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This annual ICOE event brings employees together for wellness resources, vendors, activities, and giveaways.
What is the Health & Wellness Fair?
ICOE employees can receive dental coverage through this well-known dental benefits provider.
What is Delta Dental?
“True or False: Surprise Vacation!” You can take vacation first and ask your supervisor to approve it when you return.
What is FALSE? Vacation requires pre-approval.
“Ouch! That Happened at Work.” An employee with a work-related injury may receive up to this many days of paid industrial leave.
What are 60 days?
This employee classification includes positions that provide essential operational or support services. Name three ICOE positions that are considered Service Workers.
Accept any three positions identified by ICOE as Service Workers.
Food, fun, and holiday cheer come together at this annual ICOE gathering where employees bring a favorite dish to share.
What is the Christmas Potluck?
This free ICOE benefit provides employees and their household members with assessment services and up to five brief counseling sessions at no cost.
What is the Employee Assistance Program (EAP)?
Call first, click second! Reporting an absence is a two-step process. Name both steps.
What are notifying your supervisor and entering the absence in Frontline?
A new teacher is overwhelmed but eager to grow. What is a Level 4 response?
What is:
Taking leave without informing your supervisor and getting the required pre-approval could result in these three consequences.
What are denial of leave (unexcused absence), an impact on your performance review, and disciplinary action?
Costumes, creativity, and a little friendly rivalry take over ICOE during this spooky annual competition.
What is the Halloween Competition?
This service helps ICOE employees manage certain prescription benefits, including home delivery.
What is Express Scripts?
School Function Leave
Name two allowable reasons a Classified employee may use School Function Leave.
What are attending a school function or activity related to your own child or grandchild, or attending your own school function, such as graduation?
A strong staff member consistently performs well but isn’t growing. What should you do as a Level 4 leader?
What is:
ICOE’s Professional Standards policy identifies behaviors that are considered inappropriate employee conduct. Name three examples.
What is:
Accept any three listed in the policy, such as harassment or discrimination; inappropriate relationships or socialization with students; profane, obscene, or abusive language; dishonesty; unauthorized disclosure of confidential information; inappropriate use of district equipment/resources; substance use in the workplace; or conduct that endangers students, staff, or others.
Wellness brings the fun! Name four ICOE culture events for employee and their families sponsored by the Wellness Program.
What is:
Health Fair
Churrico Loco Bar
Trivia Night
ICOE Mixer
Hiking Tahquitz
Astronomy Night
Bowling Night
Golfing Tournament
These two voluntary retirement plans allow ICOE employees to save additional money for retirement through pre-tax payroll deductions.
What are 403(b) and 457 plans?
That’s a “No” for No Tell!
Name two reasons you are not allowed to use a PN “No Tell” day.
What are employment with another entity, extending a vacation or holiday, a work stoppage, or a strike? (Any two.)
Ouch! Injured at Work?
If you are injured on the job, you must notify your supervisor and call this service to report the injury or illness.
What is Company Nurse?
ICOE employees are required to complete several mandated trainings each year. Name three annual mandated trainings.
What is:
Mandated Reporter, Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Prevention, Bloodborne Pathogen, Cybersecurity, Heat and Illness Prevention, Safety, including Workplace Violence
Student Spotlight: Name five student events hosted or supported by ICOE.
What is:
Imperial County Can Sign
Science Fair
Mock Trial
Spelling Bee
Esports Competition
Math Competition
Arts Festival
STEM Festival
Academic Decathlon
National History Day
This type of account lets employees set aside pre-tax money for eligible out-of-pocket healthcare expenses.
What is a Flexible Spending Account (FSA)?
Unpaid leave can affect more than just your paycheck. Name three ways unpaid leave may impact you.
What are reduced earnings, impacts to benefits or health insurance contributions, retirement service credit or eligibility, and job protections/employment status?
Safety First!
Put your safety knowledge to the test! Name the top three types of employee injuries reported at ICOE last year.
What is:
Know the Two Steps!
When reporting suspected child abuse, a mandated reporter must complete these two required reporting steps.
What are an initial telephone report to the Imperial County Department of Social Services- Child Protective Services and a written report (DOJ Form BCIA 8572) within 36 hours?