Hackberry Howl
Love-Serve-Care
Vol.5 No.2
Welcome Back!
A new year is upon us! I hope you are relaxed, recharged and ready to start a new school year. I am so thankful that you are part of our amazing Hackberry Family.
This week we had an opportunity to welcome our new teachers and show them they are joining a family of the friendliest, most inclusive and positive staff anywhere.
As I think about the upcoming school year, I’m very excited about the chapter we are about to write. We will remain steadfast to the commitments we began last year to become a strong PLC campus all while building strong relationships with our students, parents and the community.
Keep Howling!
-SR
Detailed Schedule for Fall Kick-Off
FamiLE Workday
Wednesday, August 7th is a FamiLE workday and we will have several staff members from Zellars on campus for support. If you would like assistant submit the form below. After submitting print off the form and tape it outside your room.
Required Trainings:
1. SafeSchools, the annual required compliance training, is now available. Due to current nationwide issues, some additional trainings are required this year. You will find training videos dealing with health emergencies, child nutrition, bullying, human trafficking, copyright infringement, and more. The deadline to complete the SafeSchools training is August 31, 2019. If you do not receive the email from SafeSchools, please check your Spam folder. Last year, many of the emails from SafeSchools were filtered to employee’s Spam boxes. If you do not receive an email at all, please contact Erik Lokken (elokken@leisd.ws) so that he can verify the email and resend the information.
2. Hackberry Back to School CANVAS Courses https://leisd.instructure.com/courses/11291
Back to School Courses can be found in the Hackberry Faculty and Staff Course in CANVAS. To access the courses simply click on the Back to school button on the hope page. You will need to watch each video and take the required quiz. These need to be completed by August 13th @ 3:00PM. If you need help or have questions, see Stephen Richardson srichardson@leisd.ws
3. Little Elm ISD T-TESS teacher overview.
The purpose of this course is to learn about the Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System, also known as T-TESS. The orientation course is designed to ensure that you develop a clear understanding of the system, its implications for teacher evaluations, and its role in enhancing teaching and learning in every classroom in Little Elm ISD.
This course has enabled open enrollment. Students can self-enroll in the course:URL: https://leisd.instructure.com/enroll/G63BH4. Alternatively, they can sign up at https://leisd.instructure.com/register and use the following join code: G63BH4
Please note the following:
- Due Date for ALL New Teachers is August 31st
- Due Date for Late Hires (Those who start after August 5th) have 10 "classroom" days after their start date to complete the course.
Building Access
Week of August 5th-9th
7:00-9:00
Weekend of August 10th-11th
7:00-9:00
Week of 12th-13th
7:00-9:00
Fill out the google form below
Contact Information:
Email: Srichardson@littleelmisd.net
Cell Phone: (940) 391-3864
Jill Whitehead
Email: Jwhitehead@littleelmisd.net
Cell Phone: (903) 456-4004
Sandra Garces
Email: Sgarces@littleelmisd.net
Cell Phone:(214) 682-6339