The Week Ahead

Table of Contents

• 2024-2025 Retention Process

• CMS Financial Wellness Seminar

• Summer Programming Hiring Updates

• Social Committee Updates

• CMS Legal Records Management Policy & Updates

• Clothing Support For Students (MHES PTA)

• CMS Good News Submissions

• Reminder: Atrium Clinic for Staff

• MHES 24-25 Yearbook

• FAC Notes & Updates

• Updates & Information

Home @ CMS Upcoming Opportunity

The Recruitment, Retention and Talent Development Division is pleased to bring you the next set of At Home in CMS Housing Webinars! Join us this spring for webinars that will cover topics ranging from how to plan your homebuying process to understanding credit scores to managing student loans to down payment assistance.  Join us on Saturday, March 22, from 10-11a.m. for the first webinar in our spring series, Keys to Homeownership: A 12-Month Blueprint with Skyla Credit Union.  

If you are considering homebuying now or in the future, come to hear Skyla industry experts discuss: 

• The benefits of owning

• Assessing financial readiness

• Exploring loan options

• Navigating pre-approvals

• Closing on a home

Don't miss out on essential tips for a successful homebuying journey! RSVPs are encouraged but not required. Please register here. For more information about the series and about the At Home in CMS suite of offerings, please visit our website here. 

2024-2025 Retention Process

As we approach the 4th quarter, we want to ensure that there is a common process for consideration of a student for grade-level retention and that we are clearly communicating with families regarding this process. The flow chart below shows the 24-25 process for retention. The first step is completing the Student of Concern form, linked below.

CMS Financial Wellness Seminar

CMS is excited to offer a financial wellness seminar to all employees on Monday, March 31, at 11:30 a.m. Please note that if you attended the October, November and January sessions, the material in this upcoming session will cover the same topics.

This session will be focused on retirement savings and is an opportunity for you to learn more about strategies on how to invest more towards retirement, setting short-term and long-term financial goals and navigating online resources available to you.

Register here for the upcoming Financial Wellness Seminar!

Join here to livestream the event virtually.

When: Monday, March 31, at 11:30 a.m.

Where: Bishop Spaugh Administrative Center – Auditorium

Address: 1901 Herbert Spaugh Lane, Charlotte, NC 28208

Presenters: Peter Senick (Equitable), Alan Mingledorff (Security Benefit) & Matthew Drummond (Aspire)

Summer Programming Hiring Updates

On behalf of the CMS Human Resources and the Summer Programs planning team, we are sharing information about the 2025 Summer Programming options. Summer Programs will occur during the month of July. Information about specific programs and school sites can be found here: 2025 Summer Programs Information.

Eligibility: To work in a Summer School Program, the following eligibility requirements must be met:

• For Alternatively Licensed teachers, you must have current N.C. Teaching Licensure and be highly qualified in the appropriate area beyond June 30 for certified positions at the time of the recommendation.

• Must NOT have received a Performance Counseling letter, Corrective Action or on a Directed PDP at any time during the 2024-25 school year.

• Must work the duration of the program including any professional development requirements.

• Must be a full-time, continuing employee for the 2025-26 school year.

• Employees with pending resignations will NOT be considered.

Professional Development 

As part of this Summer Programming, teachers will have the opportunity to attend a required Professional Development session prior to the start of the summer program. We’ll dive into essential training, share best practices and align on program goals. 

This Professional Development opportunity will last two to four days, depending on your subject area, and will pay a stipend. There will also be an extension of this learning through job-embedded Professional Development throughout Summer Programming. This combination of hands-on development and pre-program preparation ensures that you’ll be fully equipped and confident to make a lasting impact on your students this summer and next school year!

Social Committee Updates

CMS Legal Records Management Policy & Updates

This legal alert provides information impacting every CMS employee when they create, share, and destroy records. Public records policy and law affects everything from emails, to text messages, to lesson plans, and beyond. Because records management is a part of North Carolina law, make sure you are aware of the following wildly important facts that are linked below.

Clothing Support For Students (MHES PTA)

The PTA understands the importance of having clothing items readily available in classrooms to address students’ needs quickly and discreetly. This ensures that if a student has an accident and needs a change of clothes, they won’t have to walk to the front office in wet or soiled clothing to access the Manatee Care Closet.

The MHES PTA is committed to minimizing classroom interruptions and supporting you in addressing these situations effectively. To help, we will help provide essential 2-4 sets of clothing items that can be kept in your classrooms. To request clothing for your class, please complete the form linked below:

You can use this form to restock as needed throughout the school year. Since this is a work in progress, we may adjust the form based on your needs and feedback. While the MHES PTA will do its best to fulfill all requests, please understand that our ability to gather and distribute these items depends on donations, volunteer support, and available funding. We respectfully ask for your patience as we work to meet these needs.

We also strongly encourage you to remind families to include a change of clothes in their child’s backpack, regardless of grade level. The PTA will share this reminder in our weekly updates to help ensure students are prepared for unexpected situations. Thank you for your unwavering dedication to our students. Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions or if you have additional needs.

CMS Good News Submissions

Share good news with CMS Communications!  Did you win an award? Have a colleague you'd like to give a shout-out to? Or maybe you have a classroom strategy you think is unique? Let us know! We'd love to hear from you.

Reminder: Atrium Clinic for Staff 

As a reminder, our Atrium Virtual Health Clinic isn’t just for students—staff can utilize it as well! If you need to see a provider, please reach out to Rick and/or Nurse Haley.

MHES 24-25 Yearbook

Drop your pictures from this year in this folder so that they can be shared in our MHES yearbook!

FAC Notes & Updates

Previous FAC Notes

• February 2025 FAC

• January 2025 FAC

• November/December 2024 FAC

• September/October 2024 FAC

Here are the notes from the Performance Area Advisory Council (PAAC) and STAC:

• February STAC Notes

• Feb. 13 PAAC Meeting Notes

• Jan. 9 PAAC Meeting Notes

• Nov. 6 PAAC Meeting Notes

Updates & Information