Information

• Employee Assistance Program through Ulliance Page 1
• Employee Assistance Program through Ulliance Page 2

As DPSCD employees, you are eligible for the confidential support, at no cost. Reach out to a counselor at Ulliance, More information can be found on the attached flyers.

The DFT benefits open enrollment takes place from now to September 30, 2024. This is your opportunity to ensure you choose to apply for the benefits best for you or to make changes to your elections. You may click this link: My Aflac MyLogin to access your account.

The Aflac Group offering includes Short Term Disability, Accident, Hospital, and Critical Illness with direct pay options from Checking, Savings, or Credit Card. You don't need to be overwhelmed with these options. We have a team of local Aflac representatives that will provide you with one-on-one support that you need to feel secure in your decisions.  For more information, click here for Aflac/DFT enrollment.

Here are products that are offered to DPSCD employees by Combined, a Chubb Company.  For more information on any of the following, please reach out to Deb Stotler, 231-750-9266, or by email at deb.stotler@combined.com, the account manager who handles DPSCD.  Please read this product flyer brochure which briefly describes the types of coverages which are available for all DPSCD. 

1. Disability Insurance
2. Accident Insurance
3. Critical Illness Insurance
4. Hospital Enhanced with Surgery and Diagnostic 
5. Universal Life Protector
6. Life Insurance (Lifetime Benefit Term)

Please click here to read information about what Corebridge Financial offers to DPSCD employees.

Please click here to read what National Teachers Association Life Insurance offers to DPSCD employees. Insurance coverage is for cancer, heart attacks and strokes, accident, disability, and hospitalization.

Do you need quick tips for working with ELL students? Please check out these two documents from Colorin on the Go:

1. overview of Colorin on the Go
2. what ColorinColorado offers

Schools To Tools, a State of Michigan grant funded program, aims to provide educators with the tools and incentives to offer students the option of considering career opportunities available in union construction trades apprenticeship programs. Designed for middle and high school students, Schools to Tools has a Mobile Experience that brings the field trip to you. They also offer FREE SCECH training for educators that include a meal, a training center tour and material to share with your students and some fun swag.

Learn more at https://schoolstotools.org/resources/ and https://schoolstotools.org/scech/.

Please refer to the Educator Services provided by the State of Michigan for MOECS and certification: Click here to be directed to the site.

This is a guide to introduce basic language and concepts inherent in discussions of the LGBTQ+ experience in the workplace:

This is a 20th and 21st Century document outlining LGBTQ+ history: 

The DFT and the district have agreed on a Donation of Sick Days Policy which allows members to donate unused sick days to catastrophically ill members. Read through the policy and if you think you would qualify for this benefit, reach out to the DFT Office before you submit paperwork to the district. There are these forms which need to be completed: Application to Use Donated Sick Days, Sick Leave Physician Statement, and the Donation of Sick Days Authorization Form.