Sept. 27 Friday Facts

#HCISDPrideBeginsWithYou Friday Facts September 27, 2019

September 27 2019 UPCOMING DATES IMPORTANT LINKS September ● 19-20 District PLC Dates ● 19-20 G/T Compliance ● 30-District All Content PLC- ELEM Pre-K @PAC Aspiring Principal Academy @C&I Calendar LHS Open House ● 19-20 G/T Professional October Learning Guidelines ● Hays CISD Assessment ● 1-District ELAR/SLAR PLC- ELEM 3rd @PAC District Leadership Meeting (DLT) @PAC Plan ● District Calendar ● 2-District Literacy PLC- ELEM 1st Group A @PAC ● 3-District Literacy PLC- ELEM 1st Group B @Old Buda ES Upper ● 4-Elementary IC Meeting@ Elm Grove Elementary For the most up to date information view the Public Folders and Department Calendars Click HERE for the How To Document for adding public folders with the department calendars to your personal Outlook Calendar.

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Chief and Deputy Academic Officer Updates Action Items ● Please ensure to collect lunch forms. Goal is 100% Informational Items ● Review TTESS timeline to ensure compliance ● Make sure to check in on a weekly basis of students at impact ● Make sure students are goal setting! This is a great tool for students to track their growth and be motivated! ● One hour of walks a day Sandra Dowdy, Michael O’Guin, Jennifer Garcia, Jesus Gomez, Sami Kinsey

Curriculum and Instruction Action Items Upcoming Writing Tasks for 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Our Literacy Team will be scoring the 4th grade compositions. We will collect the 4th Grade Writing Tasks from the Instructional Coaches at our IC Meeting on October 4th. 4th Grade Composition Collection Directions- - Ensure every child has a composition and that it has the child’s first name, last name, campus, and teacher - Make a copy of the compositions to use at the campus PLC - The compositions should be in alphabetical order with a class roster on top - Bring the compositions to the IC Meeting on October 4th - Writing prompts should be written on the STAAR lined paper provided for the assessments. - The rubrics for the writing tasks are posted under the Assessment Button on the Content Site. - Campuses should set aside time to adjacent score their compositions with their teams in PLC. Remember to follow the Writing Task Assessment guidelines in the Hays CISD Assessment Guidelines on the Content Site for administration of the writing tasks. Informational Items Social Studies District PLC October 22 ● DBQ training for all Social Studies teachers ● AM and PM session (mixed MS and HS) ○ Half of your SS teachers attend in the AM – 8am – 11am ○ Half of your SS teaches attend in the PM – 12:45 – 3:45 ○ Share subs ● For non-STAAR social studies courses, this is the only district PLC day ELAR/SLAR Kindergarten District PLC We had our Kindergarten District PLCs this week. Here is the link for what was presented at the PLC. September Kinder ELA District PLC Presentation September Kinder Math District PLC Presentation Derek McDaniel

Advanced Academics Action Items ● AP Registration is open! High school principals, please remind students and parents of the timeline below and of the opportunity to apply for additional financial assistance here. ● As of Thursday, September 26, 140 students district-wide have applied for additional financial assistance. Great work getting the word out; this is 94 more students than we had last week! High schools, please continue to make sure that students know of this opportunity. The deadline for students to apply for additional financial assistance is Friday, October 4. Informational Items ● PSAT will be administered to sophomores and juniors on October 16. Between now and then is the PERFECT time for juniors to be spending about 20 minutes a day on Khan Academy to prep to boost their scores from last year. Consider sharing this information with parents. ● PSAT 8/9 will be offered to 8th grade students on October 23 Joy Philpott

Gifted and Talented Services Action Items ● Campus Showcase: Each campus should hold a showcase between March and May. It should be held in the evening and can be combined with another event. Please submit the date for your campus on the document found at THIS LINK by September 30. ● G/T Walk-throughs - Elementary sign up Secondary sign up Please sign up if you haven’t done so. We want to come out and see how your students are being served. Informational Items Upcoming Meetings: ● October 7 - GTAC meeting from 4:30 to 5:30 at Barton Middle School Room 203 ● October 23 - Meeting for Parents/Guardians Interested in Having Their Child Assessed for G/T Services will be held at the PAC at 6:30 Tish Cawley

State Assessments and Accountability Action Items The District Data 19-20 folder is where we will be placing our district-level CBA, Interim, and Benchmark data. All campus principals and Instructional Coaches have been given editing rights to their Area Campus Data sheets as well as the new Targeted Support Campus Data sheet. Principals, if there are any other staff member(s) you wish to have editing rights, you may give that access to them. This folder is shared in the ILT folder as well. For the new Targeted Support sheet (now for all campuses), campuses will enter their % Meets for Reading and Math District Assessments. If you have any questions, please contact Kevin Mal. Informational Items Kevin Malandruccolo

Federal Programs, State Reports and Grants Action Items Due December 9, 2019 Cash Award up to $25,000!!! Click Here for Full Weblink Click Here to Nominate a Teacher Click Here to Apply as a Teacher Click Here to Apply as a Teacher (.pdf) Click Here to Nominate a Principal Click Here to Apply as a Principal Click Here to Apply as a Principal (.pdf) Dr. Sharrah Pharr

Career and Technical Education (CTE) Action Items View schedules of Manufacturing Day October 4th, 2019 ● Hays High School Schedule - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kmykELqAeYFaLxdtTpb2FBrHixxuSQf9 ● Lehman High School Schedule - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rD6Kir8X_LKyWmjDtTI0xOhrEz2yepTC Informational Items Mark Your Calendars: October 4th - Manufacturing Day January 16th - COW Day Suzi Mitchell

Digital Learning Action Items Nominate someone from your campus who is leading in their classrooms as an innovative teacher! CLICK HERE for the nomination form! PK-3 Teachers have access to Reading A-z and RAZ-Plus. If you need assistance with this please request your DLC. Informational Items Join in the conversation happening on Twitter! We are on our last question in our September #haysedchat Emily Herrin

Guidance and Counseling Action Items No Place for Hate Submissions due October 15, 2019. ● 3 activities ● One must be from the ADL No Place for Hate Guide. PSAT/NMSQT Oct. 16, 2019 PSAT 8 Oct. 23, 2019 Informational Items ● Red Ribbon Week- Oct. 21-25, 2019 ● ES Counselor University- Oct. 2 8:30-10:30 ● HS Lead and CCR Counselor University-Oct. 2 2:30- 4:30 ● At Risk Professionals Meeting- Oct. 3 9:00-10:30 ● MS Counselor University and PSAT 8 Training 1:00- 2:30 Charlotte Winklemann

Human Resources Action Items No action items at this time Informational Items Stipends: If any of your staff members did not receive their stipend in their September paycheck for the 2019-2020 school year, please complete a PAN. They will receive their stipend beginning in October. Further, please remind your employees to review their pay stub to ensure their pay is correct. T-TESS: If you hire a teacher between September 6 and January 29, please make arrangements to provide them with T-TESS Training on campus. They must be trained within 15 days of their start date. Our next district-level T-TESS training will be on January 30, 2020. Documentation Training: ★ Lunch & Learn - Sign up via Eduphoria ★ October 2, 2019 ★ 11 am - 12 pm ★ PAC Book Study/Talk: The OZ Principle, Read Chapter 2 ★ Lunch & Learn - Sign up via Eduphoria ★ October 18, 2019 ★ 11 am - 12 pm & 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm ★ PAC Marivel Sedillo

Academic Support Action Items No action items at this time Informational Items ● 504 Coordinators: Thank you all for your dedication to our students and your commitment to our processes. Feel free to contact me if you have questions about 504, dyslexia, RtI or homebound services. ● 504 Coordinators: Mark your calendar for October 25th. We will meet to discuss some updates to 504. Kunkel Room from 10:00 am - noon. ● 504 Coordinators: Please document that you gave families the Procedural Safeguards and document to whom you gave them. Debbie Brown

Multilingual Education and Migrant Programs Action Items FROM THE DESK OF BEN ESTRADA: TELPAS & LPAC COORDINATOR: NEW PROCEDURE FOR STUDENTS BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE SIMON OR LEHMAN NEWCOMER ARRIVAL CENTER (NAC): ● Effective immediately, please start using the following form: Dear LPAC Chairs and LPAC Clerks: Informational Items ● The Multilingual Department is looking for Language Learner Rock Star Teachers in Hays CISD! On a monthly basis, we want to recognize staff who are making a positive impact on our Language Learners, academically and social-emotionally. ● Criteria for nominations: implementation of Bilingual/ESL/LOTE practices, including but not limited to, the 7 Steps to a Language Rich Classroom, Sheltered Instruction, Talk Read, Talk Write and/or meeting students' effective language domain needs. ○ Language Learner Nomination Form Patricia Melgar-Cook

Special Education Action Items No action items at this time Informational Items Here is another legal update from our friends at Walsh Gallegos. This article shares more on aversive techniques and SB 712. This applies to all students, not just students in special education. It’s worth the read and should definitely be shared with staff and any SROs you have. This Just In-Legal Update Nadine Hogan

Early Childhood Action Items ● Circle Foundation Training - Oct. 8th and Oct. 22 ○ Please ensure that all new PK teachers have submitted their sub requests for these two days. ○ All new to PK teachers will attend this 2 day training at Region 13 Informational Items ● PK District Wide PLC - Sept. 30th ○ Teachers need to request their subs, budget code will be sent to campus secretary. ○ Campus ICs are welcome to join us. ● Report Card ○ Has been finalized and will be shared with Admin. 9/27 ○ Teachers will receive training on Monday during PLC. Patty Santoyo

Student Health Services Action Items ● No actions at this time Informational Items ● Reminder about Flu clinics! Be sure to share with your staff Staff can attend any of the clinics. See the link for the district schedule ● Staff Flu Vaccine information letter Karrie (Macie) Walker

Student Information Systems (SIS) Action Items ● No action items at this time. Informational Items ● 9/27 - School Start Window closes. All 7-12 students who did not re-enroll or graduate must have a documented leaver status within this date to prevent being reported as dropouts. ● 10/25 - Fall PEIMS Snapshot date. ● OnData Suite: https://105906.ondatasuite.com/index.php/gate/login ○ Login - same username and password as computer. ○ Unable to load current year data at this time. Email [email protected] for data requests. ● Important SIS Dates chart ● How to Monitor Unprocessed Discipline Referrals in TEAMS Dana Braun