TGIFAST News
February 19, 2016
Priorities for the Week
- Tuesday: Team Meeting 9-10am
Tuesday: FAST PLC 2-3pm (required)
Thursday: K12 Promising Practices Conference
Thursday by 11am: SS tracker uploaded to One Drive
Friday: HS Staff Meeting 9:30-10:00am
Friday: 3-8 Staff Meeting 10:30-11:30am
Friday by noon: timesheets due
Upcoming Meetings & Trainings
- 2/23: FAST PLC at 2:00--Motivation (required)
- 2/25: K12 Promising Practices Conference (optional but strongly encouraged)
- 3/1: FAST NPD at 2:00--211 Panel (optional)
- 3/8: FAST PLC at 2:00--LC Interactions and Supporting State Testing (required)
- 3/18: All Staff March STAAR Training 12:00-1:30 (required)
- 3/24: FAST NPD at 2:00--Mental Health Concerns in Referrals (optional)
- 4/7: FAST NPD at 2:00--Compassion Fatigue, Burn-Out & Self-Care (optional)
- 4/12: FAST PLC at 2:00--Getting Students Across the Finish Line (required)
- 4/22: All Staff May STAAAR Training 12:00-1:30 (required)
- 4/24: FAST NPD at 2:00--Most Challenging Cases & Flagging Students for Support (required)
- 6/14: All Staff Summer Testing Training 9:30-10:30 (required)
*For K12 trainings, you need to enroll in any sessions at least one hour prior to the training.
"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
~Abraham Lincoln
Reminders & Updates
The 3-8 staff meeting was cancelled for today.
- The next Students First update meeting is next Friday. Please have all referral tracker notes and details updated by noon on Wednesday. Remember to mark “yes” or “no” for BOT plan.
- The K12 Suicide Prevention training previously scheduled for October has been rescheduled to March 4th at 1pm. During this session participants will learn more about teen suicide and how they can play a role in its prevention. Includes discussion, an overview of evidence based programs and resources for schools and families. Please enroll on the K12 training site if you are interested in attending.
K12 released a new feature in Total View under the “Manage Courses” that allows anyone on our staff to place a student into a classroom. Please know that no one should be adding kiddos to classrooms except for Operations, admin, and other approved individuals.
Welcome Call Notes
Remember that all notes need to be posted within 2 weeks of the student’s start date!
- Start date 2/8: note posted by 2/19
- Start date 2/16: note posted by 2/26
FEC Corner
Mentor Meet Ups!
Do you think your new learning coaches would like to be connected with some experienced learning coaches? This is a great time for any learning coach to be encouraged, get some tips, and make new connections. They are being held in Sarah Robinson’s room (link is sent out to families) at 4:00pm. Below are the upcoming dates.
3/1, 3/24, 4/5, 4/28, 5/10
Here is the link to the latest Family Newsletter:
Request Time Off
If you would like to request off any personal, vacation, or sick time, please click on the link below and fill out the survey. You will also use the below link if you want to cancel any requested time off.
Here is the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1M-HZxBH23EL4D6KeiSunr7iTWkzPJK86Y2p5tEpr_no/viewform?c=0&w=1
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
March 12: Nidia Ampadu
March 28: April Johnson
To add your birthday to our list, click on the link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1VOdzcbQWZ_WWSix-H6zgOn9gB9qVCWdkWt_gTUEXg6o/viewform?c=0&w=1
FAST Successes
SHOUT OUTS!
To: Misti & Gisell
From: Heather
They have both been extremely helpful showing me the way to find and do things where otherwise I would have been ʺlost.ʺ They are amazing!!!
This area will allow our team to give a shout out to another FAST team member! If you would like to post one, click on the link below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XZZfonebwhGIz80twdPyzv4Ml64yDcfNZtPp8s1ubJY/viewform?c=0&w=1
Helpful Web Sites
Tech Ticket/Help:
TXVA Start:
K12 Start:
FAST K12 Sharepoint:
https://k12inc.sharepoint.com/sites/SchoolServices/StudentsFirst/FAST/Pages/default.aspx
FAST K12 Dropbox:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/c12bnkd310lbtbv/AAA2ey_32DGX8kPPAcQcHv7na?dl=0
K12 Training Site:
FAST MISSION
The Family Academic Support Team’s Goal is to ENGAGE students in their education, EQUIP families with the necessary tools, ENCOURAGE them to be successful, EMPOWER families to meet EXPECTATIONS.
TXVA MISSION
Not just a school, but an opportunity where every moment matters.