Employee Perks

The Chelsea Public Schools Human Resources Department announced the creation of "Charla", a free conversational Spanish class available to non-Spanish speaking CPS employees throughout the 2022-23 school year. The classes offer an opportunity for staff members to learn Spanish in a fun and creative way. The instructors are native Spanish speakers, and are in-person throughout the school year. The classes will meet twice a week (Monday and Wednesday) from 3:30-4:30 at Chelsea High School. 

The classes have reached maximum capacity for the 2022-23 school year. This page will be updated as soon as more classes become available for staff.  

Welcome to Chelsea Public Schools's monthly random raffle giveaway for all CPS employees. This is a fun moment to watch our CPS Wheel pick a random CPS employee each month. A special person has the opportunity to win once a month. The winner has 24-hours to claim a prize in the HR office or it goes to the 2nd or 3rd runner up. Stay tuned. Check your emails. You could be next!

Chelsea Public Schools is offering a comprehensive, 9-week support program to ensure you pass your MTEL exams.  It will involve a combination of in-person workshops, interactive webinars, recorded webinars, office hours, study sessions, and self-paced, online courses.  You can find out more about our courses, featuring targeted lessons, interactive exercises, full-length MTEL practice tests, detailed explanations, rich diagnostic data, unlimited access, and expert instructor support, by watching the short presentation. 

Chelsea Public Schools is committed to your success, but also needs your commitment to putting in the effort to prepare. We’re excited to have you be a part of this first round of workshops. Your dedication will help your career, your school, and your community. Thanks for joining us!

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Chelsea Public Schools is committed to hiring high quality teachers that represent the students and community we serve. Research suggests that referral programs enable organizations to recruit high quality candidates with higher retention rates. A referral program for Chelsea Public Schools has the potential to be an excellent source of quality hires for our district.

Our referral program will focus on our hard to hire areas within the district: math (5-12), science (5-12), ESL (all levels), Special Education (all levels), Caminos (bilingual Spanish) (all levels), and nurses (all levels). Full and part-time teachers and non-instructional staff, excluding administrators, who utilize their personal networks to refer a candidate for a high need area who is subsequently hired and retained will be eligible to receive a $250 bonus. Each employee is eligible for up to 5 referral bonuses for this program.

GUIDELINES FOR REFERRAL

For an individual to be eligible for a referral bonus, the following needs to occur:

• Applicant lists the referring staff member on their initial application in the “Add a Referral” section when applying on TalentEd.
• Upon being hired, the referred applicant must complete the staff referral form when completing their onboarding checklist.

Non-Qualifying Referrals:

• Examples include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following:
• The referring employee participates in a job fair or presentation as part of their job or at the request of their supervisor, which contributes to yielding a successful applicant.
• The referring employee refers to an applicant who is already an active member of CPS (including themselves).
• The referring employee does not follow protocols for submitting a referral.
• The referring employee is a member of the hiring committee.
• Administrators (Principals, APs, Coordinators, etc.) are not eligible for a referral bonus.

REFERRAL PAYMENT PROCESS

The district will pay the referral bonus in one installment after the first 90 days of the referred employees' employment by the school, provided the referred employee has neither given nor received notice of discontinued employment.

Under the federal Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program, if you teach full-time for five complete and consecutive academic years in a low-income school or educational service agency, and meet other qualifications, you may be eligible for forgiveness of up to $17,500 on your Direct Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loans and your Subsidized and Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loans.