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| Collective Bargaining Agreement | What are your rights and responsibilities as a certificated employee? This is the negotiated agreement between the SEA and SPS. |
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| Strategic Plan | What is our district's mission? This document guides our work. |
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| Employee Support | |||
| Payroll and Benefits | Have questions about your pay or benefits as a teacher for SPS? Here's a list of contacts. And if you need to contact Human Resources, here's a link. | ||
| Payroll FAQs | Have questions? You'll find many of the answers here! | ||
| Ordering a Sub | What do I do when I need a substitute? Use this link to guide you through the process. | ||
Curriculum Information |
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| Curriculum Guides | Who should use the guides? Every teacher in SPS is expected to align his/her lessons to our district and state standards. The curriculum guides help you do this. The guides include a link to the OSPI curriculum site and the State EALRs/GLEs. Please note: The curriculum guides are living documents that are constantly evolving and reflect our growing understanding of how our students learn. As a teacher for SPS, you are a part of this process as you help us deepen our practice by both use and contributing to the guides. |
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| Curriculum Support | Who can I call if I have questions or need advice about aligning my curriculum to the standards or effective teaching strategies? We have lots of support in our district so don't hesitate to call Professional Learning for support with all of your questions. --We're here for you!! |
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Lesson Resources |
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| United Streaming | This service gives you access to over 16,000 video clips and still images. You will logon to this service using your Web Login. (Click on this link to set up your web login. *Note You won't be able to login to this page from home.) |
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| World Book Online | Staff, students and families now have access to this terrific resource from school or home! To access World Book Online, simply click on the World Book icon that you will find on your computer's desktop. (If you don't see an icon, please call the ITSC Help Desk at 354-7600 to have it installed.) |
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| ProQuest | SPSD has purchased a district license for use of ProQuest, e-Library and CultureGrams. These are excellent tools for use by teachers and students. Check with your school librarian for your building login/password. |
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| BigChalk | Free research tool. Click on the link to register for this service. |
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| Technology Help and Resources | |||
| Help Desk: 354-7600 |
Whom do I call if I have basic questions about computer hardware setup and use? The ITSC Help Desk folk can help with those pesky technology problems. Give them a call! You can find other ITSC resources on their website.. |
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| Instructional Technology | What if I have questions about how best to infuse technology into my instruction? We can give you some great ideas! |
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| District Telephones | Want to learn how to set up your classroom phone and voicemail? Here's a convenient guide. |
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| Intranet | What IS it? The SPS Intranet is a local area network that only SPS employees can access using their Web Login. The Intranet is an "internal" or local SPS network in contrast to the Internet , which is an "external" world-wide network. The SPS Intranet provides staff with access to many online district resources. (The Intranet is not accessible from home.) |
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| District Forms | Online access to district forms. Important Note: This is a district Intranet page, which means that you can only access this page if you're connected to the district network. (You won't be able to access it from home.) |
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| Report Card Templates | For Elementary Classrooms - These are official documents of SPS that you may download. Important Note: This is a district Intranet page, which means that you can only access this page if you're connected to the district network. (You won't be able to access it from home.) |
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| InteGrade Pro Users' Guides | For Secondary Classrooms - Need help setting up and using the grading program, IGPro? Here's a series of guides that might help.
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| SASI Help Page | Need help with the attendance program? Click on this link. |
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| Remote E-mail | Need to access your E-mail from an offsite location? (Login using your Groupwise login and password. - Just like you do from your classroom.) |
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Professional Learning |
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| 2007-2008 Course Catalog | Want to take a course? Check out the district course catalog for professional learning opportunities. |
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| Clock Hours | Use this link to learn how to submit clock hours for salary approval and monitor your clock hour status. If you have questions about this page, contact Susan Colliton at 354-5652. |
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| Online Pedagogical Library | Want to continue your professional learning? SPS teachers read, read and read!! This resource provides a book list and access to online articles on a range of educational topics, including constructivist teaching, differentiated instruction, and many more useful topics. |
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| Annenberg Media | Online Video on Demand . You can view Annenberg Media programs of your choice online with a broadband connection. There is no charge for this service, which provides high-quality educational programming. |
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| AERA SIG | AERA list of open access educational journals - This is a terrific list of online educational journals! |
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| Google Scholar | This is an excellent search engine for scholarly articles. |
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Fun Stuff ! |
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| Employee Discounts | A number of local companies offer discounts to SPSD employees. Check it out; there are some fun opportunities here! |
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