Dear Colleagues,

Next week we will be honoring a large group of retiring colleagues at a District celebration event on Thursday afternoon at the Italo American Club.  I want to thank the Wellesley Teachers Association for co-sponsoring this event with us.  Some of our colleagues have spent their entire professional careers with WPS and are icons within our community.  Regardless of their tenure in WPS, we are grateful for the contributions of these educators and I am so pleased that they will be honored next week.

Have a great weekend and thank you all for the important work you do each day for children. 

Best regards,

David


Calendar
06/21/16 – School Committee Meeting – 7 pm – Town Hall


If you haven’t already done so, please use this link to let us know you will be coming.  The above invitation is an image and does not have an active link.  Thank you!


Professional Development Opportunities

WellesleyPD Summer 2016 Course Offerings

Summer courses through WellesleyPD are now open for registration!

To login to WellesleyPD:

  • Username: lastnamefirstinitial
  • The default password is wellesleypd; you may click “Forgot Your Password?” for reset information to be sent to your WPS email address

If you encounter difficulty logging in, please contact Chelsea Bailow, Professional Development Coordinator.

Registration for courses closes 2 weeks prior to the date of the first scheduled session of the course. Early registration is encouraged, as class size for each course is limited and a minimum number of participants is required in order for a course to run.

If the minimum number of participants is not reached 2 weeks prior to the date of the first scheduled session of the course, the course will be cancelled. Participants will be notified of course cancellations at least 10 days prior to the date of the first scheduled session of the course.


Thinking About Retirement?

For WTA members interested in retiring in 2016: Contact a representative from MTRS at 617-679-6877.

For further information to determine eligibility for retirement benefits visit: http://www.mass.gov/mtrs; to calculate your retirement benefits, go to  http://www.mass.gov/mtrs/active-and-inactive-members/retiring-from-the-mtrs/regular-superannuation/estimate-your-retirement-benefits.html and to http://www.mass.gov/mtrs/forms-and-general-resources/downloadable-forms/

If you plan to retire this year, please send a signed letter (four months prior to retirement) indicating your intention to Director of Human Resources Gayle McCracken, Wellesley Public Schools, 40 Kingsbury Street, Wellesley, Massachusetts 02481.


WPS Internal Job Postings on District Website

Please be aware that we added a new feature called “Internal Job Postings” under the Faculty tab of the District’s website.  We will post all of our internal jobs under this website tab. Therefore, you will no longer see internal job postings in the bulletin. This new way of posting will allow us to post internal positions any day of the week.

Superintendent’s Bulletin 06/10/16