The Staffing Scoop
Week of February 26 - March 2, 2018
Greetings
Happy Friday all! These beautiful flower buds make my allergies flare up even from my computer screen lol! I am so very happy to transition into March. It brings feelings of renewal to me which make me feel alive! I get after my house every March cleaning and organizing. Doesn't that sound fun!?! What are you looking forward to about Spring?
Chele
Mission, Vision, and Values
MISSION:
We lead transformation through people.
VISION:
We believe the greatest asset in our District is our people. We strive to ensure we have a highly effective teacher in every classroom, effective leaders at every school and effective staff in all non-instructional positions. We are dedicated to creating a pool of highly effective candidates, serving a talent solution to our stakeholders, defining and rewarding excellence to increase job satisfaction and retention of highly effective staff while providing the best possible experience to all of our employees.
VALUES:
With passion, integrity and a relentless pursuit of excellence, we build relationships with people, value diverse perspectives and embrace the challenge to lead transformation through people.
HCM PRIDE ACRONYM
UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND WORKPLACE CAMPAIGN
Funds raised through our UNCF workplace campaign will be awarded as scholarships to Dallas ISD seniors of all races who plan to attend a historically black college or university (HBCU) or any other four-year accredited U.S. college or university in fall 2018.
The workplace campaign runs from Feb. 16 to April 16, 2018, and students, staff, and community members are welcome to donate. Contact Keitha Shelby at 972-925-8929 or email kshaw@dallasisd.org with questions.
School closures, consolidations and expansions processes
- Changing:
- Schools Coming off ACE: Dade, Zumwalt, Mills, Blanton, U. Lee
- Edison & Quintanilla (Becoming 7/8 only)
- Schools Going into ACE: Chavez, Dunbar, Hotchkiss, MLK & Rhoads
- Closing:
- JW Ray, JF Kennedy
- Opening:
- TAG Dual Language grades 4-6 @ 9610 Bruton Rd. next year
- Ignite Middle School
- Arlington Park PreK Center
- Expanding:
- Lanier ES, Starks ES and Twain ES (Add grade 6 next year)
- Close/open
- Williams, reopen as 4-8 TAG
- Williams students will attend Polk
SPRING AND SUMMER JOB FAIRS
NEW TEACHER INDUCTION PLAN
As a portion of the New Teacher Induction Plan, the Teacher Mentor Program partners novice and new teachers with veterans for enhanced acclimation, increased retention, and amplified teacher effectiveness while cultivating leadership potential in veteran teachers serving as mentors. At the campus level, the mentoring program seeks to establish a protected, supportive space in which a novice teacher can interact to discuss best practices and develop instructional skills.
Program Goals
Partner new and novice teachers with capable mentors to provide differentiated supports at the campus level
Diversify instructional skills of new/novice teachers to ensure student success
Enhance professional attitudes toward teaching and the teaching profession
Cultivate leadership potential in veteran teachers serving as mentors
Provide mentor teachers with research-based peer coaching training
FAMILY DISCLOSURE FORMS
Friendly reminder to send Family Disclosure forms for any type of employee transfer to a new position – this should include –reassignments, open transfer, excess assignments, SL placements, admin transfers , priority leave returns and admin leave returns .
We know all employees don’t have applications in Applitrack, but please always send the form even if it has to be done through email.
General information on Purchases/PO Request
Although some may never need to request a purchase of goods or services, we wanted to share the process with you to make sure you are aware of the general steps. If you are ever needing assistance with this please work with Josie to make sure we have done it according to policy.
A few informational highlights to mention...
Central Staff employees can access more than a dozen professional learning opportunities during the Spring semester. Topics range from team building and business writing to Excel and effective feedback. Formats include face-to-face and online. Go here to download a list of classes, available dates and links to class descriptions. Direct questions to Staceye Randle at srandle@dallasisd.org.
Fabiola Galeazzi is our new tech person. It is requested that all technology issues continue to be submitted thru http://remedyforce.dallasisd.org/. Once you receive the confirmation email, you can forward it to Fabiola or Antonio Ervin for a quicker response.
Zach Ortner will be transiting into the Campus Staffing Talent Partner position that Brittany is leaving from. Please congratulate him when you have a moment. We will be posting his coordinator position soon.
Arely will be transitioning to the Compensation Specialist position in the coming weeks. Please congratulate her when you have a moment.
Human Capital Management is making a variety of performance management evaluation information available to employees via MyRecords, effective immediately.
Available records include: 3R appraisal evaluations, APEI summative performance evaluations, PEI appraisal documents, CMS appraisal evaluations, TEI scorecards, TEI summative performance evaluations, SCEI and LPDAS for select years. Go here to download a MyRecords quick reference guide and to view the complete list of available records.
To access records, log in to MyRecords.dallasisd.org using your ead user name and password. To report problems with access, call the IT Service Desk at (972) 925-5630.
Document Pick-Up Procedure (when assisting w/the Front Desk)
- Register visitor into the “Easy Lobby Registration System ( This is needed for proof of pick up).
- All documents requested for pick up will be filed away in the black file cabinet to the left of the reception desk.
- If the cabinet is locked, the keys are located behind the computer screen hanging on a thumb tack.
- Request and review photo I.D. (Government Issue) before releasing documents. If someone else other than the name listed on the documents/envelope, arrangements must be made with employee records and the front desk to add a second name to envelope/package for pick up.
The board approved to enter into an agreement with Morneau Shepell Limited to provide benefits and leave administration for district employees.
The new Vendor is in process of transitioning our benefits over as of April 1st. This should not impact employees however we will work within the department to see what forms need to be updated etc.
As new updates come in, we'll keep you posted thru this section of the newsletter.
What's on deck at the DEC........
You may have received this info by district email, but we wanted to emphasize the importance of our parking restrictions here at the Dallas Education Center:
- West Garage: Requires no access card and is available to all Dallas ISD employees
- North Surface Lot: Requires no access card and is available to all Dallas ISD employees
- North Garage: Requires no access card and is available to all Dallas ISD employees (some spaces are reserved)
- East Surface Lot: Requires no access card and is available to all Dallas ISD employees
- West Surface Lot: Visitor parking only
- South Surface Lot: Visitor parking and ADA Accessible Parking
- East Garage: Tenant and ADA Accessible Parking (*Spaces marked "reserved" are for the exclusive use of assigned tenant) (*ADA Accessible Parking is available for Dallas ISD employees in possession of an ADA accessible plate or placard)
- Dallas ISD employees are allowed to park on Dave & Buster's parking lot, but only in the first row closest to the Dallas Education Center. All other parking is prohibited and the employee vehicle is subject to be towed at the discretion of Dave & Buster's.
The Cafe @ 9400
HOURS:
Monday - Friday
7:00 AM to 1:30 PM
DAILY MENU:
Monday
- Soup (Chef Choice of 2 soups)
- $3.50 per serving
- Sandwich & Soup Combo $7.00
Tuesday
- Chicken Fajita Tacos w/rice & beans
- $5.00 per plate
Wednesday
- Loaded Baked Potato (w/butter, sour cream, cheese & bacon) $4.00
- Loaded Baked Potato (w/butter, sour cream, cheese & pulled pork) $5.50
Thursday
- Nachos (w/ground beef, cheese sauce & jalapenos)
- Frito Pie
- $5.00 per serving
Friday
- Chili Dog Combo (w/chili, melted cheese sauce, grilled onions) w/potato chips & can soda
- $5.00 per serving
What is there to gain from daily meditation? Is there enough of a benefit to invest the time into learning meditation? There's plenty of research to show the benefits of meditation, over 500 scientific research papers published in the last year alone.
In most of the studies it was shown that those who meditated on a daily basis realized more benefits from the practice than those who meditated occasionally. However, those that meditated occasionally also received benefits in comparison to those who did not meditate at all. So there are some benefits available to those who only meditate once in a while, but many more benefits for those who meditate regularly.
In this infographic we look at 10 of the reasons why daily meditation is so beneficial. Such as, how meditation is linked with feeling less stressed as well as lowering the stress hormone Cortisol. And, students that were trained in the practice of mindfulness meditation were able to achieve better grades. In addition, meditation can help to protect against mental health conditions and may even help to slow down or reverse aging.
So, if you are considering meditation as a way to improve your life in some way, just consider the many benefits and all the research that shows how beneficial meditation can be.
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