OGCS Employment Information Sheet for 2012 School Year

 

At Will Employment:

Unless an ES has submitted a resignation letter to ES Support and Personnel, after signing your school's "At-Will Employment Agreement For Education Specialists", OGCS/SSCS administration will assume you have not chosen to voluntarily terminate your “at will” employment with the charter school, and will serve the students assigned to you for the following school year. By continuing to serve students as an Education Specialist with this charter school, an ES indicates that they have agreed to and will abide by the information in all of the following documents, plus any additional information given to you during the school year by school administration.

 

All ES employment is considered “at will” employment. “At-will” employment may be terminated with or without cause and with or without notice at any time by the employee or the school. No employee of this school has any authority to enter into an agreement for employment for any specified period of time or to make an agreement for employment on other than “at-will” terms.

 

Please review these documents and the Employee Handbook (http://www.sscs.cc/es/HandbookSSCS2.10.10.pdf) that relate to your 2012 employment with this charter school.  School directors reserve the right to add to, modify, or amend these documents at any time (except for the "at will" section).

 

School Mission Statement:

We believe in educating each of our students for the 21st century by providing individualized learning opportunities in small learning communities that incorporate increased parental participation and involvement.

 

Guiding Principles:

We follow IEM's Guiding Principles located at http://www.ieminc.org/faq/guidingprinciples.html.

 

ES Job Description:

http://www.sscs.cc/Handbook/esjob/IEMesjobdescr.pdf  . The school year specific ES Paperwork Timetable for each school year is available on the school website in the ES Handbook in the ES Information section.

 

School Calendars for 2012:

OGCS

 

Credentialed Employees with concurrent "outside" employment:

Notification of Additional Employment

 

Credential and TB Renewal Responsibilities:

http://www.sscs.cc/Handbook/esjob/iemcredrenadv.htm . The ES is responsible for renewing their credential and TB tests prior to the current document expiration date and submitting new paperwork to personnel. Students cannot be served without an active full credential (not emergency) and a TB test done within the dates required by law.

 

Student Recruitment Policy:

http://www.sscs.cc/Handbook/esjob/sturecrpol.htm

Approved School Flyers can be found on the school webpage, How To Enroll link. They are posted there for you to use (legally)!

 

ES Communication Protocol:

http://www.sscs.cc/Handbook/esjob/escomm.htm

 

Customer Relations:

http://www.sscs.cc/Handbook/esjob/Custrel.htm

 

Conflict of Interest Protocol:

http://www.sscs.cc/Handbook/policy/conflictint.htm

 

Summary of Professional Behavior:

http://www.sscs.cc/Handbook/esjob/SummaryProfPol.htm

 

Prohibited Conduct:

http://www.sscs.cc/Handbook/esjob/Prohibitconduct.htm

 

Child Abuse Reporting Protocol:

http://www.sscs.cc/Handbook/esjob/chabuse.htm

 

Professional Growth Plan:

http://www.sscs.cc/Handbook/esjob/iemprogroplan.htm

 

ES Late Notices:

http://www.sscs.cc/Handbook/esjob/latenot.htm

 

ES Compensation for Service:

http://www.sscs.cc/Handbook/esjob/essalbenpro.htm

 

Current base pay rates for 2011/12 are as indicated below:

K – 8     $1,550 per student per 175 days

9 – 12   $1,750 per student per 175 days

K – 12  AESS A $ 500/year above the standard rate per student year

7– 12     AESS B $ 1000/year above the standard rate per student year.

Add $23 additional per year of service credit earned to base pay rate for K-12.

 

Benefits:

Your Charter School employer offers medical, dental and vision healthcare insurance for eligible fulltime or part-time employees. Premium rates will be made available as you become eligible for enrollment.

·         Eligibility: Education Specialists become eligible for enrollment in healthcare insurance upon the date they have their 13th student become “active” with them, as measured each month on the payroll snapshot date. An ES who wishes to wait for full school benefit coverage may wait to begin enrollment when their 22nd student is activated. If you do not enroll at one of these 2 points, then you can only enroll for benefits during the yearly open enrollment period. Coverage may begin on the first day of the following month. Pay close attention to the information mailed to you by the personnel office for specifics.

·         Employer Contribution: Your Charter School employer applies up to $1000 a month for a fulltime employee with 22+ students to pay for the cost of enrolled benefits. (There is no cash in lieu of payment in the event premium cost is less than $1000 of if school benefits are not taken.)

Full-Time (22-25 students)

Benefit Cap - $1000

 

Part-Time (18–21 students)

Benefit Cap - $750

 

Part-Time (13-17 students)

Benefit Cap - $500

 

 

ES Expense Stipend Reimbursements:

http://www.sscs.cc/handbook/esjob/esreimsti.htm

 

These Documents were included in your initial Employment Packet/Handbook.  Check the Employee Handbook or contact Personnel if you need to receive any of this info again, or have any questions about any of these documents:

  • Sexual Harassment Statements
  • State Disability Provisions
  • Workers Comp Rights
  • Ca Programs for Unemployed
  • Paid Family Leave

(Eligibility for any of these programs is not guaranteed by the school.)

 

Assignment of Students:

Students are assigned to cleared and trained Education Specialists by seniority and according to the selections made on the ES Preference Sheet during the initial interview. Changes to the initial ES Preference selections must have a recommendation by your ES Advisor and then be approved by the ES Support Director. We do our best to accommodate the ES’s desired student count within our school guidelines, although this is not always possible and no promises are made or can ever be made as to the number of students you will be assigned. Sometimes ESs are assigned students outside of their preference areas.  We expect the assigned ES to serve that student until another ES can be located. Full-time ESs are limited to 25 students maximum. ESs with other jobs outside of IEM schools are limited to 12 students maximum. Additional information about Student assignments is located on our webpage at: http://www.sscs.cc/handbook/studentenrollment/inistuasspol.htm .

 

Personnel Clarifications:

http://www.sscs.cc/handbook/esjob/Perclarif.htm

 

For additional information:

  • Other information is available on our web site: www.ogcs.org .
  • IEM Personnel Department: 800-979-4436 for personnel information
  • IEM Benefits Department: 800-979-4436 for benefit information
  • IEM Human Resources:  916-645-8750
  • School Directors:  800-979-4436, ask for specific director
  • ES Advisor line: 800-458-7050 for ES training information.