McMillen Minute
Week of April 23
District News
Employee Transfer
Voluntary transfers for professionals and support staff are an opportunity for employees to explore other positions within their campus/department or District. These are not the same as transfers due to programmatic changes or student enrollment.
All campus positions, support staff and professional, must meet the following guidelines:
- Effective 2018-2019 school year, campus employees seeking a lateral transfer must be at the current campus a minimum of two school years, unless moving into a position defined as a promotion. A promotion is defined by the advancement of an employee within Plano ISD to a new position/higher pay range that may result in a title change, pay increase and/or additional responsibilities associated with the new position.
- Deadline for lateral transfers: Last instructional day of the year
Transfer Requests
- The Employee must first apply online by using the TEAMS Employee Transfer. FANS and Transportation employees must contact the PISD Help Desk for their User ID and Password in order to submit a transfer.
- The employee must notify the current supervisor when the employee has completed the initial transfer request, as well as any future transfer requests thereafter.
- The employee is encouraged to send a letter of interest and a resume to the Principal and/or Supervisor regarding the open position(s) they are interested in.
- It is the employee's responsibility to monitor open positions in the district.
Supervisor Approval
- The employee must notify the current supervisor when the employee has completed the initial transfer request, as well as any future transfer requests thereafter.
- The current supervisor must approve the transfer in TEAMS before the employee may interview for positions in the district.
- Supervisors are responsible for the timely approval of transfer requests from eligible employees.
Campus News
Campus Professional Development
April 30
Topic Student Engagement/Accountability
Time: 8:00
Facilitators: Mark Brown, Frances Allday and Lorraine Seawright
May 7, May 14 and May 21: Part II
Topic: Google
Facilitator: Stephanie Jackson
Time: 8:00
Campus Culture
- Dress Code
- Make-up and Retest Policies
- Progressive Student Discipline
Mr. Lockett will send out an email to our campus culture committee members. If there is anything you want included in the handbook, please click on the link and add your suggestion.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s3c4UsnWFXF19SciwhxaOC2U2u1HXPgIU7wcyk1mrF0/edit?usp=sharing
Heart of a Lion Award
Teachers and Counselors,
Each semester the PTSA gives deserving students the Heart of a Lion award. This award should be given to only one of your students. We’d love to have 100% teacher participation! We are not looking for the student who always does a good job and is often acknowledged, but rather the student who may routinely be overlooked, who may have a hard time in or outside of class, who may have recently done something out of his or her ordinary, etc. Please consider carefully which of your students is most deserving by thinking about the following criteria:
The heart of a lion is an idiom that describes a person who has courage in the face of adversity. Lions represent strength and a desire to never falter, even if a task is difficult.
· Have they recently improved their attitude?
· Have the struggled this semester, but are now improving?
· Have they overcome some adversity?
· Would a little encouragement go a long way in motivating this student?
· Have they shown courage with something this semester?
· Have they made mistakes this semester but learned from them?
· Have they positively affected someone else this semester?
Click on link to nominate: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17ZcI5D2Q9oEZEpqwDIjBWBfXBZqvf6Ca6B7qqa8XCn8/edit?usp=sharing
Important Dates in May
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hzi94KdonXcYvDnioljBmvFF-EVodu0h7aCICM9szp0/edit?usp=sharing
2019-2020 Projected Vacancies To Fill
Special Education
Biology
Health Sciences
Yearbook
Social Studies
Girls Coach (Volleyball, Basketball, Track)
Boys Coach (Basketball, Baseball, Football)