University Academy is pleased to provide its employees with a broad spectrum of employee benefits. As an employee, you may choose to participate in benefit programs designed to help meet your personal and professional goals.

Listed below are benefits available to full-time staff members.

Provided Benefits

• Medical/dental insurance allowance
• Life and AD&D Insurance 
• Pension 

Offered Benefits

• Additional life insurance
• Short term disability 
• Long term disability 
• Flexible spending plan 
• Retirement Planning
• Critical Illness/Accidental Insurance
• Vision Insurance

Pension Information
As a Charter School located within the boundaries of the Kansas City, Missouri school district, staff members must become members of the Kansas City Public School Retirement System (KCPSRS). Participation means that a percentage of your income is withheld from your gross pay (before taxes are taken out). Effective January 1, 2016, the percent of income withheld for your retirement is 9.0%. Once you acquire 5 years of creditable service, you will be vested in the retirement plan. That means that you have a right to a monthly benefit under this plan when all other qualifying requirements are met. For more information regarding this plan, you my go to: www.kcpsrs.org