Monday Memo
Weekly Campus and Principal Update
Congratulations to our 4 Educator Grant Winners!
Chris Coats ~ Warrior PALooza $2,500
Robyn Delahunt~ Incentive Store $1,000
Christine Miller ~ Thread Lessons $1,500
Ron Planks ~ ETHOS Ethnic Teens Honoring and Owning Success $1,481
We are PROUD of you and excited to watch your programs grow and benefit our students and community!
1% Raise in December
On your December 20th pay check, you will receive a 1% raise of your base pay midpoint salary. This means that any stipends or extra duty pay you receive are not calculated into the 1%. This also means that the calculation is based on the midpoint (Control) of the range of salary that is attached to your paygrade. Teachers with a Bachelors Degree are on the 820 grade, and those with a Masters Degree are on an 830 scale. I am including the link to the Compensation Plan for your calculation of expected $. The formula is the midpoint (Control) daily rate x 189 days x 1%. I have included a picture below for an estimate daily rate. New hires for this year are not eligible for the raise and will have no change in the December check. For questions, please contact Noel McBee.
http://www.pisd.edu/employment/compensationplan/CompensationPlanDocument2013-2014.pdf
Reminders from Ms. Theodore:
1. 2nd semester failures must be entered in Google Docs by 4:00pm on 11/18 – Student Success Initiative
2. Teacher of the Year nominations will be tallied today (11/18/13)
3. Updating gradebooks; November 26th is the 3 week check point for eligibility. Students are counting on teachers to have grades in by 4:30 when the report in generated.
4. Field Trip Requests for Spring 2014; due 11/26/13 – forms are on the share drive (Share drive, Williams, Field Trip)
In the News!
NIce article in the UT Dallas News Center on Ramy Mahmoud ~ Thank you for sharing, Ron! Click here: http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/11/15-27351_Alumnus-Named-Secondary-Teacher-of-Year-in-Plano-I_story-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsEmail
Happy November Birthdays!
Congrats to Julie Wyatt 11/3, Doug Flores 11/5, Lance Barasch 11/10, Tom Quigley 11/11, Andrea Doerr 11/17, Kay Ellis 11/17, Alexis Antwine 11/20, Grace Espinoza 11/24, and Lisa Delacruz 11/24! Many Happy Returns!
Truancy ~ Timeliness is Everything!
As a reminder, when Ms. Kamien requests your report for a child going to court, we MUST have your report at the due date. We are not able to represent ourselves effectively without your input. Judge Payton reviews EVERY teacher report and asks us for yours when it is not included.
Help! I have student with a medical emergency!
When you call the front office, be prepared to give the following information for emergency response to a student or staff member:
Specific location
Name of student/staff member
Description of situation/urgency
Ex: “We need the Nurse immediately, Jane Doe fell and hit her head and is not responding”
You may call 911 before calling the front office. You will be asked whether or not 911 has been called.
Way to Go, Warriors!
Our students received a Superior rating in Saturday's UIL One Act Play competition and several individual awards - AWESOME! They put on a phenomenal show! Congrats to Andrea Johnson and Lance Barasch for coaching our kiddos so well!