Employment Policies

Dissemination of Required Information

Humble ISD is required to disseminate information to all employees. If you would like a hard copy of this information, please contact your supervisor. View Humble ISD Board Policy to access the following pertinent issues.

For All Employees:

  • Discrimination, harassment, and retaliation (DH< FNC< DIA [LOCAL], FFH [LOCAL])

  • Bullying (FFI [LOCAL])

  • Child abuse and neglect (DH [LOCAL], FFG [LEGAL], GRA [LEGAL] and [LOCIAL])

  • Drug Free Workplace (DH [LOCAL]

  • Employee Handbook

For Teachers and Administrators:

  • Student Discipline

  • Elementary and Secondary Student Handbooks

  • Student Code of Conduct

For Term Contract Employees:

  • Employment Policies (DDA, DBAA, DBD, DC, DCB, DEA, DEAA, DEC, DECA, DECB, DFAC, DFB, DFD, DFE, DFF, DG DGBA, DH, DHE, DI, DIA, DK, and DN)

Employee Handbook

Forms

District Leave Policy

 Leave of Absence 

Employees who expect to be absent for more than ten (10) consecutive days must request a leave of absence by completing the online Leave of Absence Application.  Information about the Humble ISD policy on Leaves and Absences is located in the online Employee Handbook.

Contact

Yawytrai Henry-Mukes
Compensation & Leave Coordinator
Phone: (281) 641-8159
Fax: (281) 641-1057

When completing the Leave of Absence Application, be sure to digitally sign the application and click Submit.  The required medical documentation can be uploaded into the Application before you click Submit or your doctor can fax it to 281-641-1057.  Maternity leave medical documentation can be a note on your doctor’s letterhead that states your name and due date.  Other medical leaves require medical documentation that states the name of the patient and a start date and medical reason for the absences.  Additionally, have your physician complete the district’s medical documentation form:

Once your Application and medical documentation have been received in HR, you will receive written notice of your qualification for FML or Temporary Disability Leave and what may happen with your salary. 

Your pay will continue as long as you have earned sick, personal, vacation, or comp time in your paid leave time banks.  You can use any and all of your earned time during your absences.  Once your paid time has been exhausted, your leave of absence will be unpaid.  If you will have a long period of being unpaid, you will be responsible for paying your insurance premiums directly to the Benefits Department the first week of each month you will not be paid.  Information about your premiums will be included with the written response to your leave request.

Steps to take to request leave:

  • Notify your supervisor or Principal as soon as you know a leave of absence is necessary.

  • Complete the Leave of Absence Application

  • Send medical documentation either via upload in the Application or by fax or email to HR

  • Prepare for the change in pay that may be caused by your absences

  • Keep your department/campus and HR updated on changes in your expected leave dates

Length of Leave

Leave of absence expiration dates are:

  • 90 calendar days = non-certified employees who have been with the district less than 5 consecutive years

  • 180 calendar days = certified employees who have been with the district less than 5 years 

  • 180 calendar days = non-certified employees who have been with the district for at least 5 consecutive years

Types of Leave 

Family / Medical Leave (FML)

FML is unpaid leave that provides protection for your position for up to 12 work weeks or 60 work days.  This type of leave is approved for employees who have worked for the district for at least one full year and worked at least 1,250 hours during that year.  Most part-time employees will not qualify for FML.  Family / Medical Leave may be used for:

  • Birth of your child, or placement of a child with you for adoption or foster care;

  • A serious health condition that makes you unable to perform the essential duties of your position;

  • A serious health condition affecting a family member for whom you must provide care.

FML protects your position for up to 12 work weeks (60 work days) and if you have not been released to return to duty prior to the expiration of FML, your leave would transition to Temporary Disability Leave.

Intermittent FML

If you qualify for FML, you may qualify for Intermittent FML which is a protection for your position while you are having intermittent absences for one medical condition.  The condition can be for you or for a family member.  Medical documentation must be sent to HR for each absence for it to be protected by FML.  The total amount of FML for one year is 12 work weeks or 60 work days.

Temporary Disability Leave

Temporary Disability Leave is based on your medical need.  This type of unpaid leave is for employees who do not qualify or have exhausted their yearly allotment of FML.  Temporary Disability Leave can be requested only for your own medical need, and includes pregnancy.  Caring for a family member cannot be considered Temporary Disability Leave.  If approved, you must return to work when released by your doctor. 

Observation

Humble ISD Observation Requirements for Teacher Preparation Programs and University Students

Humble ISD will allow individuals who need to fulfill university or Teacher Preparation Programs requirements to observe teachers as they interact with students in the classroom.

Our procedures require these individuals to get approval from the campus where she/he wants to observe. The campus must have documentation that the observations are required by the university or Teacher Preparation Program. The Humble ISD campus administrator will determine if the individual can observe and discuss other guidelines for the observation. If approved, the student must bring their driver’s license the day of the scheduled observation to have a visitor badge issued. All visitors in Humble ISD must wear a badge when visiting on any of our campuses.  The student must check in at the front office upon arrival to and departure from the campus.

Friendly reminders:

  • Individuals approved to observe can watch the classroom teacher as she/he works with individual students or groups of students; the teacher will determine the amount of interaction that takes place. For example, assisting students with independent work, reading aloud to a group of students, working with a small group of students with supervision of the certified teacher in the room.

  • The observation period is not the time to look for a job; do not contact principals to schedule interviews, etc.

  • Avoid disturbing the learning process and/or campus procedures

  • Demonstrate professional behavior

  • Wear professional attire

Retirement

If you are thinking that you are ready to retire in the near future, Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) has made it easier than ever to plan for retirement and access your TRS information. 

MyTRS offers active members an opportunity to calculate retirement annuity estimates online by entering your individual data obtained from TRS records.  Registering at MyTRS will be very useful to obtain data and help you navigate through the retirement process. Register here for MyTRS.

Information about your retirement and the retirement process can be found on the TRS website. 

FAQs

Teacher Loan Forgiveness

Information on student loan forgiveness for teachers may be found on the TEA website at the link below. Teachers needing district verification for loan forgiveness paperwork may leave their completed forms and contact information with the receptionists at the Administration Building or send them by email
to Lorrie Dabbs at lorrie.dabbs@humbleisd.net. Loan Forgiveness forms are processed as quickly as possible and emailed back to you.

Forms should have all required information with the exception of dates of employment, district signature and signature date prior to district verification. 

If you have questions regarding which form you should complete, please contact your lender.

Aesop User Manuals

Teacher, Administrators, Para-educators and Office Professionals will enter all absences through Aesop. Below are links to the User Manuals:

Employee Self Service Instructions

Specifically, Employee Self Service (ESS) gives employees the ability to monitor and maintain their personal and employment information such as:

  • Receive Department Announcements

  • Directly Access District Forms

  • Change Home Address

  • Change/Add Email Address

  • Change/Add Personal and Emergency Contact Numbers

  • View Dependent Information

  • View Pay/Tax Information

  • View Accrual Balances and History

Some of these pages allow users to make a transaction or complete a process, while other pages allow users to update or change their own information. Still other pages are available for view in inquiry mode only. All of the data used by Employee Self Service is taken directly from the MUNIS database and an update in ESS also updates MUNIS immediately.

Logging In

To Log in to the site, click the Log In link in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.

Your Username will be your MUNIS employee ID Number.

Ex. John Smith 12345 = 12345

Your password will be the last four digits of your SSN the first time you ever login. Upon logging in your first time, you will be required to change this initial password. Make sure you remember this password. You will be locked from the system after 5 failed login attempts.

Your password must be at least 6 characters long.

Note: User is now logged in and Employee Self Service is added to the Modules list on the left.

ESS Main Page

ESS-Specific Pages