Team,
Please take a moment to review the attached document. I have scheduled a time to visit your school and discuss your staffing plan with each of you. During the visit, I will collect critical information that will play a key role in determining HU distribution. It is important that you have initial ideas and scenarios ready for our discussion.
I wish you all a restful spring break! ~Juan
To Do
From Kinsey Martin
Please complete If you have not filled out the survey from Wednesday’s meeting. Let’s have 100% from the MS level.
Here is Kinsey’s email:
Thank you for your engagement yesterday. There were many requests for a list of the tangible strategies brainstormed across your tables. Here is a start—thank you for the great conversations and ideas!
Here is the video we skipped. I highly encourage you to take 15-20 minutes in a staff meeting to watch together and discuss the assets and strengths your team can identify in the life of the student Moisés. Here is a list I started—I challenge you to see if your staff can identify all of those (and likely more).
Before spring break if possible: Please take one minute to complete the follow-up commitment and feedback form.
If your leadership team or staff would benefit from school- or dept-specific conversation on supporting the vulnerable student groups we discussed today, please reach out.
From Josh Marks
“The Student Services Team has been working all year to implement and support Positive Behavior Support Plans. We want to hear from you about your experiences and needs moving forward. Please take a few minutes to fill out the attached survey. We only need one administrator per school to complete it. Thank You!
This and That
From Dean Richards
As we turn to Spring, staffing plans and graduations start to rule the day. It also begins the process of curriculum requests. While we have not hit the mark yet, it continues to be the goal to have teachers have all requested materials by the first day of work. We are working to increase communication on the process with all involved this year.
We will need a specific Option Set for curriculum built by May 5th. We have been in communication with schedulers about this new request and why it is needed. This means that for administrators who allocate FTE to have the Admin Section Allocation completed by April 26th. This allows us to begin Phase 2 of the curriculum requests (these are the course specific requests) on May 6th. Delays will mean that teachers will not be able to receive approval/denial information before they leave for summer break.
We are asking for all teachers to have their requests completed by May 31st.
Here is a details timeline of our curriculum request timeline.
Additionally, an email was sent to those who typically create the Option Sets about a Curriculum Option Set. This communication went to some Administrators and Curriculum Secretaries.
From Paul Dean
HR Offices
The HR Department is moving from the 3rd floor of the Ed Center to the 2nd floor (in the space previously occupied by HDESD). Because of the move, our physical offices will not be accessible during the week of April 1-5, but HR staff will be available via phone (you may use our current extensions) and email throughout that time.
From Tami Pike
The current supply of COVID-19 tests for BLS expires this month. Free COVID-19 tests will no longer be available through OHA. Additional COVID-19 tests can be obtained at a local pharmacy or through a health care provider.
Calendar
March 24: Excellence in Education Nominees are due!
March 25-29: Spring Break
April 8th: E-Bikes are prohibited to be on MS campus (16 and under)
April 10: No classes, Teacher work day, and conferences
April 11: Conferences & Juan School site visit (Staffing Plans 1 on 1)
April 11: Middle School Horizontal @HDMS at 3:00-4:30 Cancelled
April 12: No school
April 18: Secondary Instructional Planning Meeting 8:00-10:30 @Ed Center Board Room
April 25: Middle School Horizontal @PCMS at 3:00-4:30
Fish On
