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Link to full MUHS Faculty Portal

Find the full ACSD Staff Directory here.

Professional Learning and Collaboration

Coming Soon

Instructional Coaching

Instructional coaching is a confidential partnership entirely focused on making it easier for teachers to meet the needs of their students. It builds collective teaching capacity through individualized teacher professional development, and provides strategies differentiated to provide support tailored to the goals of a teacher. Coaching is personalized to the teacher’s goal and supports any part of the teacher’s instructional day. Read more here: Coaching Description.

Fill out the Coaching Interest Form to connect regarding this new and exciting opportunity.

Coaching Cycle Flyer

Ed Tech Hub

Looking for micro PD and other resources on the Ed Tech Hub?  Click here.

PowerSchool Professional Learning is a tool we use to track our staff's professional development throughout the year. This serves three main purposes.

• Funding Requests for Courses/Workshops: ACSD will pay for teachers to take a certain number of professional development courses and workshops throughout the year. If you are interested in pursuing professional development outside of ACSD, log into PowerSchool Professional Learning and fill out a Professional Development Request (formerly "External Credit Request").*
  • For more information, refer to the following guides:
    • Professional Development and Master Agreement Guide
    • How do I submit a Professional Development Request (PDR)?
    • When do I submit a PDR?
    • What Happens After Submitting a PDR?
    • Professional Leave Guidelines (Updated August 27, 2024)
  • Once you have completed a course/workshop, you MUST submit an official certificate of completion or transcript within 4 weeks (or you may be responsible for reimbursing the district for the cost of the program). To do this, locate the original request form and attach the certificate/transcript to it.
• Tracking Local Professional Development: Throughout the year, ACSD hosts a number of locally-designed and implemented professional development sessions (and provides certificates for re-licensure). These are tracked here.
• Mandatory Trainings: All staff are required to take a certain number of online trainings each year (as required by the state). These trainings are hosted here.

*Note: According to the ACSD-ACEA Master Agreement, "All requests for the payment of tuition credits or for salary schedule movement must be approved by the Superintendent prior to enrollment" (p. 25). Each Professional Development Request requires approval by three people in order, so it's a good idea to allow at least 2 weeks for this process to run its course. To avoid delays, be sure to complete all sections of the form, attach detailed supporting documentation, and click the correct funding box. Please contact Owen Prescott (oprescott@acsdvt.org) or Tara Huestis (thuestis@acsdvt.org). If after two weeks you have not received final approval for your request, you may find it helpful to email Owen or Tara who can check where the form is in our system.

• Supervision and Evaluation Handbook This document explains our evaluation process in detail.
• PowerSchool Perform This is the tool that we use to evaluate all ACSD educators throughout the year.
• Educator/Direct Report Training This is a short video that demonstrates how to use PowerSchool Perform. We recommend all ACSD educators refer to this before using Perform.
• Quick Start Guide This is document demonstrates some of the key features of PowerSchool Perform. 

Click here to access the ACSD Induction Handbook.

In the 2017-2018 school year, a team of faculty members and administrators from ACSD and Middlebury College engaged in professional learning centered around issues of educational equity and research-based professional development school models.  That team drafted a mission statement and goals to guide the design of what will be the Addison Central Middlebury Partnership (ACMP) Professional Development School (PDS).  

Mission Statement: The ACMP PDS, through a commitment to democratic inquiry, prepares and sustains educators to be knowledgeable, principled, courageous decision makers to create a more just, compassionate, and peaceful world.

Goals: To embody the commitment to equity and access to every aspect of the curriculum, the ACMP PDS has has four main goals:

1. P-12 students: Increase learning for all students through creating transformative learning environments where effective curricular, instructional, and organizational practices are used to ensure that all students reach their full potential as students and as persons;
2. Teacher candidates: Provide teacher candidates with consistent opportunities to learn the craft of teaching and learning to high and inclusive standards through systematic school-based practice;
3. P-16 faculty and staff: Provide meaningful, reflective professional development for school and college faculty and staff, based on their evolving needs and collaboratively developed by them;
4. Research and communication: Support scholarly inquiry and the advancement of knowledge in teaching and learning, especially through collaboratively designed inquiry, and engage the local community to share learning.

If you would like to know more about the ACMP PDS, contact: 

Jonathan Miller-Lane, Associate Professor of Education, Middlebury College, jmillerl@middlebury.edu

Courtney Krahn, Director of Teaching and Learning, Addison Central School District, ckrahn@acsdvt.org

Tracy Weston, Assistant Professor of Education Studies, Middlebury College, tweston@middlebury.edu

Link to the IB Program Resource Center (My IB)

Connecting to the IB Program Resource Center (My IB) for the first time:

My IB is part of the IB’s initiative to make things easier for you by providing IB educators with access to multiple IB systems using one username and password. The first step is to get you registered.

Once registered, you will use your My IB login to:

1. access the essential resources and teacher support materials you need to fulfil your IB role. For example, in July, we are launching the Programme Resource Centre which will replace the Online Curriculum Centre (OCC) as the place to go for essential IB curriculum resources
2. join the peer-to-peer Programme Communities, part of an online network of Communities of Practice which replace the forums on the OCC

The OCC will be phased out gradually to ensure that IB educators have sufficient time to register and start using My IB.

Three steps to register:

Step 1: Go to the My IB homepage to register. You will receive an email to confirm your registration.

Step 2: Log into My IB > click on 'IB roles' > select and register for the role(s) you fulfil at your school. One person can register for more than one role as relevant.

Step 3: After registering, your IB coordinator will receive an email to confirm your details. Once confirmed, you can login to My IB and, from July, access the Programme Resource Centre and Programme Communities other applications.

Beginning of the Year Checklist

Ed Plan Login

Parent Input --Form 12 (Google Doc)

Referral for Initial Special Education Evaluation (Google Form)  

Special Education Handbook

Vermont Special Education Forms  (PDF)

EEE IEP Templates

EEE IEP Templates (PDF)

click here for the 2024 aceef grant application

ABOUT ACEEF

WHAT IS ACEEF? 
The Addison Central Educational Endowment Fund (ACEEF) was established to promote excellence and opportunity for students and teachers in the Addison Central School District. The Endowment Fund raises money to support innovative programs which are beyond the scope of the schools' budgets. Since it was established in 1989, ACEEF has awarded over 300 grants benefiting every school in ACSD. 

ACEEF was founded when a group of friends and neighbors got together to encourage new approaches to public education; they knew that innovative teaching had to be celebrated and rewarded. So they launched a fundraising campaign to endow a program of grants to teachers, students and community members for a wide variety of projects which just can't be anticipated or included in the school budget. Under the Addison Central School District's non-profit status, ACEEF is governed by a community-based Board of Directors drawn from the district's member towns. 

The innovative partnership that the Addison County community has forged with its schools with the creation of ACEEF has provided an excellent opportunity for our teachers, students and community members to develop unique and unusual projects for the benefit of students without the bureaucratic requirements that often plague grant development.

ACEEF GOALS
• Support creative opportunities that stimulate students' interest and learning. 
• Encourage programs that generate enthusiasm and personal initiative among teachers, students, parents, and community members. 
• Encourage students to broaden their intellectual and cultural horizons. 
• Strengthen public support for, and awareness of, the school system. 

ACEEF CRITERIA FOR GRANT PROPOSALS 
• Proposals that encourage excellence and most closely approach ACEEF goals. 
• Projects not traditionally funded by tax funds. 
• Potential for sharing project concepts with other schools. 
• Attention should be paid to distribution of awards throughout ACSD. 
(Grants are awarded once a year. Deadline for grant application is early to mid-October of each year. Exact dates of grant application deadlines will be posted as they become available. Grant money will be available for projects from November 8 through May 15 of the following year.)

2024-2025 Grants Awarded 

ACEEF Board of Directors: 

President: Emily Bridges, Vice-President: (vacant), Secretary: Sarah Ingersoll, Treasurer: Nancy Wollum

Board Members: Shelly Becker, Kathy Boe, Diane Hare, Adrienne MacIntyre, Melanie Parton, Deb Evans, Julie Barry, and Bethany Morrissey

ACEEF is currently looking for new board members.  Contact Emily Bridges at shoqshaq@shoreham.net.

Report Cards
Translation Process- PYP Reports
Translation Process -MYP and DP (in progress)

Parent Conferences
Parent Conference Notification - Multilingual

Parent Conference Handout - English
Parent Conference Handout - Spanish
Parent Conference Handout - Chinese

Communication with Families
Parents' Guide to Multilingual Communication
Language Line Telephone Interpreting
6 Tips for Communicating with Families
Interpreter Code of Ethics
Parents' Right to Translation

Talking Points Translated Texting Program
Talking Points Teacher Guide

• Talking Points Parent Letter English
• Talking Points Parent Letter Spanish
• Talking Points Parent Letter Chinese
• Talking Points Parent Letter Burmese
• Talking Points Parent Letter Portuguese
• Talking Points Parent Letter Persian/Farsi

Special Education
Distinguishing Language Difference From Disability
IEPs and ELLs

Instructional Resources for working with Multilingual Learners
Multilingual Hello - Translation Available Poster

ACSD Information, Resources, and Guidance for Communicating with Parents who Speak Another Language

1. Search the list below for our existing translated documents. Note: The language in these notices are general so they can be useful in multiple contexts.  Please feel free to copy and paste language from these notices and forms for use as needed in your school.  
2. If the document that you need is not there, please fill out this translation request. 
3. The translation request jot form allows us to efficiently search our larger warehouse of already translated documents, or we will create a new translation request for you. 

**Any documents or mailings that are going out to all community members and have not been translated should include this multilingual translation / interpretation notice that will allow parents to access interpretation or translation at no cost to themselves. (Note: This notice does not need to be reproduced for every family. Use school-based PALs lists to determine need and only copy the language you need.)

If you would like this translated . . . (12 languages)

School Communication
Multilingual Note to School (Spanish/Chinese)
General Class Celebration Notification (Spanish/Chinese) 
General Field Trip Permission Slip (Spanish/Chinese)
General School Event Notification (Spanish/Chinese)
Parent Conference Notification (Spanish/Chinese)

Health
Vision Screening Results-Spanish

Hazing, Harassment, and Bullying  (HHB)
ACSD Procedure HHB-English
ACSD Procedure HHB - Google translated Spanish
ACSD Procedure HHB - Google translated Chinese
ACSD HHB Policy - English
ACSD HHB Policy- Google translated Spanish
ACSD HHB Policy- Google translated Chinese
HHB Form Letter- Initial Complaint- English
HHB Form Letter- Initial Complaint- Spanish
HHB Form Letter- Initial Complaint- Chinese
HHB Completion Letter - Chinese and English
HHB Delay Letter- Chinese and English

Specific Parent/Guardian Permissions
Special Education Notice of Meeting (Spanish)
ACSD Assessment Consent Form (Spanish)
ACSD Permission to Release Information (Spanish)
Release of Special Education Information for Medicaid Billing Purposes (Spanish)
Attendance Concerns Letter (Spanish)
MUMS Dance Permission Slip (Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese)

Interpretation
Parent Rights to Translation- English
Parent Rights to Translation- Spanish
Parent Rights to Translation - Chinese
Multilingual Welcome Poster
Legal Brief-The Rights of Limited English Proficient Parents - English
Guidelines for Working With Interpreters

Preschool
Ready, Set, Learn - Spanish

Parents' Rights in Special Education
Parents' Rights (English)
Parents' Rights (Spanish)
Parents' Rights (French)
Parents' Rights (Chinese)
Parents' Rights (Burmese)

Progress Reports/Report Cards
Midyear Progress Report Letter (Spanish/Chinese)
Year-end Progress Report Letter (Spanish/Chinese)
Report Card Notification (Spanish/Chinese)
Interpreting Standards Based Reporting (Chinese)

Programs
McKinney-Vento Eligibility Letter (Spanish)
Women's Safe Care for Kids Letter (Spanish)
Free & Reduced Price Lunch (information and applications in many languages)

Examples of Other Translated Documents that we currently have (fill out this jot form for access)

• IB Related Information
• Enrollment forms
• Title IX forms
• YRBS Parental Notification and Opt-Out Letter 
• Various school and district documents and forms 
• School Choice Letter 
• VTCAP Letters

Process for Requesting Interpretation

Fill out this jot form to request interpretation

Process for Requesting New Translated documents/forms

1. Check the list of translated documents in the panel below to see if we have already translated the form you need. * If not:
2. Fill out this jot form to request a new translation 

* When seeking translation check the panel above to see if we already translated the document you are searching for. Also, consider if the information could be communicated in more efficient way: For example, consider using Talking Points text for short updates, schedule notices, and brief individualized text conversations and inquiries; School Messenger for whole school announcements like closings and delays; or Google Translate (only with ELL teacher permission).

Listed below are ACSD's Procurement and Invoice Payment Procedures for your information.  In addition, the Documentation for Payment Table summarizes the documentation required to process a payment whether to a vendor or an employee in the form of a reimbursement.

Federal Procurement Procedure
Federal Procurement Documentation Form
Micro and Small Purchase Decision
Invoice Payment Procedure
Documentation for Payment Table
District Office Purchase Order Request - Internal use only
Purchase Requisition Form
VT Sales Tax Exemption Certificate

We understand that there are situations where it is most efficient for staff to purchase something work-related and submit for reimbursement.  We understand that timely reimbursement is crucial to this becoming an effective and useful procedure.  It is also the finance team's responsibility to ensure all purchases include the proper approval and documentation per federal, state, and local laws, guidelines, and regulations.  For timely reimbursement, please ensure that your request includes all required documentation as noted in the "Documentation Required for Payment Table" above.  Please use the forms below for these specific types of reimbursement as well as contractual course reimbursement.

Mileage Reimbursement Form - Original, MAKE A COPY
Meals Reimbursement Form - Original, MAKE A COPY

Note: If you need to request funds to take a professional development course or workshop, refer to the Teaching & Learning section.

Download and complete within 24 hours. Return to wwaller@acsdvt.org.

• Student Accident Form

Student/Staff Conduct Form - All Staff - Staff fill this out and give it to the building administrator

Student/Staff Conduct Form - Designated Employee - Building Designated HHB Employee completes this and gives it to Building Administrator

Student/Staff Conduct Form - Building Administrator - Administrators complete this form per HHB/Title IX District procedures

Collective Bargaining Agreements

ACSD-ACEA Master Agreement 2024-2027
ACEA (Educational Support Personnel Unit) Master Agreement 2024-2026
ACSD Non-Union Employee Handbook
Side Letter of Agreement - ESP High Needs Stipend
Side Letter of Agreement - Mentor Pay
Side Letter of Agreement - Overtime Calculation
Side Letter of Agreement - ESP Salary Amendments
Side Letter of Agreement - Transfer of Licensed Behavior Personnel 2024-2026
Side Letter of Agreement - ESP Night Shift Differential 2024-2026

Employee Exit

Employee Exit Procedure

Hiring/MOU requests

Confidentiality Agreement
Criminal Records Check (CRC) Procedure
Hiring Procedure
Hiring Recommendation Form
MOU Request
Reference Questions Form
Sample Interview Questions
MOU Tracking Form

Investigations

Personnel Investigations

Leave

Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)/Vermont Parental and Family Leave Law (VPFLL) Procedure

New Hire Employment Forms-This list is not complete for Gail Leach use only for linking purposes

403B Enrollment Form
Cash in Lieu Health Insurance Form- Faculty
Cash in Lieu Health Insurance Form - Full Year Union Staff
Cash in Lieu Health Insurance Form - School Year Union Staff
Cash in Lieu Health Insurance Form - Full Year Non-Union Staff
Cash in Lieu Health Insurance Form - School Year Non-Union Staff
Consent to Release Registry Info AHS
CRC Fingerprint Authorization
CRC Procedure
Declaration of Health Care Form
Dental Enrollment Form
Domestic Partner Policy and Application
Domestic Partner FAQ
Emergency Contact Form
First Report of Injury Form
Flexible Spending Enrollment Form
Health Enrollment Form
Health Savings Account Enrollment & Certification Form
I-9 Acceptable Documents
I-9
National Insurance Services Enrollment Form - Standard (ER-provided benefits)
Payroll Deduction Election Form - Union Support Staff Only
Request for Criminal Record Check
Secondary Dissemination Release
Subscription Service Release
W-4 Federal
W-4 Vermont
Vermont Municipal Employee’s Retirement System - Notification Of Employment

Shared Personnel

Shared Personnel Staff Schedule

Work Related Injury

Workplace Accident and Injury Procedure
ACSD Employee Accident Report

Annual Forms/Letters:

Enrollment Forms
Annual Student Information Update Forms
Immunization Letter
Permission to Obtain or Release Records or Information Form

Acceptable Use

Bus Behavior Protocol
Community Use of Facilities and Equipment Procedure
District Management Group Resources
Educational Support Team Handbook
Emergency Closing Procedure
Home Study Procedure
Mandatory Reporting Procedure
Mileage Procedure
Referral / Consultation Forms Forms
Residency Procedure
Retention and Acceleration Procedure
Surplus Material Procedure
Volunteers and Work Study Procedure

Homeless Students
Homeless Students Procedure
Forms: (a.) Referral to Homeless Education Liaison, (b.) Homeless Liaison Authorization, (c.) Homeless Mileage Reimbursement Agreement

Prevention of Harassment, Hazing, and Bullying
Procedure
Harassment, Hazing, and Bullying Presentation (8/15/16)

Seclusion and Restraint (Rule 4500)
Procedure
Additional Documents: (a.) Copy of State Statute, (b). Incident Documentation Form, (c.) Parent Debriefing Form, (d.) Student & Staff Debriefing Forms

Truancy
Procedure
Form Letters: (a.) 5-Day Notification, (b.) 10-Day Notification, (c.) 15-Day Notification

Tuition Students
Procedure
Tuition Student Worksheet (completed by schools)

Activities Director
Administrative Assistant 1 MUMS
Administrative Assistant MHS1
Administrative Assistant MHS2
Administrative Assistant to Activities
Administrative Assistant to Assistant Principal
Administrative Assistant to Director of Student Services
Administrative Assistant to Guidance
Administrative Assistant to Principal
Adminstrative Assistant to Asst. Superintendent/Director of Teaching & Learning
Assistant Business Manager
Assistant District Food Service Director
Assistant Facilities Director
Athletic Trainer
Behavior Consultant
Behavior Interventionist
Behavior Specialist
Board Certified Behavior Analyst
Bookkeeper
Bookkeeper/Sub Caller
Business Manager
Communication and Engagement Coordinator
Curriculum Leader-DP Coordinator
Curriculum Leader-MYP Coordinator
Curriculum Leader-PYP Coordinator
Custodian
Custodian-Lead
Custodian-Lead Evening
Data Manager
Dean of School Culture & Climate
Director of Facilities
Director of Student Services
Director of Teaching & Learning
Director of Technology
District Food Service Director
Executive Assistant to Superintendent
Farm to School Coordinator
Finance Staff
Grounds Technician
Human Resources Coordinator
Library/Media Assistant
Library/Media Specialist
Media Center Clerical Assistant
Medicaid Clerk
Multilingual Community Liaison
Network Administrator
Paraprofessional-Classroom
Paraprofessional-Intensive Needs
Paraprofessional-Learning Lab
Paraprofessional-Special Education
Parking Attendant
Payroll Coordinator
Post Secondary College Planning Coordinator
Preschool & Early Education Transitions Coordinator
Prevention Specialist
Principal
Principal ACP Gr. 9-12
Principal-Assistant
Receptionist/Attendance Clerk
Registered Behavior Tech
School Counselor 9-12
School Counselor K-8
School Nurse
School Nurse-Associate
School Nutrition Assistant
School Nutrition Manager
School Psychologist
School Social Worker
Security Monitor
Social Emotional Leader-MHS
Social Emotional Leader-MUMS
Special Education Director
Special Educator
Special Educator-EEE
Speech/Language Assistant
Speech/Language Pathologist
Student Assistance Program Counselor
Student Data Systems Manager
Systems Administrator
Systems Manager
Systems Technician
Teacher-Classroom
Teacher-ELL
Teacher-Interventionist
Technology Innovation Specialist
Technology Support Specialist
Wellness & Learning Ctr Coordinator
Wellness & Learning Ctr Coordinator - MUMS

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