TGIFAST News
January 29, 2016
Priorities for the Week
Today: 3-8 Staff Meeting 10:30-11:30am
Today by noon: timesheets due
Today by 5:00pm: pulse check survey follow-up posted in TVS
Sunday: Region 10 Compliancy Courses due
Monday by 8:30am: SS tracker uploaded to One Drive (HS Only)
Monday: expense reports due
Tuesday: Team Meeting 9-10am
Thursday by 11am: SS tracker uploaded to One Drive
Friday: All Staff Testing Security Training (required) 12-2pm
Upcoming Meetings & Trainings
- 2/5: All Staff Testing Security Training 12:00-2:00 (required)
- 2/9: FAST PLC at 2:00--Retaining Students (required)
- 2/12: Virtual All Staff PD 9:00am - 1:00pm (required)
- 2/23: FAST PLC at 2:00--Motivation (required)
- 2/25: K12 Promising Practices Conference (optional but strongly encouraged)
- 3/18: All Staff March STAAR Training 12:00-1:30 (required)
- 4/22: All Staff May STAAAR Training 12:00-1:30 (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.
Important Dates
2/1: January Expense Reports due
2/12: Virtual PD all staff 9am-1pm
2/15: President’s Day Holiday
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"The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.”
~Vince Lombardi
Reminders & Updates
You may have seen the email (I see it was sent to the 3-8 team) that TXVA and TOPS teachers will receive 7 weeks of summer vacation. Please know that, unfortunately, that only applies to teachers and not the FAST team, advisors, counselors, administration, or office staff.
HS Team: You do not need to attend the HS staff PD on February 5th.
- HS Staffing Updates:
-HS English teacher RaDricka Ford’s last day is next Wednesday
- On February 8th Candice West will start with the HS as a Family Consumer Science/Nutrition teacher. She is taking Holly’s position since Holly is now a dept chair.
Welcome Call Notes
Remember that all notes need to be posted within 2 weeks of the student’s start date!
- Start date 1/19: note posted by 1/29 (*This means ALL HS newbies!)
- Start date 1/25: note posted by 2/5
- Start date 2/1: note posted by 2/12
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.
2/2/16, 2/16/16
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!
January 30: Stacy Head
February 3: Angela Daniel
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
SHOUT OUTS!
There are no Shout Outs this week.
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.