Friday Facts September 22

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Friday Facts September 22, 2023

September 22, 2023 UPCOMING DATES

IMPORTANT LINKS

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23-24 Elementary Grading Guidelines

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23-24 Secondary Grading Guidelines

5- Area 4 Huddle from 1:00-4:30 @Upper Buda RM 308

23-24 District Assessment Calendar

5- Area 3 Huddle from 8:00-11:30 @Upper Buda RM 308

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4- Area 2 Huddle from 1:00-4:30 @Upper Buda RM 308

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Codes

4- Area 1 Huddle from 8:00-11:30 @Upper Buda RM 308

Schoology PLC District

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23-24 District Calendar

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23-24 C&I Meeting Dates

For the most up to date information view the Public Folders and Department Calendars Click HERE for the How To Document for adding public folders with the department calendars to your personal Outlook Calendar.

SUPERINTENDENT Dr. Eric Wright ➢

Pearls of Wisdom

Excuses are lies you tell yourself to make yourself feel better about giving up on the challenge. #HopeDealers

#HaysCISDPrideBeginsWithYou!!!

Dr. Eric Wright

Chief and Deputy Academic Officer Updates Action Items

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Save the Date: Town Hall Meeting on September 27th @ 6:30pm ○ Erin Zwiener is meeting with Dr. Wright at the PAC for a community round table on the state of finance in public schools WE NEED YOU THERE! Please invite your entire staff - we want to PACK the PAC to show support for district financing.

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Thank you for your active engagement and participation around instruction at ILT yesterday! We look forward to continuing the great instructional conversations next month!

Here is the Roll the Dice activity: ○ Roll the Dice and break the ice

Marivel Sedillo, Mary Noble, Jesus Gomez, David Pierce & Michael Watson

Curriculum and Instruction Action Items

It’s that time of year again!

Here are the BOY Open Court Open Court Checklists: Kindergarten Observation Checklist BOY First Grade Observation Checklist BOY Second Grade Observation Checklist BOY ● ●

Every Assistant Principal and IC has access to Open Court through Class Link.

Travis Smith made this login information for Principals to have access:

https://my.mheducation.com/login Username: OC23 Password: OpenCourt23 ● ● ●

We recommend that you look at the actual lesson in Open Court to follow along throughout the observation.

This is also a great time to look correlate your mClass data with your Open Court instruction.

At Lead and Learn we shared that the goal is to have these completed by the end of October.

The Literacy Team would love to join you on some of your instructional walks. Please reach out to invite us.

Here is the K-2 Spanish Foundational Skills Observation Checklist Informational Items

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Derek McDaniel

C&I: TEA/Hays CISD Reading Academies Informational Items

Our first Reading Academy session was Wednesday, September 13th.

We appreciated the teachers being so engaged in the course content.

We are holding a make-up session for the first session this Monday, September 25th from 8:00-3:00 in our Literacy Office(Room 108) at Old Upper Buda. We have already sent emails to participants who need to attend. We will communicate any future necessary make-up dates with the participants and principals based on attendance after each session to ensure anyone needed can attend.

23-24 Reading Academy Training Dates: ● 9/27, 10/18, 11/15, 12/5, 1/17, 2/1, 3/6, 4/24, 5/8 ● Time: 8:00-3:30 ● Location: Old Upper Buda Elementary Cafeteria ● Teachers should sign up in Eduphoria Secretaries can use this code to enter when creating the absences: ● 199-11-6112-RA-911-11-2-0 23-24 Reading Academy Commitment Letter ● Scan to Denise Schweitzer when completed Do you still want access to the Reading Academy Content? ● Request for Alumni Course Link

Denise Schweitzer, Mandy Taylor, Teri Stapp

Academic Support Upcoming Action Items

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10/06 7th Gr. DYSLEXIA SCREENER SPREADSHEET DUE

Universal Screener Letters to be sent home

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MTSS Facilitators have begun scheduling meetings with teachers, support staff, LSSPs, parents, etc. Please be mindful of the time required of campus personnel and to accommodate their attendance at these meetings

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During the meetings when parents are in attendance, please share this one pager, which is an overview document provided by TEA

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BOY screening windows are coming to a close, and it is now time to start analyzing data in order to be intentional with the support our students need.

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DYSLEXIA: teachers at ALL LEVELS will send home a progress report every grading period with a uniform district letter attached explaining the contents

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MTSS Processes: ○ Parent is invited to attend and must be in attendance for certain meetings. ○ Must have a completed Referral Information form for students referred for special education evaluations.

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We had some great meetings with Emergent Tree on our elementary campuses. Thank you for providing us with information about the great things in place at your campus.

Debbie Brown

Advanced Academics Action Items

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Students in OnRamps classes–The deadline for payment (or arrangement to pay) for students in OnRamps classes wasSeptember 15, 2023. RevTrak will be open to accept payments through Sunday, September 24. The vast majority of students have paid

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BIG NEWS!!! As of September 7, 2023, OnRamps classes are free to students eligible for Free/Reduced lunch! Those students meeting this criteria who have already paid will be refunded by the end of September.

Joy Philpott

Career and Technical Education (CTE) Action Items

All CTE Teachers need to be evaluated on T-TESS for TIA calibration.

Informational Items

Important Dates: November 14th - Career on Wheels (COW) Day - 11/14/23* (8th grade career fair for all 6 middle schools) April 11, 2024 - Career Ready Educated Workforce (CREW) Day (Senior hiring day)

Suzi Mitchell

Digital Learning Action Items The Remind app is now restricting Remind accounts in our district to an unknown number of weekly messages.

Your campus can purchase a Remind Hub account for $4/student. There is not a way to purchase an individual teacher license. This will allow unlimited messaging to be sent to groups that have been created under your school.

If you are interested in purchasing a campus license, please contact Emily and I can put you in contact with the rep.

I would recommend using Schoology groups instead. We can import students into a group using their ID number. Parents are already attached to students in the program and can add their cell phone numbers to their profiles.

Google is adding more layers of security in their Admin portal. They are sending out emails regarding the approval of the 3rd party applications, like Quill, that use Google to login. We have the list of over 3600 applications that we are reviewing before the deadline and will be approving these before the end of October.

Informational Items When: Saturday, October 28 from 9-12 Where: Buda Elementary, 1060 Old San Antonio Road What: This is a PD “unconference” opportunity for staff to attend put on for teachers by teacher. Watch this short video for more explanation!

This is Exchange day credit eligible!

Fill out this form to share what you want to learn!

Emily Herrin

Federal Programs and Grants Action Items ●

Title 1 Campuses - Please do not forgot to upload your Fall Title 1 materials into Crate.

FALL Title 1 meeting must be held 2X before OCTOBER 20th (this is an ESSA requirement)!! Title 1 Crate Upload Requirements

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Title 1 Campuses -If you have a sub or uncertified teacher in a position at a T1 Campus for more than 4 weeks, you must send out to all parents a notification letter Eng and Span.

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SCE & Title 1 Requisitions - A copy of the Eduphoria use of funds form must be uploaded with the purchase requisition. Any PCARD purchases on SCE require a purchase request form with Norris’ signature PRIOR to the purchase being made.

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CIP - We are wrapping up final drafts of the CIPs. The CIPs will got to Board in November. Please be sure that your SCE, Federal Funds, & local budget are tied to strategies in your CIP. CIP Requirements/Checklist

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CLT - Just a reminder that you should be uploading all CLT documentation (Sign in sheet/agenda/minutes ) to P4L. CLT Requirements

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Extra Duty Tutoring - Principals musy submit a use of funds form in Eduphoria prior to beginning afterschool tutoring. Remember that staff will need to complete and submit the Extra Duty Employment Agreement with their first Extra Duty Time sheet for the year. A tutoring log must also be submitted with any extra duty tutoring time sheets.

(These forms are available under the Staff Resources section of the district website.)

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Pre-K Funds for Title 1 Campuses - TI pre-k funds - supplemental to the local funds dedicated to Title 1 Pre-K classrooms and cannot supplant (or replace) local funds.

See this slideshow for more info. MUST BE ENCUMBERED by NOVEMBER 1!

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Scholastic has a VERY LOW cost book program (FACE) to get books into the hands of children and their families. These books are priced super low so that campuses can give these books to children to practice literacy skills at home. You could even do a Free Book Fair!! If you are interested, see this flyer, the list of books in this program, or contact Norris.

Stephanie Norris (ext. 45156, cell 512-787-3746)

Fine Arts Action Items

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Eligibility: The first eligibility report period ends Friday, 9/22. Grade/Eligibility reports should be issued on September 28th. Please help make sure all teachers and directors in charge of extra-curricular activities have these reports and are accurately monitoring eligibility.

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Monday, 9/25: All HS Band and Mariachi students have been invited to attend a special Marine Band performance at the PAC between 10 - 11:30 am. The head band director at each campus should be coordinating this.

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District PLC: All fine arts teachers are at the PAC on 10/6, 10 am - Noon, and again on 10/31, from 1 - 4 pm.

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Good luck to the following organizations at these upcoming contests: ● 9/23 Hays HS Band @ Charger Marching Classic ● 9/23 Johnson HS Band @ BOA Austin Regional ● 9/29 Lehman HS Mariachi @ TMEA Region Mariachi Auditions ● 9/30 Lehman HS Band @ Capital City Marching Contest ● 9/30 Johnson HS Band @ US Bands Ludwig-Musser Classic

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Tickets for Fine Arts Events (Choir, Dance, Theatre): ○ https://www.hayscisd.net/Page/16404

Patty Moreno & Jason Adam

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Professional Development: Please make sure G/T cluster teachers are aware of the State’s G/T professional learning requirements. Fall online courses are now open and will close on November 30. A list of available courses and the State’s guidelines are available at THIS LINK. You will receive an updated audit by the end of next week. If there are any questions, contact me at tish.cawley@hayscisd.net or x45035.

Gifted and Talented Advisory Council (GTAC): We need parents to serve on our Gifted and Talented Advisory Council. Each elementary campus can have one parent rep and secondary campuses can have two. Campuses are not required to have a rep.

The rep from last year can serve again or you can select someone else. If possible, choose a rep who is not a Hays CISD employee. I plan to send an email to parents of identified G/T students in the next week or so and will ask them to reach out to the principal to express interest. Please add the name of the rep for your campus to the document found at THIS LINK by October 1. I would also like to add administrators to GTAC. Please let me know if you are interested. Meetings will be held on November 14 and April 2 at 5:00pm.

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G/T Liaison Meeting Schedule: A copy of the G/T Liaison meeting schedule can be viewed at THIS LINK. G/T Referral Information: The G/T referral period will be open from October 1 - 31.

Parents can attend an informational meeting to learn more about G/T assessment procedures on September 13 at 7:00 pm at the Performing Arts Center. In addition, the counselor on your campus will share information regarding the referral period with your staff.

Tish Cawley

Human Resources Action Items

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Please be sure to assign an evaluation process for your employees.

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CHRO/Principal Meetings: Christina Courson will soon reach out to principals to schedule one on one meetings to review staff rosters, student enrollment, talk about first-year teachers & new staff, and any potential employees of concern.

Documentation, Investigations, and Title IX Slide Deck: As promised, here is the Documentation and Investigations & Title IX Investigations presentation from yesterday's ILT meeting. We are grateful to Heather Rutland from Eichelbaum Wardell for this reference.

T-TESS Appraisal Calendar: Reminder September 5 - 29, no observations allowed. October 2, 2023 Formal Observation period begins.

TIA Virtual Information Session for Teachers- Join us on Thursday, October 5th, from 4:30-5:15 pm, to learn more about Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) at Hays CISD. Mary Torres will be giving general information on the program, eligibility requirements, timelines and updates! Join us via zoom: https://zoom.us/j/3687113697 Fall Recruiting Season - We will be at the Buda Career Fair on September 26th from 3 pm - 6 pm. Please let your friends and family know that we are hiring! You can register here . We will also be present at the ACC Campus Job Fair, September 27th, 11:00 pm - 1:00 pm.

RX/prescription Info: Effective 9/1/2023, Teachers Retirement System (TRS) is utilizing Express Scripts to process prescriptions. A profile can be created at https://www.express-scripts.com/trsactivecare?r=esrx_com, or you can call 844-367-6108 for assistance.

Medical ID: Call Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) to obtain your Medical ID# at 866-355-5999. After obtaining the information, you may access the medical ID card digitally by visiting this site and creating a profile, https://www.bcbstx.com/medicare/tools-resources/blue-access-for-members Supplemental Benefits: You may visit the Hays CISD employee benefit center to view more information on a specific benefit (click the hyperlink) to create profiles on their sites as well. https://ffbenefits.ffga.com/hayscisd/2023-24-plan-year/ National Hispanic Heritage Month traditionally honors the cultures and contributions of both Hispanic and Latino Americans as we celebrate heritage rooted in all Latin American countries. Hays HR proudly celebrates all of our faculty and staff of Latin and Hispanic Heritage!

Christina Courson, CHRO

Guidance and Counseling & CCR #StrongerTogether RESOURCES RESOURCES Charlie Health: Support Groups Free Parent Support Groups with LINK.pdf Texas Referral Process.pdf

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Get Help - Hays County Food Bank

Don't be Left in the Dark.pdf

Help for Paying your Utility and Water Bills for the Rest of 2023!

HCISD/Counseling Dept. Webpages: Guidance & Counseling | College and Career Readiness

Maritza Gonzalez & LindaRae Johnson

Management Information Systems (MIS) Action Items ● ●

10/04/23- Campus deadline in TCP for pay period 09/17/23 - 09/30/2023 10/18/23- Campus deadline in TCP for pay period 10/01/23 - 10/14/2023 Information Items

Staff Responsibility Workshops When: Tuesday, November 7th and Wednesday, November 8th More details to follow NO MORE MIS- PEIMS RESPONSIBILITY PACKETS BEING SENT TO THE CAMPUS TimeClock Plus Resources ❖ ❖ ❖

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Full Manager’s Guide Full User’s Guide ***NEW*** Canceling Leave Requests Approving and Adding Time Off Request Instructions Comp Time Accrual Balance Report Instructions Absence Report Instructions If you would like for the MIS Department to come to your campus/department and provide training, please reach out to us so that we can get that scheduled.

Jeannie Alvarado

Multilingual Education and Migrant Programs Action Items EOY LPACS: Final Recommendation ALL pending EOY LPACs due to TELPAS & STAAR results must be completed within the 1st 45 days of the new school year. (District deadline is Sept. 26th) A teacher's subjective form is required and must be completed in Ellevation. A list of students that should be Monitor Year 1 for the 2023-2024 school year can be found at the bottom of the main ELLevation dashboard. Contact me if you need help. ❏ EOY LPAC suggested comments for students that were pending for the 2022-2023 school year ❏ 5th to 6th graders' Parent Permission form for reclassification from Bilingual program to ESL ALL 6th-grade students that were previously in a bilingual program in 5th will now need this new letter on file.

Informational Items Bilingual Campuses: The Multilingual Team would love to join you on BOY instructional walks for HMH Destrezas Fundamentales and L2 Open Court. Here are the L1 Foundational Skills & L2 Checklists: L1 K-2 Spanish Foundational Skills Observation Checklist L2 Kindergarten Observation Checklist BOY First Grade Observation Checklist BOY Second Grade Observation Checklist BOY Campuses as you complete BOY screener data begin populating the 2023-2024 Decision Making Worksheet to justify LOA decisions.

Do you need translation and/or interpreter services for languages other than Spanish?

Complete the Foreign Language Translation Request Form for assistance.

Community Action, Inc. Information: Hays CISD has a direct partnership with Community Action, Inc. which offers a variety of educational programs and services to our Hays CISD parents and community. Please share these opportunities on your campus websites and social media outlets. Community Action Program/Classes Folder

Know someone who is a Language Learner Rock Star? Nominate them today for the Language Learner Rock Star Award.

Language Learner Rock Star Award Nomination

Patricia Melgar-Cook

Pre-K Program Action Items

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Schedule District Team will administer 4 measures for TIA Pre-K Teachers will administer 2 observable measures Make sure that all Pre-K Teachers sign the TIA OATH

Pre-K Funds For Title I Campuses (for Pre-K Title 1 Principals only) There will be a change for how T1 Pre-K funds are distributed to T1 Pre-K classrooms. These funds must be supplemental to the local funds dedicated to Title 1 Pre-K classrooms and cannot supplant (or replace) local funds.

See this slideshow for more info. We will follow up at the next ILT.

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Due in Eduphoria October 13th (How to)

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Video Guidance

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BOY CIRCLE Window - Sept. 11 - Oct. 6

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TEAMS Report Card - Oct. 5 - 10

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Letter Name/Sounds - Sept. 11 - Oct. 6 Due in Eduphoria Oct. 13

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District Pre-K PLC ~ Oct. 6th ~ 10-12 @ BES Library

LaShun Gaines

Special Education Action Items October 6,2023 Training Locations: TIME

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10:00-12:00

Resource/Inclusion Teachers & Paras

FES Cafe

Resource/Inclusion Teachers & Paras

CMS Cafe

10:00-12:00

ECSE, FL, FLS, FLA Teachers & Paras

LHS Cafe

FL, FLS, FLA, 18+ Teachers & Paras

BMS Library

10:00-12:00

SBI, SLC Teachers & Paras

LHS Library

Focus, SLC Teachers & Paras

CMS Library

1:00-4:00

All special education paraprofessionals

SMS Cafe

UPDATE: STAAR Alternate 2 Participation Requirements Based on information from the U.S. Department of Education, the Student Assessment and Special Education Divisions of the Texas Education Agency (TEA) have been working together to update the STAAR Alternate 2 documents and trainings to ensure all students are appropriately assessed. As a result, TEA has updated the STAAR Alternate 2 Participation Requirements for the 2023–2024 school year. With the new requirements, we will review of ALL students currently scheduled to take STAAR Alt 2 because some may no longer meet the criteria for this assessment.

REMINDER: MTSS Referral Packet During the MTSS process, teachers must complete the MTSS Referral Packet in SuccessED found in the Rti tab in its entirety.

Evidence of grades, attendance, discipline, and any other relevant academic data is required for a referral. When the packet is not complete, the process slows down. Some of the evidence are exclusionary factors for special education which is why it is important to have a complete packet.

UPDATE: Behavior Professional and Paraprofessional Roles and Responsibilities (link) Please review the updated chart we are sharing with the team on October 6, 2023.

Informational Items

Child Find, Evaluation, and ARD Supports Beginning of School Resources If you have staff that still needs exchange hours, here are timely resources from TEA's Child Find, Evaluation, and ARD Supports Network to use: ● The Child Find Duty - Everyone's Responsibility 23-24 is a self-paced, online course that provides an overview of child find, a summary of LEAs’ responsibilities, and key points to remember. (1.5 credits) ● The Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) Committee Manager Training is a self-paced, online course that provides information, guidance, and best practice for ARD committee managers. (12 credits) ● The Standards-Based Individualized Education Program (IEP) Process Training is a self-paced, online course that provides information about gathering student data, including the full and individual evaluation (FIE), writing the student’s present levels of academic achievement and functional performance (PLAAFP) statement, drafting measurable annual goals with short-term objectives/benchmarks, if appropriate, and creating a data collection system for monitoring progress of the annual goals. (12 credits)

IMPORTANT NOTICE RE: DYSLEXIA SERVICES Students receiving dyslexia services from a special education teacher, must be assigned to a SpEd teacher trained in the Reading by Design program.

MIchelle Velasquez

State Assessments and Accountability Action Items

Instructional Coaches Reminder: Please remember you can now proctor Eduphoria assessments as needed.

NEW: A new feature in “New” Aware allows any teacher to Share Their Classes w/ Other Teachers. This is much faster and much more secure. Please share with your PLCs, Co-Teachers, etc. for how they can gain additional access to the student data they need! Principals, make sure to approve those Student Access Lists!

Informational Items

Released this week: HB 1416 Flowchart states that ALL 4th graders who failed Grade 3 Reading and/or Math will need to be provided the 30 hours of accelerated instruction (there is no option for 15 hours).

Kevin Malandruccolo

Student Information Systems (SIS) Action Items

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9/29/23 - Deadline for campus 1st Six-Weeks Special Program Audits.

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Fall PEIMS Submission Dates ● ● ● ● ●

9/29 - Close of School Start Window 10/27 - Fall PEIMS Snapshot Date 12/7 - Fall PEIMS Initial Submission Due Date 1/18 - Fall PEIMS Resubmission Due Date OnData will be updated weekly for admin to review Fall Snapshot Data

Monitoring Your Campus Coding for Fall PEIMS ●

Timeline for Coding Fall PEIMS Data Elements (dates may change if data is not available on time for coding)

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Campus PEIMS Coding Status Googlesheet SIS updates the status for each campus as deadlines pass or coding is completed. You can check this google sheet to confirm your PEIMS clerk is on track with your campus coding.

Dana Braun

Student Information Systems (SIS) Information Items

OnData Suite https://105906.ondatasuite.com/index.php/gate/login ● Login process changed! ○ You will be prompted for your Microsoft email account = your computer login@hayscisdnet (ex:smithp@hayscisd.net) ○ Enter your computer password. ○ System will keep you logged in ● Email teams.email@hayscisd.net if you need assistance with access.

Monday Enrollment Reports ● Hays CISD - Monday Enrollment Reports Google Folder ● Each Monday, SIS adds the following reports: ○ Enrollments by campus and grade level ○ District and campus attendance percentages for the prior week of school and for the entire school year.

Grading Resources ● Elementary Grading Timeline ● Secondary Grading Timeline ● TEAMS Reports for Monitoring Grades Attendance Resources ● TEAMS Attendance Reports for Administrators Discipline Resources ● Discipline Coding Reference Chart ● Discipline Coding Guide ● TEAMS Discipline Guide Teacher Resources ● TEAMS Guide for Teachers

Dana Braun

Student Services Campus PBIS, SEL, and Behavior Management Social-Emotional Learning: School leaders play a key role in building positive school culture, and social-emotional learning is a critical part of those efforts. Ways you can keep your focus on SEL: Revisit your school’s shared vision through a social-emotional lens and Integrate SEL into your existing instructional leadership team. You can also Create social-emotional supports and development for teachers and staff. Need help? ASK! First and foremost, the goal of Hays CISD is to ensure that we have our students in class every day and every period. That is the overarching message we need to share with teachers and with our community. Click the picture below for full details about our Policy Update.

According to FEA (LOCAL) policy, any student who has had no contact, participation, or has not met the minimum criteria to be marked present for five (5) consecutive school days and has made no effort to communicate with their campus could be removed from district membership in the Student Information System.

NO student may be withdrawn from a campus enrollment without: ● the approval from the Director of Student Services and ● the approval from the Director of Student Information Systems (SIS)

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We are coming up to the last week of LEAVERS. Please ensure that you are closing out/documenting all LEAVERS before the last Friday of September (9/29/2023).

Ensure that teachers are documenting phone calls to parents/guardians regarding student absences.

Employ positive reinforcement for students coming to school.

Work directly with our AIS team with students that are accruing too many absences.

Compulsory Attendance and Truancy

We all play a key role in getting our students to school!

What Does The 90% Rule Mean?

In addition to Texas compulsory attendance laws, districts are required to enforce the 90% rule which states that students in grades Kindergarten through 12th must attend a class for 90% of the time it is offered to receive credit or a final grade.

This rule applies even if a student has an IEP or 504 Plan.

The 90 percent rule applies to all absences (excluding those exempt by law), including excused absences.

Dr. Brian Dawson

Student Health Services Staff Flu Clinics The staff flu clinic schedule is linked here. The location will be determined by your campus nurse and will be updated when available. If you are interested in the flu clinic at your campus, please sign up here: : https://forms.gle/DZqw5hoYMkUhRGQw7 Please follow the directions at the top of the sign up form. If you have any questions regarding insurance, please call Plum Creek Pharmacy at (512) 262-7881. Plum Creek Pharmacy will also be offering Covid Boosters during the clinics. Children of employees (age 7 and up) may participate with the parent/guardian present.

Student Health Services Monthly Newsletter

Megan Benthall, MSN, RN