JCS Staff Newsletter

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I hope your school year ended well and that you have been enjoying the beginning of your summer. Thank you for your hard work and dedication throughout this past school year. I know many of you are working in summer school and camps throughout the school system this June. Summer is a busy time of working to hire new employees for the 2022-23 SY and preparing for the upcoming year.

I am happy to report that a five percent salary increase has been approved for all school personnel, along with a step increase, for the 2022-2023 school year. We greatly appreciate the Board of Education and the Johnson City Commission for their support. We continue to be fortunate to do the work we do with students and families in our school community.

I would like to remind you of the Tech Academy on July 27 at Science Hill. This is a great day to enjoy learning and collaboration with colleagues from across the district. You will find a link to register in your SSO under the “Professional Development” button. Please register under your school’s link. I hope you have a wonderful and restful summer, we look forward to seeing everyone at the end of July.

Steve Barnett, Ed. D

Please keep the families of Rev. Vincent Dial and Traci Starr Honeycutt in your thoughts and prayers. Both had profound impacts on numerous students during their time in Johnson City Schools. They both will be greatly missed.

Congratulations to our 2021-2022 Retirees! To see pictures from the reception, please visit this link.

Make sure you checkout our different professional development opportunities over the summer.

July 27 - Tech Academy at Science Hill (More information below)

August 3 - First Day for students

Click here to view Printable Calendars for 2022-2023 & 2023-2024

Johnson City Schools' Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund documents are available for review through this link. At the bottom of the page, there is a link to a Google form where we ask for feedback from all of our stakeholders. Every six months we will use this feedback for our ESSER 3.0 Public Plan-Federal Relief Spending Addendum. Please feel free to review these documents and provide us with feedback.

Open Enrollment for Hartford Life Insurance begins May 16 through June 30. Be on the lookout for an email from Finance with forms and instructions if you are interested in picking up or increasing supplemental life insurance on yourself and/or your dependents. Changes will be effective 9/1/2022.

JC Schools provides life insurance for all full-time employees equal to your annual salary. Once you have been employed full-time with JC Schools for more than 2 years, the amount of coverage provided is equal to 2 times your annual salary.

Our annual Technology Academy will be held on July 27 in-person at Science Hill High School. This year’s theme will be “Restore Your Connection”. If you would like to present at the Technology Academy, please fill out the form linked below. Registration for the event will be available soon! You don’t want to miss this big day of professional learning that will be in-person for the first time since Summer 2019!

https://forms.gle/6jtZu9YL9BVL61zq6

Students and parents are continued to take advantage of our newest platform for practice and reinforcement with learning standards. Buttons for both IXL Learning and Reflex Learning are found in each student’s SSO (Single Sign-On).

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Johnson City Schools is hiring custodians, Educare assistants, and instructional assistants. Current job postings can be viewed at www.jcschools.org/jobs. Johnson City Transit is in need of bus drivers. Please visit this page for more information about open Bus Driver positions.

TLC staff will be here all summer to assist you with your PD needs. Instructors may submit fall in-person or virtual sessions any time in June or July to prepare for our new year of training. Please submit all PDP awarded sessions to me for registration using the JCS New Training Request Form on the Professional Learning web page. TLC is available for reservation on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 4-6 p.m. for 2-hour, district-wide sessions. We are always seeking district-wide sessions, and we will pay instructors $20 per presentation hour. Die-cut orders can be submitted throughout the month of June and available for pick-up only. Feel free to come in to use the Creation Station die-cuts and laminator, and view our classroom resources. All summer school resources should be returned by June 24th. Come on in Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. when Central Office is open.

Summer professional learning events are open for registration in your Learning Stream PD account now. Please register to claim your seat today!

Thursday, July 28th at Liberty Bell Middle School

8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (Open to All)

by David Nutter, Heather Piergies, CSH & ERT Reps

Friday, July 29th at Fairmont Elementary School

8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. (Open to All Elementary and Middle School Music Teachers)

by Cindy Odom-Higgins

Since it's time for the new school year, go ahead and archive your class! This will help the transition to next school year. For video and detailed instructions, please visit this link.

Upcoming school year

• We will be rostering teachers over the summer for the platform, so keep an eye on your email.

• We do NOT plan on rostering students, so you will still need to provide parents with your class code.
  

• Here is information on how to find your class code, Bloomz also creates a PDF for you to easily distribute to your parents.
  

Do you have any feedback? Do you need help with Bloomz or have questions? PLEASE reach out to Collin Brooks. I want to make sure we are addressing concerns and empowering you to use this communication tool.

If you have any questions or problems with Bloomz, please contact Collin Brooks at BrooksB@jcschools.org.

Bloomz On-Demand Training for Teachers

• Beginning with Bloomz: Teacher Basics

• Beginning with Posts/Announcements/Alerts/Messages

• Beginning with Events, Sign-Ups, and Conferences

Beginning Parents on Bloomz | More Information

The next Johnson City Board of Education meeting will be held on Monday, August 1 starting at 6 p.m. inside the Board Room at Central Office (100 E. Maple Street). Board meetings can be viewed on the Johnson City Schools' YouTube channel.

Johnson City Schools loves celebrating the accomplishments of our students, staff, and community. If you know of any events, awards, programs, or other compelling stories involving the Johnson City Schools' community, please fill out this form or reach out to Collin Brooks at BrooksB@jcschools.org

We will distribute this newsletter on the Wednesday following the monthly Board of Education meeting. This newsletter will have information from District Departments and other helpful tips. If you have suggestions for content in this newsletter, please send them to Collin Brooks at BrooksB@jcschools.org.