PEOPLE MATTERS

**Newsletter includes corrected link to Educator Licensure Updates**

Open Enrollment for employees is May 1 - 23, 2025. Changes made to your health enrollment during Open Enrollment will be effective July 1, 2025. Open Enrollment information for 2025 is available on our webpage, linked HERE.

During this period, eligible employees will have the opportunity to:

• update Medical and Dental insurance coverage
• enroll or re-enroll in Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Our annual Retiree celebration will be held June 5, 2025 at Frederick High School. Individuals that retired during the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year will receive further information about this evening of celebration.

Spring coursework completed by June, should be submitted for reimbursement by June 30, 2025. For more information, see the Negotiated Agreement for your bargaining unit.

FCPS uses Experian Employer Services to complete secure online employment verifications. An Employee, or Verifier, can use the self-service "Income and Employment Verification Portal".

This service can assist in verification for the following:

• Employment Verification
• Income letter or report
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• Government/Social Service Request

More information, along with instructions to create an account, is available on our website at: https://www.fcps.org/hr/employment-verifications

If you will be separating from service with FCPS by way of a Retirement or Resignation, please take a moment to review our Employee Exit Checklist as a resource to prepare for this transition.

The Human Resources Certification Team shares the latest news and updates for Educator Licensure - Spring 2025.

Topics include:

• Services available in TEACH portal
• July 1, 2025 License Renewals
• Payment of Licensure Transaction Fee - NEW PROCESS
• General Licensure Regulations and Updates
• January 1, 2026 License Renewals

Review the document linked HERE !

The HR Summer Learning Series will be available to administrators again this summer. Our team is currently in the process of planning session dates and topics. This year, all sessions will be presented on a virtual platform. More information to come!

• The last day for non-tenured teachers to resign without prejudice was May 1st. The last day for tenured teachers is July 15th. Teachers wishing to resign must complete an Employment Status Change Form and return to HREmployeeRelations@fcps.org by the close of business on the appropriate deadline.
• The vast majority of teachers who were excessed or will be returning from leave have been placed in an assignment for the next school year. However, should a teacher wish for a different assignment, the voluntary transfer process may be accessed to apply for a vacant position for which the teacher is certified.
  
• Open transfer requests accepted May 30 – June 16. July 15, open transfers completed.

Its the time of the year to plan and prepare for Support Employee Evaluations. Per the FASSE Negotiated Agreement, Support employees shall be evaluated on evaluation forms consistent within their classification by the appropriate first-line supervisor for the purposes to identify and

improve employee performance and by utilizing assessment procedures coupled with recommendations for improvement.

Evaluations must be completed in accordance with the following timelines, unless extenuating circumstances exist:

• 10-month employees by June 1

• 11-month employees by July 1

• 12-month employees by August 1

Evaluations may be deferred when an employee has worked less than half of the school year.

The links below will take you to valuable resources about locating and completing support evaluations in PeopleSoft as well as the rubric in scoring the evaluation.

PeopleSoft HR – MSS Evaluations

Support Staff Evaluation Rubric

Support Employees who desire a "Voluntary Lateral Transfer" are required to submit a: Transfer Request Form to the Office of Human Resources Support Talent Acquisition and Relations, between March 1 and May 31 of each year to take effect the following school year. The transfer list will remain in effect for a period of one (1) school year or until exhausted.

• Employees may select up to ten (10) locations on the Transfer Request Form, however, only one transfer will be granted per fiscal year.
• Transfer requests are kept in a database maintained by the Human Resources Support Talent Acquisition and Relations Office.
• The Support Transfer Process is open to all benefited employees who are not on probation or who anticipate being off probation by the time the new transfer list becomes effective (July 1).
• Transfer candidates must have a satisfactory work evaluation. Employees who present twelve (12) months of satisfactory experience by June 30 are eligible to participate in the transfer process.

Any questions regarding the Support Employee Transfer process may reach out to any member of the Support Talent Acquisition and Relations Office.

• A Support Job Fair was held at FCC on April 25.
• The TAM-C Team hosted Acquire and Inspire: Teacher Licensing Event on May 2 specifically for our conditionally licensed teachers. Attendees were given specific individualized information and one-on-one guidance from our certification officers about their next steps to become professionally licensed. Participants had opportunity to visit the FCPS college and university partners to learn about their specific programs and how they can meet the employees' needs.
• The recruitment team will continue Initial Teacher Interviews in the Board Room throughout May and beginning of June.

We are thrilled to see a number of support staff who are looking to complete full-time student teaching or internships! If you are considering this in the future, please take time to read over your FASSE Negotiated Agreement. There are a limited number of full-time sabbaticals that can be requested for those support staff members who have worked for FCPS for 5 years.

Support staff who do not qualify for a paid sabbatical, could request an unpaid leave of absence to complete their internship. Details regarding this can also be found in the FASSE Agreement or by contacting a Support Team Personnel Officer or the Senior Manager of Support Staffing.

Please see the information at: https://apps.fcps.org/forms/staff-human-resources/247 for full details.

Please contact your recruitment team Toya Newman-Piermarini at Toya.Piermarin@fcps.org or April Vierra at April.Vierra@fcps.org if you have specific questions.

Previous editions of the People Matters newsletter are available on our website at: https://www.fcps.org/hr/newsletter