Any Framingham Public Schools employee who has gone through a parent teacher home visits training can participate in a home visit.
Due to Americorps compliance and per FSU advice, teacher residents from Framingham State University cannot participate in home visits.
Home visits are for any and all students in the Framingham Public Schools. FPS employees go on home visits to build relationships with their students' families and home visits are completely voluntary.
YES. All FPS employees, except for administrators, get paid for one hour at the hourly rate of $29.06. This one hour includes the 30-40 minute visit and 20 minutes to set up the visit/complete a post visit reflection survey afterwards. If you choose to stay longer than the 40 minutes, you will still be paid for just one hour of your time.
IF you are a weekly paid employee, you can only work 5 additional hours. No one is approved to work more than 40 hours. So it could be 35 hours for your regular job and 5 hours for home visits.
A home visit is 30-40 minutes in duration. You get paid for one hour at the hourly rate of $28.49. This one hour includes the 30-40 minute visit and 20 minutes to set up the visit/complete a Google survey afterwards. If you choose to stay longer than the 40 minutes, you will still be paid for just one hour of your time.
YES. For now, you may go on a home visit as long as your partner is trained. Home visits must always happen in pairs; employees may not go on a home visit alone. If language support is needed, that third person will join the home visit and also be paid.
That is fine. Parents and educators have met in parks, community centers, and other public locations depending on comfort and availability. The intention is to show parents that the teacher cares and is willing to go beyond the comfort zone of the school building in extending friendship.
No. It is encouraged, but not required.
Sibling visits, regardless of how many siblings are in the home, will count as ONE visit.
When you go to your course list on Professional Learning you should be able to see a "door-arrowed" button that allows you to withdraw from courses. See screenshot HERE.