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Employee Resources

Inside Shen

  • Your home for all employee resources, forms, important announcements and more can be found on InsideShen.

Forms

Substitute Resources

Important and beneficial resources for our substitute employees can be found here.

Thinking of Retiring?

The decision to retire is a major event in one’s life, because of this, employees who are considering retiring are urged to take advantage of the resources posted on Inside Shen: Retirement Planning

Individual benefit consultations are available by appointment. Please contact Sue Tocco at (518) 881-0600 x 68405, toccsusa@shenschools.org

Retiree Resources

Professional Development and Training

Center for Innovative Learning

The Center for Innovative learning is the district’s professional development program providing a continuum of effective strategies, opportunities, programs and services that support teaching, leading and learning.

Website

Instructional Technology

The Technology Resource Assistance Center (TRAC) helps Shen’s teachers integrate technology into their classrooms.

Website

Required On-line Training

All employees are required to complete the following trainings on an annual basis (each 7/1 – 6/30). It is the employee’s responsibility to ensure that ALL training requirements are achieved by the respective deadlines.

  • Hazard Communication (deadline 9/15);
  • Bloodborne Pathogen (certain positions only, deadline 9/15);
  • Child Abuse Mandated Reporter (deadline 10/1);
  • Harassment/Sexual Harassment (deadline 10/1);
  • Safety Management Plan (deadline 10/1); and
  • Board of Education Policy (deadline 10/1).

Following the instructions for Safe Schools, you’ll be able to complete your annual training requirements via the Internet at your convenience – from the comfort of your own home!  Certain groups of employees may be afforded an opportunity to fulfill their annual requirements at in-person trainings offered at department/safety meetings occurring prior to 10/1 (i.e. Transportation, Food Service, Facilities & Operations). In order to fulfill your training requirements in-person training, attendance confirmation is required.

Finance/Facilities/Resources

Wincap

The Wincap Employee Self Service (ESS) portal allows employees to access five different features:

  1. My Paychecks
  2. My Year to Date Totals
  3. Print My W-2’s
  4. My Paycheck Printing Elections
  5. My W-2 Consent Elections

If you need further assistance, please contact Jennifer Cornell at cornjenn@shenschools.org or ext. 68403, or Kassandra Higgins at higgkass@shenschools.org or ext. 68503. We think this new tool will provide useful information for all of our staff. Thanks for checking it out.

SelfHelp Password Reset Tool – https://selfhelp.shenet.org

IMS Home (Inside Shen)

Authoring a webpage

  • We recommend new websites be created in Google Sites using the Shenendehowa template. Contact a Lead Teacher for training opportunities.

To Send an Email List-Shen

To send an email to the entire staff, put List-Shen in the “To” box and then create your email. It will go to the superintendent’s office for approval to ensure it meets the criteria outlined in BOE Policy 3145.