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Welcome to NIDES! Our teacher handbook is designed to give you all the information you will need to find your way around our policies and information that support you the teacher and your students. 

Please take the opportunity to check out all the pages in our handbook and familiarize yourself with the information you find. 

This page includes our OL calendar, work locations, and AMS information. Read through these sections before continuing on in the handbook. 

We’re excited to start a new school year with you! To help you get ready, we have put all the important policies and information needed for review in one place. 

Please visit the Beginning of the Year Review page using the button below. You are also able to navigate to your program specific pages from here or use the tabs at the top of the website. 

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If you are going to be absent from work for any reason (illness, personal leave, caregiving responsibilities, etc.), please remember to enter your absence in the AMS Web-Centre on the same day. To ensure you can access the system when needed, please keep your PIN and passcode information in a secure place at home as well as at work.

Our clerical staff are happy to assist with questions; however, Board procedures require that employees enter their own absences into the Web-Centre. When submitting your absence, you will have the opportunity to indicate whether a TTOC is required.

If a TTOC will be covering your class, please ensure a day plan is prepared and shared with both the TTOC and the office to support a smooth transition for your students. Thank you for your cooperation and planning ahead whenever possible.

**Exception: Employees working at sites outside the Comox Valley who will be absent and require a replacement must contact their administrator prior to the absence for further direction.**