JCS Staff Newsletter

I hope that you enjoyed your break and had an opportunity to relax and recharge. 2022 is going to be an exciting year in Johnson City Schools! It is important to start the new year by thanking you for everything you do for your students and families. Regardless of your role or title, you are an integral part of Johnson City Schools. I hope that everyone will continue to work to help one another make it a successful year. Each day that we have with our students is very important. It has been a demanding year, but you continue to navigate the challenges and build strong relationships with your students, families, and community. We appreciate you.

By mid-January, we will inform teachers of their placements as we begin the 2022-2023 school year with two 6-8 middle schools and returning the 5th graders to our elementary schools. This will be an exciting transition for our community.

Again, thank you for everything you do. Johnson City Schools is the best because of your hard work and dedication to your students, school, colleagues, and community.

Sincerely,

Steve Barnett, Ed.D.

Superintendent

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.

January 17 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Holiday)

Click here to view Printable Calendars for 2021-2022 and 2022-2023

Thanks to the generosity of so many, we were able to donate $25,634 to the United Way of East Tennessee Highlands. These funds will go a long way to help numerous non-profits in our community. THANK YOU!

If you contributed the amount to receive a jean ticket, those will be coming to your United Way representative by next week. They will place then place them in your mailbox. The jean tickets will be available to use until the end of December 2022.

Now that winter weather is upon us, here is a reminder of Johnson City Schools Inclement Weather Procedures for staff:

2-hour delay:
Certified Staff - follow the delay schedule
Classified Staff - Arrive as soon as safely possible. Staff will be given the opportunity to make up any time missed due to unsafe road conditions. If the missed time is not made up or comp time used, pay will be adjusted.
ECLC Teachers - Arrive as directed by Principal

School Closing:
Certified Staff - Do not report to school
Classified Staff
Educational Assistants and other 10 Month Classified Staff – Do not report to school
11 and 12-month classified staff – Arrive as soon a safely possible. If the employee missed the full day or the majority of the day, the employee will need to take personal or vacation time: for less than four hours missed, the employee will be given an opportunity to make up the time or may use time-off available. If the missed time is not made up or time-off is used, pay will be adjusted.
ECLC Teachers – Do not report to school

Early Close:
Certified Staff - leave after all students are safely dismissed.
Classified Staff - follow the directive of your principal.
ECLC Teachers - leave after all students are safely dismissed.

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.

Join Dr. Nancy Miles for "Nearpod: Ramp Up Student Engagement" on January 27, 2022. This session is from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. at South Side Elementary School.

Register using your PD account in the SSO Portal.

All new certified and classified staff members hired after September 15, 2021, should complete the New Hire Compliance Training. Go to the PD icon in the SSO Portal, authorize Canvas to access your account and register for the correct training. Please complete the training within 30 days of your start date. Classified staff members should request a new Canvas account from Tina Faust (faustc@jcschools.org) prior to registering. Certified staff members will automatically receive a Canvas account. Contact me for assistance with this process.

Visit our Professional Learning department web page to learn more about ordering die-cuts and classroom resources from The Learning Center. Contact Tracey Coffey with any questions at coffeyt@jcschools.org or (423) 434-5218. ~Tracey Coffey, TLC Manager

Through the use of the Bloomz app, parents can receive immediate feedback. Immediate feedback between parents and teachers is one of the advantages of digital communication, building and supporting positive parent-teacher relationships. How happy would little Suzie’s parents be to see a picture of her reading quietly to herself (say, if this was a struggle for her)? The whole class doesn’t need this picture and that added personal, specific feedback shared further supports a teacher’s relationship with the parents.

Read more here

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, February 7 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.