Weekly Notification

Certified Edition - March 21, 2022

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Employee Wellness Program

We Need You Help

For: All Employees

We need your help to keep our insurance rate increase low. The PCSD Wellness Program allows the district to maintain low insurance renewal rates. In order to lock in a low renewal rate we need 70% of district employees to complete each of the following tasks by April 1.

Tier 2 Retirement Decision

For: First Year Employees

Utah Retirement Systems (URS) consultant will be at the district office Tuesday, March 29th to help those employees who are in their 1st year of service with URS.

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LETRS- Unit 4 Registration

For: Elementary Teachers

Options for Unit 4- There are 2 dates reserved for the PROVO cohort. May 23 and June 1 (course code 60076). We recognize that there may be some who are unable to do one of these 2 days. The state has several make-up sessions that are an option for those who cannot make one of the Provo dates.

Nominate an Outstanding Educator

For: All

The Provo City School District Foundation will once again recognize six outstanding individuals in Provo City School District. One administrator, one classified/Prof Tech employee and four teachers will be selected and honored at a dinner event in May. These employees are nominated by their peers.

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Study Education Around the World

For: All Teachers

GEA invites all interested educators (including pre-school and K-12 teachers, professors and administrators) to apply to a variety of world programs this year.

Shark Tank Competition

For: All

Tell your secondary students about this event. This is a project by Provo CAPS students in the Business, Marketing and Entrepreneurship strand. They are challenging secondary students to present their ideas and/or inventions to real investors to be held on May 2. Use the QR code to join and/or contact Tory Norman, Business Teacher from Provo High, for more details. Deadline for submission of entries is on April 1.

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March 21: Bite-sized PD from Innovative Learning

For: All

For many of us, getting our thoughts down on paper is a challenging task. We often wish we could just say what we’re thinking and it would magically appear on the page. Well, we can!

March 2022 Benefits Buzz

For: All Employees

Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Provo City School District offers both a HSA and a FSA as a way for you to set aside funds on a pre-tax basis to help pay for your family’s healthcare expenses.

Suicide Prevention Training for License Renewal

For: All Teachers

PCSD’s approved Suicide Prevention Course will be the course offered by USBE. We will no longer offer the Face to Face course. Learn more on the Employee Website.

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