Welcome to the Staff Required Training Information Page

Belmont Public Schools and the state of Massachusetts require employees to complete annual training on a variety of topics, as a condition of their employment. Though many of these trainings are the same or similar from year to year, some are newly added or modified and all should be reviewed.

Please follow the instructions below each year to complete both categories of training:

• BPS Policy & Protocol Modules

• State Ethics Modules

Deadlines for completion of all annual trainings:

• Employees starting/returning on the first day of school -- end of day, September 30

• New hires starting after the first day of school -- 30 days after your date of hire.

Thank you for your attention to this very important matter. Please feel welcome to reach out the HR Department with any questions.

Respectfully,

Michael McAllister, Director of Human Capital

*** Deadline ***

Please Complete All Mandated Training Modules

by 9/30/2023

***** NOT YET UPDATED FOR 2024-2025 -- New Hires should wait for September announcement *****

[Beginning in 2024-2025, our district will use the ArxEd online platform for staff required training. At the start of each school year, all staff will receive information on annual required training and the deadline for completion. Staff hired after September will receive an email from ArxEd to access the training, which must be completed within 30 days.]

The district's policy and protocol trainings are arranged in modules by topic. Which modules you must complete depends on your type of employment.

1. Please find your employment group in the table below, to see which modules you need to complete.

2. Click on + to open each of your required modules (located below the table), and review every included document or link.

3. Please contact your building Principal or department supervisor with any questions or uncertainties you may have regarding any of the training module information.

4. When you have read and understood all of the documents in every module required for your employment group:

   • Click here to provide your digital signature via Google Form acknowledging that, as a condition of your employment in the Belmont Public Schools, you have completed all of the required training for this year.

For your reference, the full catalog of Belmont School Committee policies can be found here: School Committee Policies

This 2023-2024 school year is a online state Ethics Course "ON" year.

All Staff (this means everyone, new and returning, including teaching, administrative, and support staff) must complete both the Summary of the Conflict of Interest Law and the full Online Conflict of Interest Training .

The link and instructions for the state's online Conflict of Interest Portal system are shown below. All steps of this year's legal requirements must be completed by September 30 to get credit for 2023.