Mustang Staff-

After checking in with a few folks yesterday and today, I wanted to reach out and hopefully offer some reassurance and understanding following a long day of Professional Learning.

While I'm sure that many of you had fruitful days of learning, I know that some of you ended your day feeling more nervous/anxious/confused/frustrated than when you started it at 8:30.

We are working with grade level team leaders to develop student work to take us through the first 3 days of school (August 12, 13, 14), and I want to free everyone's mind to think about what work you and your kids will do on Monday, August 17.

As I chat with other middle school principals, my appreciation and love continue to grow for our Renner family. Thank you for working hard, being flexible, collaborating, staying positive, extending grace, and going with the flow. It might not be pretty, but WE WILL FIGURE THIS OUT in time to greet our kids with a smile on Wednesday, August 12!

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Thanks Katie Aycock for sending!

AUGUST

Kevin Kelln 8/2

Brad Allcorn 8/5

Jenna Park 8/5

Anna Hensley 8/9

Brandi Shrier 8/14

Crystal Tutson 8/14

Matthew Reisinger 8/22

Tragsdale 8/23

Sue Boisvert 8/24

Erin Gardner 8/25

Martha Gonzalez 8/25

Safe Schools: Highly recommend you get all of your SafeSchools trainings done for the year to avoid missing deadlines in the future. ***(if you ALREADY completed all of your SafeSchools trainings, double check. A COVID-19 safety training was recently added and was due on 8/5. See below for a picture of what it looks like.)

**From Nurse Brandi:**

Teachers,

All staff members are required to complete overview training for anaphylaxis (severe allergic reaction), seizures, and diabetes. Links and other information regarding these trainings are available on PISD website (https://www.pisd.edu/Page/7071). Everyone is required complete “Diabetes Level I” (https://www.pisd.edu/Page/6076). If you have a diabetic student in your class, you will be receiving an additional email from me with your required training specifics. Although not required, there are trainings for bloodborne pathogens, asthma, & covid-19 as well. I will be placing basic information sheets covering diabetes, anaphylaxis, seizures, & asthma in your mailbox. Please place in an easily accessible location (may want to include with your sub info too). Student specific plans are coming soon!

Per the Amazing Katie Aycock!

I was looking up a copyright situation for a teacher just a minute ago and came across this great link from the Library of Congress about what remote learning teachers can post online and how it applies to copyright: https://blogs.loc.gov/copyright/2020/03/teaching-from-a-distance-and-copyright-considerations/

Michelle Conway

Michelle is a rockstar and helped all of Renner ELA with zoom issues on curriculum day, all before 9am! We are so grateful for you, Michelle!

Counseling Team

Working hard! They are hand scheduling and pushing up against a tough deadline. We know you all are doing so much to get the schedules done!

Sophia Cantu

She is amazing and has really been busting her butt!

Anna Hensley, Jennifer Beall, & Matt Reisinger

Thank you for taking on the first-three-days-of-school plans and moving full steam ahead!

Katie Aycock

For being a support for the teachers and being super helpful.

Erica Allen & Rowda Albelbaisi

Thank you for working so hard with our cheerleaders during camp!

WE NEED MORE SHOUT-OUTS!

**To give a staff shout-out or two, please complete the form. It doesn't take long and it goes a long way to support one another. Link here: https://forms.gle/s5S2SzGgBQ6y7hea6*

For those of you that saw the note last week regarding Safe Schools completion and possible winning of a gift card...I looked today and there seems to be quite a bit of you in the running. Because the deadline is today, I will announce winners next week! If you want to be in the gift card drawing and have not completed your SafeSchools, get it done! You need 100% completion for your name to be entered into the drawing. Remember: There will be 3 winners!

You DO NOT have to email Dot when you have completed SafeSchools, I can pull from a report.

Anyone can win! Let's go!!!

• Direct Deposit: Please use link provided to submit changes online https://myforms.pisd.edu/Forms/directdeposit

• W-4: Please use link provided to submit changes online https://myforms.pisd.edu/Forms/W4_2020-standalone

• Payroll Questions: If an employee has a payroll related question, please have them send an email to payroll@pisd.edu.

• Benefits 20-21 Enrollment is now open until August 21
  

• Action is required for all employees. You must either enroll or decline coverage online. Login to TEAMS Employee Service Center to complete enrollment or decline coverage.

• The Benefits Website has everything needed to assist you with making decisions for your benefits.

• Send any and all questions to benefits@pisd.edu. The benefits department is ready to assist you with anything needed as you make decisions for this next year.

*There will be some Remote Learning Resources put in one folder on the google drive.

*We will also have a Google Classroom setup that will contain any PD's that are not included in Safe Schools

When the school year starts, we will have the positive phone call form available for you to complete. You will just need to complete the form and Ms. Cindy Clay will make the phone calls on your behalf.

Form here: coming soon

**Please make sure to include the student's entire first and last names when filling out the form.