Virtual Job Chat

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will join Alaska Teacher’s Placement for a Virtual Job Chat on Thursday, June 10, 2021, from 3:00-4:30 ADT (7:00-8:30 PM EDT).

For 90 minutes on Thursday, June 10, 2021, tap into the Alaska Teacher Placement Virtual Job Fair (VJF) with guest Kenai Peninsula Borough School District! Join us from 3:00-4:30 PM ADT with your questions, or view it later.

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Virtual Job Chat
Hosts: Amy Hagen, Director of Student Support Services, Pegge Erkeneff, Director of Communications, Community, and Government Relations, and backup crew ready to respond to your questions and comments during the live stream event.

When: Thursday, June 10, 3:00-4:30 PM ADT (7:00-8:30 pm EDT)
Time Zone Conversion: (Click here to convert event time)
How to Participate: ATP Facebook Page

Your KPBSD Hosts during the June Virtual Job Chat

Amy Hagen, Director of Student Support Services
Amy’s days are filled working with district employees to help ensure students with disabilities can access quality education and related services within the district. She was raised on the Kenai Peninsula but spent over a decade in Nevada which included working for one of Nevada’s school districts as well as their State Department of Education. Her vast knowledge within the area of disabilities helps provide wrap around services to help meet the needs of each student.

Pegge Erkeneff, Director of Communications, Community, and Government Relations
Pegge describes her role within the KPBSD as a storyteller. Whether it is pitching stories or responding to media, crisis communication, or celebrating what is right in public education in 42 diverse schools, her daily work life includes problem solving, the heart of a good story.

Pegge searches for the story elements to bring solutions and deliver delight to individuals and organizations, oversees school and district digital platforms, engages in meaningful communications with students and publics, offers communications workshops, and advocates with community partners and legislators about all things education related, both instructional and non-instructional. She began exploring Alaska in 2002, and moved her permanently (following her parents) in 2007. She lives alongside the Kenai River in Soldotna, and delights in nature and fishing.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is especially interested in chatting on the ATP Facebook page about the following openings:

Open positions, June 8, 2021:

Valuable KPBSD HR and School Links:

• Current job openings in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
• See a slideshow featuring the 42 diverse KPBSD schools
• Most schools have a Facebook page (you’ll see lots of photos and stories!) and you can visit the A-Z school directory with links to their websites
• Learn more about KPBSD schools through the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development website
• Discover the spectacular Kenai Peninsula through the extensive Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District website which includes industry and education sections, real estate, our municipalities, borough, and the great outdoors.
• Download the free KPBSD mobile app
• @KPBSD Facebook Page or https://www.facebook.com/kpbsd

The Facebook Live is a great opportunity to connect directly to the Human Resources and decision makers with our school district. Bring your questions, and tune into the ATP Facebook Live stream. This event will be recorded for archived viewing.
KPBSD is not able to sponsor foreign teachers for H1 or J1 visas.

We are thrilled that you are considering employment with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District! We are located in a beautiful part of southcentral Alaska and one of the more unique and progressive districts in our great state. Our schools, ranging in size from a K-8 building of 16 to a traditional high school of 600, offer our students a strong education that prepares them for life after graduation. The 1,200 KPBSD dedicated staff members are committed to continuous improvement that embraces our strategic plan goals in academic success, organizational excellence, and community and family engagement. Should you work with us, you will be joining an exciting and successful team of top notch educators who do what it takes to help our students find success.

“Our diverse K-12 district is a leader in Alaska and at the forefront to support our teachers’ instruction—especially in this new time of remote learning. We strive, every day, to prepare our students for their future in a rigorous, relevant and responsive learning environment. Our students perform at or near the top in any standardized test required of them. They are creative thinkers and problem solvers. Our staff focus is to enhance student skills in critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity through personalized learning. This focus only happens in a culture of continuous improvement with high expectations of staff. Our school district makes a commitment to meet these high expectations through professional development for our staff, and ongoing striving to be an innovative, world class school district.

–Pegge Erkeneff, KPBSD Director of Communications, Community, and Government Relations

About the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
The Kenai Peninsula is 25,600 square miles, with 17 distinct communities, and 42 schools. You’ll find neighborhood schools, village schools, a home school program, charter schools, K-12 small schools, and a performance based school. An estimated 58,522 (2018) residents live on the Kenai Peninsula. Southcentral Alaska offers year-round outdoor adventure, mild summers, and relatively warm winters. You can live near glaciers, on salt water, rivers, or lakes. Outdoor activities are plentiful and include fishing, hunting, hiking, camping, canoeing, clamming, birding, berry picking, wildlife viewing, ice skating, sled dog mushing, and more! Art, music, native culture, sports, wildlife centers, and museums are integral parts of the diverse Kenai Peninsula communities. Local industry includes oil and gas, a vibrant medical community, commercial and sport fisheries. The climate is mild in contrast to the interior and northern Alaska. Our winters last a month or two longer than the Lower 48. December temperatures average in the mid 20’s, and our summers are brilliant, with nearly 24-hour sunlight, and a lush, green landscape.

Located south of Anchorage, nothing about the Kenai is formal or stuffy. In fact, no other destination offers such an up close and personal Alaskan experience. That’s why we are known as Alaska’s Playground! This map shows links to a detailed Google Map view of the 42 KPBSD school locations.

Alaska Job Search Links

• Kenai Peninsula Borough School District website: www.KPBSD.org
  Open positions in the KPBSD
• ATP Website & Applitrack Job Bank
  http://www.alaskateacher.org/
• ATP Forum – Ask Questions & Search Advice
  http://www.alaskateacher.org/forum/

Facebook Live Streaming Event Format
You will need a free Facebook account to actively participate in ATP’s Live Chats. Once you create that account, you can use it to log in and ask the presenters questions. Anyone can watch the video stream, and observe the chat. If you would like to ask a question or introduce yourself, it is very easy to sign into the comment or post your reactions in real time.

ATP Live Chat on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/AlaskaTeacher/

KPBSD on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/kpbsd

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