southeast Polk Professional Development site. There will be 2 pay periods for TIME hours during the school year--in November, and May. Thank you for your collaboration and continued work to support each and every student at Southeast Polk!

TIME Hours: 2023-2024

Welcome Back: Teacher Quality 2023-2024

What a great first week of school!  Even through the heat, you could feel the energy and see the enthusiasm for the possibilities of a new school year.  As you can see by the look on the face of our youngest grandchild, there's nothing quite like it! 

As we begin this school year, we want to share professional learning opportunities for staff.  Teacher Quality funds will again be available to teachers wanting to take coursework to further their learning. Courses that are credit-bearing are eligible for TQ funding. 

As was the case last year, there will be one window for teacher quality funds to support coursework this year. This window will extend across the school year (August 23, 2023-August 22, 2024).

There is a $525 limit for teacher quality funding during this timeframe. In order to be eligible for TQ funding, an application must be submitted and approved. Each teacher may submit one TQ course application during the 2023-2024 school year.

When your course is completed, please submit your transcript and a payroll document to Brittany Kunz in the district office. Payroll sheets may be found on the MySEP page. 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 the 'time in' and time out' and the total hours (up to 15)
• If the courses if more than 15 hours, only submit up to 15 hours
• All submitted times must be outside of contract hours
• A separate payroll document 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
• Submit your transcript and/or verification of course completion with your payroll sheet
• Please submit your payroll sheet within one month of completing the course.

Where can I find the Teacher Quality Application?

There are 3 places to find the Teacher Quality Application.

• Southeast Polk Professional Development site

• MySEP

• Today's blog post

Thank you for your continued commitment to professional learning. Please let me or Brittany Kunz know if you have any questions. We're looking forward to a great school year!