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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:

  • District Mandated Required Training: BPS Policy & Protocol Modules

  • State Required Training: 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

Winn Brook ELE staff at Kindergarten Registration

Winn Brook ELE staff at K Registration

*** Deadline ***

Please Complete All Mandated Training Modules

by 9/30/2025

BPS Policy & Protocol Modules, 2025-2026

The district partners with ArxEd/LITIX Academy for Mandated Training. Founded by educators, ArxEd is a Massachusetts-based company with more than 150 partner districts in Massachusetts. Their Mandated Training Suite streamlines the process and satisfies state and federal requirements. The training, designed for your convenience, can be completed in approximately one to two hours. It is mobile-friendly and allows you to complete it at your own pace and not necessarily in one sitting.

On or around September 1 for returning staff, or within a week of hire for new staff, ArxEd will send an enrollment email to your BPS email address, with simple instructions on accessing the online course. If you do not receive this email, please contact Rebecca Leeb at rleeb@belmontschools.net.

If you know you are enrolled, you may use the direct link to login to the ArxEd training system:

  • lms.arxed.com

  • If you are already logged into your BPS account just click on the Google "G" icon  to login

  • Otherwise enter your BPS email address and ArxEd account password.

Please see these ArxEd-Tips for Users – contact Rebecca Leeb (rleeb@belmontschools.net) with any further questions or issues.

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

State Ethics Modules, 2025 and 2026

The Massachusetts State Ethics Commission requires all state and municipal employees to complete ethics training in each calendar year. There are two different modules:

  • State Ethics Commission Conflict of Interest Law Training – online video training lasting approximately 1 hour

  • Acknowledge Receipt of the Summary of the Conflict of Interest Law for Municipal Employees – document which you must read and check an acknowledgement box at the end

All Staff (this means everyone, new and returning, including teaching, administrative, and support staff) must complete at least the Summary of the Conflict of Interest Law acknowledgement every calendar year. You need to complete the full video training every two calendar years.

Returning Staff

If you have completed state ethics training in the past while working for BPS, you should receive an email directly from the state reminding you of your current calendar year requirements and deadlines. Please log into your state ethics portal at the start of each new school year to verify all your requirements for the current calendar year are showing green Completed bars. Complete anything still outstanding by the deadline shown.

  • The state's online Conflict of Interest Portal system login screen is here – this link is also included as a module in the ArxEd Mandated Training Suite.

New BPS employees

If you have never done Massachusetts state ethics training before:

  • You must complete both the Summary and the full Online Conflict of Interest Training

  • Please follow the detailed instructions shown below to create your account and complete the conflict of interest training

  • First time state ethics system users should generate their Certificates of Completion and email them to Rebecca Leeb in Human Resources, rleeb@belmontschools.net – click on green Your Certificates button in upper right, choose certificate to view, click SAVE to download .pdf

If you worked for another Massachusetts school district and already have a state ethics portal account:

  • You must log into your online state ethics portal account and add Belmont as an Affiliation

  • Please make sure to change your contact email address to your Belmont Public Schools account, so you get reminders about your deadlines

  • Check to make sure all modules listed on your home screen for the current calendar are showing green Completed bars

  • Complete anything still showing as incomplete.

Public Employee Responsibility to Complete Conflict of Interest Law Requirements

The law places responsibility for acknowledging receipt of the summaries, and for completing the online training program, on the public employees. For an employee who is required to meet the training requirements, a willful failure or refusal to acknowledge receipt of a summary of the law or to complete the online training program will be considered by the State Ethics Commission to be a violation of the conflict of interest law and can be the basis of an enforcement action by the Commission against the employee. The Commission is authorized to impose a civil penalty of up to $10,000 for each violation of G.L. c. 268A, the conflict of interest law.