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GOOD MORNING.[1. CALL TO ORDER]
LET'S SEE.TOM IS WHISPERING IN MY EAR, AND HE SAYS WE NEED TO CALL OURSELVES TO ORDER LIKE THIS IS A REGULAR MEETING.
SO MADAME SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? WE DO.
OH, AND JAN IS WHISPERING IN THE OTHER EAR, TELLING ME I DIDN'T CALL TO ORDER.
ALL RIGHT, I CALL, I CALL THE THIRD SAY JANUARY TWENTY SEVENTH MEETING OF THE EISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER.
SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? WE STILL HAVE A QUORUM.
OK, THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS OPEN FORUM, AND NOBODY HAS SIGNED UP FOR
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OPEN FORUM THIS MORNING.UH, THAT'S UH, THAT'S AN EASY BUTTON.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO SAY MUCH TODAY.
THAT'S NEITHER, ARE YOU? JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE THAT'S THE PLAN.
SO WE'RE GOING INTO THE SUMMIT, WHICH IS BASICALLY THREE MEETINGS OVER THE COURSE OF A WEEK AND A HALF, IS THE PLAN TO MAKE SURE ANYONE OUT THERE WATCHING THIS KNOWS WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SEE TODAY IF THEY'RE WATCHING TODAY.
THIS YEAR WE HAVE A NEW FACILITATOR.
WILL BE USING HER NAME IS AMY JACOBS, AND SHE'S WITH TASSA AND SHE IS OUT THERE IN CYBERSPACE WATCHING THIS AS WELL TODAY, SO SHE'LL BE UP TO SPEED ON WHAT GOES ON TODAY.
SO THE IDEA OF KEEPING THE END IN MIND IS WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH A COUPLE OF THINGS OVER THESE DAYS.
ONE, WE WANT TO AND THIS WILL HAPPEN TODAY.
WE WANT TO GET REPORTS OUT FROM EVERY SINGLE AREA, OK? A YEAR AGO, WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO THIS, OK? WHAT'S HAPPENED IN A YEAR ON WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO? AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TODAY MULTIPLE PEOPLE COMING UP ONE AFTER ANOTHER AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE JUST GIVING YOU INFORMATION, OK? YOU HAVE COPIES OF ALL THE SLIDES.
I THINK YOU'VE GOT OK, YOU HAVE GOT WELL, THEY WERE SENT VIA EMAIL.
SO I'M SAYING YES, THEY WERE SET.
IF YOU DON'T, WILL GET THEM TO YOU, I PROMISE.
BUT YOU HAVE COPIES OF THE SLIDES.
WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD BE THIS TODAY IS IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, WHATEVER THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, JOT THEM DOWN, YOU KNOW, JUST IF YOU WANT TO BE TYPING THEM INTO SOMETHING, I DON'T CARE.
BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IF IT'S A QUESTION YOU THINK IS FOR JEREMY, LABEL IT.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS FOR JEREMY OR, YOU KNOW, JUST PUT THEM IN BUCKETS.
AND IF YOU PUT THEM IN BUCKETS WITH PEOPLE, WE CAN HANDLE THAT, OK? IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO PUT THEM IN BUCKETS.
ANY TECHNOLOGY INSTEAD OF SAYING, KRISTIE, YOU CAN DO THAT, BUT I THINK PEOPLE'S NAMES WOULD BE MORE HELPFUL TO ME.
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO DO IS THEN EMAIL ALL THOSE QUESTIONS TO ONE POINT OF CONTACT, IF THAT'S OK, IF YOU CAN EMAIL THOSE TO TIFFANY.
WHAT TIFFANY WILL THEN DO IS SHE'LL PUT THOSE QUESTIONS INTO GOOGLE DOCS THAT ALL THESE PEOPLE NEED TO GET A HOLD OF.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO IF THERE IS A CHANCE BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT THURSDAY, IF YOU SEND A QUESTION OUT THAT WE CAN GET AN ANSWER TO YOU JUST WRITTEN, THAT'LL MAKE US MORE EFFICIENT WHEN WE GET TO NEXT THURSDAY.
UM, YOU ALSO MAY BE IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU KNOW YOUR QUESTION DOESN'T HIT YOU UNTIL WEDNESDAY OR YOU RATHER DO IT IN DIALOG, SO TO GIVE A LITTLE PREVIEW, JUST A LITTLE PREVIEW OF NEXT THURSDAY.
NEXT THURSDAY, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE'LL BE DOING IS GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TRUSTEES TO INTERFACE WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE DOING THE REPORTS TODAY AND ACTUALLY ASK QUESTIONS, AND IT MIGHT BE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THE ONE YOU MAILED EMAILED IN.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? EVERYONE'S GOOD THERE.
THE IDEA, IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL, IT'S LIKE A BASEBALL GAME, WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR NINE INNINGS AND THE GAME IS GOING TO BE OVER AND WE'RE ALL GOING TO GO HOME.
SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF EVERYTHING WORKS RIGHT IS BY THE END OF THE DAY, FRIDAY, NEXT FRIDAY.
WITH ANY LUCK, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRELIMINARY LIST OF WHAT WE THINK ARE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES WILL LOOK LIKE FROM A BIG END FROM FROM FROM A 50000 FOOT VIEW AS WE WALK OUT OF THE MEETING.
WE WILL NOT VOTE ON IT THEN, BUT WE'LL HAVE AN IDEA WHAT WE THINK THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
SO ADMINISTRATION HAS SOME DIRECTION TO START PUTTING IT INTO DOCUMENTS THAT YOU CAN LATER APPROVE.
OK? AND THERE'LL BE TIME BETWEEN THE FRIDAY AND THE LATER APPROVE, WHERE YOU'LL BE GIVEN MORE INPUT ALONG THE WAY.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? BUT IN THE PAST, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW IT'S GOING TO GO THIS YEAR, WE LOOK AT THE
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OLD PRIORITIES WE HAD.WE KIND OF EXAMINE THEM AND WE SAY WHAT HAPPENED WITH THEM.
WHAT DO WE THINK NEEDS TO BE TWEAKED, CHANGED OR ELIMINATED? YOU KNOW, AND THEN AFTER WE KIND OF GET THAT DONE, WE KIND OF SAY, IS THERE SOMETHING NEW THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED OR ENHANCED? AND SO IT'S NOT NUCLEAR SCIENCE.
IT'S LIKE, WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING? WHAT DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE? WE RECOGNIZE WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING.
WHERE DO WE WANT TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS? GOOD.
AS I MAKE SURE TRUSTEE, I WANT TO I'M JUST TRYING TO.
NOW WE HAVE A BREAK BUILT IN AT A CERTAIN POINT.
THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY'RE GOING TO BE VERY EFFICIENT.
THEY DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT WE'VE SET IT UP NOW THAT THEIR SLIDES WILL MOVE EVERY 15 SECONDS, WHETHER THEY'RE DONE OR NOT.
OK, THAT'LL ALLOW US TO KEEP IT.
THAT WAS A JOKE, OK? BUT THEIR SLIDES, THEY'RE GOING TO BE TRY TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS THEY CAN.
BUT THEY ALSO ARE PROUD OF THE WORK THEY'VE BEEN DOING, AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR TO YOU AND THE CLEARER THEY ARE TODAY.
PERHAPS LESS QUESTIONS WE MIGHT HAVE LATER.
SO OTHER THAN MAYBE TELLING YOU WHEN WE'RE DOING BREAK OR ARNETT, I'M GOING TO BE VERY QUIET.
THESE GUYS ARE JUST GOING TO COME UP.
AS YOU CAN SEE, I'M GOING TO LET THEM DO IT.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES FOR ME? BEFORE WE GET STARTED.
OK, THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO BE.
OK, GUYS, THAT CLICKER SHOULD WORK.
I'M GOING TO LET YOU MOVE SLIDES AND BE SURE YOU TURN YOUR MICS ON WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING AND.
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES JUST FOR ANYBODY WHO'S OUT THERE.
GOOD MORNING, WE'RE SO EXCITED TO BE HERE.
I WOULD LOVE TO INTRODUCE KATHERINE TITUS, WHO WAS ANNOUNCED TUESDAY.
SHE'S OUR COORDINATOR OF ASSESSMENT.
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE HER ON BOARD WITH US.
LEONARD TOLD YOU, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE GVC GOAL AND OUR DEI STUDENT SUPPORT WILL TAKE A BREAK.
IT WILL HAVE THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENT'S HR COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS AND LONG RANGE PLANNING.
SO OUR PRESENTERS TODAY, I'M VERY PROUD TO INTRODUCE OUR TEAM.
CHAD BURNETT, OUR DIRECTOR OF STEM.
HEATHER MEEK, OUR DIRECTOR OF HUMANITIES.
AND FRED BENITEZ, WHO GETS TO BE SHARED BETWEEN ART DEPARTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY.
WE'RE EXCITED FOR HIM TO BE A PART OF OUR TEAM TOO.
SO WE WANT TO START WITH LOOKING BACK AT 2020-2021, AS YOU KNOW, WE WERE STRUCK WITH COVID 19 REMOTE AND BLENDED LEARNING ALL OF OUR I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS OFF.
ALL OF OUR MEETINGS WERE ON ZOOM.
AND SO IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THAT, WE REALLY WANTED TO CREATE SOME SUPPORT FOR OUR TEACHERS.
HOW DID WE HOW WERE WE ABLE TO HELP THEM TO REVIEW THEIR CURRICULUM, CREATE ASSESSMENTS TO DETERMINE LEARNING AND THEN FIGURE OUT WHAT NEEDED TO BE SPIRALED BACK INTO THE CURRICULUM? SO IN THE SUMMER OF 2020, WHEN WE FINALLY GOT TO HAVE OUR FIRST MEETINGS IN PERSON, WE WERE SO EXCITED TO SEE OUR TEACHERS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE PROVIDING SOME PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND WE WANTED TO CONTINUE THAT JOB-ALIKE TIME WHERE OUR TEACHERS GET TO COME TOGETHER AND DO PLANNING TOGETHER.
AND THIS SUMMER, WE HAD SOME TEA MANDATES WITH THE TEXAS READING ACADEMY'S HOUSE BILL 4545 TUTORING REQUIREMENTS HOUSE BILL 3979, WHICH TURNED INTO SENATE BILL THREE.
SO ALL OF THAT, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL CONTINUED TO HAVE SUPPORT FOR OUR TEACHERS AND PROVIDE THEM THAT JOB-ALIKE TIME WHERE THEY GET TO COME TOGETHER AND PLAN.
SO WE MADE A DECISION AS A TEAM.
WE DECIDED THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO BOMBARD OUR TEACHERS WITH A LOT OF NEW LEARNING AND BRINGING IN NEW PRISONERS.
WE WANTED TO FOCUS OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING ON THOSE FOUR BIG AREAS.
UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING.
WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT SESSIONS BEING INTERCESSION FOR OUR TEACHERS, WHO ALREADY HAD SOME BACKGROUND WITH UDL AND THEN AN ADVANCED SESSION AS WELL.
WE ALSO FELT THAT AFTER COMING OFF OF COVID, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS HAD SOME STRATEGIES FOR TRAUMA INFORMED PRACTICES AND WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REENGAGE WITH STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE STUDENTS THAT WERE IN REMOTE LEARNING.
WE ALSO HAD A SESSION ON THOUGHTFUL USE OF TECHNOLOGY WITH BOTH OUR EANES ISD TECHNOLOGY STAFF AND APPLE.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAD A DEI SESSION, WHICH WAS CALLED A CLASSROOM FOR ALL,
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MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD CLASSROOMS AND SCHOOLS THAT WERE WELCOMING FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.SO THOSE WERE THE FOUR REQUIRED SESSIONS FOR OUR AUGUST RETURNING TEACHER STAFF DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE JUST REALLY HAVE A LOT OF ADMIRATION AND GRATITUDE FOR OUR TEACHERS FOR ALL THAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE LAST TWENTY TWO MONTHS AND NOT JUST OUR TEACHERS, BUT ALL OF THE STAFF THAT HAVE HELPED TO SUPPORT THEM, THE EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS, PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND JUST EVERYBODY IN THE DISTRICT.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD SUPPORT AND BALANCE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND WE'VE SHOWED YOU THIS GRAPHIC BEFORE WE WENT IN TO HAVE AN INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS WHERE WE ARE FOCUSING ON THOSE FOUR QUESTIONS WHAT IS IT WE WANT STUDENTS TO LEARN? HOW ARE WE GOING TO KNOW IF THEY LEARN IT AND SO ON, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS AND REVITALIZING OUR CRAFT USING THOSE UDL PRINCIPLES? AND OUR OUR OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS THAT EVERY STUDENT GROWS BOTH ACADEMICALLY AND SOCIALLY, AND IT'S REALLY EVEN MORE IMPORTANT AFTER COVID.
SO HERE ARE FIVE GOALS FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.
AND OUR FIRST GOAL WAS TO IMPLEMENT EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES THAT SUPPORT INSTRUCTIONAL ACCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS THROUGH UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING.
SO SOME OF OUR OUTCOMES FOR THAT WORK, WE BROUGHT IN LEAD FORWARD PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND THEY HELPED US TO LOOK AT OUR DATA, LOOK AT THE NEW STAR 2.0 PLATFORM, MAKE SURE WE'RE READY FOR THAT.
AND JUST SOME ENGAGING INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES.
SOME OTHER OUTCOMES, WE'RE MAKING SURE AGAIN THAT WE HAVE THAT JOB ALIKE TIME.
SO MAKING SURE THAT SECOND GRADE TEACHERS AT CEDAR CREEK HAVE TIME, BUT ALSO SECOND GRADE TEACHERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT ARE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN CREATE THAT GVC.
ANOTHER OUTCOME IS OUR SUMMER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND OUR NEW TEACHER INSTITUTE, OUR AUGUST TEACHER RETURNING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SPECIFIC OR UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING AND THEN FOCUS ON THOSE PLC PRACTICES K THROUGH 12.
AND SO AT CHAD AND HEATHER, MEET WITH THOSE TEACHER LEADERS AND DEPARTMENT CHAIRS REGULARLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING ON OUR GVC.
SO OUR CURRENT WORK FOR IMPLEMENTING EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES, AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO USE MY NOTES, FRED, BECAUSE THIS IS FRED'S TERM, SAMR. YOU WANT TO HELP ME OUT, FRED BEFORE I.
.. SAMR, THE TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION FRAMEWORK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF BLEND IN WITH UDL FOR THE BEST PRACTICES FROM BOTH FRAMEWORKS FOR OUR TECH INTEGRATION? THANK YOU, FRED.
SO AGAIN, WITH THAT THOUGHTFUL USE OF TECHNOLOGY THROUGH COVID, WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD SYSTEMS IN PLACE AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SOMEONE LIKE FRED ON OUR TEAM TO HELP US WITH THOSE PRACTICES.
WE ALSO ALSO DO LEAD TEACHER PLANNING.
YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WE HAD TO BE REALLY CREATIVE WHILE WE WERE IN REMOTE AND WE PULLED TEACHERS, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE FROM TWO TO FOUR VIA ZOOM, SO THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO TAKE THEM AWAY FROM THEIR CLASSROOM ALL DAY LONG.
SO WE REALLY TRY TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THAT.
WE ALSO ARE DOING SOME CURRICULUM REDESIGN AND USING OUR TEACHER LEADERS THAT ARE EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS TO LOOK AT THOSE STANDARDS.
LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT IS ESSENTIAL, WHAT HAS TO BE COVERED AND MAYBE LOOK AT THOSE FRINGE ITEMS THAT REALLY DON'T NEED TO BE TAUGHT.
ALSO, LOOKING AT THOSE TEKS THAT ARE THE GRADE LEVEL BELOW BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS WHO MIGHT HAVE MISSED SOME CONCEPTS WHILE THEY WERE IN REMOTE LEARNING.
ANOTHER PIECE OF OUR CURRENT WORK IS THE EDUCATIONAL PARTNER INSTITUTE, AND THESE GUYS MEET WITH OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS ONCE A MONTH ON A FRIDAY, AND WE CALL IT AN EP INSTITUTE BECAUSE WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT THOSE ARE OUR INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS, THAT OUR DISTRICT, WE WANT TO BE WORKING WITH THEM, GETTING THEIR INPUT, WORKING ON INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES THAT THEY CAN TURN AROUND TO THEIR TEACHERS.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, ONCE A MONTH ON A FRIDAY, THEY ALSO MEET WITH THEM TWICE A MONTH ON TUESDAYS VIA ZOOM, WHICH IS ANOTHER PRACTICE THAT WE FOUND THROUGH COVID THAT HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL FOR US.
SOME OF OUR EVIDENCE FOR THIS GOAL IN THE TOP LEFT, YOU'LL SEE FRED WORKING WITH OUR NEW TEACHERS IN THE MIDDLE, YOU'LL SEE STUDENTS WORKING ON THEIR IPADS, BUT ALSO WORKING ON THEIR HANDWRITING.
SO AGAIN, THROUGH COVID, WE LEARN STRATEGIES THAT WORK BOTH WITH TECHNOLOGY AND TRADITIONAL.
AND ON THE RIGHT IS A ZOOM PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SESSION WITH JOHN FESSENDEN FROM LEAD FORD AS WE WERE LOOKING AT DATA AND INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES.
SOME MORE EVIDENCE THIS IS A TEACHER LEADER PLANNING MEETING WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING AT DATA AND THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THEIR CURRICULUM REDESIGN.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT IS A GRAPHIC FOR TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION THROUGH UDL, AND THIS IS POSTED SO THAT TEACHERS HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN QUICKLY LOOK AT WITH THE UDL FRAMEWORK IN WAYS THAT THEY CAN IMPLEMENT TECHNOLOGY WITHIN THEIR LESSONS AND THEIR CLASSROOM PRACTICE.
AND NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO CHAD.
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MORNING, I THINK EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME WITH, WITH OR WITHOUT THE MIC, SO IF I'M A LITTLE TOO LOUD, LET ME KNOW.SO OUR NEXT GOAL WAS TO EXPLORE ALTERNATIVE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AT EVERY LEVEL.
A COUPLE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT.
WE RECENTLY STARTED TWO PARTNERSHIPS AT TWO DIFFERENT ELEMENTARY.
THE FIRST PARTNERSHIP WAS WITH FOREST TRAIL ELEMENTARY.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FIFTH GRADE TEAM TO PILOT OR TO BEGIN THE FRESH INK EDU PROGRAM.
IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT, THAT IS THE ELEMENTARY VERSION OF THE INCUBATOR PROGRAM.
SO FIFTH GRADERS WILL BE GIVEN A CHALLENGE.
THEY WILL BE PUT INTO TEAMS WHERE THEY'LL DEVELOP A PRODUCT TO ADDRESS THAT CHALLENGE.
THEY CREATE A PITCH AND THEN THEY DO KIND OF A BUSINESS LAUNCH AT WHAT'S CALLED A POP UP MARKETPLACE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO RUN THAT AT FOREST TRAIL.
WE'VE STARTED THIS SPRING, SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES THROUGH THE SPRING.
OUR SECOND PARTNERSHIP WE STARTED EARLY IN FALL OR MID FALL, WAS WITH TWO FORMER WEST LAKE INCUBATOR STUDENTS.
SURE, YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF THEM.
IT'S CALLED TRASHBOTS IS THEIR COMPANY IS THEIR PRODUCT.
WE HAVE LOOKED AT WAYS TO INCORPORATE WHAT ARE CALLED TRASHBOT CHALLENGES INTO THE THIRD GRADE SCIENCE CURRICULUM.
THIS WAS DONE SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY GET STUDENTS ENGAGED IN THE COLLABORATIVE ENGINEERING NATURE.
WE'RE ALSO GIVING THEM EXPOSURE TO EARLY BLOCK CODING, AND SO THIRD GRADE STUDENTS ARE GIVEN A CHALLENGE.
THEY GET IN TEAMS, THEY THEY PLAN FOR THAT CHALLENGE.
THEY USE THE TRASHBOTS OR THE PRODUCT TO TO KIND OF MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT CHALLENGE.
THEY THEY TEST IT, THEY COME BACK.
IT'S JUST KIND OF THAT ENGINEERING PROCESS.
AND SO WE'RE HAVING GREAT SUCCESS WITH THAT SO MUCH SUCCESS.
WE'VE ALSO SET UP A STATION IN THE LIBRARY SO THAT OTHER CLASSES NOW IN DIFFERENT GRADES CAN CAN GET ACCESS TO TO THOSE TRASH SPOTS.
CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A CLASSROOM SET IN TANAH FIST CLASS AND ACTUALLY RILEY, SORRY, OUR EP AT CEDAR CREEK IS HELPING KIND OF IMPLEMENT THAT IN OUR CURRICULUM.
THE GOAL THERE IS THIS TIME NEXT YEAR WE WILL HAVE NEW SCIENCE STANDARDS.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE TWEAKS WE NEED TO DO FOR OUR SCIENCE CURRICULUM TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE, THOSE DRAFT STANDARDS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE IN HAND AT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR? AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR DEPARTMENT TO ALIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL SPEECH COURSE TO OUR PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS LEVEL ONE COURSE.
WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS ALLOW STUDENTS TO HAVE ACCESS TO A COUPLE OF PROGRAMS OF STUDIES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL EARLIER ON IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
IT ALSO AWARD THEM A HALF CREDIT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND A LEVEL ONE COURSE, WHICH IS WHICH IS PRETTY NEAT AND GETTING KIDS ACCESS TO PROGRAMS OF STUDY A LOT EARLIER.
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL OUR ROBOTICS TEAM HAS DEVELOPED WHAT IS CALLED A VERTICAL ROBOTICS COMPETITION TEAM.
I LIKE TO JUST CALL IT THE DRONE TEAM.
BASICALLY, WHAT THAT IS, THEY DEVELOP A DRONE THAT GOES THROUGH AND GOES THROUGH A COURSE AND DOES SOME CHALLENGES.
IT'S THE SAME THING AS OUR ROBOTICS COMPETITION.
THIS WAS DONE BECAUSE WE REALIZED THERE'S VERY LIMITED ACCESS TO OUR ROBOTICS COMPETITION TEAMS. AND SO WE WERE LOOKING AT WAYS TO GIVE KIDS MORE ACCESS TO COMPETITION TYPE STUFF WITHIN THE ROBOTICS DEPARTMENT.
WE ALSO ARE VERY HAPPY, EVEN DESPITE ALL THE THINGS THAT SUSAN WENT OVER WITH COVID AND ALL THE DISRUPTION, WE STILL WERE ABLE TO HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL INCUBATOR PITCH NIGHT.
OUR LOCAL WINNERS, GIFTY, ALSO WENT ON TO WIN THE NATIONAL PITCH NIGHT, SO WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF THEM AND THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE.
OUR INCUBATOR ADVISORY BOARD HAS ALSO STARTED THE JACKSON COKER SCHOLARSHIP, I'M SURE ARE AWARE OF A FORMER STUDENT THAT UNFORTUNATELY PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR.
THIS SCHOLARSHIP WAS AWARD WILL BE AWARDED ANNUALLY TO STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATE IN AN INCUBATOR PROGRAM.
THEY DEMONSTRATE SKILLS SUCH AS LEADERSHIP, GROWTH, MINDSET, TEAMWORK, CREATIVITY.
THE ADVISORY BOARD AWARDED TWO SCHOLARSHIPS LAST YEAR, ONE TO AN INCUBATOR STUDENT AT DELL VALLEY AND ONE TO AN INCUBATOR STUDENT AT ELGIN ISD.
SO WE'RE WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF THAT WORK THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR, DESPITE EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO OUR CURRENT WORK, WE DO STILL HAVE A LOT GOING ON.
WE ARE WORKING EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS WITH FRED'S TEAM TO LEVERAGE WHAT WE'VE LEARNED THROUGH COVID AND REMOTE LEARNING TO BETTER SUPPORT HOMEBOUND STUDENTS AND STUDENTS THAT ARE LEARNING REMOTELY.
WE'VE LEARNED A LOT OF GOOD INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES THAT WE FEEL CAN BE LATER IMPLEMENTED INTO GENERAL ED CLASSES OR REGULAR CLASSES.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE USING SOME OF THOSE THINGS LIKE DOG CAMS AND OUR SWIVELS AND THINGS TO HELP BETTER GIVE STUDENTS ACCESS TO INSTRUCTION IN THE CLASS IN LIVE TIME.
WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH COMMUNITY EDUCATION.
WE HAVE STARTED AN AFTER SCHOOL ROBOTICS PROGRAM, SO THIS WILL BE JUST A AN ENRICHMENT ACTIVITY WHERE STUDENTS WILL USE THE TRASH BOTS.
THAT SAME THING WE'RE USING AT THE THIRD GRADE TO EXPLORE THE ENGINEERING PROCESS TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF EXPERIENCE IN THE CODING PROCESS.
WE'RE ALSO GLAD AND HAPPY WITH THEY'RE GETTING SOME EXPOSURE TO US, CALLED THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS.
SO ACTUALLY DEVELOPING SOMETHING, CREATING SOMETHING, DOING SOME
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ARTISTIC WORK AND ACTUALLY KIND OF BEING CREATIVE ON THAT END TOO.IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT JUST CODING AND ROBOTICS, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF ART IN THAT, TOO.
SO THAT PROGRAM IS BEING ACTUALLY TAUGHT BY SOME OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCIENCE TEACHERS.
SO AGAIN, THAT GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THE TRASH BOTS IN THE THIRD GRADE.
WE'RE EXPLORING SOME KIND OF NEW WAYS OF LOOKING AT SCIENCE IN ELEMENTARY AND WHAT THAT COULD BE AND GETTING SOME MORE HANDS ON ACTIVITIES IN THE CLASSROOM.
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, WE ARE CURRENTLY REVIEWING OUR ENGINEERING PROGRAM OF STUDY.
WHAT THAT IS RIGHT NOW IS MOSTLY OUR ROBOTICS CLASSES.
AND SO MOST OF OUR STUDENTS ACTUALLY DO NOT GET TO FINISH THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE CURRENTLY OUR LEVEL THREE AND LEVEL FOUR CLASSES ARE ALL COMPETITION BASED CLASSES.
AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE EXTREMELY ACTIVE IN MULTIPLE PROGRAMS, AND SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO CHOOSE WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND YOUR TIME.
AND COMPETITION TEAMS ARE, WHETHER IT'S ATHLETICS OR WHETHER IT'S ROBOTICS CAN BE SOMETIMES A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF TIME COMMITMENT.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT COURSES WE COULD ADD OR REVISE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY GIVE STUDENTS ACCESS TO LEVEL THREE AND LEVEL FOUR COURSES WITHOUT HAVING TO BE ON THE COMPETITION TEAM.
THIS WOULD ALLOW MORE STUDENTS TO FINISH OUR ENGINEERING PROGRAM OF STUDY.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPLORING THOSE WHILE ALSO ADDING IN SOME OF THOSE ALTERNATIVE COMPETITION TEAMS, MAYBE ROBOTICS AND NOT FOR YOU, BUT DRONE COMPETITION IS AND SO LOOKING AT IT IN WAYS THAT KIDS CAN ENGAGE AFTER SCHOOL TO.
AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP QUITE YET ON OUR FAMILY CODING NIGHT.
WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN REENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY WITH CURRENT RESTRICTIONS AND WHAT MAY BE THE BEST WAY TO GET STUDENTS TO GET REENGAGED IN THAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN HERE'S SOME EVIDENCE OF ALL OF THOSE THINGS WE JUST KIND OF TALKED ABOUT ON THE TOP LEFT, YOU WILL SEE OUR DRONE TEAM AT THEIR FIRST COMPETITION AT WESTRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
YOU'LL SEE THE ACTUAL DRONE THAT THEY THEY CREATED.
ON THE LEFT, YOU WILL SEE OUR THIRD GRADE ONE OF OUR 3RD GRADE CLASSES AT CEDAR CREEK ELEMENTARY ENGAGED IN ONE OF THE TRASH BOT CHALLENGES.
I BELIEVE THIS ONE WAS THE TOWER CHALLENGE.
YOU'LL NOTICE THERE ARE NO, THERE'S NO CODING, THERE'S NO IPAD.
STUDENTS WERE ASKED TO BUILD A TOWER AS TALL AS THEY CAN THAT CAN WITHSTAND A FAN OR WIND.
THEY WENT THROUGH THREE INNOVATION PHASES, SO THEY BUILT ONE, TESTED IT, REVISED IT, TESTED IT, REVISED IT.
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS FROM CEDAR CREEK PRINCIPAL.
KIND OF THE LEARNING FROM THAT ON THE FAR RIGHT IS OUR PITCH NIGHT.
AGAIN, WE'RE REALLY PROUD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PULL THAT OFF AND IN GREAT SUCCESS WITH OUR GIFTY PROGRAM THERE.
AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE, ONE OF THE THINGS I'M EXCITED ABOUT IS LEVERAGING SOME OF THIS VIRTUAL LEARNING, NOT JUST FOR HOMEBOUND STUDENTS, FOR STUDENTS IN OUR CLASSROOM.
SO THIS IS MS. HILL DOGGOS, SPANISH IMMERSION, THIRD GRADE CLASS.
SHE IS USING BASICALLY ZOOM TO TO ZOOM IN WITH A UT GRADUATE SCIENCE STUDENT.
THAT GRADUATE STUDENT IS RUNNING A VIRTUAL LAB FOR THOSE STUDENTS.
WHAT WAS GREAT ABOUT THIS IS THAT GRADUATE STUDENTS ALSO BILINGUAL, SO SHE WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO STUDENTS IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH IN THAT CLASS.
IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR KIDS TO ACTUALLY SEE WHAT A GRADUATE STUDENT DOES, WHAT A UT LAB SCIENCE LAB LOOKS LIKE.
WE DON'T ALWAYS NECESSARILY GET TO CLIMB ON A BUS AND DRIVE THERE AND GET OFF AND LOOK AT IT.
BUT THIS GAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO KIND OF SEE A WINDOW INTO WHAT POSSIBILITIES COULD BE IN THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SCIENCE AND KNOWING WHERE THAT WHERE THAT PATH COULD TAKE THEM LONG TERM.
AND NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HEATHER MEET, OUR DIRECTOR OF HUMANITIES.
SO OUR NEXT GOAL WAS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY THEIR LITERACY SKILLS IN CREATIVE WAYS.
SO WE STARTED WITH THE VIRTUAL EDITION OF THE EANES FILM CHALLENGE.
OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS HOSTED THAT AND WE HAD 95 ENTRIES FOR THAT ACROSS ALL NINE CAMPUSES.
OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS ALSO SUPPORTED THE NPR STUDENT PODCAST CHALLENGE, AND STUDENTS WITH THAT PROJECT CREATED THE PODCAST BY RESEARCHING A TOPIC DESIGNING THE PRODUCTION, AND THEY USE THE GARAGE BAND APP TO DO THAT.
IN ADDITION, OUR TEACHERS ARE APPLYING THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO UP THE CREATIVITY WITH STUDENTS IN THE LITERACY IN ALL AREAS OF LITERACY.
WE PROVIDED MCLASS TRAINING TO OUR STUDENTS OR TO OUR TEACHERS.
SORRY, THIS SUMMER, AND THE MCLASS IS AN QUICK AND EASY UNIVERSAL SCREENER THAT LOOKS AT DIFFERENT LITERACY SKILLS AND THAT ALLOWS OUR TEACHERS TO PROVIDE INTERVENTIONS AT THE SKILL LEVEL FOR LITERACY.
IN ADDITION, WE GAVE TRAINING OVER THE HEGARTY CURRICULUM.
THAT'S A RESEARCH BASED CURRICULUM THAT PROVIDES INTERVENTIONS FOR DAILY PHONICS AND PHONEMIC AWARENESS.
AND WE DID NOT FORGET ABOUT OUR THREE THROUGH FIVE TEACHERS.
WE PROVIDED TRAINING FOR FOUNTAS AND PINNELL MORE IN DEPTH TRAINING THIS SUMMER,
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AND THAT IS OUR DISTRICT ADOPTED CURRICULUM FOR READING.SO OUR CURRENT WORK, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE MANDATES FROM TEA AND THE EXPECTATIONS FOR TEXAS LITERACY THROUGH HOUSE BILL THREE.
WE HAVE TWO COHORTS CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN THE TEXAS READING ACADEMY.
THAT IS THE REQUIRED ACADEMY THAT TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS THAT TEACH STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH FIVE.
THEY MUST COMPLETE THAT COURSEWORK BY 2023.
WE HAVE THE THIRD COHORT THAT WILL BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER OF 22 AND THAT WILL BE OUR SECOND GRADE TEACHERS, OUR THIRD GRADE TEACHERS AND ANY NEW STAFF THAT WILL PARTICIPATE AT THAT TIME.
HOUSE BILL 4545 WAS A MANDATE THAT WAS GIVEN TO US ABOUT INTERVENTION.
ANY STUDENT THAT FAILED THE STAAR TEST MUST RECEIVE 30 HOURS OF INTERVENTION BEFORE THE SUMMER, AND WE WORKED HARD THIS FALL, TRAINING OUR TEACHERS AND PROVIDING SUPPORT AT SECONDARY AND ELEMENTARY.
OUR DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH COLLABORATION WITH THE EP'S, CREATED A RESOURCE DOCUMENT THAT GAVE TEACHERS THE ACTUAL RESOURCES TO USE FOR THOSE INTERVENTIONS TO HELP THEM OUT THERE.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR WORK WITH OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS.
THEY ARE SO VITAL TO OUR WORK IN HELPING US DEPLOY OUR CURRICULUM.
AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MEET WITH THEM QUARTERLY AND MONTHLY TO DO OUR UPDATES IN CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT.
SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS SOME EVIDENCE OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT I JUST DESCRIBED UP IN YOUR TOP LEFT CORNER.
THAT IS A PICTURE OF STUDENTS INTERVIEWING EACH OTHER DURING THE NPR CHALLENGE.
THE EANES FILM FESTIVAL WAS SO SUCCESSFUL THAT WE DO HAVE EVERY INTENTION OF LAUNCHING A VIRTUAL EDITION AGAIN THIS SPRING.
AND THEN OFF TO THE RIGHT, THAT'S A PICTURE OF THE EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS AND MYSELF WITH OUR TEACHER LEADERS, GRADE LEVEL LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT, AND WE'RE PROVIDING THEM WITH DIRECTION, CURRICULUM UPDATES AND THEY TAKE THAT BACK TO THEIR CAMPUS.
IN THE MIDDLE, WE HAVE SOME DOCUMENTS AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE DIFFICULT TO SEE, BUT IN THE BOTTOM, THOSE ARE THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE CREATED FOR OUR TEACHERS TO SUPPORT THE MANDATE OF HOUSE BILL FORTY FIVE, FORTY FIVE AND WE DID CREATE THOSE FOR SECONDARY AND ELEMENTARY AND THE TOP DOCUMENT THAT IS A PACING GUIDE TO SUPPORT TEACHERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN THE READING ACADEMY.
SO IT'S MY PLEASURE TO NOW TURN IT OVER TO FRED BENITEZ, THE DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO KEEP IT ON, WE'LL SEE HOW LONG THAT LASTS.
OUR NEXT GOALS WAS TO REINFORCE THE THOUGHTFUL AND DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE USE OF TECHNOLOGY.
AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE OUTCOMES OF THAT GOAL.
WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE A DEVICE REFRESH, SO OUR STUDENTS HAVE NEW IPADS.
OUR STUDENTS DO HAVE NEW IPADS.
OUR TEACHERS HAVE IPADS, MAC BOOKS, AND WE UPDATED THE APPLE TVS IN EACH CLASSROOM.
AND AFTER A SUCCESSFUL PILOT AT CEDAR CREEK, WE NOW HAVE FIVE CAMPUSES THAT HAVE INTERACTIVE NEW LINE TOUCH BOARDS IN PLACE OF THE OVERHEAD PROJECTORS.
WE HOPE TO HAVE THE REST OF THE CAMPUSES COMPLETED THIS SUMMER.
SHOWCASING THE INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION SKILLS OF OUR TEACHERS OR OF OUR CAMPUSES WERE RENEWED AS APPLE DISTINGUISHED CAMPUSES, WHICH WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE MORE CAMPUSES ADDED TO THAT LIST IN THE COMING YEARS.
OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS CREATED HIGH QUALITY SOMEWHERE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT TEACHERS, AND SOME OF THE TOPICS INCLUDED TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGY, DIGITAL WELLNESS, GOOGLE APPS FOR EDUCATION AND BLENDED LEARNING.
PART OF THE NEW TEACHER INSTITUTE INCLUDED A FULL DAY OF TECHNOLOGY TRAINING THAT WE CALLED TECHNOLOGY EXPEDITIONS, IN WHICH THE NEW HIRES GOT TO EXPERIENCE THE TECHNOLOGY TOOLS, THE RESOURCES AND THE WORKFLOW THAT OUR TEACHERS EXPERIENCE EVERY DAY.
AND WE CANNOT REITERATE ENOUGH HOW VALUED OUR AMAZING EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS ARE AT EACH CAMPUS, THEY PROVIDE ON DEMAND SUPPORT EVERY DAY FOR OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE.
IN OUR CURRENT WORK, WE ARE REFLECTING FROM WHAT WE LEARN FROM REMOTE TEACHING AND TEACHING THROUGH A PANDEMIC AND KEEPING THOSE BEST EXPERIENCES THINGS LIKE ASYNCHRONOUS TEACHING AND LEARNING, SCREEN CASTING LESSONS AND ASPECTS OF BLENDED LEARNING.
AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, OUR TECHNOLOGY EXPEDITION SESSION WAS WAS A HIT, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE AWAY THAT FULL DAY OF TRAINING THAT WE WERE REQUIRING, TRANSFORMING THAT INTO A TECHNOLOGY HANDBOOK THAT WOULD BE ACCESSIBLE ON A WEBSITE WHERE NEW HIRES AND RETURNING TEACHERS ALIKE.
WITH THAT, WE'RE UPDATING OUR ED TECH SUPPORT WEBSITE TO INCLUDE THAT RESOURCE AND OTHER RESOURCES.
STEP SHEETS, VIDEO PRODUCTIONS AND AN UPDATED BLOG, AND OUR SECONDARY TECHNOLOGY EPS ALSO MANAGE THEIR CAMPUS SPECIFIC ED TECH SUPPORT WEBSITES.
EPS HAVE BEEN COLLABORATING WITH APPLE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TO PROVIDE JOB
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EMBEDDED COACHING.IN THAT PROCESS, IT'S A THREE STEP MINI PROCESS WITH TEACHERS WHERE THEY HAVE A PLANNING SESSION TO IDENTIFY GOALS AND BARRIERS.
TIME TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN WITH SUPPORT AND THEN TIME FOR REFLECTING AND SHARING.
AND THAT'S BEEN A REALLY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE FOR OUR TEACHERS AND OUR EPS, AND I'M GRATEFUL TO APPLE FOR THAT COLLABORATION.
ON THE TOP LEFT, A UNIQUE TEACHER SET UP DURING HYBRID LEARNING, HIGHLIGHTING THE INNOVATION OF EANES ISD EDUCATORS.
WE DON'T REALLY SEE THAT, THAT SET UP ANYMORE.
WE DON'T NEED FIVE DEVICES, BUT IN THAT TIME, WHAT WE WERE DOING PLUGGED INTO REMOTE, IT WAS CRAZY WHAT WE WERE SEEING, BUT THAT WAS GREAT.
THE PICTURE BELOW THAT IS OF TWO STUDENTS WHO ARE USING THEIR IPADS TO PROGRAM DASH BOTS TO TELL A CREATIVE STORY.
THE COMBINING CREATIVITY AND INTRODUCTORY CODING IS GREAT.
THAT SECOND COLUMN IS SOME STUDENTS WHO ARE RACING TO SOLVE EQUATIONS ON THEIR NEW LINE INTERACTIVE BOARD AND BELOW THAT WE HAVE STUDENTS USING THEIR IPAD TO RECORD VIDEO SEGMENTS FOR A CLASS PROJECT.
THE THIRD COLUMN IS OF TWO EDUCATORS WHO ARE RECORDING A LESSON WHILE PROVIDING IT IN REAL TIME.
THE TOPIC IS A TEACHER WHO'S DOING SOME HAND WRITING, RECORDING THAT LESSONS SO SHE CAN POST THE OTHER DAY.
THE ONE BELOW THAT IS ACTUALLY ROLANDA OVER HERE, WHO'S DOING A DEMO ON THE INTERACTIVE BOARD AND THAT WAS ALSO RECORDED SO THEY COULD REVIEW A LATER TIME.
THE TOP RIGHT PICTURE SHOWS EMILY KRAUSS, THE MATH TEACHER FROM WEST RIDGE, WHO IS DOING ONE ON ONE SUPPORT USING RESOURCES ON THE IPAD AND THE STUDENTS ALSO UTILIZING THE PRETTY NIFTY WHITE BOARD DESKTOPS THEY HAVE IN THEIR CLASSROOM, WHICH IS REALLY NICE.
AND THAT LAST IMAGE IS OF THE NEW ED TECH LOGO THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE RUNNING FOR OUR INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES AND OUR VIDEO OPENINGS AND STUFF, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
OK, SO OUR LAST AND FINAL GOAL IS TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR ALL STAFF IN ALL AREAS AND ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES AS APPROPRIATE TO BETTER SERVE STUDENTS.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD HOUSE BILL 4545 REQUIREMENT, SO WE CREATED TRAINING.
WE SHARED THAT WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE RETREAT, AND THEY TURNED THAT AROUND TO TO THEIR TO THEIR TEACHERS.
AND AGAIN, OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS WERE VITAL IN HELPING WITH THAT PROCESS.
BETTER FOR ME IF I DON'T WEAR MY MASK.
WE ALSO DID THE FOUNTAS AND PINNELL HAGGERTY AND MCLASS TRAINING.
AND THAT IS A LOT OF TRAINING THAT WE HAD TO PACK INTO THAT AUGUST PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TIME.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNER INSTITUTE, AND THAT'S WHERE WE ALSO PROVIDE SOME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS SHARE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THERE'S COLLABORATION OF HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE TURNED AROUND TO THE CAMPUSES.
AND WE HAVE TO BE REALLY CREATIVE IN THE WAYS THAT WE PROVIDE THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO OUR TEACHERS BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE A SMALL POCKET OF TIME WITH THEM IN AUGUST AND WE HAVE A FEW DAYS WITH THEM DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.
AND SO WE HAVE TO BE CREATIVE IN THE WAYS THAT WE PROVIDE THEM PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THE EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS AND TIME WITH THEM SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE THOSE STRATEGIES BACK AND WORK WITH THE TEACHERS IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES.
WE ALSO THIS SUMMER HAD OUR ADMINISTRATOR RETREAT, AND WE FIND THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ADMINISTRATORS HAVE HIGH QUALITY PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.
LEONARD, HE HAD A GREAT IDEA TO BRING IN SOME PSYCHOLOGISTS AND WE DID SOME MINDFULNESS TRAINING, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR ADMINISTRATORS IN THE TOUGH TIMES THAT WE'RE IN AT THIS AT THIS MOMENT.
AND THEN WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT OUR SUMMER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
WE TRIED NOT TO DO ANYTHING SUPER NEW LAST YEAR.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT WE GAVE THOSE TEACHERS TIME TO LOOK AT THEIR STANDARDS TO PLAN, TO CREATE ASSESSMENTS AND FIGURE OUT HOW THEY WERE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.
WHEN WE RETURNED WITH STUDENTS IN AUGUST.
SO THAT WAS THE OUTCOME OF THE WORK, OUR CURRENT WORK.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS TO PROVIDE THEM TO PROVIDE TEACHERS WITH ALIGNED CURRICULUM.
THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT WE REALLY LEARNED THROUGH COVID IS THE IMPORTANCE OF ALIGNMENT ACROSS ALL CAMPUSES TO ALSO TALK ABOUT AND TURN AROUND BEST PRACTICES AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOUGHTFUL TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION.
WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVING THE LESSON CAST RFQ ON TUESDAY NIGHT.
WE CANNOT WAIT TO START THAT IMPORTANT WORK TO EMBED DEI INTO OUR CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION.
WE ALSO, AS A WHOLE TEAM WITH OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS, ARE ATTENDING THE JIM KNIGHT INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING TRAINING AT REGION 13.
WE GO, I THINK THERE'S FIVE DIFFERENT SESSIONS.
AND SO YESTERDAY WAS ONE OF THE SESSIONS AND IT'S JUST PHENOMENAL.
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WE RECEIVE A BOOK YESTERDAY, JIM KNIGHT WAS ACTUALLY THERE IN PERSON.SO WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING A TEAM BETWEEN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION AND THE EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS, SO WE ARE ALIGNED AND FINDING WAYS TO EFFECTIVELY COACH OUR TEACHERS.
WE ALSO ARE WORKING ON INSTRUCTIONAL ROUNDS.
WE HAVE A FRAMEWORK WITH THE UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING PRACTICES, AND WE ALL GO INTO CLASSROOMS. I THINK WE'RE UP TO MAYBE LIKE 120 CLASSROOM VISITS IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS, AND THE WHOLE PURPOSE IS FOR US TO COLLECT DATA.
WHAT ARE THOSE UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING PRACTICES THAT WE'RE SEEING? DO WE SEE TEACHERS PROVIDING DIFFERENT WAYS TO FOR STUDENTS TO ACCESS LEARNING? OR ARE THEY REMOVING BARRIERS? ARE STUDENTS ABLE TO SHOW THEIR LEARNING IN DIFFERENT WAYS? AND IT'S JUST BEEN SO WONDERFUL FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK ON CAMPUSES? OUR LIBRARIANS ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.
THEY GO TO PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SESSIONS AND BRING THAT BACK TO THEIR TEAM.
THEY ARE INVOLVED IN A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY.
AND HEATHER AND I ALSO JOINED THEIR TEAM AGAIN TO CREATE THAT ALIGNMENT BETWEEN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION AND THE CAMPUSES.
AND FINALLY, OUR GT SPECIALISTS DID A BOOK STUDY ON THE TWICE EXCEPTIONAL BOOK AND TURNED THAT BACK AROUND TO THEIR CAMPUSES.
SO EVERY CAMPUS, AT LEAST AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS ACROSS THE BOARD WAS THE SECONDARY AS WELL.
SO THE GT TEACHERS DID A BOOK STUDY AND THEN TURNED THAT BACK AROUND, CREATED A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSION TOGETHER AS A TEAM SO THAT EVERYBODY K THROUGH 12 UNDERSTANDS WHAT, WHAT TO LOOK FOR, HOW YOU IDENTIFY AND HOW YOU PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY PRACTICES TO THOSE STUDENTS.
THIS IS OUR ADMINISTRATOR RETREAT AT THE BEAUTIFUL WILDFLOWER CENTER, WE WERE EXCITED TO BE IN THAT SPACE BECAUSE A FEW YEARS AGO WE WERE DOWN IN THE BASEMENT, SO IT WAS NICE TO BE ABLE TO BE IN THIS SPACE.
AND WE JUST REALLY FOCUSED ON MINDFULNESS.
HOW AS ADMINISTRATORS ARE WE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CENTERED AND HAVE PRACTICES FOR OURSELVES SO THAT WE COULD SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF? WE ALSO THAT'S A PICTURE TO THE RIGHT OF OUR WHOLE TEAM.
WE HAVE THE LARGEST TEAM GOING TO REGION 13 FOR THE JIM KNIGHT COACHING TRAINING, AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT.
AT THE BOTTOM, WHERE IT SAYS FALL SERIES AND UP AT THE TOP RIGHT, THOSE ARE EXAMPLES OF CREATIVE NEWSLETTERS THAT OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS CREATE AND SEND OUT TO THEIR STAFF WITH INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES AND UPCOMING THINGS ON THEIR CAMPUSES.
THEY ARE JUST REALLY VITAL TO THE WORK THAT WE DO.
AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM IS A STAFF IS THE BOOK THAT THE GT TEACHERS DID FOR THEIR BOOK STUDY.
AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS THE LIBRARIANS IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY.
OK, SO NEXT STEPS FOR THIS GOAL.
COUPLE OF THINGS WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT KIND OF ROLLING OUT AND BEING A LITTLE INNOVATIVE HERE.
THIS SUMMER, WE WILL UNDERGO A CURRICULUM WRITING OR REVISION WITH WITH OUR STAFF.
WE'RE GOING TO BRING TEACHERS TOGETHER ALONG WITH OUR EPS TO REVISE UPDATES, OUR SCOPE AND SEQUENCES AND OUR CURRICULUM MAPS.
WE'RE TAKING ALL THE LESSONS LEARNED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS WHERE KIDS AT WE'RE TO.
WHERE DO WE NEED TO SPEND MORE TIME? WHERE CAN WE CUT THINGS A LITTLE BIT SHORTER TO MAKE MORE ROOM? HOW DO WE EMBED SOME OF THE INTERVENTIONS WE KNOW THAT ARE WORKING ON A DAILY BASIS? SO IT'S NOT NOT NEW AS FAR AS STANDARDS.
IT'S NEW AS FAR AS LOOKING AT THE WAY THE PACING, THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE OF THE WORK IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
ALSO, THIS SUMMER, I GOT TO GIVE OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS CREDIT FOR THIS ONE.
THIS WAS THEIR IDEAL WHEN WE ASKED THEM WHAT SHOULD WE DO THIS SUMMER? WHAT DO OUR TEACHERS NEED? I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY CREATIVE AND I'M SAYING WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT TEACHERS.
WHY DON'T WE LEARN FROM THOSE GREAT TEACHERS? AND SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO LAUNCH WHAT'S CALLED A BIP SUMMIT, A BEST INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE SUMMIT.
WE'RE GOING TO INVITE STAFF AND IN THE SCHOOL TO VOLUNTEER AND PROVIDE SOME OF THE BEST INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES.
WE'LL HAVE A SUMMIT FOR TWO DAYS IN JUNE WHERE WE'LL BRING OUR OUR OWN TEACHERS TO TOGETHER TO LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER SUMMIT IN AUGUST, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY CREATIVE ON THE EP'S PART OF WHY NOT DO IT WHEN WE ALSO HAVE NEW TEACHER INSTITUTE SO NEW TEACHERS CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THAT LEARNING ALSO.
AND SO WE'RE PRETTY I'M PRETTY PUMPED.
IF YOU CAN'T TELL ABOUT THE BIP SUMMIT, I THINK IT'S A PRETTY COOL, INNOVATIVE WAY TO LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER AND TO SHARE ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.
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AND ONE OF THE POSITIVES THAT CAME OUT OF REMOTE LEARNING WAS THE PRACTICALITY OF ZOOM AND OUR ONLINE TOOLS.AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT OFFERING THE CHOICE OF ASYNCHRONOUS PD FOR OUR STAFF.
AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE WORKING ON A TECHNOLOGY HANDBOOK THAT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE BY ALL STAFF, NOT JUST THE RETURNING STAFF OR NEWS TEACHERS, BUT ALL OF THEM.
AND IT WOULD ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THAT FULL DAY OF TECHNOLOGY TRAINING.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THEY CAN KIND OF GET THAT DAY BACK WHEN THEY HAVE SO MANY CLASSROOMS TO SET UP AND OTHER THINGS TO LEARN.
AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE PARTNERING, PARTNERING WITH LESSON CAST, AND WE'D LIKE TO OFFER OUR STAFF MORE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO PUSH UDALL TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNER INSTITUTES.
THOSE ARE MONTHLY INSTITUTES WITH THE CIA TEAM.
AND THEN THERE ARE TWO SESSIONS LEFT THIS YEAR FOR THE JIM KNIGHT COACHING INSTITUTE, WHICH WILL BUILD THE OUR COACHES CAPACITY.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE AND WORK WITH OUR BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS ON INSTRUCTIONAL ROUNDS.
ONE NICE THING FOR OUR CIA TEAM IS THE DATA THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THESE INSTRUCTIONAL ROUNDS.
IT'S GOING TO HELP US DRIVE OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THIS SUMMER.
BASED ON THE NEEDS OF OUR TEACHERS AROUND UDL, AND WE'RE GOING TO EXPLORE ALTERNATIVE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS IN OUR GT PROGRAM, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TIMELINE IN THE PROCESS FOR THAT AND MAYBE HOW WE COULD TWEAK IT.
WE'D LIKE TO ADJUST THAT TIMELINE SO KIDS ARE NOT PULLED OUT OF OR AWAY FROM INSTRUCTION.
AND THEN WE'D ALSO LIKE TO HAVE THE BUILDINGS RECEIVE THE INFORMATION AND THE DATA FROM THAT TESTING PRIOR TO THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
SO LOOKING AHEAD, AS AS WE'VE SAID, WE FOUND THAT ALIGNMENT IS ONE OF OUR BIG GOALS AND THAT WE WE ALSO HAVE BEEN GATHERING INPUT FROM OUR TEACHER LEADERS, OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS, OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.
SO OVER THE COURSE OF LOTS OF DIFFERENT PLANNING SESSIONS, WE DIDN'T JUST COME UP WITH THESE WITH THESE LOOKING AHEAD GOALS.
THIS IS FROM INPUT FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS.
AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT STRONG TIER ONE INSTRUCTION AS WELL AS TIER TWO AND TIER THREE, AND WE GET THAT THROUGH GVC.
SO THESE ARE OUR LONG TERM GOALS.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT THE UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING PRACTICES AND THOUGHTFUL USE OF TECHNOLOGY INTO OUR CURRICULUM, RESOURCES AND OUR INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES, AS WELL AS OUR ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES.
WE WANT TO UPDATE AND EXPAND OUR INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES ON A COMMON PLATFORM LIKE CHAD SAID, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE EXEMPLAR LESSONS WHERE TEACHERS CAN OPEN UP A SCOPE AND SEQUENCE.
THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THEY'RE TEACHING AND CAN CLICK A LINK TO MAYBE GET A VIDEO OR AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT EXEMPLARY LESSON WOULD BE.
AND THEN WE ALSO WANT TO LEVERAGE THE UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR PRACTICES INTO OUR CURRICULUM AND ENSURE THAT THERE IS REPRESENTATION, INCLUSIVITY AND EQUITABLE STUDENT LEARNING EXPERIENCES BECAUSE AS WE HEARD FROM OUR PREVIOUS GRADUATES, THEY WANTED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PREPARED FOR THE DIVERSE SOCIETY THAT THEY'RE ENTERING.
SO AGAIN, WE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THE APPROVAL ON TUESDAY NIGHT.
WE ARE ALL JUST OVER THE MOON, EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH LESSON CAST, AND I THINK THAT'S IT FOR US.
THAT WAS A LOT AND WE WE REALLY DID TRY TO TO LIMIT IT.
WE ALL REALLY WERE PREPARING FOR AN EIGHT HOUR PRESENTATION BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE COVER.
BUT WE HAD TO REMIND OURSELVES THAT THIS IS ABOUT THE PRIORITIES FROM LAST YEAR'S SUMMIT .
YOU GUYS CUT IT DOWN FROM EIGHT HOURS.
SO LINDA IS GOING TO JOIN ME, AND I THINK DR.
GOODEN IS ALSO GOING TO BE JOINING US VIA ZOOM, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER A DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
HOW'S MY SOUND? CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME OK? OK, YOUR SOUND IS VERY LOW ON THIS END.
I HEARD THE PRESENTATION LAST TIME, BUT IT WAS PRETTY LOW, SO I'M GLAD YOU CAN HEAR ME VERY WELL.
ALL RIGHT, I THINK LINDA IS GOING TO BE PUTTING UP SOME SLIDES.
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MARK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE SHARE YOUR SCREEN.OH, AND THEN SHOW THE SLIDES THAT WAY.
GOODEN? YEAH, JUST, I NEED TO HAVE HOST PRIVILEGES THIS YEAR.
IT IS STILL DISABLED ON MY END.
DR. GOODEN, YOU CAN NOW TRY, I THINK YOU'RE THE HOST NOW.
CAN YOU ALL SEE YOU? HE SAID IT'LL TAKE JUST A SECOND TO LOAD.
OK, I SEE YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF BOARD MEMBERS OUT, SO I'LL WAIT A MOMENT, I'M GOING TO RUN IT FROM HERE JUST BECAUSE SOME OF THAT ANIMATION STUFF IS STILL IN THERE AND IT WAS IT WAS A LITTLE SHAKY EARLIER.
OK, BUT CAN YOU ALL SEE IT? OK, IS THAT LARGE ENOUGH? YES, WE'RE GOOD, THANK YOU, DR.
BUT DO YOU WANT TO PUT IT INTO PLAY MODE AND YOU'RE RIGHT NOW ABOUT 30, 40 SLIDES BEHIND, SO YOU WANT TO SLIDE UP.
YOU'RE AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE KEYNOTE.
I'M AT THE BEGINNING OF THE KEYNOTE.
YOU NEED TO GO DOWN TO THE DEI PART.
OH, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO I MUST BE SHOWING SOMETHING DIFFERENT, I THINK YOU ARE.
YEAH, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M INTENDING TO SHOW, I'M SORRY.
LET ME LET ME STOP SHARING AND TRY TO TRY THIS ONE MORE TIME.
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OK.ARE YOU SEEING THE THE GREEN SCREEN NOW? MAYBE, YES, WE ARE, DR.
SO NOW YOU JUST GOT TO HIT PLAY AND YOU SHOULD PLAY AND WE SHOULD BE GOOD.
OK, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH IT WITHOUT PLAY.
AND I BEFORE THIS ACTUALLY SAVED SOME OF MY NOTES FROM THE LAST VERSION.
SO I WASN'T EXPECTING TO PRESENT THIS ONE.
YOU MAY SEE SOME NOTES ON HERE, SOME ROUGH NOTES, BUT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUMP IN.
PUT MYSELF ON A LITTLE TIME HERE SO I DON'T GO OVER.
I JUST WANT TO SAY WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO PRESENT THE DEI WORK TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
SO AS PRESENTERS, AS YOU KNOW, LINDA AND I WILL BE WITH YOU PRESENTING TODAY.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE FLORENCIO GONZALEZ, WHO'S OF WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER.
AND THESE ARE PART OF MY NOTES, WHICH IS WHY FLO'S NAMES NOT IS NOT CAPITALIZED.
BUT AGAIN, FLO WON'T BE PRESENTING WITH US, BUT YOU ARE HERE.
HEAR ME REFER TO HIM BECAUSE HE BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN SUPPORTING THE WORK.
SO THINKING ABOUT WHERE WE WERE A YEAR AGO.
THESE ARE THE SUMMIT 2021 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
SO TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT WHERE WE WHERE WE COME FROM IN TERMS OF A WHOLE YEAR.
I THINK WE'VE COVERED A LOT OF GROUND.
SO WHAT I HAVE DONE HERE IS HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN SOME OF WHAT WOULD BE THE FOCUS OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
AND THEN IN RED, I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE MOMENT IN A MOMENT.
SO THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR 2021 FROM THE SUMMIT WERE TO CREATE A SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF DEI THROUGH RACIAL EQUITY LEADERSHIP TRAINING TO BUILD CAPACITY AND SUPPORT SUSTAINABILITY.
SO TODAY YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR AGAIN THOSE THEMES ABOUT BUILDING CAPACITY AND SUPPORTING SUSTAINABILITY.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GO FROM A 30000 FOOT VIEW AND DRILL DOWN INTO EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHAT IT HAS MEANT OVER THE LAST YEAR.
ASSESS, MONITOR AND WORK TO MODIFY THE CLIMATE TO ENSURE INCLUSIVITY FOR ALL STAFF AND STUDENTS.
YOU'LL HEAR SOME VERY REAL PROGRESS ON THAT AND SOME EVIDENCE OF THAT WORK.
AND THEN TO ENGAGE THE BROADER COMMUNITY IN A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEI WORK.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, TO ALIGN THE GOALS IN THEIR INTEGRATION WITH BOARD POLICIES, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND EANES ISD GRADUATE STUDENT PROFILE OR THE WILL.
SO AN IMPETUS OF THE WORK ISSUE IS MOVING AWAY FROM HOW THE WORK ORIGINALLY STARTED, AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE ORIGINS WERE FOR THAT.
BUT WE WERE MOVING FORWARD IN THIS YEAR IN TERMS OF INTEGRATING THE BOARD GOALS AROUND WHY WOULD WE DO DEI WORK? WHAT IS WHAT ARE SOME OF THE REAL REASONS THAT STUDENTS CAN ENGAGE IN THIS WORK AND WHY WOULD THEY DO IT TO BE PREPARED TO BE GLOBAL CITIZENS? AND THEN JUST TO TOUCH ON THE RED BULLET HERE.
EMBED OVER TIME, THE ONGOING IMPORTANCE OF DEI AND CURRICULA INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND RESOURCES.
AND SO FROM THE LAST PRESENTATION FROM SUSAN AND HER TEAM, YOU HEARD A LOT OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE ARE MOVING VERY QUICKLY TOWARD THAT GOAL.
NOW MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHY ENGAGE IN DEI WORK? WE'VE HEARD THAT MULTIPLE TIMES FROM PEOPLE.
AND WE WANT TO SAY AGAIN PRIOR TO ME COMING INTO THE DISTRICT TO DO THIS WORK.
THERE WERE FOLKS ENGAGED AND THINKING ABOUT DEI WORK.
AND NOW EANES HAS A MISSION THAT SAYS UNITE, EMPOWER AND INSPIRE.
DEI WORKS DIRECTLY HAND IN HAND WITH THAT MISSION, AND IT ALSO AMPLIFIES ONCE AGAIN THE GRADUATE PROFILE THE WILL.
SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS GOING TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AS THEY LEARN TO VALUE CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY OF FELLOW STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS.
IT PROMOTES EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENCES TO INCREASE BELONGINGNESS, RECOGNIZES BIAS AND HELP STUDENTS TO REDUCE IT TO BUILD A MORE ACCEPTING COMMUNITY AND WORLD.
DEI WORK CREATES OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN AND APPRECIATE A MORE DIVERSE CURRICULUM.
ONCE AGAIN, YOU'RE HEARING THAT THEME AND CONNECTION TO THE LAST PRESENTATION AND THE FORWARD STEPS AROUND EMBEDDED MORE DEI IN CURRICULUM WORK.
IT EXHIBITS CONSCIENTIOUS LEADERSHIP THAT ENABLE STUDENTS TO EXHIBIT CONSCIENTIOUS LEADERSHIP SKILLS THAT SUPPORT RESPECT OF SELF AND OTHERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE PERCEIVED AS DIFFERENT.
IT ALSO INCREASES INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY.
AND WE WANT TO REMIND LISTENERS THAT WHILE WE'RE GIVEN THAT 30000 FOOT VIEW TODAY, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF REALLY RICH PRESENTATIONS AND OTHER MATERIALS THAT ARE ON THE EANES ISD DIVERSITY WEBSITE.
SO IF YOU WANT MORE DETAILS, YOU WANT MORE DETAILS ON WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
PLEASE VISIT THAT WEBSITE, WHICH AS A PART OF INCREASING COMMUNICATION, WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO UPLOAD ALL OF THE MATERIALS THERE
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AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO PEOPLE CAN DOWNLOAD THEM AT WILL, THEN REVIEW THEM.DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION, WHAT DID WE DO LAST YEAR AND HOW WE CONTINUE WITH THAT INTO THIS YEAR? SO CONTINUING INTO ALL OF 2021 AND NOW WE CONDUCTED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY STAFF WITH THE FOCUS ON ANALYZING EQUITY FOCUSED SCENARIOS, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT CAME ABOUT IN JUST A MOMENT.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SCHOOL LEADERS AND STAFF AS NEEDED, ESPECIALLY THROUGH CAMPUS EQUITY TEAMS. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE DEI ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ENHANCE THIS ROLE OF SUPPORTING THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND WE'LL TALK ONCE AGAIN MORE DETAIL IN JUST A MOMENT AND THEN WORKING THROUGH AND WORKING ON CONNECTING WITH THE LARGER COMMUNITY VIA MEETINGS AND IMPROVE COMMUNICATION.
SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OUTCOMES OF THIS WORK? WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN A GREAT AWARENESS BY ALL BUILT ON PRINCIPLES OF HOW TO LEAD EQUITY WORK ON THEIR CAMPUSES.
YOU'LL RECALL DURING OUR FIRST ACADEMIC YEAR, WE WORKED WITH THE SECONDARY PRINCIPALS AS MEANS OF A PILOT AND WITH STAY A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS IN A MOMENT, BUT THIS YEAR WE EVEN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH SECONDARY PRINCIPALS.
BUT WE'VE ALSO STARTED TO INCLUDE THE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS AND SUPPORTING THEM IN THIS WORK.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE ONGOING EDUCATION OF STAFF AND SECONDARY STUDENT GROUPS AROUND EQUITY PRACTICES AND A CONTINUED FOCUS ON AND MESSAGING AROUND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN DEI GOALS AND THE GRADUATE PROFILE AND WILL.
SO YOU CONTINUE TO HEAR THOSE THEMES BEING INTERWOVEN THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION AND THE WORK.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, LOOKING AT INCORPORATING RESTORATIVE PRACTICES IN EQUITY RELATED SITUATIONS.
SO EVIDENCE OF THE COMPLETED WORK TO SPEAK MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE AND HOW THAT CAME ABOUT, AS WE KNOW THAT WE'VE CONDUCTED THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY STAFF.
BUT WHAT WE HEARD FROM AUGUST 10TH AND 11TH IN A CLASSROOM FOR EVERYONE SESSION PRESENTED BY LINDA RAWLINGS AND FLOCENIO GONZALEZ IS WE HEARD A NUMBER OF TEACHERS SAYING WE'RE INTERESTED IN DEI WORK.
WE WANT TO MOVE IT FORWARD, BUT WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW DO WE DO THAT EXACTLY.
SO THAT ALIGN EXACTLY WITH WHERE WE WERE GOING.
SO AS I CAME IN ON THAT SEPTEMBER 30TH DATE, WE FOCUS ON SUPPORTING EDUCATORS IN THIS SPACE.
BUT WITH THE THEME OF THAT WAS EMBRACING THE EQUITY JOURNEY, REALLY WORKING WITH EDUCATION EDUCATORS TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT WHY DID I START THIS EQUITY JOURNEY? EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE SOME BUMPS IN THE ROAD, THERE'S SOME DIFFICULTY IN DOING THIS WORK.
YOU KNOW, MAINLY WITH RESISTANCE TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND OR STILL TRYING TO LEARN HOW OR WHAT IT MEANS TO DO THE WORK.
WE WANTED TO REMIND FOLKS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN EDUCATOR AND TO WORK ON WORK THROUGH THAT ON THAT JOURNEY.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAD EDUCATORS WORK WITH US ON GENERATING SCENARIOS USING PAVLIK.
SO THEY ACTUALLY GENERATED SOME NARRATIVES FROM THEM THAT WE HAD A CHANCE TO WORK THROUGH AND ANALYZE AS A GROUP IN THE PACK.
AND SO THEY GOT A CHANCE TO LEARN WITH ME, LEARN FROM ME, BUT ALSO LEARN FROM COLLEAGUES IN GROUPS OF FOUR AS THEY TALKED ABOUT SPECIFIC SCENARIOS THAT THEY HAD EXPERIENCED AND HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD AND HOW TO BE MORE DEI CENTERED IN THAT WORK.
ON OCTOBER 28, WE REPEATED THAT EMBRACING THE EQUITY JOURNEY FOR THE SECONDARY STAFF AND THAT WAS LED BY ME.
AGAIN, WE GENERATED A NUMBER OF SCENARIOS USING THE TECHNOLOGY PALETTE, WHICH ENABLED EDUCATORS TO GO ON ONLINE TYPE THAT IN ON REALLY WHAT.
THAT'S WHAT I CAN SAY IS LIKE A VIRTUAL STICKY PAD WITH POST-IT NOTES.
BUT IT ALSO ENABLES SOME MULTIMEDIA WITH IMAGES THAT IT WOULD TAKE IN.
TEACHERS WERE ABLE TO UPLOAD JIBS VIDEO SO.
SO THAT REALLY GOT US ENGAGED IN THAT WORK AND OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SPACE.
WE ALSO HAVE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE DEI ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND SUPPORTING THEM ON HOW TO BEST PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO THE BOARD.
AND THEY DID THAT BY ORGANIZING WHAT WE'VE CALLED SUBGROUPS OR SUBCOMMITTEES, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT.
SO EVIDENCE OF THAT WORK WE ORGANIZE AND CONSISTENTLY SUPPORTED SCHOOL LEADERS AND STAFF IS NEEDED SPECIFICALLY THROUGH EICKE CAMPUS EDUCATION CAMPUS EQUITY TEAMS. AND WHAT THAT DOES LOOK LIKE DURING THE MONTHS OF AUGUST AND DECEMBER IS THOSE TEAMS ARE MET ONCE A MONTH AND ALL OF THE SCHOOLS AND LINDA, FLORENCIO OR MYSELF HAVE SHOWN UP AT THOSE MEETINGS TO REALLY SUPPORT THEM AS THEY HAVE STARTED TO GET THEIR MEETINGS OFF THE GROUND.
IN THE CASE OF THE ELEMENTARY, PRINCIPAL AND PRINCIPALS, AND AS THEY'RE CONTINUING THOSE THOSE MEETINGS FROM THE SECONDARY PRINCIPALS AND I WANT TO SAY, JUST AS YOU HEARD IN THE LAST PRESENTATION, THIS HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO DO IN A IN A CLIMATE OF COVID.
AND SO SUPPORTING THOSE PRINCIPLES HAS MEANT HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T ALWAYS HOLD THE MEETINGS.
THEY CERTAINLY BEEN FIGHTING THROUGH A NUMBER OF STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH COVID ABSENCES AND TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THAT AS WELL.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE RECONVENED A SMALL GROUP OF TEACHERS WHO HAD ALREADY BEEN INVOLVED IN DEI WORK PRIOR TO ME COMING, AND THEY WERE INVOLVED IN DEI WORK LAST YEAR WITH SOME SUPPORT FROM ME, AND THEY WANTED TO CONTINUE DOING THAT WORK.
SO THAT WAS JUST A SMALL GROUP OF TEACHERS WHO WANTED TO WORK ON THE WORK.
AND THEN WHAT ARE SOME OTHER EVIDENCE IS EVIDENCE OF THAT WORK.
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WORKING WITH THE DTI ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THEY CAME UP WITH THE SUBGROUPS OR SOMETIMES CALLED SUBCOMMITTEES SPECIFIC FOCUS AREAS THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN LEARNING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT AND THEN OFFERING SOME SUPPORT TO THE BOARD IN WAYS THAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT AND WHAT THEY HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY AROUND STUDENTS CURRICULUM, RESTORATIVE PRACTICES, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, CLIMATE ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS TRACKING.SO THESE GROUPS WILL PROBABLY COME TOGETHER IN SOME WAYS AS WE MOVE TO MOVE IN, TO CONTINUE TO WORK.
BUT ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THEY'VE DONE IS THEY'VE OFFERED SUGGESTIONS ON THREE OF THE CLIMATE SURVEYS ALREADY THAT WORK WITHIN THE LAST YEAR FOR THE STUDENTS, STAFF AND PARENTS CLIMATE SURVEYS.
AND THEY'RE CONTINUING TO BUILD COMMUNITY WITH EACH OTHER AND THE OUTSIDE COMMUNITY AND EXPLORE FUTURE WAYS TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABILITY.
NOW, MORE EVIDENCE OF THAT WORK IS REALLY WHAT ARE SOME WAYS WE'VE CONNECTED WITH THE LARGER COMMUNITY.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT ARE AVAILABLE RESOURCES ON THE EANES ISD DIVERSITY WEBSITE THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GO AND REVIEW AND GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK ON.
WE ALSO HAD A COMMUNITY WEBINAR AT THE END OF LAST YEAR ON MAY 13, WHERE WE INVITED THE COMMUNITY TO COME IN AND LISTEN TO AN UPDATE AND THEN INTERACT AND ENGAGE WITH US AROUND A Q&A SESSION AT THE END OF JUNE.
I PRESENTED THE FIRST YEAR REPORT OF THE WORK IS TITLED BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF TRUST THROUGH DEVELOPMENT, RACIAL AWARENESS AND ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN EANES ISD.
THAT FULL REPORT, INCLUDING THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IN CASE YOU'RE NOT WANTING TO BE PUT TO SLEEP BY, IT, IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE.
AND THEN WE HAD A COMMUNITY WEBINAR, ANOTHER ONE ON DECEMBER 2ND IN 2021 IN THE LAST YEAR.
AND THEN WE HAVE A COMMUNITY WEBINAR COMING UP.
NOT A COMMUNITY, BUT WE HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING COMING UP NEXT WEEK, WHICH IS FEBRUARY ON FEBRUARY 1ST.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS? WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SCHOOL LEADERS THROUGH CAMPUS EQUITY TEAMS TO ENSURE SUSTAINABILITY AND ALSO THAT HELPS WITH CAPACITY BUILDING BEYOND THE PRINCIPALS WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH AT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS IT REPORTS TO THE BOARD IN THE SPRING, AND THEN ALSO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THE LARGER COMMUNITY THROUGH SMALLER, IN-PERSON GROUP MEETINGS AND LARGER WEBINARS.
AND FINALLY, LOOKING AHEAD LONG TERM AND OVER THE NEXT TWO TO FIVE YEARS, IMPLEMENT A SUSTAINABLE SYSTEM TO RESPOND WELL TO STUDENT CONCERNS AROUND EQUITY.
WANT TO BE NIMBLE IN THIS PROCESS IN PARTICULAR AND IN CONTINUED AND INCREASED STAFF DEVELOPMENT AROUND EQUITY PRACTICES AND STRATEGIES? LAST BUT NOT LEAST, EMBEDDED EQUITY CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES IN BOTH PLC LEARNING, COMMUNITY STAFF DISCUSSIONS AND IN THE CURRICULUM, WHICH IS WHAT YOU HEARD A LOT ABOUT IN THE LAST PRESENTATION AND THE MOVEMENT TO START TO PARTNER WITH OUR LESSON, CAST IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS FOR THIS WORK.
THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT, AS YOU SAT, THROUGH THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
IT IS VERY GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT WEEK.
ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION, DR.
LEONARD, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IS THAT DR.
GOODEN MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING THAT BECAUSE THE SLIDES WERE NOT HERE, HE HAD SOME NOTES ON HIS SLIDES.
ONE OF THOSE SLIDES MENTIONED A COMMUNITY MEETING ON FEBRUARY 1ST.
THAT'S ACTUALLY A SMALL GROUP COMMUNITY MEETING THAT IS PTO PRESIDENTS AND PRESIDENTS ELECT AND A FEW MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO SERVE IN LEADERSHIP ROLES IN THE COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT.
SO I JUST WANT TO SPECIFY THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT A GENERAL COMMUNITY MEETING.
THAT WAS A GREAT [INAUDIBLE] SO GO BACK PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE SLIDES.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY A REALLY NICE TRANSITION.
I FEEL A LITTLE REDUNDANT, BUT ANOTHER GOAL THAT CAME OUT OF THE BOARD PRIORITY FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION WAS TO EMBED OVER TIME THE ONGOING IMPORTANCE OF DEI INTO OUR CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND RESOURCES.
AND WE, AS A CURRICULUM TEAM, CAME TO YOU LAST SPRING AND SAID, OH MY GOODNESS, WE REALLY NEED SOME PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OF OUR OWN.
THIS IS WORK THAT THAT ADMINISTRATORS DON'T TYPICALLY GET IN THEIR PREPARATION PROGRAMS. AND YOU HEARD THAT AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT YOU ASKED US TO GO OUT FOR
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AN RFQ OR REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION, AND THAT RESULTED IN US INTERVIEWING VETTING DIFFERENT VENDORS.AND THE RESULT OF THAT WAS AN APPROVAL ON TUESDAY NIGHT OF THE RFQ FOR US TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH LESS AND CAST.
SO I'M GOING TO KEEP SAYING THANK YOU EVERY TIME I GET THE CHANCE.
ANOTHER OUTCOME OF THAT WORK IS OUR CIA TEAM THIS SUMMER HAD A RETREAT OFF SITE, AND WE ACTUALLY TOOK DR. GOODEN'S BOOK AND DID A BOOK STUDY.
I REALLY TRIED TO DOVE DEEP INTO THAT WORK OURSELVES TO UNDERSTAND OUR BELIEFS IN WAYS THAT WE COULD SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A DEI PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SESSION THIS SUMMER.
POOR DR. GOODEN HAD SOME FAMILY THINGS HAPPENING, AND SO OUR CURRICULUM TEAM PULLED TOGETHER AS A WHOLE GROUP AND WE PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION, AND LINDA AND FLO LED THAT SESSION.
AND THEN AT THE END OF THE SESSION, SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY BENEFICIAL WAS A SURVEY THAT OUR TEACHERS COMPLETED TO LET US KNOW WHERE THEY WERE AND WHAT SUPPORTS IT IS THAT THEY THAT THEY WERE WANTING.
SO OUR CURRENT WORK, AS YOU KNOW, THIS SUMMER, THE NEW LEGISLATION CAME OUT FOR HOUSE BILL 39 79 IN SENATE BILL THREE, AND THAT CREATED SOME WORRY AND FEAR WITH OUR TEACHERS.
AND WE REALLY OUR WHOLE GOAL IN OUR DEPARTMENT IS TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS.
WE WORKED WITH OUR GENERAL COUNSEL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE BILLS WERE.
WE CREATED SOME DOCUMENTS AND SOME TRAINING.
WE WORKED WITH OUR ADMINISTRATORS, WHO THEN HELPED TO TURN THAT TRAINING AROUND TO THEIR TO THEIR CAMPUS.
WE'VE ALSO JUST BEEN COLLABORATING WITH OUR STAFF AS OUR ADMINISTRATORS ARE DOING THE EQUITY TEAMS AND OUR PRINCIPAL MEETINGS AND OUR FULL STAFF MEETINGS.
WE CONSTANTLY ARE TALKING ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.
WE ALSO HAVE DONE AN ELEMENTARY REVIEW OF OUR ADOPTED READ ALOUD BOOKS TO CREATE A GUARANTEED AND VIABLE CURRICULUM.
REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT HEATHER MEEK HAS BEEN DOING WITH THE TEACHER LEADERS.
SO WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS TAKING THOSE READ ALOUD BOOKS AND PUTTING THEM INTO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
IT MIGHT BE DISABILITIES SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE SO THAT TEACHERS FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE BEING ABLE TO GO TO THAT SPREADSHEET AND IDENTIFY A BOOK AND KNOW THAT THAT'S A THAT'S AN OK BOOK TO USE.
AND THIS WEEK WE HAD A COLLABORATION WITH OUR SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS AND OUR CIA TEAM.
THEY ARE ALSO CURATING A LIST.
THEY ACTUALLY ALREADY HAVE THE LIST CREATED FOR THE BOOKS AND TEXTS THAT THEY USE FOR GRADES SIX THROUGH 12.
AND ONCE WE START WORKING WITH LESSON CAST, WE WILL CONTINUE THAT WORK TO TO CREATE THOSE THOSE LISTS.
WE ALSO HAVE PARENT COMMUNICATION, AND THOSE NEW BILLS THAT CAME OUT THIS SUMMER HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED FOR OUR PARENTS TO BE INFORMED OF WHAT THEIR STUDENTS ARE LEARNING AND READING.
AND SO WE WANTED TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS CLEAR WITH OUR TEACHERS AND THE SECONDARY TEACHERS, ESPECIALLY IN THE ELA DEPARTMENT, HAVE A PROCESS TO COMMUNICATE WITH PARENTS THE BOOKS THAT THEIR STUDENTS WILL BE READING SO THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THAT PRIOR TO THE BOOKS BEING READ.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE PROCESSES FOR INDIVIDUAL SITUATIONS.
SO IF A STUDENT IS STRUGGLING WITH SOMETHING, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT COLLABORATION BETWEEN PARENT AND SCHOOL, BETWEEN TEACHER AND ADMINISTRATOR.
WE HAVE RESOURCES IN THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SECTION OF THE LIBRARY THAT TEACHERS AND PARENTS CAN UTILIZE.
SO SOME EVIDENCE OF OUR WORK ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS A GRAPHIC THAT OUR TEAM CREATED THAT CAME OUT OF THAT HOUSE BILL 3979.
TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THINGS THAT TEACHERS COULD DO IN THE CLASSROOM TO MAKE SURE THAT CLASSROOM IS A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT.
AND THEN WE CREATED ANOTHER DOCUMENT LATER WHEN SENATE BILL THREE CAME OUT.
IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THINGS THAT THEY COULD DO WITH PARENTS IN ORDER TO COMMUNICATE AHEAD OF TIME.
THOSE THINGS THAT THEY'RE TEACHING AND READING IN THE MIDDLE PICTURE IS OUR CURRICULUM RETREAT THIS SUMMER WITH US DOING A BOOK STUDY WITH DR.
GOODEN'S BOOK AND ON THE RIGHT IS A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY MEETING WITH THE LIBRARIANS AND HEATHER MEEK AND MYSELF.
SO NEXT STEPS ARE SHORT TERM GOALS.
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING WITH THE CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION TEAM AND INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS WITH LESSON CAST TO APPLY THOSE UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING PRACTICES AND PRINCIPLES TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE EQUITABLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS IN EVERY SINGLE CLASSROOM.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DESIGN REPRESENTATIVE AND INCLUSIVE CURRICULUM.
WE WANT STUDENTS TO HAVE MIRRORS.
WE WANT THEM WHEN THEY'RE READING A BOOK TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEMSELVES, BUT ALSO A WINDOW.
WE WANT THEM TO HAVE DIFFERING VIEWPOINTS AND PERSPECTIVES AGAIN SO THAT WHEN THEY GO OUT INTO THE DIVERSE SOCIETY, THEY ARE PREPARED AND THEN TO LEARN INSTRUCTIONAL
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STRATEGIES TO REMOVE THOSE BARRIERS AND IDENTIFY GAPS AND OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EQUITABLE STUDENT OUTCOMES AND LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR ALL STUDENTS.I'M EXCITED TO TELL YOU THAT WE ALREADY HAVE TWO OF OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS BOOKED WITH LESS IN CLASS THIS MONTH WITH OUR CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION TEAM.
I WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU AND GIVING YOU REGULAR UPDATES.
WE HAVE HEARD THE INPUT FROM NOT ONLY COMMUNITY, BUT YOU THAT YOU WANT MEASURES OF SUCCESS AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT TOO.
ANOTHER GOAL IS FOR US TO CONTINUE OUR REVIEW OF BOOK INVENTORIES.
OUR LIBRARIANS THIS SUMMER, WHEN WE MET WITH THEM, THEY ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH THE IDEA TO DO A BOOK INVENTORY OF THEIR LIBRARIES.
HOW DO WE FIGURE OUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT TOPICS THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTED IN OUR LIBRARIES? SO SIMILAR TO THE WORK THAT HEATHER IS DOING WITH THE TEACHER LEADERS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, THE LIBRARIANS K THROUGH 12 ARE CREATING A BOOK INVENTORY TO MAKE SURE AGAIN THAT WE HAVE THAT GVC ACROSS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
AND THAT WOULD HELP TO TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE PURCHASE BOOKS IN THE FUTURE, THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT IT'S REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL DIFFERENT CULTURES AND THEN PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TO ALL K THROUGH 12 STAFF.
NEXT AUGUST, WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE ALREADY HAVE NICOLE BOOKED FOR AUGUST 10TH FOR OUR TEACHERS K THROUGH 12 SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE GVC WITH OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.
AND THEN LONG TERM, LOOKING AHEAD, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF OUR INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS AND OUR TEACHERS TO IMPLEMENT THOSE UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR PRACTICES, UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING PRACTICES.
WHEN WE ARE WRITING AND PLANNING, WRITING OUR CURRICULUM AND PLANNING INSTRUCTION, HOW DO WE CONTINUE COLLABORATIVE PLANNING WITH OUR CIA TEAM, TEACHER LEADERS AND DEPARTMENT CHAIRS TO ENSURE THAT THOSE STRUCTURES ARE IN PLACE AND ARE PART OF OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY PLANNING PROCESS? WE WANT TO GIVE OUR TEACHERS THOSE STRATEGIES SO THAT WHEN THEY'RE IN THAT DLC, THEY CAN BE THINKING, DO I DO I HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE CURRICULUM? AM I PROVIDING VARIOUS TEXTS FOR MY STUDENTS? AND THEN FINALLY, TO LEVERAGE THE UDL PRACTICES INTO OUR CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S REPRESENTATION, INCLUSIVITY AND EQUITABLE STUDENT LEARNING EXPERIENCES SO THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS CAN LEAVE OUR SYSTEM PREPARED FOR A DIVERSE SOCIETY.
AND THAT IS IT, I'M NOW GOING TO INVITE OUR STUDENT SUPPORT TEAM UP.
I'M THE CHIEF STUDENT SUPPORT OFFICER, AND WE ARE HERE WITH THE STUDENT SUPPORT TEAM.
WE'RE THE OTHER HALF OF THE DREAM TEAM OF THE CIA DEPARTMENT AND JUST REALLY IT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE.
WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE GRADUATE PROFILE AND WE THINK OF THE WHOLE STUDENT WORKING WITH SUSAN AND CHAD AND HEATHER AND FRED ON ALL THE ACADEMIC PIECE AND THEN HAVING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE KIND OF UNDER ME LOOKING AT THAT INTERVENTION AND STUDENT SUPPORT.
IT REALLY CREATES THAT WELL-ROUNDED PROFILE OF THE STUDENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
SO WE ARE EXCITED TO PRESENT TODAY.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM HEIDI SAUER, WHO OUR COORDINATOR OF COUNSELING AND SEL, ALISON EICKE, WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SUPPORT.
AND THEN MATT ZEMO, WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION.
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT OF THESE AREAS COVERED TODAY, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL AREAS UNDER STUDENT SUPPORT THAT WE WON'T COVER, AND SO SOME OF THOSE ARE SPECIFICALLY AROUND LIKE OUR FOSTER CARE INITIATIVES, LOOKING AT OUR HOMELESS POPULATION, NURSING SHACK.
SO ALL OF THOSE ISSUES STILL KIND OF FALL UNDER STUDENT SUPPORT, BUT THEY'RE NOT SPECIFICALLY IN THESE PRESENTATIONS TODAY.
BUT IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE AS WE GO ALONG.
BUT WE JUST WANTED YOU TO SEE SORT OF THE BIG PICTURE OF EVERYTHING UNDER STUDENT SUPPORT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START TODAY WITH COUNSELING AND SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING, AND YOU ALL KNOW, HEIDI, SHE'S MOST FAMOUS FOR HER COLLEGE PRESENTATION, WHICH I BELIEVE IS POSSIBLY THE MOST POPULAR PRESENTATION THAT WE DO THE BOARD.
BUT YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY FROM WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, WE STOLE HER.
I THINK YOU'RE STILL GOING TO BE VERY IMPRESSED WITH HER PRESENTATION TODAY, BUT JUST
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WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HEIDI.IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN JAMIE LEFT, WE SEPARATED THOSE POSITIONS INTO TWO.
AND SO WE HAVE HEIDI AND CATHERINE SHARING THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES.
AND WHEN I WHEN YOU SEE HEIDI'S REPORT, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WHY HAVING THESE POSITIONS SPLIT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
HEIDI HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK IN A REALLY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME WHILE STILL BEING CONNECTED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, SO STEVE WOULDN'T GIVE HER UP QUITE ALL THE WAY TO US.
AND SO SHE WAS DOING A LOT OF KIND OF BACK AND FORTH AT THE VERY BEGINNING.
AND THEN BECAUSE SHE IS WHO SHE IS, SHE WANTED TO KEEP HER SENIORS THIS YEAR, AND SO SHE STILL CONNECTED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO WE'LL HAVE HER COMPLETELY FULL TIME NEXT YEAR.
BUT THE AMOUNT OF WORK SHE'S ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO DO IS INCREDIBLE.
SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HEIDI BEFORE I START.
JUST REAL QUICK, THOUGH, REMINDING YOU GUYS YOU'VE SEEN THESE IMAGES BEFORE.
AGAIN, I MENTIONED THE GRADUATE PROFILE.
THAT'S REALLY ONE OF OUR DRIVING FORCES AND OUR DISTRICT, THE SEL COMPETENCIES THROUGH CASTLE AND THAT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, OUR IMAGE AND THE REFLECTION OF THOSE COMPETENCIES THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED ALL ALONG.
AND THEN IN THE BOTTOM CORNER, WE HAVE THE COMPREHENSIVE COUNSELING PROGRAM AND HEIDI WILL GO MORE INTO THAT, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HER AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HER.
THANK YOU, MOLLY, AND GOOD MORNING, BOARD.
SO THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARD REVOLVE AROUND ENHANCING THE COUNSELING PROGRAM BY FOCUSING ON SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS THROUGH OUR COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM AND EMBEDDED INSTRUCTION.
WE'RE ALSO EXPANDING OUR EFFORTS TO IMPROVE STUDENT SAFETY, INCLUDING SUICIDE PREVENTION, AS WELL AS OVERALL STUDENT WELLNESS AND RESILIENCE.
SO OUTCOMES, WE BEGAN THE YEAR WITH 20 DAYS OF SEL ON OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, THIS PROGRAMING WAS DEVELOPED IN PART BY SOME OF OUR ELEMENTARY COUNSELING TEAM, AND THE FOCUS OF THIS WAS REENGAGING STUDENTS INTO THE CLASSROOM, HELPING THEM BUILD CONNECTION AFTER POTENTIALLY A YEAR AND A HALF AWAY FROM A TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM SETTING FOR BOTH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.
WE ALSO EXPANDED THE USE OF AUSTIN FAMILY COUNSELING AT OUR DAEP, PREVIOUSLY ONLY STUDENTS PLACED AT THE DAP FOR DRUG OR ALCOHOL ISSUES WERE GIVEN ACCESS TO THE WEEKLY AUSTIN FAMILY COUNSELING SESSIONS.
BUT NOW ANY STUDENT THERE FOR ANY REASON HAS ACCESS TO THIS GROUP THERAPY OPPORTUNITY.
THEY CAN ALSO EARN A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF DAYS THEY NEED TO SERVE AT THE DAEP, AND THEY HAVE ACCESS TO INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY THERAPY AT THE AFC SITE OR SITES THAT THEY HAVE.
IN AUGUST, OUR STAFF DEVELOPMENT FEATURED A PRESENTATION ON TRAUMA INFORMED CLASSROOMS THAT WAS LED BY THREE OF OUR COUNSELORS.
AND THIS BEGAN BY DEFINING TRAUMA, BY PROVIDING HOW THAT MIGHT MANIFEST AMONG THE DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS OF STUDENTS THAT THEY WOULD BE SEEING AND THEN PROVIDING SOME TOOLS AND TRICKS AND TIPS FOR OUR TEACHERS TO HELP REENGAGE THEM IN THE CLASSROOM.
WE ALSO WIDELY ADVERTISED A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY FORUM FROM INTEGRAL CARE ON THE MEANINGFUL STEPS TO PREVENT SUICIDE, BECAUSE THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A MAJOR CONCERN AND WE WORK TO BALANCE OUR STUDENT SUPPORT COUNSELORS TIME ACROSS OUR ELEMENTARY'S.
WE HAVE THREE SUPPORT COUNSELORS IN THE EACH NOW HAVE RESPONSIBILITY TO CAMPUSES.
AS MOLLY SAID, I'M NEW, SO THAT'S BEEN A BIG PART OF HOW THE WORK HAS BEEN AS ME, JUST SORT OF GETTING INTO THIS POSITION GRADUALLY AND LEARNING ALL THE THINGS I DON'T KNOW AND NEED TO KNOW.
AND I BEGAN BY GOING ON A COUNSELOR TOUR AND TALKING TO COUNSELORS INDIVIDUALLY, PARTICULARLY ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELORS.
AND IT WAS A REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE THAT REALLY ALLOWED ME TO GET TO KNOW THEM A LITTLE BIT TO FIND OUT WHAT THEIR VISION OF COUNSELING IS WITHIN EANES AND HOW THEY FEEL LIKE SEL IS FITTING INTO THEIR SPECIFIC CAMPUSES AND THEIR ROLES IN THAT.
I'VE ALSO WORKED TO FULLY IMPLEMENT A NEW PROCESS THAT MOLLY AND JAMIE RICHARDSON BEGAN LAST YEAR TO IMPLEMENT HOW WE IDENTIFY STUDENTS FOR THE FEDERAL MCKINNEY-VENTO ACT AND THROUGH SPEAKING TO SOME OF THESE FAMILIES, I'VE, YOU KNOW, MET FAMILIES WHO ENDED UP IN EANES AFTER THE HURRICANE IN LOUISIANA AT THE START OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
FAMILIES THAT ARE WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE SALVATION ARMY'S TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM TO WORK TOWARD THEIR OWN APARTMENTS, A FAMILY WHO IS ESCAPING ABUSIVE SITUATIONS AND ONE THAT IS ACTUALLY SEEKING POLITICAL ASYLUM HERE IN AUSTIN.
I'VE REINTRODUCED AND STREAMLINE THE PROCESS FOR COUNSELORS TO USE SKYWARD IN ORDER TO TRACK REASONS WHY STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY COMING INTO THE COUNSELING OFFICE.
WE WERE TRAINED BY THIS IN LATE 2019, AND THEN, OF COURSE, 2020 HAPPENED AND ALL THAT WENT OUT THE WINDOW.
AND SO NONE OF US WANTED TO HAVE STUDENTS TOUCHING IPAD SCREENS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND SO WE'VE REINTEGRATED THAT AND ARE GRADUALLY GETTING ALL OF THAT DATA COLLECTED.
I'VE ALSO UPDATED THE CRISIS PLAN AS WELL AS OUR EANES ISD COUNSELING STAFF SITE.
THIS IS AN INTERNAL SITE THAT I INTEND AS A ONE STOP SHOP FOR THE COUNSELORS
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WHERE WE CAN ACCESS OUR STUDENT SUICIDE RISK ASSESSMENT TOOLS AND OTHER RESOURCES, ALL IN ONE LOCATION, MAKING THAT EASIER FOR EVERYBODY.WE'RE CONTINUING TO DELIVER OUR SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING CURRICULUM THROUGH OUR COUNSELING PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THROUGH SECOND STEP AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
WE'RE HELPING STUDENTS AND PARENTS NAVIGATE THEIR MANY DIVERSE NEEDS IN PROVIDING ACCESS TO RESOURCES FOR THEM AS WELL, AND AS WELL AS PROVIDING MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARENTS TO RECEIVE EDUCATION ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS THROUGH OUR SPEAKER SERIES AND ANY OTHER EXTERNAL WEBINARS THAT WE CAN MAKE AVAILABLE.
AND WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING NEW LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS.
SOME EVIDENCE OF THAT WORK ON THE LEFT IS JUST A QUICK SCREENSHOT FROM THE BACK OF A STUDENT SMART TAG WHERE AT THE BOTTOM THERE IS THE 800 NUMBER FOR THE SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE, AS WELL AS THE CRISIS TEXT LINE THAT IS MANDATED.
THIS DATA IS ON ID CARDS FOR ALL STUDENTS.
IN THE CENTER, ALL COLORFUL IS A POSTER, IT'S PART OF THE COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON PERSONAL SAFETY.
WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE THIS POSTED IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON ALL CAMPUSES AND HIGH TRAFFIC, HIGHLY VISIBLE AREAS.
IT'S REALLY INVITING STUDENTS TO SEEK HELP IF THEY ARE BEING HURT AND PROVIDING A NUMBER BY WHICH TO DO THAT.
AT THE TOP IS THE COVER PAGE FROM OUR CRISIS PLAN, WHICH IS TITLED RESPONSE TO TRAUMATIC EVENTS.
THIS WAS RECENTLY UPDATED AND I TRAINED ADMINISTRATORS ANNUALLY TRAINED COUNSELORS ON THIS AS WELL ON THE LOWER RIGHT.
I HAVE A ONE PAGE DOCUMENT THAT COUNSELORS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL STAFF ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES IN THE AREAS OF REPORTING ABUSE AND ALSO IDENTIFYING SIGNS FOR POTENTIAL SELF-HARM THAT STUDENTS MAY EXHIBIT.
THE START OF EVERY SCHOOL YEAR, YOU'RE LIKELY AWARE THAT OUR STAFF GO THROUGH SAFE SCHOOLS TRAINING, WHICH DOES ENCOMPASS THESE TOPICS, BUT THAT'S A REALLY BUSY TIME OF YEAR.
THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF INFORMATION, AND YOU DON'T WALK AWAY FROM THAT TRAINING WITH SOMETHING TANGIBLE TO HELP YOU REMEMBER WHAT TO DO.
AND SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE THAT THIS SERVES.
SO AT THE TOP, YOU CAN SEE INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOW TO REPORT ABUSE.
THE CENTER HAS SIGNS FOR POTENTIAL SELF-HARM AND STEPS TO TAKE AT THE BOTTOM.
IT IS PERSONALIZED TO EACH CAMPUS WITH NUMBERS THAT STAFF WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTACT OR HELP IN ASSISTANCE.
AND THE COUNSELING TEAM AND ADMINISTRATORS ON EACH CAMPUS ARE DEFINITELY THERE TO HELP STAFF IN DEALING WITH ANY OF THE ISSUES RELATED TO THIS.
ON THE LEFT IS A POSTER FROM OUR FALL SPEAKER SERIES, THIS IS CURATED BY HIGH SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER BROOKE ANDERSON.
THIS FALL, SHE HAD TOPICS SUCH AS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ADHD FOR PARENTS.
THERE WAS A SELF-CARE SESSION FOR PARENTS.
SHE HOSTED A PANEL FROM NAMI ON ANXIETY BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALWAYS SEEN THAT IN YOUTH, OBVIOUSLY, BUT IT'S AMPLIFIED WITH ADULTS AND STUDENTS IN THE CURRENT TIMES.
AND SHE'S WORKING CURRENTLY ON HER SPRING SERIES ON THE TOP RIGHT CHALLENGE SUCCESS, WHICH WE ARE STILL CONNECTED TO.
THEY HAVE OFFERED SEVERAL WEBINARS ON A HEALTHIER APPROACH TO COLLEGE ADMISSIONS.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, A GREAT DEAL OF THE ANXIETY STUDENTS FACE IS AROUND THE AREA OF COLLEGE ADMISSIONS, AND SO WE'VE BEEN GLAD TO OFFER THAT I THINK IT WAS IN, LET ME THINK I THINK IT WAS SEPTEMBER AND DECEMBER, AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE DOING ANOTHER ONE THIS MARCH.
ALSO AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, THE SUPPORT COUNSELOR'S POST A HEALTHY TIP OF THE DAY THAT IS READ OVER MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS DURING SECOND PERIOD.
THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE DISCUSSING THE IMPORTANCE OF DOING SOMETHING YOU LOVE ON THE WEEKENDS OR YOUR OFF TIMES.
IS THAT REALLY REINVIGORATES YOU AND MAKES YOU MORE WILLING TO DO THE THINGS THAT MAYBE YOU DON'T LOVE SO MUCH LIKE YOUR HOMEWORK WHEN YOU'RE BACK AT SCHOOL? ON THE LEFT IS A PICTURE FROM VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY.
THIS IS A FIRST GRADE CLASSROOM DOING A MORNING MEETING.
AND ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY, THEY WERE PRACTICING EYE CONTACT, GREETING ONE ANOTHER AND THEN SHARING SOMETHING ABOUT THEMSELVES.
ON THE LOWER RIGHT, THIS IS A PICTURE FROM FOREST TRAIL ELEMENTARY ON OCTOBER 20TH.
ACROSS THE NATION, SCHOOLS CELEBRATE SOMETHING CALLED UNITY DAY, WHICH IS REALLY ALL ABOUT ANTI-BULLYING.
IT'S A TOLERANCE, IT'S INCLUSION.
OFTEN KIDS, ADULTS WEAR THESE BRIGHT ORANGE COLORS AND HAVE ACTIVITIES AROUND THAT.
AND FOREST TRAIL TOOK THAT ONE STEP FURTHER THIS YEAR AND ACTUALLY DID A UNITY WEEK.
IN ONE OF THEIR KEY ACTIVITIES WAS THE SCHOOL RIDE READING OF A BOOK CALLED ALMA AND HOW SHE GOT HER NAME.
AND UPON READING THIS BOOK, STUDENTS WERE OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE STORY OF THEIR NAME IF THEY HAVE ONE, AND THEN TALK ABOUT THE LEGACY THEY WOULD LIKE THEIR NAME TO LEAVE.
AND THEN IT'S HARD TO SEE ON THIS PICTURE.
BUT EACH OF THOSE LETTERS HAS MADE UP OF STUDENT NAMES SO THAT STUDENTS COULD PUT THEIR NAMES THERE.
AND THEN THIS POSTER AT FOREST TRAIL REMINDS THEM THEY'RE ALL A PART OF THE CAMPUS.
TOP, RIGHT? FUN LITTLE EXPERIMENT AT EANES ELEMENTARY WITH THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE.
THEIR TOPIC WAS THE POWER OF SELF-TALK, AND SO THEY HAVE TWO PLANTS IN THESE CLASSROOMS, ONE OF WHICH YOU CAN SEE RED LETTERS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.
ONE OF THOSE PLANTS RECEIVED NEGATIVE PHRASEOLOGY TO IT EVERY DAY.
THE ONE ON THE RIGHT RECEIVED POSITIVE PRAISES TO IT, AND THEN THE IDEA WAS TO SEE DO THESE PLANTS THRIVE AT DIFFERENT RATES? WHAT THEY LEARNED IS THAT IT ALSO DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU WATER THEM OR GIVE THEM
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LIGHT.BUT IN A CLASSROOM WHERE THERE WAS SOME PRETTY GOOD FIDELITY, HERE THEY DO.
IT DID APPEAR THAT THE PLANT WITH THE POSITIVE SELF-TALK GOT A LITTLE A LITTLE BIGGER THAN THE OTHER ONE, BUT A FUN ACTIVITY FOR SURE.
SO OUR NEXT STEPS ARE TO IMPLEMENT TEACH CHAT AT WESTLAKE, THIS IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DELL MEDICAL SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE REFERRED TO THIS PROGRAM WILL HAVE ACCESS TO UP TO FOUR SESSIONS WITH A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL.
AND THIS COULD INCLUDE A PSYCHIATRIST, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT SIMPLY BECAUSE APPOINTMENTS WITH PSYCHIATRISTS ARE HARD TO COME BY THESE DAYS, PROBABLY EVERYWHERE, BUT DEFINITELY IN AUSTIN.
AND SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING, AND THEY WILL BE REFERRED TO THIS PROGRAM THROUGH OUR TWO SUPPORT COUNSELORS AT WESTLAKE.
WE'LL ALSO BE PLANNING FOR 2022-23 IMPLEMENTATION OF SENATE BILL NINE, WHICH IS THE BILL SURROUNDING THE PREVENTION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING BY TRAINING STUDENTS ON PREVENTION IN DATING, VIOLENCE, CHILD ABUSE IN FAMILY VIOLENCE.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO CREATE A VERTICALLY ALIGNED, AGE APPROPRIATE SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM ACROSS ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES.
A LOT OF THIS FOCUSES, ESPECIALLY AT THE YOUNGER LEVELS ON RESILIENCY AND BELONGINGNESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT HELP PEOPLE FEEL CONNECTED.
WE'RE DEVELOPING A NEW COUNSELOR HANDBOOK TO PROVIDE CONSISTENT ONBOARDING OF NEW STAFF.
WHEN I DID MY COUNSELOR TO HER, IT WAS A CONSISTENT THING I HEARD AMONG OUR STAFF HIRED KIND OF OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, ESPECIALLY DURING COVID, THAT WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY HELPFUL TO HELP THEM GET ACCLIMATED INTO EANES COUNSELING.
AND I'LL CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH OUTSIDE RESOURCES TO EDUCATE PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY.
LOOKING AHEAD, WE'LL BE SUPPORTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF POSITIVE CHARACTER TRAITS, TEKS IN ALL OF THE GREAT BANDS AS REQUIRED, AND DEVELOP A COLLECTION OF COUNSELOR GUIDANCE LESSONS AT THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I CAN'T SAY THE WORD MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO REALLY HARNESS ALL OF THIS CREATIVE ENERGY THAT THE COUNSELORS HAVE AND THEIR COMBINED KNOWLEDGE SO THAT WHEN WE HAVE SOMEBODY OUT OF MATERNITY LEAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S OUT SICK, SOMEBODY WHO'S HAD A BAD WEEK AND JUST NEEDS A LITTLE EXTRA TIME, THEY CAN.
WE CAN GET GUARANTEED BIBLE CURRICULUM THROUGH ALL OF THIS SHARED KNOWLEDGE, WITH SOME COUNSELING GUIDANCE LESSONS AT THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO REVISE AND REVIEW THE COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM THAT LINDA RAWLINGS STARTED WORKING ON US WITH, AND THEN JAMIE CONTINUED, AND I'LL CONTINUE THAT WORK AS WELL.
WE'LL BE CONNECTING FAMILIES WHO NEED SUPPORT IN THE AREAS OF MENTAL HEALTH.
ONE WAY TO DO THIS IS THROUGH NAMI, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS.
THEY ALREADY OFFER RESOURCES TO FAMILIES AND SOME SPECIFIC SUPPORT GROUPS FOR PARENTS.
AND WE'RE LOOKING TO PERHAPS NARROW THAT DOWN EVEN FURTHER TO BE ABLE TO OFFER SUPPORT GROUPS FOR EANES FAMILY, SPECIFICALLY AROUND AREAS OF MENTAL HEALTH, SO THEY CAN GET SOME SUPPORT ON THAT.
AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE FOSTERING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS AROUND MENTAL HEALTH.
THANK YOU, GUYS FOR YOUR TIME.
ALL RIGHT, SO NEXT, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM ALISON IKEE, AND AGAIN, I'M ALLISON'S POSITION WAS CREATED LAST YEAR, AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE FROM HER PRESENTATION TO THE BENEFIT OF THAT, EVERYTHING THAT ALISON IS DOING NOW HAD FALLEN UNDER OTHER DIRECTORS.
AND SO WHILE THE WORK WAS GETTING DONE, IT'S REALLY NICE NOW TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO THOSE TO THOSE AREAS.
AND ALISON HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, REALLY STREAMLINING A LOT OF PROCESSES AND GETTING PEOPLE TRAINED AND ON BOARD.
ONE LITTLE CAVEAT TO HER PRESENTATION IS WE HAVE BEEN FUNCTIONING CURRENT PREVIOUSLY AND EVEN UP TILL TODAY UNDER THE NEW UNDER THE OLD DYSLEXIA HANDBOOK, AND IT WAS JUST KIND OF OFFICIALLY ADOPTED LAST FRIDAY AND GOES INTO EFFECT ON FEBRUARY 10TH.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE FROM ALISON'S PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE THE WHAT IS STILL CURRENT UNTIL TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, JUST LIKE SEEING HANDBOOK.
AND THE DIFFERENCE IS THERE WAS A TWO PATHWAYS TO IDENTIFICATION.
A STUDENT COULD BE EITHER IDENTIFIED THROUGH 504 OR SPECIAL ED FOR DYSLEXIA, AND NOW THEY HAVE MADE THAT ONE PATHWAY.
AND SO ALL STUDENTS WHO ARE REFERRED FOR DYSLEXIA TESTING WILL GO THROUGH SPECIAL EDUCATION.
SO WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN PUTTING PROCESSES IN PLACE.
WE HAVE STAFF, WE'VE BEEN TRAINING, SO WE'RE READY FOR THIS IMPLEMENTATION.
BUT JUST WHEN YOU SEE HER PRESENTATION, EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN DOING UP UNTIL THAT HAD BEEN FOLLOWING THOSE TWO PATHWAYS, JUST A LITTLE DISCLAIMER BEFORE WE START.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT OUR GOALS FROM LAST YEAR.
SO THE FIRST GOAL WAS ENHANCING ESSENTIAL STUDENT PROGRAMS, SO RTI, DYSLEXIA AND SECTION 504 AND THEN REFINING STUDENT SUPPORT TEAM PROCESSES AND INCLUDING THAT EARLY INTERVENTION.
SO THROUGHOUT MY PROCESS OR MY PRESENTATION, YOU'LL HEAR ME REFER TO TIER ONE AND TIER TWO.
I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND EXPLAIN WHAT THOSE TIERS ARE, AND YOU'VE SEEN THIS
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PYRAMID BEFORE.PREVIOUSLY, YOU SAW A PYRAMID PRESENTED BY SHERI BRYANT.
HOWEVER, THIS PYRAMID REALLY REFERS TO OUR INSTRUCTION PLAN FOR STUDENTS.
SO TIER ONE IS IN THE GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM, AND THAT'S UNIVERSAL SUPPORT INSTRUCTION AND SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS.
TIER TWO ARE THOSE TARGETED INTERVENTIONS THAT TYPICALLY OCCUR IN OUR RTI WITH OUR CAMPUS SUPPORT SPECIALIST, BUT COULD ALSO OCCUR IN THE CLASSROOM.
AND THEN TIER THREE IS OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
SO OUTCOMES OF SOME OF THAT WORK, WE HAD OUR FIRST TEA DYSLEXIA CYCLICAL REVIEW IN WHICH WE MET 100 PERCENT COMPLIANCE LAST SPRING AND THAT INCLUDED 11 OUT OF 11 CRITERIA AND A REVIEW OF EIGHT STUDENT FOLDERS.
ONE OF THE STRENGTHS THAT CAME FROM THAT REVIEW IS THAT WE HAVE INTENSIVE TRAINING FOR OUR GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND OUR DYSLEXIA SPECIALIST.
THE NEXT AREA IS WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED, AS HEATHER MENTIONED, OUR NEW READING INVENTORY, WHICH IS MCLASS AND NEW PIECES OF THAT WILL BE ADDED FOR OUR DYSLEXIA SCREENER, FOR OUR FIRST GRADERS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AND OUR KINDERGARTNERS AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED OUR NEW STATE MANDATED READING INVENTORY FOR OUR SEVENTH GRADERS, WHO DID NOT PASS THE SIXTH GRADE READING STAR.
AND THAT IS THE TMFSA AND THAT'S PERFORMED BY OUR READING SPECIALIST.
WE ALSO HIRED A DISTRICT DIAGNOSTICIAN WHO, AS MOLLY MENTIONED, WAS ASSESSING AND WILL BE ASSESSING UNTIL OUR NEW CHANGE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS THAT NEEDED A DYSLEXIA OR DYSGRAPHIA EVALUATION THROUGH SECTION 504.
WE ASKED ALL OF OUR RETURNING STAFF TO THAT DID NOT ALREADY HAVE THEIR ESL CERTIFICATION TO OBTAIN THAT CERTIFICATION BY AUGUST 1ST.
WE'VE ALSO CROSSED TRAINED SOME OF OUR CAMPUS SUPPORT SPECIALIST TO SUPPORT OUR EMERGING BILINGUAL STUDENTS, WHICH ARE FORMALLY KNOWN AS OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS.
SO OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TERMINOLOGY CHANGES UNDER ESL.
SO AN EASY WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT IS ESL IS THE WAY THAT WE REFER TO AS OUR PROGRAM, AND THERE ARE EMERGENT BILINGUAL, OUR ACTUAL STUDENTS.
IN BEEN UNDER STUDENT SUPPORT TEAMS, I'VE UPDATED OUR SECTION 504 AND SST PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES.
AND THEN AFTER MEETING WITH ALL OF OUR SST TEAMS LAST YEAR, I REALIZED THAT THERE WAS A NEED TO CREATE A TIER ONE TRACKING INTERVENTION FORM TO GUIDE OUR SST MEETINGS AND DECISIONS.
AND THEN CURRENTLY UNDER DYSLEXIA, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE OUR NEW MCLASS AND TMFSA SCREENERS, SO FOR MCLASS, THOSE ARE GIVEN BY OUR CLASSROOM TEACHERS, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL PARTNERS AND OUR CAMPUS SUPPORT SPECIALISTS.
AND THOSE ARE FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SECOND GRADERS, AND IT RANGES ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO ABOUT EIGHT INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENTS FOR EACH STUDENT.
AND THOSE ARE ONE MINUTE ASSESSMENTS.
FOR OUR TEAM FSA, IT IS A QUICK READING INVENTORY TO CHECK THE STUDENT'S DECODING AND READING ACCURACY FOR OUR 7TH GRADE STUDENTS.
I'M ALSO OVERSEEING OUR CURRENT DYSLEXIA OR CURRENT CAMPUS SUPPORT SPECIALIST IN MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE RECEIVING THEIR DYSLEXIA INSTRUCTION, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO.
WE HAVE THREE CAMPUS SUPPORT SPECIALISTS THAT ARE RECEIVING THEIR WILSON LEVEL ONE CERTIFICATION, WHICH IS THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE USING IN TIER TWO TO DRIVE FOR OUR DYSLEXIA INTERVENTION.
AND THEN WE HAVE THREE STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE RECEIVING THEIR WILSON LEVEL TWO CERTIFICATION, AND ONE OF THOSE IS A SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF MEMBER AS WELL.
AND AS MOLLY MENTIONED, WE HAVE BEEN ANXIOUSLY WAITING FOR THE HANDBOOK, THE NEW DYSLEXIA HANDBOOK, TO BE RELEASED THAT WILL CHANGE TO A SINGLE PATHWAY FOR DYSLEXIA AND DYSGRAPHIA EVALUATIONS TO GO THROUGH AN FIIE.
UNLESS THE PARENTS DENY THAT, THEN IT COULD STILL GO THROUGH SECTION 504.
AND THEN WE HELD OUR DYSLEXIA AND RELATED DISORDERS AWARENESS NIGHT AT THE END OF OCTOBER THROUGH A WEBINAR.
UNDER ESL, DUE TO COVID AND SOME OF THE STUDENTS NOT BEING ABLE TO COME ON CAMPUS LAST YEAR, SOME OF OUR EB STUDENTS DID NOT TAKE STAAR OR TELL PASS.
THEREFORE, IF THEY WERE ELIGIBLE FOR RECLASSIFICATION INSTEAD OF BEING AN EB STUDENT, THEY COULD BE A MONITOR STUDENT.
THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MEET THAT RECLASSIFICATION.
SO THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO TEST THESE STUDENTS AND RECLASSIFY THEM TO BE MONITOR STUDENTS.
SO THERE ARE NO LONGER LISTED AS OUR EB STUDENTS AND RECEIVE THOSE APPROPRIATE SUPPORTS AS WELL.
AND THEN I DID SUBMIT AN ESL WAIVER TO TEA BECAUSE WE HAVE 14 STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT ESL CERTIFIED, BUT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE ESL STUDENTS IN THEIR CLASSROOM.
SO WE SUBMITTED THAT WAIVER AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS HAVE APPROPRIATE SUPPORT FOR THEM.
AND THEN CONTINUING TO IMPLEMENT SUPPORT FOR OUR EB STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
CURRENTLY, WE HOLD A ESL INFORMATION NIGHT FOR OUR SECONDARY FAMILIES.
HOWEVER, THIS YEAR I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INCLUDE THAT TO SUPPORT OUR ELEMENTARY
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FAMILIES AS WELL.SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON THIS SPRING.
CURRENTLY UNDER FIVE OF FOUR, WE HAVE HAD QUITE AN INFLUX OF REQUESTS FOR SECTION FIVE OF FOUR SERVICE PLANS, AND THAT IS ON ALL CAMPUSES, BUT ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THE CONCERNS AND COMPLEXITY AROUND THESE REQUESTS ARE REALLY WITH AN IN-DEPTH LOOK OF AT MENTAL HEALTH, SCHOOL REFUSAL, REFUSAL AND PSYCHIATRIC CARE.
SO WE'VE REALLY HAD TO WORK ON STREAMLINING OUR PROCESSES AND SUPPORTING OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND OUR WHO ARE 504 COORDINATORS.
I'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH MOLLY TO STREAMLINE AND IMPROVE OUR HOMEBOUND SERVICES FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT DO FALL UNDER SECTION 504 AND THEN IMPROVING OUR ACCOMMODATION AND TRACKING DOCUMENTS.
SO SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT OF OUR DYSLEXIA AUDIT WAS I REALIZED THAT OUR CLASSROOM TEACHERS NEEDED A MORE STREAMLINED WAY TO DOCUMENT AND KIND OF TRACK THE ACCOMMODATIONS THAT THEIR 504 STUDENTS HAVE.
SO JUST I'LL SHOW YOU HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
ACCOMMODATION AND TRACKING FORM THAT I CREATED AS WELL.
AND UNDER OUR SST PROCESS AND STUDENT SUPPORT FOR TIER TWO, I LEAD THE SST TEAMS IN ANALYZING DATA FOR TIER ONE AND TIER TWO INTERVENTIONS TO MAKING SURE ALL STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING THE SUPPORT AND INTERVENTIONS THEY NEED AND THEN SUPPORTING OUR CAMPUS SUPPORT SPECIALIST STAFF AS THE NUMBERS IN TIER TWO INCREASE.
WHETHER THAT'S FROM STUDENTS THAT NEED THE ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION FROM HOUSE BILL 4545 OR IF IT'S FROM OUR INFLUX OF STUDENTS THAT ARE NEEDING MORE SUPPORT FROM OUR READING INVENTORIES THAT WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING SO FAR.
SO AS WELL AS ALL THOSE AREAS I DISCOVERED, I'VE ALSO BEEN COLLABORATING WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR CIA DEPARTMENT.
SO AS HEATHER MENTIONED, WE DID IMPLEMENT OUR HEGARTY CURRICULUM THIS YEAR, WHICH IS A PHONEMIC AWARENESS CURRICULUM FOR ALL K THROUGH TWO STAFF.
SO IN AUGUST, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE A TRAINING FOR NEW AND RETURNING TEACHERS.
I'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH SUSAN AND OTHER MEMBERS OF CIA TO REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW ARE WE TRACKING OUR A.I.
INTERVENTION PLANS AND WHERE ARE THOSE PLANS GOING TO BE STORED SO THAT ALL EDUCATORS HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE PLANS THAT WORK WITH THOSE STUDENTS? I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH KATHERINE, OUR NEW TESTING COORDINATOR, TO TRAIN OUR, EXCUSE ME, OUR 504 COORDINATORS AND ESL SPECIALISTS ON STAAR ACCOMMODATIONS, AS WELL AS TELEPATHS ACCOMMODATIONS.
AND THEN WORKING WITH OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAM TO REVIEW RESEARCH AND IMPLEMENT NEW READING AND DYSLEXIA PROGRAMS WITH OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF AND THEN SUPPORTING MOLLY WITH OUR TITLE OR TITLE ONE THROUGH FOUR REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.
SOME OF THE EVIDENCE OF THIS WORK IS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THIS IS OUR TEA DYSLEXIA CYCLICAL REVIEW AND SHOWING ALL AREAS THAT WE MET COMPLIANCE.
IN THE MIDDLE THIS WAS OUR FLIER FOR OUR DYSLEXIA AND RELATED DISORDERS AWARENESS WEBINAR THAT WE HAD AT THE END OF OCTOBER.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS THE TIER ONE INTERVENTION FORM THAT I CREATED TO GUIDE THOSE SST MEETINGS AND DECISIONS.
AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT, LEFT HAND CORNER IS A PICTURE OF OUR HEGARTY TRAINING THAT WE HAD AT THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE TOP.
THIS IS A CLASS SUMMARY FROM CLASS.
SO THIS SHOWS US IN A GIVEN CLASSROOM HOW MANY OF THE STUDENTS ARE WELL BELOW BENCHMARK, BELOW BENCHMARK, AT BENCHMARK AND THEN ABOVE BENCHMARK.
THE TEACHERS ALSO GET A SPECIFIC REPORT THAT BREAKS IT DOWN BY STUDENT AND BY INDIVIDUAL SUBTESTS, SO YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE AREAS TO TARGET THAT INSTRUCTION OR INTERVENTION IN TIER TWO.
AND THEN WE HAVE A SAMPLE OF THE ACCOMMODATION CHECKLIST THAT CLASSROOM TEACHERS CAN USE TO TRACK AND MONITOR THE ACCOMMODATIONS THAT THE STUDENTS ARE USING UNDER THEIR 504 PLANS.
HE'S SO LOOKING BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT SUMMIT AGAIN, IMPLEMENTING THE NEW DYSLEXIA HANDBOOK UPDATES WITH THE EVALUATION AND SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL, AND THEN REVIEWING AND ANALYZING THE DATA FROM OUR DYSLEXIA SCREENER AND M-CLASS AND TFSA, AND THEN MAKING SURE TO PROVIDE THE APPROPRIATE SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF WITH THOSE NEW SCREENERS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INCREASING OUR PERCENTAGE OF CURRENT STAFF TO HAVE THEIR TRAINING, OTHER DYSLEXIA TRAINING, AS ALL OF THESE NEW HANDBOOKS ARE COMING OUT FROM THE STATE, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE NECESSARY STAFF TO SUPPORT THOSE STUDENTS AS WELL, AND THEN MAINTAINING THE DISTRICT EXPECTATION OF HAVING ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY STAFF, ESL CERTIFIED AND THEN OUR SECONDARY ELA TEACHERS, BSL CERTIFIED AS WELL.
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AND THEN JUST REALLY ANALYZING THE IMPLICATIONS OF INCREASED SECTION FIVE FOR STUDENTS AND HOW BEST TO SUPPORT THOSE CAMPUSES.WITH THAT, THOSE INCREASES, AS WELL AS HEIDI MENTIONED, CREATING A GUIDEBOOK FOR COUNSELORS.
I WILL ALSO BE CREATING A SECTION FIVE OF FOUR GUIDEBOOK OR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND OUR 504 COORDINATORS, AND THEN PARTNERING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND HEIDI TO SUPPORT OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
AND THEN LOOKING LONG TERM, TWO TO FIVE YEARS AGAIN, TRACKING AND MODIFYING OUR DYSLEXIA IDENTIFICATION AND THOSE SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO ALL STUDENTS, INCREASING THE PERCENTAGE OF CURRENT STAFF THAT ARE TRAINED TO SUPPORT OUR DYSLEXIA INTERVENTION, OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS AND TIER TWO INSTRUCTION IN GENERAL AND THEN REVIEW AND IMPROVING OUR GVC IN TIER TWO, AS WELL AS CONTINUING TO IMPROVE AND STREAMLINE OUR SECTION 504 AND ASSIST PROCESSES AND THEN IMPROVEMENT IMPROVING STUDENT ENTRY DATA.
SO RIGHT NOW, STUDENTS THAT ARE IN TIER TWO.
THAT INFORMATION IS STORED IN SKYWARD, BUT WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STREAMLINE THAT SO THAT ANY TEACHER THAT WORKS WITH THAT CHILD CAN SEE THE GROWTH THAT THEY'RE MAKING.
I'LL ALSO BE WATCHING FOR ALL LEGISLATIVE UPDATES FOR DYSLEXIA.
HOPEFULLY, THERE AREN'T TOO MANY MORE SECTION 504 AND SUPPORTS FOR EVERY STUDENT.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND PASS IT ON TO MATT.
ALL RIGHT, LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, IS MATT ZEMO, DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION IN TERMS OF MATT'S POSITION AND MY POSITION IN THE NEW ROLE THAT I HAVE.
I WOULD SAY THAT THE MAJORITY OF MY TIME IS STILL SPENT ON SPECIAL EDUCATION.
YOU KNOW, PREVIOUSLY WHEN I WAS THE DIRECTOR AND MATT WAS THE ASSIST DIRECTOR.
SO THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN TWO PEOPLE SORT OF MANAGING SPECIAL EDUCATION, OVERSEEING THE PROGRAMING.
AND SO WE KNEW WHEN I MOVED INTO THIS POSITION THAT THAT WOULD STILL BE A BIG, YOU KNOW, PART OF MY JOB.
SO WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION, NOW I'M DOING A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THE STATE AND FEDERAL COMPLIANCE AND REPORTING AND OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THE MORE COMPLEX, YOU KNOW, PARENT ISSUES IF THOSE ARISE.
BUT MATT'S DEFINITELY DOING, YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF THE PROGRAMING, HE'S REALLY BOOTS ON THE GROUND, WORKING WITH CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION, WORKING WITH OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION COORDINATORS AND REALLY LEADING THE DEPARTMENT AND DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB.
SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO HIM AND LET HIM TELL YOU WHAT IT'S LOOKING LIKE.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST PRIORITY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION AND EANES ISD IS JUST UPHOLDING THAT VALUE OF OF OF THE DEPARTMENT, AND THAT'S REALLY BEEN SOMETHING THAT I THINK THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING STAFF AND FAMILIES, HAVE REALLY ATTACH THEMSELVES TO AS A POSITIVE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE MADE THIS A PRIORITY FOR FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE JUST THROUGH THE WAY WE'VE SORT OF CODED AND BUCKETED SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE PRESENT TODAY IS REALLY IT'S AROUND JUST OUR PROGRAMING, THE WAY OUR DEPARTMENT FUNCTIONS.
AND THEN THE AREAS OF CURRICULUM MAKING SURE THAT OUR STAFF HAVE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE AND THE TRAINING THAT'S AVAILABLE AROUND THAT CURRICULUM TO MEET THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.
AND THEN THE LAST PIECE IS JUST, YOU KNOW, UPHOLDING THE VALUE OF INCLUSION IN OUR DISTRICT.
YOU KNOW, WE I THINK AS MANY OF YOU REMEMBER, THE INCLUSIVE CULTURE COMMITTEE DID SO MUCH TIMELESS WORK THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HONORING AND IMPLEMENTING.
AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE EVIDENCE OF THAT TODAY, AND WE'RE REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT JUST THE CONTINUATION OF THAT.
AND SO JUST SOME OF THE OUTCOMES OF THAT WORK.
YOU KNOW, LAST THIS PAST FALL, WE DID MEET WITH YOU ALL AND SHARED JUST THE DEPARTMENT ACTION PLAN UPDATE, WHICH INCLUDED THE TEA CYCLICAL REVIEW.
WE ALSO PRESENTED THAT TO OUR FAMILIES AS WELL.
WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE THINGS MORE EFFICIENT IN THE IEP PROCESS, AND THAT INCLUDES JUST ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS FOR PARENTS AND ALSO JUST GETTING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK AFTER THE ARD MEETING.
AND SO WE HAVE A POSTCARD SURVEY THAT WE'VE BEEN UTILIZING IN IMPLEMENTING THIS PAST YEAR.
AND THEN JUST ANOTHER PIECE OF IT, TOO IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY REVIEWING THAT DATA TO SUPPORT PARENTS AND OUR STAFF ON SOME OF THE AREAS OF GROWTH THAT WE NEED TO MAKE.
AND THEN ANOTHER THING AROUND PROGRAMING IS JUST WE'VE HAD A CENTRALIZED HIRING PROCESS IN OUR IN OUR DEPARTMENT FOR A WHILE.
AND THE ONLY WAY THAT HAPPENS IS IF YOU HAVE THE TRUST OF THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY THAT THEY HAVE REGARDING JUST KNOWING HOW COMPLICATED IT CAN BE TO HIRE SPECIAL EDUCATION ALLOWS US TO KNOW WHERE THE TRENDS AND THE NEEDS ARE AT AND SO WE CAN DEPLOY OUR STAFF INTO THOSE AREAS.
AND THEN THE AREAS OF CURRICULUM FOR STUDENTS TO ACCESS PRE PREREQUISITE SKILLS WE HAVE THROUGH SET OFF TASK AND OUR LIFE SKILLS TEACHERS.
THEY'VE CREATED THESE UNIT DOCUMENTS THAT DON'T EXIST IN THE STATE.
SO IT WAS VERY CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE WAY OF MAKING SURE THAT OUR OUR STUDENTS
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THAT ACCESS ALTERNATE TEKS HAVE HIGH STANDARDS AND IN A SCOPE AND SEQUENCE.AND WE'VE ALSO ADOPTED A VIZZLE, WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS US TO IMPLEMENT THOSE RESOURCES ARE THOSE UNIT DOCUMENTS THAT ALIGN WITH THE TEKS.
WE CONTINUE TO HAVE TRAINING THROUGH LINDAMOOD-BELL THROUGH A GRANT THAT WE HAD PROPOSED OR APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED ON, AND IT WAS A CONNECTION WITH THE PARENT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK MOLLY AND I WOULD BOTH AGREE WE'VE WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF UNIQUE UDALL TRAINING OVER THE YEARS, AND WHAT'S REALLY EXCITING IS JUST THAT HANDOFF THAT SORT OF HAPPENED BETWEEN MOLLY AND I AND THE REST OF THE CIA TEAM.
EVERYONE'S ON BOARD AND ENGAGED IN FINDING WAYS TO USE THAT FRAMEWORK AS OUR FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING IN THE DISTRICT.
WE DO AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE CO TEACH MODEL AS A TRAINING ONGOING EVERY YEAR.
WE HAVE A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT DO ACCESS GENERAL EDUCATION, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF AND JUNIOR STAFF ARE ARE PROVIDED WITH THAT TRAINING TO TO TO WORK IN.
AND THERE IS AN INCLUSIVE PRACTICES, I THINK IN THIS LAST YEAR, THIS IS SORT OF A LAUNCHING OF OF SOME INCLUSIVE PRACTICES THAT ARE REALLY EXCITING AND WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DOWN THE PRESENTATION, BUT JUST OUR WESTLAKE SPIRIT TEAM AND OUR UNIFIED ROBOTICS.
WE DID A LOT OF WORK IN LAUNCHING THAT AND WE HAVE SOME EVIDENCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU.
AND THEN JUST INCLUSIVE PRACTICES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS IN JUST A WIDE RANGE OF EXTRACURRICULARS, WHETHER THAT'S WRESTLING, FOOTBALL, CHOIR AND THEATER.
AND THEN ANOTHER THING THAT WE'VE LAUNCHED IS BEST BUDDIES AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR LAUNCH PARTY IN FEBRUARY, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING.
AND THEN WE'VE BEEN KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF UT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND WE FINALLY I FINALLY FOUND A LINK TO REGISTER AS A BEST BUDDY THROUGH UT AS LIKE A STUDENT.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I FOUND THE CONNECTION.
AND WHAT WAS REALLY EXCITING ABOUT THAT IS WHEN I FILLED THAT OUT AND I GAVE THE INFORMATION THAT ATS WOULD LOVE TO PARTNER WITH UT IN THEIR BEST BUDDIES CHAPTER.
WHAT WAS JUST SO NEAT WAS I GOT A RESPONSE BACK, AND THE RESPONSE WAS FROM A FORMER WESTLAKE STUDENT SAYING THAT THEY WERE REALLY EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH US AND THEY'D BEEN A PEER PARTNER THROUGH THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THAT WAS JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU REACH OUT TO THE WORLD, YOU KNOW, IT'S COOL TO SEE THAT WESTLAKE REACHES BACK OUT.
AND THEN JUST, YOU KNOW, WE PARTNERED WITH UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IN JUST THE HIRING PROCESS.
WE HAVE SOME CONNECTIONS THERE THAT ARE GOING TO HELP US WITH OUR HIRING.
BUT WE'VE ALSO WITH THEIR E4 PROGRAM, WHICH IS A VOCATIONAL PROGRAM AT UT.
THEY'RE COORDINATOR, HAS PARTNERED WITH US AND THEY HAVE DEPLOYED INTERNS TO OUR YES, WE'RE EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR SUMMER PROGRAM SO THEY CAN GET SOME EXPERIENCES WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE THEIR END GOAL IS TO HAVE A VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY THAT IN WORKING WITH STUDENTS OR OTHER PEOPLE OF CARE.
AND THEN CONSIDERING THAT CURRENT WORK, WE ARE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH CHAD AND HEATHER AND SUSAN WITH JUST THOSE INSTRUCTIONAL ROUNDS AND AND AND WITH THE CAMPUSES, WE'RE WORKING WITH OTHER REGIONAL DISTRICTS TO CO-HOST THE TRANSITION FAIR.
WE HAVE NEW TEACHER TRAINING ONGOING, WHICH IS A REALLY THING, GREAT THING THAT OUR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION COORDINATORS AND OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS PROVIDE.
AND I REALLY DO THINK IT'S A RECRUITMENT STRATEGY AND A RETIREMENT STRATEGY BECAUSE ANY SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER THAT'S NOT GETTING THAT SUPPORT, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK ELSEWHERE.
AND SO WE REALLY VALUE OUR COORDINATORS AND OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS IN THAT AREA.
WE CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THE POST CARD SURVEY AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT BECAUSE THAT DOES DRIVE A LOT OF OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT INFORMATION AND THEN JUST PARENT RESOURCE OPPORTUNITIES.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF TRAININGS, PROGRESSION MEETINGS AND MEET AND GREETS.
ONE OF THE TRAININGS THAT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF IS THAT WE DID DO A TRAINING WITH FOUR FOR PARENTS ON COLLEGE OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND LOOKING AT A FULL CONTINUUM OF STUDENTS THAT CAN ACCESS ACCOMMODATIONS ALL THE WAY THROUGH THESE VERY UNIQUE PROGRAMS THAT ARE THAT ARE POPPING UP ALL OVER COLLEGE CAMPUSES FOR VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OR JUST COLLEGE EXPERIENCE PROGRAMS. AND WE'VE BEEN THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL, AND I THINK WE HAD AROUND 50 PEOPLE OR FAMILIES ATTEND THAT.
AND THEN AGAIN, JUST CONTINUING THAT SUPPORTIVE TEACHERS, A MAIN DRIVER OF WHAT WE DO IS SUPPORTING TEACHERS, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE CURRICULUM, RESOURCES AND SYSTEMS. AND WE ARE PILOTING A READING BY DESIGN TIER THREE READING PROGRAM THIS YEAR WITH A FEW OF OUR TEACHERS AND SEEING HOW WE CAN MAYBE POSSIBLY IMPLEMENT THAT IN THE FUTURE.
ARE INCLUSIVE PRACTICES, AS I SAID, THIS WAS SORT OF A LAUNCHING.
OFF YEAR OF THIS PAST YEAR, BUT THE CURRENT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IS WE DO HAVE UNIFIED ROBOTICS AND AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, I THINK LAST DECEMBER, THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS CAME UP TO THE END OF UNIFIED ROBOTICS BUILDING AND MET WITH SOME OF THE STUDENTS.
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH COACH MORGAN ON DESIGNING SORT OF AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE
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THEY CAN PARTNER WITH OTHERS AND OTHER PEERS AND THEN COMPETE AGAINST EACH OTHER.AND THEN WITH BEST BUDDIES, WE'RE IMPLEMENTING AGAIN.
LAUNCH PARTY IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN FEBRUARY AND WE'RE PARTNERING WITH UT WITH THE ATS.
AND THEN ANOTHER EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS THIS COMING SPRING.
AND I HOPEFULLY SOME OF YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND.
WE ARE HOSTING THE CENTRAL TEXAS BEST BUDDIES INCLUSION WALK ON MAY 7TH, AND WE ARE WANTING TO MAKE THIS SOMETHING THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN BE PROUD OF AND CAN COME TOGETHER AND CONNECT AND AND JUST HAVE A HAVE A GOOD TIME ON A SATURDAY MORNING.
AND SO WE'LL BE SHARING INFORMATION OUT ABOUT THAT SOON.
AND THEN THE PARENT WORKING GROUP HAS HAVE BEEN PHENOMENAL THIS YEAR.
THEY HAVE COME UP WITH SO MANY CREATIVE IDEAS AND ONE OF THOSE IS JUST BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF INCLUSION LISTS FOR PARENTS WHERE IF THEY HAD A GOOD EXPERIENCE IN A SOFTBALL OR A SOCCER EVENT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY CONNECTED TO EANES ISD PUTTING THAT ON A COMMUNITY LIST FOR PARENTS TO ACCESS THAT, HEY, MY CHILD WAS IN THIS AND IT WAS SUCCESSFUL.
BUT I WANT TO GO BACK BECAUSE THESE ARE TWO OF OUR ATHLETES, SOME OF THAT EVIDENCE AND THIS IS JACK WILSON ON THE LEFT IN SEVENTH GRADE FOOTBALL, AND THEN WE HAVE SAM BOOLEAN WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, AND ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY'VE ENJOYED PARTICIPATING IN BOTH OF THOSE SPORTS, THEY'VE ALSO LEARNED A TON OF SKILLS OUTSIDE OF JUST THE SPORT ITSELF.
AND I THINK THE OTHERS, EVERYONE ELSE AROUND THEM HAS AS WELL.
AND THEN SOME OF THE ALSO THE EVIDENCE IS I'M GOING TO WORK LEFT TO RIGHT UP TO BOTTOM.
WE HAVE A SORT OF A SCOPE AND SEQUENCE OF SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS THAT OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS AND COORDINATORS ARE WORKING ON.
AGAIN, WE'RE TEA COMPLIANT WITH OUR CYCLABLE REVIEW, WHICH WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT.
PART OF THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT I TALKED ABOUT WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] SURVEY WAS THE DRIVER OF OUR TRANSITION TRENDS NEWSLETTER THAT WE SEND OUT MONTHLY TO OUR FAMILIES, AND IT HAS EVERYTHING IN, HAS RESOURCES FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD, ALL THE WAY THROUGH ADULT TRANSITION SERVICES.
AND THEN A FLIER FOR THAT COLLEGE OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES THAT WE HAD IN THE FALL.
AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE, IT WAS CHAD BURNETT AND I DOING THE ADVANCED UDALL SESSION FOR NEW TEACHERS AND ARE ALL TEACHERS IN AUGUST AND THEN OUR E-4 PARTNERSHIP WITH UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.
UM, TO TOP IS THE HOUR WESTLAKE SPIRIT TEAM, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO JENNA SCOTT AND CHLOE LEBLANC TO WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS THAT HAVE JUST BEEN SO PASSIONATE ABOUT LAUNCHING WASLIKE SPIRIT TEAM, AND THEY ARE ALWAYS GETTING TEXTS ON DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE DAY OR THE NIGHTS IN THE WEEKENDS OF THEIR PERFORMANCES, AND IT'S JUST SO COOL TO SEE.
AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, YOU HAVE A ONE OF OUR WESTLAKE STUDENTS WORKING ALONGSIDE ANOTHER STUDENT, BUILDING THEIR THEIR ROBOT.
AND THEN WE HAD OUR BEST BUDDIES MATCH PARTY THIS PAST FALL, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING.
SO WITH JENNA SCOTT AND CHLOE LEBLANC WOULD SAY IS THAT THEY HAVE OTHER COACHES FROM OTHER PROGRAMS OR REACHING OUT TO THEM AND SAYING, HEY, CAN YOU COME AND CHEER ON OUR ATHLETES ON THIS DATE? AND SO THEY HAVE A LIST OF DATES THAT THEY'RE DOING THESE.
SO I'M SORT OF NEXT STEPS IS WE REALLY WANT TO PARTNER WITH WITH HUMAN RESOURCES ON GETTING CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE ON HOW WE RECRUIT AND RETAIN STAFF.
ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STAFF THAT HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN EANES ISD, BUT THEY'RE NOT IN A TEACHING POSITION.
AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN THE SPRING IS INVITE ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE UP AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE PATHWAY TO BECOME A TEACHER AND TRY TO SUPPORT THEM IN AREAS OF OF NEED, ALONGSIDE SHOWING THEM DIFFERENT PATHWAYS FOR THOSE ALL CERTIFICATION PROCESSES.
AND THEN WE WANT TO WORK WITH OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION JUST ON, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE BEST INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES RELATED TO BUILDING A MASTER SCHEDULE.
THEY DO A PHENOMENAL JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE STARTING WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION AS A PRIORITY AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT IF THERE'S SOME COMMONALITY AROUND THOSE MASTER SCHEDULES THAT WE CAN START WITH, WITH THAT ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND THEN IMPROVING, YOU KNOW, OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA OF READING.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE SOME MATH AND READING CURRICULUM AT ATS, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO UPDATE THE UDL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT MULLANEY CREATED ABOUT THREE OR
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FOUR YEARS AGO WITH THE CIA TEAM AND THEN TALK ABOUT WHAT THE COORDINATOR SET OF ACTIVITIES WE'D LIKE TO SEE GOING IN INTO THE FUTURE.AND THEN JUST FOR INCLUSIVE PRACTICES, AGAIN, EXPLORING MORE OF THAT PARENT TO PARENT SUPPORT OPPORTUNITIES, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PARENTS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO REACH OUT AND SAY, HEY, I'M GOING THROUGH THIS AS A PARENT.
IS THERE ANOTHER PARENT IN THE DISTRICT THAT YOU KNOW OF THAT COULD MAYBE BE A RESOURCE FOR ME? AND WE DO THAT MATCHMAKING INDIVIDUALLY.
BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE COULD PROBABLY DO ACROSS THE BOARD THAT COULD BETTER SUPPORT PARENTS.
AND THEN PARTNERING WITH THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PARENT WORKING GROUP, THEY HAD THE IDEA OF BUILDING A WELCOMING PACKET FOR ANY NEW FAMILY THAT'S JUST IDENTIFIED.
THEIR CHILD HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND SO GIVING THAT WELCOMING PACKET AND LETTING THEM KNOW WHO'S HERE TO SUPPORT YOU IS A POWERFUL THING FOR A PARENT.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO USE THE POST-ARD SURVEY AND MAINTAIN THE INCLUSIVE PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY GOING.
AND THEN AGAIN, JUST PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO WESTLAKE AND HIGH SCHOOL AND ATS STUDENTS AROUND THE OPTIONS FOR COLLEGES AND PARTNERING WITH HEIDI AND HER TEAM OR HER FORMER TEAM AT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL WITH MAKING SOME OF THOSE COLLEGE FAIRS MORE INCLUSIVE AND MORE PROMOTING MORE OF THAT INFORMATION AT THOSE TIMES.
AND THEN TWO TO FIVE, REALLY LOOKING AT THAT CONTINUATION OF IMPLEMENTING THE DEPARTMENT ACTION PLAN AND INCREASING OUR TRANSITION TRAINING PLANNING FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD LEVEL ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO ATS AND THEN THOSE RECRUITMENT AND STAFFING STRATEGIES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT ACROSS THE BOARD.
THE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO NECESSARILY REPLENISH AS WE THINK WE WOULD IN THE PAST, AND SO WE REALLY DO NEED TO WORK ON THAT AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO EXPLORE SOME K-8 MATH CURRICULUM RESOURCES.
AND THEN ANOTHER AREA OF GROWTH IS JUST IN SUPPORT THAT WE WANT TO PROVIDE TEACHERS IS WE HAVE STUDY SKILLS AND MAPS CLASSES.
THOSE ARE CLASSES WHERE THEY WORK ON EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL AND SOCIAL SKILLS AND PROBLEM SOLVING, AND WE WANT TO DEVELOP SOME CURRICULUM SUPPORT FOR THEM AND THEN JUST IMPLEMENTING A WORK BASED LEARNING COURSE AT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL.
WE DO HAVE ONE ALREADY, BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT PATHWAYS THAT WE COULD ADD ON TO MAKE IT MORE INDIVIDUALIZED FOR STUDENTS.
AND THEN LASTLY, JUST CONTINUING THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR PARENT WORKING GROUP.
THEY'VE BEEN A PHENOMENAL THEY'VE THEY'VE HAD ADDED SO MANY IDEAS IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE THAT PARTNERSHIP.
AND THEN IMPLEMENTING BEST BUDDIES CURRICULUM AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL WOULD BE REALLY EXCITING FOR US BECAUSE WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH OUR KIDS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, TRAINING THEM ON HOW TO ADAPT TO DIFFERENT SOCIAL SITUATIONS.
AND I THINK WITH THE BEST BUDDIES CURRICULUM AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, WE COULD BE TEACHING ALL STUDENTS JUST DIFFERENT WAYS TO TO, YOU KNOW, PARTNER TOGETHER AND BE TOGETHER.
AND SO THEN THE LAST PIECE IS JUST MAINTAINING THOSE BEST PRACTICES WITH PARENT SUPPORT AND TRAINING.
ALL RIGHT, AND THAT CONCLUDES STUDENT SUPPORT.
I'M LAURIE LEE, I'M THE CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER, AND I'M HERE WITH CLAUDIA PROUD TO BE PAIRED WITH HER THIS MORNING.
SO WE'LL WALK THROUGH OUR SLIDES.
FIRST, I WANTED TO INTRODUCE OUR DEPARTMENT AND JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE SMALL, BUT WE'RE A VERY MIGHTY AND SO WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT WE HAVE ABBIE BRIDGES JOINING US.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE BOARD MEETING THIS WEEK.
I'M SURE SHE'LL BE COMING HERE FROM ISD, AND I THINK SHE BRINGS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION, DOING STAFFING AT AISD AND ALSO BEING A CAMPUS ADMINISTRATOR.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.
SO WHEN WE MET LAST, WE TALKED OBVIOUSLY ALL THINGS COVID AND WELLNESS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR HOW THE HB THREE WAS AFFECTING STAFFING AND SALARY FOR ALL OF OUR PAY GROUPS.
WE WERE GOING TO REVIEW OUR TRS HEALTH INSURANCE WE NEEDED TO TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS, AND WE ALSO WERE CONTINUING TO SEEK NEW STRATEGIES FOR HIRING.
WE KNOW STAFFING IS VERY DIFFICULT RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED, THE PAPERLESS ONBOARDING PROCESS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LASER FISH AND I'LL MENTION THAT IN A MINUTE.
AND THEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ENHANCING OUR COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT LOOK FOR IT.
AND SO WE DID WE DID ACCOMPLISH THAT THIS YEAR.
SO BASICALLY, WE DID A LOT OF COVID TESTING LAST YEAR, IF YOU REMEMBER ARE ACTUALLY VACCINATIONS LAST YEAR IS WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
AS WE ARE TESTING NOW, VACCINATIONS WERE THE BIG PIECE WE WERE LOOKING IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.
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WE WERE TRYING TO BE THE FIRST TO BE ABLE TO GET OUR STAFF VACCINATED.WE WERE VERY EXCITED WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO DO THE MAJORITY OF OUR STAFF.
EVERYBODY WHO WANTED TO GET A VACCINATION WAS VACCINATED.
WE'VE STARTED BOOSTER CLINICS.
WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER ONE NEXT WEEKEND FOR OUR STAFF.
H-E-B HAS BEEN AN AMAZING PARTNER WITH OUR DISTRICT TO PROVIDE THOSE BOOSTER CLINICS.
I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER 150 PEOPLE SIGNED UP.
WE HAD DONE THAT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS AND HAD ABOUT 150 PEOPLE.
I THINK EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO BE TESTED, WE'RE RUNNING TESTING CLINICS LIKE WE MENTIONED THIS WEEK, EVERY MORNING.
SO IF YOU NEED TO GET TESTED, OUR STAFF IS ABLE TO HAVE THAT ABILITY TO DO SO.
YOU KNOW, WITH HB THREE, WE REALLY TALKED A LOT ABOUT TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT.
AND THIS VERY TIME LAST YEAR, SUSAN AND I MET WITH A GROUP OF TEACHERS ADMINISTRATORS TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER THE DISTRICT WANTED TO BRING IN THE TIA.
AS YOU KNOW, THE THE LEGISLATURE HAD I HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS TEACHER INCIDENT OF ALLOTMENT AS BEING A WAY THAT TEACHERS COULD EARN $100000 A YEAR.
SO WE WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, PRESENT THAT TO OUR TEACHERS AND SEE IF THIS WAS A PROCESS THAT THEY REALLY WANTED TO GO THROUGH IN ORDER TO GAIN THESE EXTRA STIPENDS FROM THE STATE.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY GREAT CONVERSATION.
AND IN THE END, OUR TEACHERS DECIDED THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS FOR THEM.
WE DID KIND OF TALK ABOUT THIS THIS LAST YEAR, BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS REALLY ENLIGHTENING TO LISTEN TO THEM AND HEAR WHAT THEY WERE.
YOU KNOW, THE WAY THEY INTERPRETED IT, THEY REALLY DID NOT WANT TO CHANGE THE CULTURE OF THE WAY THEY WORK WITH EACH OTHER.
THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE VERY COLLABORATIVE AND THIS WOULD HAVE CHANGED THAT ENTIRE ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM TEACHING TO THE TEST AND ONLY CERTAIN TEACHERS QUALIFY.
THEY WERE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT MORALE.
WE DID NOT ADOPT THE TIA, SO WE WILL SEE HOW THAT CHANGES IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
I HAVE NOT HEARD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OTHER DISTRICTS.
OBVIOUSLY, OTHER DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA DID NOT ADOPT IT, SO WE'LL SEE HOW IT STARTS TO IMPACT US.
WE ALSO HAD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT TRS THE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM THROUGH TRS WAS GOING TO AND HAD TOLD THE DISTRICTS THAT WE HAD TO MAKE A DECISION.
WE WERE NO LONGER ABLE TO BRING IN A SECOND OPTION LIKE WE DID TWO YEARS AGO.
SO THAT WAS A DECISION THAT WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, HAD SOME STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED IN.
WHAT WERE WE GOING TO DO? WHAT WERE WE GOING TO CONTINUE? WE BROUGHT THAT RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD TO STILL CONTINUE WITH TRS FOR ONE MORE YEAR.
I WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OTHER DISTRICTS WHO DID LEAVE THE TRS SYSTEM, SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT WORKS FOR THEM AND WE'LL SEE WHAT OUR RATES LOOK LIKE THIS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND HOW WE'RE AFFECTED BY SOME OF THE DISTRICTS LEAVING THE TRS PLAN.
IN PERSON JOB FAIRS, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT JOB FAIRS JUST A MINUTE AGO, AND, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY SMALL THING, BUT IN-PERSON JOB FAIRS ARE BACK AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THEM.
WE HAD SOME STAFF WHO ATTENDED THE JOB FAIRS IN THE FALL.
BUT REALLY BEING ABLE TO BE WITH THOSE CANDIDATES IN PERSON IS HUGE.
WE WERE DOING JOB FAIRS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS OVER ZOOM.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE SEE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES HERE, IT'S REALLY HARD TO CONNECT WITH THOSE CANDIDATES AND MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND HOW SPECIAL WE ARE WHEN YOU CAN'T MEET WITH THEM IN PERSON.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THAT BACK.
AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THAT PAPERLESS ONBOARDING SYSTEM.
WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH TECHNOLOGY.
KRISTY SAYLOR'S AND HER DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT, KIMBERLY ISRAEL IS WORKING WITH KORN AND MY DEPARTMENT, AND WE'RE GOING TO ON ONBOARDING AND GOING, YOU KNOW, WE WERE WE WERE VERY PAPER CENTRIC IN HUMAN RESOURCES.
BEFORE COVID, WE HAD TO REALLY SWITCH AND MOVE A LOT OF THINGS ON BOARD.
BUT WE ALSO ON THAT WAS GOING TO BE PAPERLESS.
BUT YOU KNOW, THAT WAS KIND OF JUST A FIX.
AND SO NOW WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PERMANENT ONE THAT WILL BE DISTRICT WIDE, OUR EANES CARE AND OUR ACCESS EANES ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS. THAT'S WHAT WE ALL COMMONLY REMEMBERED AS COMMUNITY EDUCATION.
SO WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT, JEREMY TRIMBLE, WE DEFINITELY DECIDED THAT THAT NEEDED TO BE A CHANGE.
SO JEREMY IS NOW OVERSEEING THAT COMMUNITY EDUCATION.
WHAT WE'RE USED TO IS THE ACTUAL CLASSES AFTER SCHOOL, AND THAT IS WORKING REALLY WELL.
AS I PLAN WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, THEY WORK WITH JERI ANNE AND THAT REALLY WORKS WELL WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT FACILITY RENTALS AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT FACILITY FIELD.
OUR EANES CARE PROGRAMING, I'M SUPER EXCITED.
CDC IS WORKING WITH PAT BETZNER AT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL.
WE HAVE OUR TEEN TEACHERS BACK.
WE HAVE ABOUT 14 STUDENTS FROM WESTLAKE WHO COME INTO OUR CDC PROGRAMS EVERY WEEK TO HELP WORK WITH OUR KIDS.
AND SO WE HAVE WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT THAT PROGRAM IS ROLLING AGAIN.
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YOU KNOW, OUR CURRENT WORK, I THINK FOR US RIGHT NOW AS WE ALIGN THESE TO THE GOALS OF THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, THE FUTURE OF STAFFING AND COMPENSATION, WE TALK ABOUT THIS.I THINK EVERY BOARD MEETING CHRIS BRINGS US HIS BOARD BUDGET REPORTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY LOOK AT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BE DOING IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS? AND SO I THINK THIS IS VERY, YOU KNOW, JUST THE VERY IMPORTANT PIECE THAT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
JUST THE POLICY, THE POLICIES, THE THE PRIORITIES, OUR BUDGETING, YOU KNOW, OUR DEMOGRAPHICS AND ENROLLMENT.
SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THAT.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY AND MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT ON OUR REUNIFICATION PLAN.
YOU KNOW, EVERYONE MUST BE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS FOR REUNIFICATION TRAINING.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, REALLY TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER AS A LARGE TEAM ON PROTECTING AND SAFEGUARDING OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF THAT INVOLVED WITH SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
THAT'S A NEW PROGRAM THAT WE BROUGHT IN THIS YEAR, WORKING ALSO REALLY CLOSELY WITH CHRISTIE.
THE SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE IS A PIECE THAT ALLOWS FOR US TO LOOK AT SOCIAL MEDIA ON EVERY EMPLOYEE THAT WE HIRE.
AND IT'S A IT'S A REPORTING PROCESS THAT IS VERY QUICK AND COMES TO US TYPICALLY WITHIN 24 HOURS TO LET US KNOW IF THERE'S ANY TYPE OF SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT.
THIS IS A PROCESS THAT WE WERE DOING MANUALLY.
SO I CAN YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW LONG THIS TOOK FROM MY STAFF TWO, THREE OR FOUR HOURS SOMETIMES WHEN YOU WERE RUNNING DOWN A RABBIT HOLE OF LOOKING AT AN INDIVIDUAL SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO THIS REALLY DOES GIVE A GREAT REPORTING BACK.
IT GIVES US A NEUTRAL REPORT OR A CONCERN REPORT, AND WE CAN GO IN AND LOOK AT THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA THAT THEY'VE BROUGHT TO US.
SO THAT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
WE'LL CONTINUE, LIKE I MENTIONED, LOOKING AT THE TRS, HEALTH INSURANCE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY KASSIE CANTU, WHO WORKS ON BENEFITS IN MY DEPARTMENT, HAS BEEN REALLY TRYING TO GROW WELLNESS TIPS AND GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO THE CAMPUSES EVERY MONTH.
YOU KNOW, JUST IN CONTINUING TO MONITOR THAT COVID 19 AND WHAT COMES NEXT AND YOU KNOW, WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR STAFF AND HOW CAN WE PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM? AND THEN AS I MENTIONED, THAT LASER FISH SET UP AN INTEGRATION WITH SKYWARD.
I THINK I'VE KIND OF GONE OVER ALL OF THIS, BUT DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW.
WE ARE WORKING IN ALL THESE AREAS, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S JUST A FEW PICTURES OF EVIDENCE OF OUR WORK.
SO NEXT STEPS, SHORT TERM, IS WE REALLY ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT PAY, LOOKING AT STIPENDS, WE WANT TO DO SOME REVIEWS OF STIPENDS, REVIEWS OF SOME DAYS REALLY LOOK AT SOME COMPETITIVE AROUND OUR AREA, YOU KNOW, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING AS COMPETITIVE AS WE CAN BE IN SOME OF THESE AREAS.
CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION THAT IS THE ONE PIECE UNDER THE TIA THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE OUR STAFF TO DO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE REST OF IT.
THAT IS A SECTION THAT IS DIFFERENT AND SEPARATE.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, A TEACHING ASSISTANT TO TEACH YOUR PATHWAY GROWING OUR OWN.
MATT ZEMO HAS BEEN REALLY INVOLVED IN THIS PIECE WITH, YOU KNOW, HIS TEACHING ASSISTANTS, THE SPED TEACHING ASSISTANTS, TWO SPED TEACHERS.
HE HAS, YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I THINK, HIRED 14 STAFF MEMBERS.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME A MEETING SET UP WHERE WE CAN WORK WITH OUR 'I TEACH' GROUP AND MAYBE ENCOURAGE STAFF AND LOOK AT THAT YOU KNOW, DIFFERENTLY.
AND HOW CAN WE ASSIST THEM AND WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT SUPPORTS CAN WE PROVIDE IN ORDER TO GROW OUR OWN TEACHERS? WE'LL CONTINUE LOOKING AT THOSE DISTRICT HEALTH INSURANCE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND YOU KNOW, WE I JUST ACTUALLY TALKED WITH MOLLY AND HEIDI YESTERDAY ON CONTINUING PROVIDING OUR COUNSELING GROUP LAST YEAR.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT JAMIE AND I HAD WORKED ON A COUNSELING GROUP FOR OUR TEACHERS THAT THEY COULD DO SOMETHING IN THE SPRING AND IT WAS REALLY SUCCESSFUL.
SO HEIDI AND I ARE GOING TO BE SETTING THAT UP AGAIN FOR THIS SPRING TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS DURING THIS TIME.
LOOKING AHEAD, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, FOR HUMAN RESOURCES, WE WANT TO ATTRACT AND RETRAIN AND RETAIN, THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
WE WANT OUR TEACHERS TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE HERE AND IN SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE GOING TO BALANCE THOSE BUDGET CONCERNS AND DOING ALL OF THIS AT THE SAME TIME? SO WE REALLY ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I THINK THAT ITS CLAUDIA NEXT.
I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS OPERATIONS TEAM, YOU KNOW, CIA REFERENCED THAT THEY'RE THE DREAM TEAM.
I THINK THE OPERATIONS TEAM IS VERY STRONG.
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SO JUST WANT TO PREFACE THAT.SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY.
WE ALWAYS LIKE TO DO THESE PRESENTATIONS TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE OUR WORK.
AND I WILL SAY THAT IT'S FUN TO WATCH EVERYBODY'S SLIDES AND SEE ALL OF THE GRAPHICS AND THE FLIERS AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND I'M LIKE, OH, WE DID THAT.
IT'S I MEAN, THAT'S PART OF THE TEAM, YOU KNOW? I MEAN, WE ALL WORK TOGETHER REALLY WELL AND PUT OUT SOME GOOD QUALITY WORK.
SO THAT BEING SAID, PAMELA VAN DYKE, I DO WANT TO MENTION HER BECAUSE SHE IS INTEGRAL TO THAT.
SO SHE SHE DOES A LOT OF THE GRAPHICS.
SHE HELPS OUT TREMENDOUSLY WITH SOCIAL MEDIA.
SHE DOES ALL OF THE WEBMASTERS, THINGS, NEWSLETTERS, SURVEYS.
SO GOING THROUGH THE GOALS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN LAST YEAR'S SUMMIT, NOTHING ON HERE IS EARTH SHATTERING, NOTHING THAT YOU WOULD SAY, WOW, THAT I WONDER HOW THEY DID ON THAT BECAUSE IT'S ALL PRETTY STANDARD THINGS.
I WOULD SAY THE ONE THING THAT KIND OF STANDS OUT A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR OR LAST YEAR THIS YEAR IS THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEAR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND EANES.
I DO HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION AND HELPING US WITH THAT.
BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE PUT ON OUR GOALS FOR THIS YEAR, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THROUGHOUT HERE.
SO THE OUTCOMES OF THE WORK SINCE THE LAST SUMMIT.
OF COURSE, COVID, YOU KNOW, ALL OF US HAVE TO SAY THAT IT'S I'M SORRY THAT YOU KEEP HEARING THAT, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS OUR WORLD AS YOURS AS WELL.
BUT SO COVID, JUST DOING ALL OF THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT WOULD GO OUT, WHETHER IT'S FROM CAMPUSES, WHETHER IT'S FROM TOM, WHETHER IT'S FROM OUR NURSES WEBSITE, FAX ANNOUNCEMENTS, MEDIA RELEASES, YOU NAME IT, IT'S ALL IN THERE.
AND GUESS WHAT? WE'RE STILL DOING IT SO.
AND ALSO ALONG WITH THAT IS JUST A TON OF MEDIA REQUESTS.
I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE REALIZE HOW MUCH, HOW MANY MEDIA REQUESTS WE GET.
AND IT'S NOT JUST THE CAMPUSES AND IT'S NOT JUST COVID, BUT IT'S ALSO ATHLETICS TOO IS ANOTHER BIG ONE, TOO.
SO WE DID A LOT OF THAT, AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIRD BULLET, THE ADA WEBSITE COMPLIANCE.
IT'S A HUGE PART OF OUR JOB THAT I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE.
IT IS VERY BEHIND THE SCENES WORK AND IT IS VERY TIME INTENSIVE.
THINK OF EVERY SINGLE DOCUMENT THAT HAS TO GO ON THE WEBSITE, EVERY SINGLE PDF, WHICH WE TRY TO STEER AWAY FROM PDFS.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE THINGS WHERE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PDF.
THANK YOU, CHRIS SCOTT AND BUDGETING, BUT ALL OF THOSE HAVE TO BE IN ADA COMPLIANCE ON THE WEBSITE.
AND SO SOMEONE PAM HAS TO PHYSICALLY GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE PAGE, EVERY SINGLE WORD, EVERY SINGLE CHART AND MAKE IT ADA COMPLIANT AND IT CAN TAKE HOURS.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT RECENTLY WE DID GET WE HAD AN OCR OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT AGAINST US ABOUT THE WEBSITE AND ADA ACCESSIBILITY, AND WE WORKED WITH OUR OUR WEBSITE PLATFORM FINAL SITE TO GO THROUGH AND FIX EVERYTHING.
AND WE RECENTLY GOT AN ALL CLEAR FROM OCR, WHICH IS AMAZING.
I MEAN, IT WAS IT WAS A LOT OF WORK BY PAM AND FINAL SITE, BUT WE GOT THERE AND IT'S IT'S PRETTY EXCITING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE WHENEVER YOU GET ANYTHING FROM OCR, YOU'RE NOT REAL HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
YES, WE WERE NOT THE ONLY ONES.
OK, SO ALONG WITH THAT IS JUST I WANT TO ALSO MENTION ANY KIND OF VIDEO AND WEBINAR THAT GOES ONLINE THAT ALSO HAS TO BE ADA ACCESSIBLE.
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WE HAVE TO HAVE CAPTIONS ON IT.AND I KNOW ZOOM HAS THIS WONDERFUL FEATURE OF DOWNLOADING CAPTIONS FOR YOU, BUT YOU'D BE AMAZED WHEN YOU READ THOSE CAPTIONS, THE WORDS THAT THEY THEY PUT IN THERE.
SO WE DO PUT A LOT OF TIME INTO CORRECTING THOSE.
ALSO, OUTCOMES FROM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, I'LL KIND OF GO THROUGH THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ACTIVITIES AND THEMES THAT WILL BE COMING UP, BUT ALSO JUST PROMOTING DIFFERENT EVENTS.
AS LAURIE MENTIONED, WE REBRANDED COMMUNITY ED AND HAVE ONE NEW LOGO FOR EANES CARE, AND THEN WE'RE WORKING ON ACCESS EANES AND SO DOING THE REBRANDING ON THAT.
AND WE ALSO HAVE UPDATED THE EANES HISTORY CENTER WEBSITE.
THAT WEBSITE HAD JUST KIND OF BEEN SET ASIDE AND NOT BEEN TOUCHED IN A WHILE.
SO WHILE IT IS HISTORY, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDED AND UPDATED.
THAT IS A PROCESS WE'RE STILL IN IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.
I HAVE TO MENTION THE COVID DASHBOARD IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALSO HAVE BEEN CONSTANTLY UPDATING AND TRYING TO IMPROVE.
SO THE EVIDENCE OF THAT WORK, I ALWAYS WANT TO MENTION OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH GROUPS LIKE THE WESTLAKE CHAMBER.
THAT'S THEIR LEADERSHIP GROUP RIGHT THERE ON THE LEFT.
THEY CAME AND DID A TOUR OF SOME OF OUR FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS AT WESTLAKE LIKE AND WE GOT TO BRING CHIPS AND QUESO FOR THEM, WHICH THEY LOVED.
AND I THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST HIT OF THE DAY.
SO I THINK WE'RE JUST GOING TO BRING CHIPS AND QUESO TO EVERY MEETING NOW.
AND THEN ALSO, MOLLY AND MATT HAD MENTIONED BEST BUDDIES.
WE LOVE TO PROMOTE THAT PROGRAM AND IS JUST SO MUCH FUN.
AND WE ALWAYS GET A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHENEVER WE DO.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON CONTINUING THAT WITH THE UNIFIED CHEER TEAM AS WELL.
SO THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON THE LEFT IS OUR TWITTER FEED THAT WE HAVE WITH ALL OF THE CAMPUSES, AND IT'S JUST GOING THROUGH AND MANAGING THAT.
I KNOW THAT'S HARD TO SEE, BUT IT'S JUST SHOWING THAT'S NOT EVEN THE WHOLE SCREEN WE CAN SHOW ALL OF OUR TWITTER ACCOUNTS.
AND BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE POSTING AND SEE WHEN PEOPLE ARE MENTIONING US.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT IS THE FACEBOOK FEED THAT WE HAVE OR ALL OF OUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS WHERE SAME KIND OF THING.
YOU CAN CLICK ON ANY OF OUR FACEBOOK PAGES AND MONITOR THOSE.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THAT COULD BE A FULL TIME JOB AND IN A LOT OF DISTRICTS, ONE PERSON DOES DO THAT, SO IT'S A LOT TO MANAGE.
ALSO HAVE THE EVIDENCE OF THE OUR LOVELY PROTOCOLS AND FAQ'S CONTINUING TO UPDATE THOSE ON THE WEBSITE AND THEN THE EANES TOP FIVE, THAT WAS SOMETHING NEW THAT WE LAUNCHED THIS YEAR, THAT WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF POSITIVE RESPONSE ON AND JUST SHOWCASING DIFFERENT KIND OF STORIES.
IT ISN'T NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT A STUDENT OR A TEACHER DID IN EANES ISD, WHICH KIND OF MAKES IT FUN AND EXPANDS IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
BUT THE THING I LIKE ABOUT THE TOP FIVE IS IT'S ALL.
IT'S ALL BROUGHT FROM THE OUTSIDE, SO SOMEONE JUST ENTERS IN THEIR TOP FIVE SUBMISSION.
I'M NOT GOING OUT AND, YOU KNOW, POUNDING THE DOOR AT EACH CAMPUS TO TRY TO GET THIS INFORMATION.
IT'S ALL COMING TO ME THROUGH PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND TEACHERS, SO THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
SO CURRENTLY, AGAIN, COVID CONSUMING LOTS OF TIME, AND THEY'RE NOT MEDIA, WE JUST HAD A A BIG MEDIA RELEASE FOR TONY SALAZAR, FOR OUR NEW LONE FINALIST, GETTING A LOT OF MEDIA COVERAGE ON THOSE THINGS, BUT JUST CONTINUING THOSE KINDS OF STORIES.
BUT THEN ALSO CONTINUING OUR WORK WITH THE ATHLETIC LIVESTREAMS. WE ARE STILL LIVE STREAMING GAMES THROUGH SHOP CLUB.
THEY ARE HELPING US WITH THAT, BUT JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THAT SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
I ALSO HAVE TO INCLUDE THE INTERNAL SUPPORT BECAUSE WE ARE ABOUT TO START OUR
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AWARDS SEASON.THIS IS THE RED CARPET SEASON FOR EANES ISD, WHERE WE BEGIN OUR INSPIRATIONS AND THEN WE ALSO BEGIN OUR EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR PROCESS.
SO THE NEXT FEW MONTHS ARE GOING TO BE CRAZY WITH AWARDS AND IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR STAFF PERKS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE LAUNCHED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHERE WE GET DIFFERENT KIND OF OFFERS FROM FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMPANIES.
JUST FOR EXAMPLE, UT WAS GIVING OUR STAFF A DISCOUNT AT BASKETBALL GAMES THIS SEASON AND JUST LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE CAN JUST TRY TO PROVIDE SOMETHING TO OUR STAFF THAT CAN BE FUN TOO.
SO THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH AGAIN, THANK YOU, ELLEN.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PRETTY FUN THAT WE'RE GOING TO START, ACTUALLY, IT'S ALREADY STARTED.
WE JUST RECENTLY, ELLEN WORKED WITH THE PICAYUNE TO BE ABLE TO GET AN ARTICLE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A SERIES OF ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE WESTLAKE PICAYUNE THAT SHOWCASES DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF EANES AND PUBLIC EDUCATION.
WE HAVE A BUNCH OF THEMES LAID OUT THROUGHOUT THE SPRING, AND WE'LL WORK TO TRY TO GET CAMPUSES INVOLVED OF THEIR OWN COMPONENT OF HISTORY AND GETTING THAT INTO SOME SORT OF PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO GET A LEARNING, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF LESSON WITH THE CAMPUSES AS WELL SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
YOU KNOW, HOW HOW DID THIS LAND COME ABOUT? HOW DID THE SCHOOL COME ABOUT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WOULD KIND OF BE FUN TO TEACH THE THE STUDENTS THAT BUT ALSO HAVE ON THEIR ASSISTING IN THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH OUTRAGE? THAT WAS A BIG PART OF MY WORLD THE LAST FEW MONTHS, BUT I THINK WE'RE GETTING CLOSE AND THE CONTINUING THE WEBSITE UPDATES.
WE ARE GOING TO LAUNCH A FINE ARTS MICROSITE WORKING WITH RALEIGH TAYLOR AND CARRIE TAYLOR TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE.
THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY EXCITING.
THE IDEA IS TO HAVE SOMETHING KIND OF SIMILAR TO A MODEL OF WESTLAKE NATION WHERE THEY CAN HELP TO MANAGE IT, BUT ALSO TO FOR THEM TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING CONTENT.
BECAUSE THAT'S ALWAYS THE BIGGEST THING IS, I CAN PUT WHATEVER UP THERE ON A WEBSITE, BUT I NEED SOMEONE TO TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON AND AND GIVE ME UPDATES AND CALENDARS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
OK, SO SHORT TERM GOALS, I DO WANT TO GET A BOND UPDATE FOR THE 2019 BOND OUT IN THE MAIL NOW, YOU KNOW, IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WE'VE SPENT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON GETTING SOMETHING PRINTED AND SLEEK AND FANCY OUT TO HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF OUR RESIDENTS.
AND THAT'S NOT REALLY THE MODEL PEOPLE USE ANYMORE.
SO LOOKING MORE AT A POSTCARD THAT WILL POINT PEOPLE TO SOME UPDATES, A QR CODE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE PEOPLE CAN JUST CLICK ON IT WHEN THEY WANT AND THEN GO AND SEE AN UPDATE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE 2019 BOND WHERE WE ARE ON THAT, CONTINUING THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ACTIVITIES.
THIS IS THE YEAR, THIS IS YEAR THREE, SO IT MEANS THAT WE'RE DUE FOR A CLIMATE SURVEY.
WE ORIGINALLY HAD LOOKED AT DOING THIS IN FEBRUARY, BUT AFTER TALKING WITH PRINCIPALS AND OTHER ADMINISTRATION, WE'VE DECIDED TO PUSH THAT BACK AND THAT WILL BE FOR STUDENTS.
SECONDARY STUDENTS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE'LL WE'LL LOOK AT THAT AFTER SPRING BREAK.
AND THEN I HAD MENTIONED LAST YEAR ABOUT THE GREAT RELATIONSHIP THAT WE MADE WITH THE ENVISIONING COMMUNICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE.
THEY WERE SO AWESOME AND IT WAS SO FUN TO HEAR INPUT FROM THEM.
YOU KNOW, AS PEOPLE WHO ARE OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNICATION BUBBLE THAT CAN LOOK IN AND TELL ME, HEY, HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF THIS? OR, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DO THIS, HERE'S WHAT I SEE.
SO I WANT TO CONTINUE THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM, AND A COUPLE OF THEM HAVE AGREED TO KEEP WORKING WITH ME, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN LONG TERM GOALS, I DO WANT TO GET SOME FEEDBACK ON OUR WEBSITE, WE'VE WE'VE
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HAD IT UP FOR THIS NEW PLATFORM.I THINK WE'RE GOING ON YEAR FIVE.
I THINK IT'S VERY EASY TO USE, VERY EASY TO NAVIGATE.
BUT YOU KNOW, THINGS CHANGE AND PEOPLE LOOK AT THINGS DIFFERENTLY AND WE CAN ALWAYS MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.
IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE A PERFECT PRODUCT.
SO I DO WANT TO TO DO A SURVEY AND AN AUDIT SO THAT I CAN GET A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO IMPROVE THE WEBSITE.
WE'RE ALMOST FINISHED, I PROMISE.
AS WE STARTED LOOKING THROUGH ALL OF OUR WORK, IT WAS VERY HARD TO STREAMLINE THIS INTO EIGHT SLIDES, SO THERE'S SO MUCH THAT HAPPENS.
WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD JUST HIT THE BIGGER ELEMENTS IN THE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE YOU WANT TO GO HOME SOMETIME THIS WEEK, I'M ASSUMING, I'M DRIVING.
I CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT THE LEADERSHIP TEAM.
FRED BENITEZ AND BRYTON HERRING ARE JUST FANTASTIC LEADERS IN THE DEPARTMENT AND THEY ARE MY SOUNDING BOARD AND THEY DO A LOT OF WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED IN THE DISTRICT.
SO WHY DON'T WE DO A SHOUT OUT TO BOTH OF THEM? PLUS EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE DEPARTMENT? THESE WERE THE GOALS THAT WE WERE GIVEN LAST SUMMIT AND THE THREE RED BULLETED ITEMS NOT GOING TO READ THEM TO YOU, BUT THAT'S THE FOCUS OF OUR WORK MOVING FORWARD.
FOR MAINTAINING LONG RANGE PLAN OR LONG RANGE PLAN FOR OPERATIONAL PROCESSES, WE STARTED THE DEPARTMENT GOVERNANCE AND WE UPDATED SOME THINGS THAT WERE ALREADY IN PLACE.
THIS IS DOCUMENTING OUR PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A NEW STUDENT ENROLLS? HOW DO THEY GET THE DEVICE? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEONE LEAVES? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE ALL OF THEIR ACCOUNTS ARE CLOSED? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE NEED TO CHANGE SOMEONE'S PERMISSIONS WITHIN THE SYSTEMS? JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE DOCUMENTED PROCESSES? SO WHEN STAFFING CHANGES, WE ARE PREPARED TO MOVE TO WHOMEVER NEEDS TO COME IN AND DO THAT.
SO JUST MAKING SURE WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED.
AND PART OF THAT WORK IS LOOKING AT OUR SECURITY PERMISSIONS.
WHO HAS ACCESS, WHO HAS EACH LEVEL OF ACCESS? WHY DO THEY HAVE THAT? AND IS IT STILL NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING ALL OF OUR RESOURCES WITHIN THOSE SYSTEMS? WE'RE ALSO WORKED ON A COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY, THIS INVENTORY WAS A HUGE UNDERTAKING FOR THE TEAM.
THEY PHYSICALLY TOUCHED EVERY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE ON OUR CAMPUSES.
THEY GO INTO THE MDF CLOSETS WITH THESE BIG CLOSETS, WITH ALL OF THE WIRING AND SWITCHES AND STACKS IN IT, AND THEY INVENTORIED THEM.
WHEN WE PURCHASED IT, HOW OLD IT IS, WHAT OPERATING SYSTEM IT'S RUNNING AND WHAT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE BEING RAN BY THOSE SPECIFIC SITUATIONS.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US BECAUSE NOW IF THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FAILS, WE KNOW EXACTLY THIS SWITCH FAILED AND IT HAS THESE 10 PHONES IN THE OFFICE ATTACHED TO IT.
SO WE KNOW EXACTLY THE IMPACT THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR THAT SPECIFIC A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
IF IT WOULD HAPPEN TO GO DOWN, WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON REDUNDANCY MEASURES.
SO IF A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FAILS, IT WILL FLIP OVER TO ANOTHER PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TEMPORARILY UNTIL WE CAN GET THOSE DEVICES FIXED OR REPLACED.
WE ALSO CREATED AN UPDATED VENDOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
WE NOW KNOW WHO WE WORK WITH, WHAT SERVICES OR PRODUCTS WE PURCHASE FROM THEM WHEN WE PURCHASED IT, PURCHASED IT FROM THEM AND WHAT'S THE SUPPORT MODEL OR A CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH THEM? SO CAN I CALL THEM 24 SEVEN? AM I ABLE TO EMAIL THEM? IS IT A CHAT SYSTEM? I KNOW WHO I CAN CALL TO GET HELP IF WE NEEDED THAT SO THAT WE FELT WAS VERY CRITICAL TO HAVE, REGARDLESS OF WHO MAY BE MAKING THAT PHONE CALL.
AND THIS IS TAKING THE BULK OF OUR WORK SO FAR.
EVERYBODY ELSE IS TALKING ABOUT COVID.
I'M TALKING ABOUT NETWORK AUDITS.
SO WE I DON'T EVEN HAVE CODE ON MY SLIDES.
I PROMISE OUR NETWORK AUDITS ARE BEING DONE BY OUTSIDE VENDORS.
WE WANTED AN UNBIASED OPINION OF WHAT WE HAD.
THEY'RE CHECKING ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS FOR WEAKNESSES, VULNERABILITY, SECURITY ISSUES, INCONSISTENCIES WITH OPERATING SYSTEMS, MAKING SURE THAT WE DIDN'T SET ANYTHING UP TO GIVE OUR THE EQUIPMENT CONFLICTS THAT WOULD CAUSE PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE.
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WE HAVE PHASE ONE OF THE NETWORK ASSESSMENT DONE.WE HAVE MANY MORE PHASES TO GO WITH EACH PHASE.
WE GET REMEDIATION STEPS FROM THAT SPECIFIC VENDOR ON HOW WE CAN HELP SOLVE WHATEVER PROBLEM THEY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE FOUND OR THE RECOMMENDATIONS THEY HAVE.
WE GOT FEEDBACK YESTERDAY FROM ONE VENDOR THAT SAID, WOW, YOU HAVE SECURE LDAP SETUP.
WE DON'T EVEN HAVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
SO KUDOS TO THE PEOPLE BEFORE YOU WHO PUT THAT IN PLACE.
SO WE'RE FINDING PROS AND CONS, BUT EVERYTHING IS SOLVABLE OR WE CAN FIX IT.
AND THEN THE TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THEY ARE A GROUP MADE UP OF STUDENTS, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND PARENTS, AND THEY HELP US THINK THROUGH THE BIG ITEMS FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.
THE LAST BIG ITEM THAT THEY WORKED ON WAS OUR DEVICE SELECTION FOR OUR STUDENTS.
RIGHT NOW AT TONIGHT AT SIX O'CLOCK, WE'RE WORKING ON A TECHNOLOGY PLAN, SO WE'RE UP TO THE PORTION OF THAT WORK WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE OUTLINE FOR THE PLAN.
LOOKING AT, IS THIS WHAT YOU EXPECTED, READY TO START WORKING ON OUR GOALS AND OUR OBJECTIVES AND OUR SUBGROUPS MOVING FORWARD.
SO THAT WILL BE TONIGHT AT 6:00.
AND ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE OF SAFEGUARDING STUDENTS AND STAFF, LOTS OF THINGS HAPPENS IN THIS AREA EVERY DAY, ALL DAY LONG, ANY TIME WE HAVE A TEACHABLE MOMENT, SOMETHING HAPPENS.
WE USE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND PEOPLE OF BEST PRACTICES, HOW TO STAY SAFE ONLINE.
EACH YEAR, WE'RE REQUIRED BY LAW TO HAVE A SAFE SCHOOLS MODULE ON CYBERSECURITY AND BEST PRACTICES THAT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY TEA BEFORE WE RELEASE THAT TO THE STUDENTS.
SO WE ARE, EXCUSE ME, TO THE STAFF.
SO WE PARTNER WITH TEA TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE PUTTING IN OUR MODULE IS ACCURATE, THAT WE GET A GRADE ON THAT MODULE.
IT'S EITHER A PASS OR FAIL, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE THAT FORWARD.
SAFETY TIPS AND TRICKS WORKING ON BEST PRACTICES, STAYING SAFE ONLINE EMAIL REMINDERS USING THOSE TEACHABLE MOMENTS WITH SOME INFOGRAPHICS JUST DON'T CLICK ON LINKS.
DON'T DOWNLOAD ITEMS. THINK BEFORE YOU SEND.
JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD KIND OF PRACTICES WHY YOU DON'T RESPOND IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON THE UPDATED CYBERSECURITY RESPONSE PLAN, IF THIS HAPPENS, WHAT DO WE DO IF PLAN, IF B HAPPENS, HOW DO WE RESPOND MOVING FORWARD? WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR UPDATED SECURITY LEVEL ACCESS.
AS I SAID EARLIER, WHO HAS ACCESS TO OUR SYSTEMS? WHY DO THEY HAVE ACCESS TO OUR SYSTEMS? HOW DO THEY GET INTO OUR SYSTEMS? AND WHAT DO THEY DO WHEN THEY'RE IN THERE? AND THEN DO WE KNOW IF IT'S AN OUTSIDE VENDOR OR WHERE ROSTERING STUDENT DATA WITH THAT VENDOR? DO WE KNOW HOW THEY GET IN WHEN THEY GET IN? AND DO WE HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT THE INFORMATION WAS SENT SAFELY AND SECURELY? WE'RE ALSO ESTABLISHED A TIERED SUPPORT LEVEL MODEL.
WE HAVE AN ESCALATION LEVEL WITHIN OUR OWN DEPARTMENT.
WHAT STEPS DID YOU TRY AT THE VERY FIRST HELPDESK CALL? WHAT STEPS DID YOU TRY? THE VERY FIRST EMAIL THAT THE TEACHER SAID, I'M HAVING PROBLEMS, AND IF THOSE STEPS FAILED, WHO YOU GO TO AS AN INDIVIDUAL STAFF MEMBER TO ESCALATE THAT UP.
AND WE CREATED A PREPAREDNESS CHECKLIST AS FAR AS WHAT HAPPENS IF WE HAVE BAD WEATHER AGAIN, IF OUR SYSTEMS GO DOWN.
WHAT CAN BE ACCESSIBLE OUT OF DISTRICT, WHAT'S SAVED INTO THE CLOUD, WHAT IS HOSTED ON SITE AND WHO IS IMPACTED BY THAT.
SO IF WE LOSE POWER AT A SPECIFIC CAMPUS OR AT THE DOCK OR HERE, WHAT SYSTEMS GO DOWN? AND IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN GET THE STAFF INTO THOSE SYSTEMS USING EXTERNAL IP OR AN EXTERNAL WEBSITE OR SOMETHING? AND THEN.
COVERAGE, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SO MANY STAFF MEMBERS GO IN AND OUT OF THE DEPARTMENT THAT WE'RE CROSS TRAINING.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE THAT KNOW HOW TO DO ANYTHING WITHIN THE SYSTEM.
SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE ALL HAVE THE SAME ACCESS, THE SAME UNDERSTANDING, AND WE FOLLOW THE SAME STEPS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS WITHIN THOSE SYSTEMS. WE'RE EXAMINING AND REEVALUATING OUR BUDGET PRIORITIES.
OUR GOAL FOR THAT AND WE REPLACED STUDENT AND STAFF DEVICES, SO WE DID A DEVICE REFRESH.
WE DID APPROXIMATELY EIGHT THOUSAND IPADS AND 900 STAFF LAPTOPS.
WE COMPLETED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MNO THANK MNO, THE CLASSROOM UPGRADES AND OF 200 CLASSROOMS. WE ALSO DID UPGRADES IN THIS ROOM AND IN SOME OFFICES HERE AT DISTRICT OFFICE.
WE WORKED ON SOME INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES.
THAT MEANS COPY MACHINES, DESK PHONES, WEB FILTERS, AV IN THE RESTING ROOM, AV IN ROBOTICS, ANYTHING THAT WE COULD UPDATE IN THOSE SYSTEMS WE DID, INCLUDING
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OUR MOBILE DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.SO WE UPGRADED THAT TO A COMPLETELY NEW SYSTEM.
AND THEN WE STARTED THE PRELIMINARY WORK ON THE BOND.
SO WHAT DO WE NEED? WHAT IS WHAT IS END OF LIFE, WHAT IS GOING TO BE END OF LIFE AND START THINKING THROUGH WHAT CAN WE PUT INTO A BOND IF WE CHOOSE TO GO THAT DIRECTION? NEXT STEPS, TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, ALL OF OUR WORK, JEREMY AND I'S WORK IS ON A CYCLE.
WE DO THESE SAME THINGS TWO TO THREE YEARS AT A TIME.
SOMETIMES IT LOOKS DIFFERENT, SOMETIMES IT'S A REPLACEMENT.
SOMETIMES IT'S AN UPGRADE, BUT IT'S ALWAYS ON A CONTINUAL CYCLE.
SO FOR NEXT STEPS, WE'RE GOING TO COMPLETE OUR DEPARTMENT GOVERNANCE MANUAL.
WE'RE GOING TO COMPLETE THE CYBERSECURITY PLAN.
WE'RE GOING TO FINISH THE CLASSROOM UPGRADES AT THE REMAINING CAMPUSES.
SO WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE SCHOOL, FOREST TRAIL AND BRIDGE POINT.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO FINISH THE AV UPGRADES IN THE CAMPUS LIBRARIES AND IN THE MUSIC ROOMS. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PARTNER WITH THE VENDOR AND H.R.
AS FAR AS IMPLEMENTING THE DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS, WHO ELSE COULD BENEFIT FROM THIS PRODUCT? AND THEN THE DEVELOP TECHNOLOGY LONG RANGE PLAN WITH INPUT FROM THE TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
LOOKING AHEAD AGAIN, CONTINUING THE CYCLE, WE WILL UPGRADE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE HARDWARE.
WE NEED TO UPGRADE SYSTEMS AND SERVERS, INCLUDING THE VIRTUAL SERVERS AND THE PHYSICAL SERVERS EXPAND THE USE CASE OF THE DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO WITH THIS PRODUCT? WE KNOW WE CAN GENERATE PACKETS TO NEW EMPLOYEES TO GET THE INFORMATION TO THEM AND CREATE THOSE FORMS. BUT WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO WITH THIS PRODUCT? WE'RE GOING TO REVISE OUR DEPARTMENT GOVERNANCE, REVISE THE CYBERSECURITY PLAN.
WE'RE GOING TO REVISE OUR DEPARTMENT SUPPORT MODEL BASED ON WHAT'S COMING.
ANY NEW PRODUCTS, ANY NEW PROJECTS.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AS FAR AS THE SUPPORT FOR US? CONTINUE THE DEPARTMENT CROSS TRAINING? IF I GET NEW STAFF MEMBERS, THEN WHAT DO THEY NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN AND WHAT DO THEY NEED TO LEARN AND THEN PREPARE FOR FUTURE BOND? AND IT'S MY FRIEND, JEREMY'S TURN.
SO, JEREMY TRIMBLE, CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER HERE, AND SO I'LL WRAP, I'LL WRAP THIS UP AS QUICKLY AS I CAN BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF INFORMATION.
ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT MY BACKGROUND IS BURNT ORANGE.
SO I THINK I LOST A BET SOMEHOW.
SO I'M GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BURNT ORANGE BECAUSE I FULLY SUPPORT TEXAS UNIVERSITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.
SO ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS I HAVE THE ABSOLUTE PRIVILEGE OF SUPPORTING AN INCREDIBLE TEAM.
WE SHOULD ALL BE PROUD OF WHAT THESE LEADERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR A VERY LONG TIME, BUT THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF REALLY QUALITY WORK ALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE.
BUT I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF DIRECTLY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THESE INDIVIDUALS HERE AND TO DO SO.
I WANTED TO QUICKLY JUST THROW IN A SNAPSHOT KIND OF A POINT OF PRIDE, A SLIDE HERE THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO BECAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT THEY DO.
EVEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT CHILD NUTRITION TRYING TO JUST IN OUR MINDS, THINK OF HOW MANY MEALS ARE WE DOING THAT 130000 MEALS SERVED.
I WILL TELL YOU WE WILL DOUBLE THAT THIS YEAR JUST BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN PLACE WITH THE FREE MEALS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INTRODUCING BREAKFAST.
SO THAT'S HUGE, BUT THAT COMES WITH THE STAFF TO DO SO BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
SO GREAT THERE WITH RICHARD MALLARD AND HIS TEAM, BRYAN BOLEK AND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.
WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW BUILDINGS.
WE'RE STAFFED BASED ON THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE.
AND AS WE INCREASE SQUARE FOOTAGE, WE EVENTUALLY HAVE TO ADD PEOPLE.
WE HAVEN'T NECESSARILY DONE THAT EVEN WITH THESE, THESE NEW FACILITIES.
BUT NO MATTER WHAT WE'RE IN SESSION, WE HAVE WORK ORDERS THAT WE HAVE TO PROCESS BECAUSE THINGS STILL BREAK, WE STILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN THINGS.
AND WITH RENTALS, WE'RE ABLE TO INTRODUCE THAT ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO GET THAT INTO PLACE.
SO WE'RE STILL ABLE TO PROCESS A LOT OF THOSE THINGS THAT THAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS.
WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT, MATT GREER, ALSO KNOWN AS THE SPREADSHEET NINJA BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HE'S DONE TO GET US UP AND RUNNING WITH CLAUDIA AND MOLLY, WITH THAT DASHBOARD AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HE'S HELPING CAMPUSES WITH AND PROCESSING ALL THOSE POSITIVE CASES THAT WE'VE HAD.
BUT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WHEN WE GET THOSE NOTIFICATIONS, AND HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB AT OTHER THINGS AS WELL.
FRITZ KLABUNDE IN TRANSPORTATION THAT'S CHANGED A LOT OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO, DOING A
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GREAT JOB, TRYING TO NAVIGATE THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE WITH STAFFING RIGHT NOW.BUT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES THERE.
EVEN JUST ONE HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND MILES SEEM SEEMS LIKE A VERY LARGE NUMBER, BUT THESE ARE JUST KIND OF POINTS THAT I THINK WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO, AND I WANTED TO SHARE THOSE REAL QUICK BEFORE I GO INTO TO ALL THE OTHER STUFF THAT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON THOSE THOSE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
SO AGAIN, THESE ARE VERY TIED TO TO OPERATIONS.
YOU'VE HEARD THEM LIKE THREE TIMES ALREADY.
I DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE TO GO OVER THEM, BUT THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT I'M GOING TO KIND OF FOCUS ON WITH THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION WHEN WE LOOK AT LONG RANGE PLANNING AND OPERATIONAL PURPOSES.
ONE INDIVIDUAL YOU HAVEN'T SEEN TODAY, AND THAT'S CHRIS SCOTT AND HIS BUSINESS OFFICE.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I CAPTURED SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HIS TEAM HAS DONE THAT HE'S UPDATED YOU ON PRIOR TO THIS MEETING AND LOOKING AT THAT MULTI-YEAR KIND OF BUDGET PLANNING TOOL.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS HELPED YOU MAKE DECISIONS AND KIND OF LOOK FORWARD AND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT.
SO GLAD THAT CHRIS SCOTT AND HIS OFFICE WAS PUT THAT TOGETHER, THEN LOOKING AT TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCIES.
WE HAD TO KIND OF HIT THE RESET BUTTON WHEN COVID HAPPENED.
AND BUT KNOWING THAT AND THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE NOW, WE CAN ACTUALLY UTILIZE SOME OF THOSE EFFICIENCIES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE THROUGH COVID AND CARRY THOSE OVER.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GRACE AND A LOT OF PATIENCE FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO ALLOW US TO DO SOME OF THESE THINGS, STILL SERVING THEM IN THE WAY THAT THEY NEED TO BE SERVED, BUT IS ACTUALLY CREATING EFFICIENCIES FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO CARRY MOVING FORWARD.
AND THE CURRENT WORK, WE KNOW ENROLLMENT IS KIND OF OUT OF WHACK RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT, EVERYONE'S TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO FIGURE THAT OUT WITH NEW DATA FROM OUR DEMOGRAPHER WITH THAT STUDY THIS EARLY SPRING BEING COMPLETED.
SO WE GET THE NEW CENSUS DATA AND HOPEFULLY WE SEE SOME NEW TRENDS, I HOPE.
BUT IT'LL GIVE US INFORMATION, GIVE YOU INFORMATION SO YOU CAN KIND OF MAKE DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD.
ALSO, WE ARE CONTINUING, BUT ALSO IN THE VERY BEGINNING STAGES OF IMPLEMENTING AN INTELLIGENT CLEANING FOR HEALTH.
IT'S KIND OF A CUSTODIAL PRACTICE METHODOLOGY BECAUSE WE HAD TO LOOK AT CLEANING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
JUST SEEING SOMETHING CLEAN DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE KIND OF CLEANING FOR HEALTH.
A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE INDOOR AIR QUALITY, COMBINED WITH [INAUDIBLE] CLEANING AND DISINFECTING, BUT ALSO WITH OUR FILTRATION.
SO YOU YOU'RE CREATING A MORE HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, SO YOU'RE KIND OF SCAFFOLDING YOUR CUSTODIAL PRACTICES.
SO WE'RE CONTINUING THAT AND THEN MANAGING OUR OPERATIONAL STAFFING CHALLENGES, BUT TRYING TO BE REALLY CREATIVE HERE.
THE BECAUSE WE CAN'T FIND THE PEOPLE, THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE.
WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TRIED, BUT IT'S UTILIZING THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE.
SO WE HAVE THIS LIKE LITTLE MATRIX THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH A SPREADSHEET JUST LOOKING AT WHAT HOURS DO THESE PEOPLE WORK AND WHAT HOURS DO WE NEED HELP AND KIND OF MOVING PEOPLE AROUND.
THEY MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A COUPLE OF EXTRA HOURS TO JUMP INTO THE KITCHEN AND HELP US BEFORE THEY TRANSITION INTO CUSTODIAL.
SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO THINK HOLISTICALLY WITH ALL THE RESOURCES THAT THAT WE HAVE.
NOW, LOOK GOING OVER TO THE SAFE SAFEGUARDING, OBVIOUSLY.
MATT GREER, DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT HE HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THIS CATEGORY, BUT WE ALL, I THINK, CAN INFLUENCE THE SAFEGUARDING OF OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND RESOURCES.
LAURIE LEE MENTIONED THIS THE JOINT RE-UNIFICATION TRAINING THAT THAT WE HAD.
MATT GREER WAS CONTACTED BY A COLLEAGUE WITH THE AUSTIN REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER SAID WE HAVE SOME GRANT MONEY, WE WANT TO DO THIS, SO WE JOINED FORCES WITH THE ARIC.
ALSO, I LOVE YOU GUYS WHO IS THE CREATOR OF THE STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL AND THEIR STANDARD RESPONSE UNIT FOR REUNIFICATION METHOD.
WHAT WE CURRENTLY USE AND THEY SAID THEY WANT TO HAVE TRAINING.
WE SAID, COME TO WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, WE'LL HOST YOU.
SO A LOT OF OTHER DISTRICTS CAME IN TO PARTAKE IN THAT AMERICAN RED CROSS.
SO WE KIND OF HAD TO WE GOT TO WALK THROUGH WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WANTING TO DO FOR A WHILE.
A LOT OF STAFF IN THIS ROOM, BUT IN THE DISTRICT WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
WINTER WEATHER PREPAREDNESS PROCEDURES, SO WE REALLY HAD TO LOOK AT HOW COULD WE BE PROFICIENT BOTH TECHNICALLY AND TACTICALLY BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
WHEN WE KNEW THE WINTER WEATHER STORM WAS COMING, WE SPENT HOURS JUST PREPARING ON WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO MITIGATE ANY DAMAGE? SO WE DID THAT.
WE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.
AND SO WE'VE ALREADY CONTINUED TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT PLAN.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS KIND OF NEW.
WE HADN'T EXPERIENCED THAT IN QUITE A WHILE, SO WE PUT THAT IN THE PLACE.
BUT THEN THAT ALSO TRANSITIONS TO OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.
WE NEED TO DOCUMENT THAT IN A PLACE, AND THAT WILL BE THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN MOVING FORWARD SO WE CAN HAVE THOSE STRATEGIES IN PLACE.
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AND THEN LASTLY, REAL QUICK IS THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE SOMETHING THAT WAS REQUIRED FROM SENATE BILL 11 THAT'S STILL IN PLACE.WE MEET APPROXIMATELY THREE TIMES A YEAR AND WE DISCUSS THINGS JUST LIKE THIS.
TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMITTEE IS UP TO DATE ON THE SAFEGUARDING MEASURES THAT WERE TAKEN ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
LOOKING AT CURRENT WORK, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON AN OFF SITE REUNIFICATION METHOD EXERCISE THAT WE CAN DO THIS OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION BECAUSE WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO USE OUR FACILITIES.
AND NO MATTER WHAT WHAT IT IS, IT MAY BE A GAS LEAK DOWN THE STREET AND WE NEED TO TO TO REUNIFY IT IN ANOTHER PLACE.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF IDEAS HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO INVITE STAFF, THOSE CRITICAL STAFF THAT WE WOULD NEED IN SOME TYPE OF INCIDENT TO REUNIFY.
THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO THIS THIS SEMESTER AND CASE WHERE, AS YOU KNOW, IS A VERY, VERY POWERFUL PLATFORM.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CAPTURE INCIDENTS IN AND IT'S A RECORD AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO ACCESS THAT, WHETHER IT BE A STUDENT OR A CRACKED WINDSHIELD.
IT'S JUST WE CAN GATHER THAT INFORMATION IN THERE AND WE CAN HAVE ONE REPOSITORY FOR SITUATIONS LIKE THAT.
MATT GREER HAS BEEN REALLY INVOLVED IN THAT, GETTING CAMPUSES INVOLVED IN GETTING TO USE THAT IT'S SOMETHING NEW AND HAS A LOT OF CAPABILITIES MOVING FORWARD.
AND LASTLY, WE HAD A GRANT APPLICATION COME ACROSS LATE IN THE FALL FOR SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM TEA FOR COVID STRATEGIES.
SO WE'VE APPLIED FOR GRANTS APPROXIMATELY $300000.
WE WILL FUND SUPPLEMENTAL AIR PURIFICATION DEVICES AND SOME OF OUR LARGE, LARGE AREAS, LIKE BAND HALLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHERE THE AEROSOL LEVEL'S A LITTLE HIGHER.
SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
BUT IT ALSO HELPS FUND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE WITH AIR PURIFICATION AND ALSO CUSTODIAL SUPPLIES.
NOW, LOOKING AT THE BUDGET PRIORITIES, BUDGET IN THE OPERATIONAL WORLD, A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH BOND.
AND SO EACH AND EVERY SUMMER WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET A LARGE NUMBER OF PROJECTS DONE, EVEN THOUGH WE WORK ON SOME OVER THE YEAR OVER THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THOSE ARE OUR OPPORTUNITIES TO GET A LOT OF WORK DONE.
SO THIS JUST HIGHLIGHTS THE WORK THAT WE DID THIS PAST SUMMER.
THE LED LIGHTING CONVERSION IS COMPLETE EXCEPT THIS BUILDING, BUT THE CAMPUSES ARE COMPLETE.
SO AT THIS POINT, WE'RE BEGINNING TO REALIZE THE SAVINGS FROM THAT THE LED AND OCCUPANCY SENSOR CONVERSION.
AND GOT THAT DONE, AND IT WAS KIND OF AHEAD OF SCHEDULE BASED ON WHAT THEY DID AND THEY HAD TO DO ALL THAT WORK AFTER HOURS.
A BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE STILL IN PLACE, AND WE'VE HAD GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AS WE'VE NAVIGATED THROUGH THE PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THESE LARGE CHALLENGING PROJECTS THAT WE SEE IN THE AQUATIC CENTER AND SOME OF THE DELAYS WE'VE SEEN THERE, BUT WE'VE WALKED THEM THROUGH THAT.
SO THEY'RE UP TO DATE AND THEY'VE HAD GREAT DIALOG WITH US AND INDOOR OUTDOOR RENTALS WAS BIG.
AND SO WHEN WE CAN REINTRODUCE REVENUE GENERATION, IT HELPS EVERYBODY.
SO WE WANTED TO GET TO THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE NOW.
LAURIE MENTIONED IT COMMUNITY EDUCATION, FORMERLY COMMUNITY EDUCATION.
BUT OUR ENRICHMENT PROGRAM AND OUR FACILITY, REYNOLDS TAKING THOSE TWO PROGRAMS, JOINING THEM AND BRINGING THEM UNDERNEATH ONE PURVIEW IN THE M&O DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN LASTLY, USDA HAD A PROGRAM, FREE LUNCHES FOR ANYONE ON THE PROGRAM, WE'RE ON THE PROGRAM AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SO ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS RECEIVE FREE LUNCHES.
THIS IS NOT JUST FREE AND REDUCES AS EVERY SINGLE STUDENT, SO WE'RE GETTING A LARGER REIMBURSEMENT FROM A FEDERAL AID ON ALL THOSE REIMBURSED REIMBURSABLE MEALS, WHICH IS LIKE EVERYTHING.
SO IT'S BEEN A BENEFIT FOR US.
BUT KNOW THIS, THAT MEAL COSTS, THE COST OF THE FOOD HAS GONE UP TREMENDOUSLY.
BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY JUST NOW PROVIDED ANOTHER QUARTER OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR EACH MEAL, TRYING TO COMBAT SOME OF THE FOOD COSTS INCREASE.
CURRENT WORK, WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO COMPLETE AND OPEN AQUATIC CENTER, AND WE WILL HAVE A CEREMONY AND GRAND OPENING AND ALL THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW BIG THIS PROJECT IS.
SO WE'RE VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY CLOSE.
WE'RE RIGHT THERE AT THE AT THE FINISH LINE AND, AS YOU SAY, SAW AT THE BOARD MEETING INTO FEBRUARY.
WE'RE HOPING THAT WE HAVE WATER THAT WE CAN ALL JUMP OFF THE HIGH DOVE INTO INTO.
SO THAT'S THE THAT'S THE GOAL OR NOT.
IT'LL BE COMPLETELY YOUR CHOICE.
AND SUMMER'S BIG THIS SUMMER WILL BE VERY, VERY LARGE TO GET A NUMBER OF PROJECTS DONE.
WHY? BECAUSE AS WE PLAN FOR THE NEXT BOND, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SUPERMAJORITY OF THE PROJECTS WITHIN THE 2019 BOND COMPLETED.
WE DID HAVE OUR FIRST ENVISIONED EANES MEETING.
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IT WENT WELL.JUST WORKING TOGETHER ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO OUTLINE THE NEXT FEW MONTHS SO THEN WE CAN BRING YOU AS A BOARD RECOMMENDATION AND SOME OF THE OBSERVATIONS FROM THAT, FROM THAT COMMITTEE FREE LUNCHES.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THE FREE LUNCHES WILL CONTINUE NEXT YEAR.
WE JUST DON'T KNOW, AND WE DON'T WE DON'T KNOW WHEN WE WILL GET THAT INFORMATION.
WE FORESEE IT BEING A POSSIBILITY, THOUGH, BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE CHALLENGES, ESPECIALLY WITH FOOD COSTS.
AND THEN THIS IS ANOTHER BUSINESS OFFICE BULLET HERE IS TRYING TO GET ALL THOSE EXISTING REVENUE GENERATION TYPE PLATFORMS BACK INTO PLACE AND RETURNING TO TO KIND OF SOME NORMALCY THERE.
THIS IS THIS IS SHORT TERM, THIS IS LOOKING AT FINALIZING THE PLANS FOR THE SUMMER 22 CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT HAVE MENTIONED THE SUPER MAJORITY OF 2019 BOND PROJECTS BECAUSE AGAIN, WHEN YOU GET TO THAT 90 PERCENT, THEN WE KIND OF SUNSET THE CURRENT BOCK.
BUT RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE A BOCK BACK KIND OF OVERLAP WITH THAT SAME GROUP AS WE PLAN FOR A POTENTIAL FUTURE BOND AND GROWING THE RENTAL AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAM.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT BRING THEM TOGETHER.
THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO GROW THIS, EVEN INTO A MORE ROBUST PROGRAM AND GENERATE MORE REVENUE.
WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT BEING REALLY CREATIVE IN OUR IN OUR CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM AND TRYING TO DO NEW THINGS.
WHY? BECAUSE IT IS TIED TO REVENUE.
AND SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THOSE SHORT TERM.
BUT A LOT DEPENDS ON WHAT USDA IS GOING TO PROVIDE TO US AS REIMBURSEMENT AND THEN TRANSITION THROUGH STAFF ATTRITION.
BUT IN OPERATIONS, THERE'S BEEN SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE RETIRED RECENTLY AND SO TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THOSE, A LOT OF THEM HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
AND SO TRYING TO TO PICK UP WHERE THEY LEFT OFF CAN BE CHALLENGING.
BUT WE'RE WORKING, WORKING THROUGH THAT.
AND LASTLY, THIS IS MY PERSONAL BULLET.
THIS IS EXPAND THE FLYWHEEL SUPPORT TEAM MODEL.
THOSE PICTURES ARE PART OF OUR FLYWHEEL SUPPORT TEAM MODEL.
DR. LEONARD MENTIONED THIS ON TUESDAY THAT THAT IS OUR FORMER DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT LOAN FINALIST AT CEDAR CREEK.
HELPING SERVE MEALS ON THE RIGHT IS BRIAN BOLEK AND SOME OF HIS M&O TEAM DOING CAR LINE AT BARTON CREEK.
AND SO THIS IS A GROUP OF ALMOST EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM.
I THINK OVER 30 PEOPLE THAT IF WE KNOW THERE'S A NEED ACROSS THE DISTRICT, IF IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S RECESS DUTY, CAR LINE, LUNCH, HALL MONITOR, IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT WE KNOW THAT SOMEONE NEEDS SUPPORT.
WE TEXT OUT AND WE FIND PEOPLE TO HELP BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME THAT WE CAN CONTRIBUTE.
AND WE WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO CONNECT WITH OUR CAMPUSES AND ACROSS OTHER OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.
SO LOOKING AHEAD, THE LONG TERM, WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN OUR MIND THINKING OF A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE BOND.
AND WE ARE PLANNING FOR THAT IN BIG WAYS AND SMALL WAYS.
BUT WE'RE LOOKING TOWARDS THAT GOAL OVER THE NEXT TWO TO FIVE YEARS AND ENERGY DEMAND IS TIED TO THAT.
BUT IT'S ALSO TIED TO ANY OTHER DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE AND TRYING TO DRAW DOWN OUR ENERGY DEMAND ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
PARTNERING WITH THE CITY OF WEST LAKE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE REALIZED AS WE GO THROUGH CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND WHETHER IT'S A MARQUEE OR A BUILDING.
WE NEED TO WE NEED TO PARTNER WITH THEM AND HAVE SOME UNIFORM ORDINANCES AND CODES THAT WE CAN HAVE A PARTNERSHIP THERE TO MAKE ALL OF OUR LIVES A LITTLE BIT SIMPLER AS WE WALK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE, THOSE BIG DECISIONS.
AND THEN THE INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES.
RICHARD MALLARD, NOW DIRECTOR OF CHILD NUTRITION, HE'S AN INNOVATIVE THINKER, AND HE'S ALWAYS TRYING TO THINK OF OUT OF THE BOX TYPE WAYS TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF PARTITION IN OUR PROGRAM.
SO WE WANT TO ALLOW HIM TO BE TO HAVE SOME FREEDOM TO THINK ABOUT THOSE IDEAS THAT WE CAN BRING THOSE BACK TO YOU.
THAT'S A LONG TERM GOAL THAT WE HAVE TO AGAIN GENERATE MORE REVENUE FOR THE FOR THE PROGRAM.
THERE'S NOT MUCH LEFT, I MEAN, WE'RE EVERYONE HAS COME UP, YOU HAVE INSTRUCTIONS ON QUESTIONS, WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THE, YOU KNOW, GET THEM TO TIFFANY, WE'LL PUT THEM IN A DOCUMENT.
YOU CAN START DOING THOSE AS SOON AS YOU HAVE THEM.
IF YOU SEND THEM TO US AT FOUR FORTY FIVE P.M.
ON FEBRUARY 3RD, THAT WILL BE A BAD TIME TO SEND A QUESTION THAT YOU WANT.
ANSWERS, OK? BUT AGAIN, YOU'LL HAVE THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, TO ALSO ASK QUESTIONS VERBALLY WHEN WE GET TO
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THE SUMMIT SO THAT THAT'S THE PRECESSION WE ARE DONE WITH THE PRE SESSION.JUST I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS I DON'T EVEN NEED TO TELL YOU THIS, BUT YOU YOU KNOW THIS, I THINK BOARD MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT WHAT WOULD THEY LIKE TO THINK ABOUT ADDED ON, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE SEEN IN THE PRESENTATION SOME OF WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS THINKING.
THIS IS WHAT I'M THINKING I WANT TO DO THERE, BUT I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THAT.
SO IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE OF YOUR INTEREST TO YOU, THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE, IS IT AN INTEREST OF MORE THAN JUST YOU AS AN INTEREST OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? SO WE WILL HAVE THAT GENERATION PIECE.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY OTHER MATERIALS YOU NEED TO BRING.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS MENTIONED WE DO HAVE AN ARCHIVE AND IT HAS BEEN SENT OUT.
I DID CHECK, BUT WE WILL SEND THAT OUT IF YOU WANT TO SEE OLD MATERIALS OR MEMOS OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND TIFFANY SAYS SHE HAS, BUT I'LL MAKE SURE IT GETS SENT OUT AGAIN.
BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU REVIEW THAT TYPE OF STUFF IF IF IN ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS SAYS, I NEED THIS OR I NEED THAT, JUST LET US KNOW, OK? BUT I THINK.
UNLESS JEFF OR SUSAN OR MOLLY, ANYBODY, I THINK, WAS PRETTY GOOD.
ALL RIGHT, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT TOOK THE TIME TO PUT THOSE PRESENTATIONS TOGETHER.
YOU'VE GIVEN US A TON TO DIGEST AND AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO GET OUR QUESTIONS OUT IN TIME FOR YOU GUYS TO RESPOND AND WE'LL BE PREPARED WHEN WE MEET AGAIN.
SO THAT BRINGS US TO THIS SORT OF THE RECITATION OF THE MEANS THAT WE HAVE IN
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FRONT OF US.WE HAVE A BUNCH ON FEBRUARY 2ND.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON FEBRUARY 3RD.
WE HAVE OUR FIRST SESSION OF OUR STRATEGIC SUMMIT, FEBRUARY 4TH.
WE HAVE OUR SECOND STRATEGIC SUMMIT SESSION AND IN FEBRUARY 8TH, WE HAVE A STUDY SESSION.
SO WITH THAT, WE WILL ADJOURN.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR MOVING SO QUICKLY THROUGH THIS.
APPRECIATE IT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.