McMillen Minute
Week of January 14
Baby Sylvia Rae Anderson's first Christmas (Stephanie Shields)
District News
Employee Transfers
Employee Transfer
Voluntary transfers for professionals and support staff are an opportunity for employees to explore other positions within their campus/department or District. These are not the same as transfers due to programmatic changes or student enrollment.
All campus positions, support staff and professional, must meet the following guidelines:
- Effective 2018-2019 school year, campus employees seeking a lateral transfer must be at the current campus a minimum of two school years, unless moving into a position defined as a promotion. A promotion is defined by the advancement of an employee within Plano ISD to a new position/higher pay range that may result in a title change, pay increase and/or additional responsibilities associated with the new position.
- Deadline for lateral transfers: Last instructional day of the year
Transfer Requests
- The Employee must first apply online by using the TEAMS Employee Transfer. FANS and Transportation employees must contact the PISD Help Desk for their User ID and Password in order to submit a transfer.
- The employee must notify the current supervisor when the employee has completed the initial transfer request, as well as any future transfer requests thereafter.
- The employee is encouraged to send a letter of interest and a resume to the Principal and/or Supervisor regarding the open position(s) they are interested in.
- It is the employee's responsibility to monitor open positions in the district.
Supervisor Approval
- The employee must notify the current supervisor when the employee has completed the initial transfer request, as well as any future transfer requests thereafter.
- The current supervisor must approve the transfer in TEAMS before the employee may interview for positions in the district.
- Supervisors are responsible for the timely approval of transfer requests from eligible employees.
Campus News
Campus Professional Development
When: January 29th
Where: Orchestra Room
Topic: Safety and Security
High School Expo
The High School Expo will be from 6:00-7:15 p.m., Thursday, January 17th. department chairs are expected to be in attendance for the evening, but you may be asked to assist your department with our incoming 9th graders. This is an opportunity to showcase course offerings, performing arts, athletics, CATE and other programs before they accept an invitation to attend one of the academies. Please indicate who will represent your team at the Expo by clicking on the link. I will ask Paula to order pizza for those teachers.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Pk-MNOPJXFP3eSugJATJ61LuNWELzYTD1DvFWwwURE4/edit?usp=sharing
Homeroom Assembly
We will meet with students during homeroom on Thursday, January 17th. The purpose will be to revisit student expectations during school and lions lunch. Please click on the link and add topics you would like for us to include. Please include student strengths. I want to share some positive feedback from the first semester as well. A schedule will go out with the time you are to escort your students to the gym.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13ABqdTPQDE0BETDTUMVJOPT8osz3PsBbipD5MzHYmbA/edit?usp=sharing
Movies and Clips
- Movies or clips must be a part of the District approved curriculum or obtained from the video streaming library collections and must be from specific production companies with licensing agreements .
- Whole periods spent watching movies strictly for entertainment are not appropriate. Movies and clips should enrich the written curriculum and students should have some academic responsibility such as completing a study guide, taking notes or writing reflection pieces on the material covered.
Holiday Cookies, Cakes and Candy Are Still Undefeated
If you lost the battle against the holiday treats and you want to shed some of those unwanted pounds, join the McMillen Biggest Loser Challenge. Please see Kamden in the sped office for details. To join, you must weigh-in by Friday, January 18th.