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New Educator Orientation 2026
New Educator Orientation 2026
Directions/Parking:
Whetstone High School is accessible from the Henderson Road exit off SR-315. To reduce a traffic build-up, you can alternately take the North Broadway exit off SR-315 and use one of the Clintonville neighborhood streets off North High St (Croswell Rd, Westwood Rd or Deland Ave) to access the school.
Free parking is available in the Whetstone High School parking lots.
The main large parking lot (highlighted by the yellow star on image included below) is closest to the doors where the registration tables will be located; the top of the yellow star points to the entrance to the school.
Attendance:
Sign in and out on the attendance sheets at the registration tables.
Attendance Notes:
In order to receive your contracted pay, stipend and/or CEUs, you must complete the attendance process. If you leave early or come late, you will not receive the stipend/full contracted pay and/or CEUs.
Since many new hires do not have access to CCS district email, the 8/5-8/7 sessions are designed as no device needed.
For educators attending the curriculum sessions at Whetstone High School on Monday 8/10 & Tuesday 8/11, please bring a laptop, if available.
If you have received the email to set up your CCS email account, please feel free to visit the Computer Lab in Room 143 before sessions start, during your lunch break, and after sessions end.
Please see the Professional Learning & Licensure staff at the registration table for assistance with and lost and found items.
Lunch
Lunch times may be found on the daily schedule and vary by role.
Many eating places are available within a 5-minute drive from Whetstone High School. Multiple neighborhood streets provide a short drive to High Street for dining options.
You are welcome to bring lunch back to Whetstone HS: Room 103, the cafeteria, courtyard, and picnic tables will be available!
Lunch is on your own each day of New Educator Orientation with the exception of Friday, August 7.
The Columbus Education Association provides lunch to everyone on 8/7/26. The CEA Luncheon Tab will have table numbers available the day before the luncheon. Enjoy this great opportunity to meet others from the school district!
Whetstone HS Auditorium
The first three days of orientation will start off with whole group session(s) in the Auditorium of Whetstone HS. We also have some breakout sessions here throughout orientation.
Since this space has been newly renovated, the school has asked for NO FOOD, WATER BOTTLES, & OTHER BEVARAGES to be brought into the Auditorium.
There will be a table located outside of the the Auditorium doors if you need a space to leave food, water bottles, and other beverage items.
Meet Other New Hires!
Looking to see who else is going to be new in your building?
Is there a new employee from your same home town?
Want to connect with someone else who is experiencing what you are experiencing?
If interested, please complete THIS FORM to share your information.
See responses & connect with others via THIS SPREADSHEET.
Please see the Professional Learning & Licensure staff at the registration tables for assistance with any questions.
The Nurse's Office is available as space for nursing mothers. The team in the front office of the school can let you know where the Nurse's Office is.
If you are still completing the hiring process with HR, please regularly check emails and take phone calls from HR; the phone number would start with (614) 365-XXXX.
HR looks forward to completing the hiring process with you!
How you will receive your CCS email:
HR will have you sign the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). Then all of your information is entered into MUNIS (where our employee database system is housed). Once your information is in MUNIS, our email system will pick up your new hire account, activate your account, and send you an email with the account information and a temporary password. The email will include instructions on how to log in.
Here is a sample of the email you will receive.
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