NEW ADDITION TO GRANTING LEAVE
Within the Granting Leave policy, every employee in Florence 1 Schools is advanced two sick days at the beginning of the year.
At the beginning of each contract year, or from the starting date of employment if hired mid-year, the district will advance two sick days. Learn more by reviewing Granting Leave.
SICK LEAVE
Sick Leave - Accrual of sick leave
All full-time employees of the district will accrue sick leave on the basis of one and onefourth days of sick leave for each month of active service. This will provide 12 days for nine months (180-190 days),13 days for ten months (200-215 days), 14 days for eleven months (220 days), and 15 days for twelve months (240 and 260 days). An employee may accumulate up to 120 days of sick leave which is accrued but not used provided that such employee does not violate his/her respective contract.
For the purposes of this policy, a full-time employee will mean any person employed in a position for which certification is required by the South Carolina State Department of Education or a person who works at least 30 hours per week.
An employee may use sick leave days awarded and accrued in a year for absences caused by the employee’s personal illness or medical appointments or the illness and medical appointments, of an immediate family member. “Immediate family member.” For purposes of the use of sick leave, is defined as follows:
spouse
son, son-in-law, stepson daughter, daughter-in-law, stepdaughter mother, stepmother father, stepfather brother, stepbrother sister, stepsister grandparent, grandchild guardian, ward, or other person who may have raised employee
View the sick leave video
This policy on Professional and Classified Staff Leaves and Absences is comprised of four sections: Sick Leave, Granting Leave, Personal Leave and Bereavement Leave.
M E D I C A L A P P O I N T M E N T S GBC/GDC - PROFESSIONAL AND CLASSIFIED STAFF LEAVES AND ABSENCES
Are you aware of the following provision of the Sick Leave policy?
An employee may use sick leave days awarded and accrued in a year for absences caused by the employee’s personal illness or medical appointments or the illness and medical appointments of an immediate family member. Learn more by reviewing the Sick Leave policy.
PERSONAL DAYS
Here’s an update. The awarding of personal days is based on the length of an employee's employment in the district. Review this update within the Personal Days policy.
Personal Days -
In addition to the sick leave referenced above, a full-time employee will be granted personal leave days at the beginning of each school year, based on the schedule set forth below. The eligibility for fulltime employees to receive personal leave days will be based on the total number of years of service each employee has with Florence 1 Schools.
240, 245, and 260-day employees are not awarded personal days. The district will deduct any personal days taken beyond this at the employee’s daily rate of pay.
PERSONAL DAYS
Personal leave may be taken in increments of onehalf days or full days. An employee who is not under contract at the beginning of his/her work period will receive a prorated number of days based upon the quarter system. That is, if an employee becomes
active during the second grading period of the school year, he/she would be entitled to 75% of personal leave; during the third marking period, he/she would be entitled to 25%, and so forth.
An employee may not use personal leave during what are known as black-out times:
1. First two weeks of school
2. Last two weeks of school
3. Day before or day after a district holiday
4. Day designated as an in-service day
5. During standardized testing at the school assigned
Requests to use personal leave during any period listed above will be granted only in unusual circumstances as approved by Chief Personnel Office Nathaniel Marshall, (nathaniel.marshall@f1s.org).
View the personal leave video.
BEREAVEMENT LEAVE POLICY
REVISED
The Florence 1 Schools Bereavement Leave is no longer a part of the Sick Leave Policy. Under the revised Bereavement Policy employees are granted three days per occurrence, with an expanded list of relatives that have been included.
Bereavement Leave -
Employees may be granted up to three days of absence with pay for bereavement (per occurrence) in their household or in the immediate family as defined as: spouse son, son-in-law, stepson daughter, daughter-in-law, stepdaughter mother, mother-in-law, stepmother father, father-in-law, stepfather brother, stepbrother sister, stepsister grandparent, grandchild guardian, ward, or other person who may have raised employee
The employee should directly contact the principal and district leave specialist to request bereavement leave. The employee must submit a written request on an appropriate form prior to the absence, but no later than three days following the employee’s return to work, providing the relationship. The filing of a request for bereavement leave does not guarantee that the leave will be granted.
View the bereavement leave video.
DID YOU KNOW?
Did you know that there is a policy which governs the conduct of faculty, staff and administrators of Florence 1 Schools and their social media decorum?
Learn more by revieiwing Policy GBEB Staff Conduct. In part the policy states the following:
POLICY GBEB STAFF CONDUCT
The personal life of an employee, including the employee’s personal use of District issued and non-District issued electronic equipment, inside and outside of working hours (such as through social networking sites, email, text messaging social media and personal portrayal on the Internet), will be the concern of and warrant the attention of the Board if it impairs the employee’s ability to effectively perform his/her job responsibilities or if it violates local, State or federal law or contractual agreements.
The Board expects employees to ensure all their conduct and communications, including those associated with their social media and electronic communications, do not disrupt the school/work environment, or impair the efficiency of the school/workplace. Unprofessional conduct may subject the employee to disciplinary actions, consistent with state law, federal law, and/or board policy.
REPORTING ABSENCES:
THERE'S A AN APP FOR THAT!
Employees in Florence 1 Schools have access to The Frontline Education mobile app. Simply go to the app store on your mobile phone and download it. Look for the purple and white Frontline logo.
It’s a quick and easy way to access the Frontline Platform (that you normally use on your desktop computer) while on-the-go. Employees of Florence 1 Schools are now able to check leave balances and create absences on their mobile phone using the Frontline Education App.
REPORTING ABSENCES
Employees in Florence 1 Schools have access to The Frontline Education mobile app. Simply go to the app store on your mobile phone and download it.
It’s a quick and easy way to access the Frontline Platform (that you normally use on your desktop computer) while on-the-go. Employees will be able to check leave balances and create absences on their mobile phone.
The Frontline mobile app allows Florence 1 employees to do the following:
People:
View your contact list and reference email and/or personal phone options;
Absences:
View any approved absences. The page also includes upcoming, denied absences and the option to schedule an absence;
Calendar:
View upcoming scheduled absences;
Settings:
Review your current district details or log out of the app.
For more information, contact Tucker Kelley (Kronos Timekeeping and Leave Specialist, jkelley@fsd1.org).
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Thank You: This month's videos were produced by Broadcast Journalism students at South Florence High School Special thanks are extended to South Florence Theater Art teachers Jacob Suggs and Frankie Sullivan along with Florence 1 Schools Language Arts Coordinator Amanda Grainger, videographer David Taylor and photographer Steve Camlin