While nearly 6,000 support staff will receive this one-time bonus, there are two exceptions. Employees hired after January 15, 2021 and teachers who received a raise of more than 2% from the Teacher Salary Increase Allocation are not eligible.
There is also an $800 bonus for teachers who conducted blended learning - teaching both in-person students and online students simultaneously.
“They would have to teach both sets of students at the same time,” said PCPS spokesman Jason Geary. “Teachers who taught online in the morning and in-person in the afternoon or vice versa would not qualify.”
Geary said approximately 1,700 teachers will receive the blended learning stipend, which is prorated by quarter, so it’s up to $800/year or $200 per quarter.
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Polk Schools Holding COVID Vaccination Event for Employees This Weekend PUBLISHED 11:31 AM ET Mar. 13, 2021 PUBLISHED 11:31 AM EST Mar. 13, 2021
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POLK COUNTY, Fla. More than 1,000 Polk County school employees received COVID-19 vaccinations Saturday, and hundreds more will get them Sunday at Lake Region High School.
What You Need To Know
Some Polk County school employees can get COVID vaccinations this weekend
The event is being held at Lake Region High School
Only employees 50 and older are eligible for these vaccinations
They can choose between the Moderna and J&J vaccines, as supplies permit
The vaccinations, the first vaccine clinics that Polk County Public Schools are holding, are for employees ages 50 and up.
Polk County teachers have a growing list of opportunities to get vaccinated against COVID-19, including the county s first clinic on Saturday.
Polk County Public Schools announced it is working in conjunction with Florida Department of Health in Polk County to host a vaccination clinic Saturday morning for teachers age 50 and older. The event is by appointment only and will be held at Lake Region High, 1995 Thunder Road in Eagle Lake.
It s been 11 days since Gov. Ron DeSantis signed executive orders to extend vaccination priority to law enforcement officers, firefighters and teachers age 50 and older.
Teddra Porteous, the school district’s associate superintendent of Human Resources Services, told The Ledger an email was sent to all staff members to provide instructions on how to sign up for an appointment. An invitation to be vaccinated also was extended to the county s private and charter schools, Porteous said.
LAKELAND Polk County Public Schools are in negotiations with the Florida Department of Health’s Polk County office to put school district employees who are 65 or older near the front of the vaccination line.
“We did have some brief conversations about rolling out shots,” Deputy Superintendent John Hill said at Tuesday s School Board workshop in response to a question from School Board member Sarah Fortney. Hill said that he and Associate Superintendent for Human Resources Teddra Porteous were planning to reach out to Polk County s Department of Health Director Dr. Joy Jackson to negotiate a shot schedule for district employees.