Union Park Community Connection
Newsletter 5.17.19
Greetings~
Professional Photographs
Construction is coming along nicely!
Summer Professional Development
Denton ISD does a fabulous job of supporting our teachers, even in the summer. I have spoken with the curriculum department and they are aware that it takes time to process new employees in the HR department. We don't want that to interfere with your professional growth. They have agreed to allow any Union Park teacher who wishes to attend summer PD to join a session. Just be sure you write your name clearly so that you can receive credit once school has started and you have a district email address.
Below are additional summer sessions that are offered by the district:
TIA (Technology in Action) Summer PD~July 16th & 17th
Gifted & Talented PD for Teachers
Assessment for Learning~May 30th & 31st
This is a PD that I will pay from our budget. It is a two-day training. Please let me know if you are attending to keep track for budget purposes. Click on the link below for sessions:
Summer Seminar~ May 28th & 29th
District Websites for teachers
The district is eliminating blackboard personal websites. The new requirement will be to post a link to an outside website such as Wix, Weebly or Google sites. To give you guys a head start as we are building the Union Park website, could you please create a personal website. The only information you will need to have at this time is your bio and pictures to help introduce you to parents and staff. I have attached links to a few sites, you only need to use the free version unless you want additional services. Mr. Meek, our webpage manager, will be available to help. Do not hesitate to contact him. Once you have your site address please email the link to him at tmeek@dentonisd.org.
Website Builders
Wix - https://www.wix.com/
Weebly https://www.weebly.com/
Google Sites
https://sites.google.com/g.dentonisd.org/mrs-longtin-third-grade/home
https://sites.google.com/g.dentonisd.org/mssilvermanskindergarten/home
https://sites.google.com/g.dentonisd.org/5th-grade-lockett/about-ms-lockett