Student Support Services Department
Roadmap - Week of 1/7/2019-1/11/2019
IDVA Mission - Building a community of engaged learners.
IDVA Vision - Empowering every student to learn at high level.
SSS Department Mission
Support students in increasing/maintaining academic success.
SSS Department Impact
Increase/maintain attendance (CC + progress).
SSS Department Group Agreements
- We will be intentional in our collaborative work with school community members to address students' academic needs.
- We will proactively identify and support students' individual needs and accomplishments.
Counselor/Advisor Mission-Impact Analysis
SSS Dept. Optimal Support Distrobution
FAST Mission-Impact Analysis
SSS Department Kudos!
If you have kudos to share about you or a colleague, send them to Alex.
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A message from Lisa: "Kudos and much appreciation for Tree. As we wrapped up some committee work recently, Tree spent a good part of her afternoon patiently walking me through the process of getting set up with the Adobe Suite and then using Adobe Acrobat to process my documents. She is a wiz and so generous with her time and knowledge. Thank you, Tree!"
Great job, Tree!
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Debbie sends kudos to Mark and Tree for helping her these last few weeks!
Awesome teamwork, Mark & Tree!
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The following message was sent to Lisa: "After reading the newsletter just now, I wanted to let you know how impressed I am with your abilities! The slideshows are so much fun, and it’s so nice to read the newsletter without cringing at grammatical and/or layout errors. You’re amazing!"
Nice, Lisa!
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Lisa was also sent this message about the Howl "Great job on the Newsletter! The slideshow was great!"
Fantastic, Lisa!
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Amber sent the following kudos to Jennifer E. regarding the college & career newsletter: "This is fantastic, Jennifer! I love the career spotlight interviews you are doing. The newest one is awesome – and the graphics are so well done!"
Well done, Jennifer E.!
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REMINDER - Out of Office Email Reminder & Voicemail (few changes from last week)
If you'd like, you can copy and paste the following Out of Office email reminder, setting it through January 7th.
"Idaho Virtual Academy is closed for Winter Break from December 24 through January 4. I will return all emails after school resumes on January 7, 2019.
Sincerely,"
Also, please update your voicemail, too. You can use the following script.
"You have reached [NAME]. Idaho Virtual Academy is closed for Winter Break from December 24 through January 4. I will return all messages after school resumes on January 7, 2019. Thank you."
SSS Department Trivia
Week 1 of Round 2 - WHO AM I?
"I was given a $100 million Dollars ;)" *
The answer is: Mark Rodel!
The only person to get it correct was Pam. Funny, though, that Jesse got 50% of the votes.
Scoreboard:
Pam = 1
Message and picture from Mark about his trivia statement...
I was made an instant Millionaire on the evening of December 9, 2017 when a friend of mine gave me exactly $100 Trillion Dollars.
You may be wondering why I am still working? Unfortunately it is Zimbabwean Dollars and not US Dollars, so therefore it is back to the grind for me.
Unfortunately for Zimbabwe the country was driven into the ground by a corrupt government. The Zimbabwean currency was once equivalent to the US dollar in the early 80’s, but since has experienced unprecedented hyperinflation that lead to outrageous notes such as these being printed before the economy and currency collapsed. Since then Zimbabwe has grappled with many issues including first adopting the Chinese yen, then the US Dollar and now the South African Rand.
The sad saga continues and in the meantime I am a millionaire…no Trillionaire
SSS Department Team Building
What instrument would you use to describe yourself?
Weekly Calendar, 1/7-1/11
- Welcome back from Winter Break!
Last day for Burn the Bird - make sure all your time is logged by noon
- K5 Onboarding begins
- Alex in CDA for the day for a meeting
Tuesday 1/8:
- National Argyle Day - wear your fancy socks and/or sweaters
Wednesday 1/9:
- Stephan Hawking was born on this day in 1942
Thursday 1/10:
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TREE!
IDVA Board Meeting 7:00 pm MT (http://tinyurl.com/IDVABoard)
Friday 1/11:
- Counselor/Advisor Group collaboration meeting, 10 am MST, BBC
- FSL/FCL PLC Group Collaboration time
- MS, VHS, Vision Onboarding begins
Departmental & School Updates
Kelly Reinier's last day (sort of)
As you all know, today is Kelly's last official day. She will be missed.
While we work through the transition of hiring a new FCL, Kelly has graciously agreed to help us out on an as needed bases for a few weeks. You will "see" her around for a few weeks following the break.
Until the FCL position is filled, please direct FCL related questions to me.
Counselors and advisors, review resources & check out the main website: www.yes.idaho.gov.
K12 Updates
Reoccuring/Reference Info
Past SSS Dept. Roadmaps
Week of 12/17-12/21: https://www.smore.com/7t41s
Week of 12/10-12/14: https://www.smore.com/7yb2a
Week of 12/3-12/7: https://www.smore.com/xpdqk
Week of 11/16-11/23: https://www.smore.com/a02nh
Week of 11/12-11/16: https://www.smore.com/2w90t
Week of 11/5-11/9: https://www.smore.com/zyewf
Week of 10/29-11/2: https://www.smore.com/ey46r
Week of 10/22-10/26: https://www.smore.com/4jy7m
Week of 10/15-10/19: https://www.smore.com/hn84z
Week of 10/8-10/12: https://www.smore.com/measg
Week of 10/1-10/5: https://www.smore.com/w649k
Week of 9/24-9/28: https://www.smore.com/tukpj
Week of 9/17-9/2: https://www.smore.com/tcejb
Week of 9/10-9/14: https://www.smore.com/a9jsg
Week of 9/3-9/7: https://www.smore.com/73nbg
Time off Request now in DocuSign - Save this link
Moving forward, all leave requests will be completed via DocuSign. Save the below link for future time off requests. Detailed instructions attached below.
Link:
Semester Withdrawals
If you have families that notify you they are going to withdraw the student at the end of the semester, you can submit the withdrawal through DocuSign at any time. You must use 1/16/19 as the Last Day of Attendance on the survey – if that day is listed, we will hold the WD until after S1/Q2 grades post before we process the withdrawal. If the current day is used (or a past date), we will process those withdrawals normally.
If you would also include a comment stating “semester withdrawal,” that would be helpful as well.