Information for New Hires

The superintendent will review your placement on the salary schedule with you. If you have any questions regarding compensation, this is the time to address them.

If you have any coursework in progress, this should be discussed with the superintendent because it may impact your initial placement.

CERTIFIED STAFF:

Placement on the salary schedule is determined based on the educational attainment information that is provided when the application materials are submitted, and years of teaching experience.

For those that have international or private school experience, 1/2 credit is granted when making step determination. 

Transcripts must be provided that verify degree attainment. Failure to provide transcripts will affect the placement on the salary schedule.

SUPPORT STAFF:

The union agreement for support staff limits the placement of new hires. 

Currently new hires can be placed no higher than step 4 on the HSS salary schedule. Step 4 placement can be achieved by a combination of education (2 or 4 year degree) and years of directly related experience in public school settings.

Typically this happens at the meeting following your receipt of notification that your name is being nominated to the board to fill the vacancy.

If you do not hold the correct certification (NH or VT) or have the necessary endorsement, this will delay the hiring process for you. Certified staff are only brought to the board when they have proper certification or assurance from the relevant agency that certification in in process.

For certified positions, Human Resources will make contact via email after the Board has approved the hire.

For non-certified employees not starting work until the start of the school year, communications will be via email, and will begin in July.

For year-round staff beginning work on July 1, you will receive email communications in the last weeks in June to arrange for a new hire meeting.

Contracts are issued after the prospective employee has been nominated to the Board, and the Board approves the hiring information. In most cases, a new hire can expect to receive their contract within one week of the Board meeting where they were approved.

Contracts are sent via email using the email address that was provided at the time of application.

A letter of intent is issued to non-certified staff. Support staff employees will generally receive their letter of intent later in July. 

Letters of intent are sent via email using the email address that was provided at the time of application.

Please contact the Human Resources team at hr@sau70.org if you need any documentation regarding your future position with the district.

Unless you will be working during the summer, new employees begin work on the first inservice day of the school year.

If you will be working during July or early August, the building administrator should make HR aware so that we can expedite the new hire meeting. 

All district employees are required to provide a Fitness for Duty form completed by a medical provider. This is required under state law.

All district employees are subject to a criminal records check.

All district employees must provide appropriate I-9 documentation within 72 hours of the first day worked. Failure to provide appropriate documentation will result in the employee being sent home until the necessary documents can be provided. 

If you have questions regarding I-9 documentation, please contact HR prior to your new hire meeting. 

Transcripts must be provided that verify degree attainment. Failure to provide transcripts will affect the placement on the salary schedule.

Since pay is determined based on educational attainment and years of experience, the district uses the transcripts to verify the education reported. This becomes the basis for future track advancements and other credit-based changes.

Failure to provide transcripts prior to August 15 will result in your track placement being adjusted to Track 1 until transcripts have been provided.

We hold our annual open enrollment in May. The benefits webpages will be updated during this time. 

We do not have next year's rates prior to mid-March. The HR team spends the bulk of the month of April generating contracts for returning staff and updating benefit information on the website to prepare for open enrollment. Prior to open enrollment, it is difficult to provide exact details regarding rates and coverage for the following year.  

Please visit the benefit pages for more information:
VT Benefits
NH Teacher Benefits
NH Support Staff Benefits
NH Non-Union Staff Benefits
NH Service Staff Benefits

Benefits begin the first day of the month following your hire date for all benefit-eligible positions.

For school year employees, benefits begin on September 1.

For year round employees, benefits begin the first day of the month following your date of hire.

For those employed by Dresden or Hanover School Districts, or those employed by SAU 70, domestic partner coverage is not available.

For those employed by Norwich School District, domestic partnership coverage is provided under the Statewide Health Agreement. For employees electing to enroll in domestic partner coverage, imputed income taxes will be applied in accordance with IRS guidelines.

Frontline Absence Management (formerly Aesop) - Staff absence and substitute portal

Frontline Time & Attendance (formerly VeriTime) - Timesheet system for hourly employees

Vector Training (formerly SafeSchools) - Required trainings and policy acknowledgements

Cigna Healthcare - Health insurance for NH teachers & support staff

BlueCross BlueShield of Vermont - Health insurance for all VT staff

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Health insurance for NH non-union staff

Voya - Flexible Spending Account portal for NH employees

csONE - Flexible Spending Account portal for VT employees

OMNI - Third-party administrator for 403(b) accounts

NH Dept. of Education Help Desk Knowledge Base - for assistance with NH credentialing

VT Agency of Education Tutorials & FAQs - for assistance with VT credentialing

NH Retirement System - for all eligible teachers & other employees in our NH schools & SAU office

VT Teachers Retirement System - for all eligible teachers in the Dresden and Norwich School Districts

VT Employees Retirement System - for all eligible employees in the Norwich School District