Elementary Done Different "LEE": June 2021

Hi team! Just a few things to update you and keep you posted on all things Lee Elementary. I hope you have been enjoying your Summer Break so far. Leigh Ann and I have been excitedly working on ideas and visioning for 2021-2022 and our Leadership Team will be heading out for our retreat next Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. If you have any thoughts or contributions you want to make sure that we address for next year, please share them with your grade or content area leadership member. We are excited to add Ayesha Khan to our Leadership Team as she will represent Specials and Specialists. YAY Ayesha. This will ensure every department on campus has a voice and representation. Remember.... our Leadership Meetings and agenda are open to ALL employees so you can be involved at your comfort level.

Today is my "official" first day off. I will be back on contract on July 13. PLEASE reach out if you need ANYthing. In the meantime, I plan to work in our flowerbeds, head home to FL for a few days, and deal with continued house construction.

CONGRATULATIONS to Kristina and Meghan as their new little babies have safely arrived!

NEW HIRES

As a new hire, I am sure you are thinking about what you can do to start getting ready for your new adventure at Lee. This blog I would encourage you to:

Update or create a Twitter account. Follow @NetZeroLee and other staff members. Post to the #rjlsummerselfie challenge.

TO DO FOR ALL:

Fill out this form so we can learn all about your favorites. The first one to complete it will be getting a surprise in the mail!

STAFFING UPDATES

Here is the link to our employee assignments for 2021-2022. Remember how we say these are always subject to change? Well you will see one change. Karen will be heading to GCISD to be closer to home and on the same work calendar as her husband and daughter. Rikki will be transitioning back to Practical Academics- SO COOL- that is where she started. Full circle, right? So we are interviewing for a full time Special Education Designer. We will keep you posted once we make a recommendation for hire.

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

You will be required to earn 24 hours of Flex Time for the 2021-2022 school year and you can start accumulating your time over the summer. Here are two separate AWESOME and HIGHLY RECOMMENDED opportunities from Apple. If you participate, please document in Bulb and we will grant flex credit.

If you were unable to attend the live webinars on June 15, you can still earn Flex and SBEC credit all summer! Follow the steps outlined below.

To earn credit after June 15th for watching a recorded webinar from 6.15.21:

View a recorded webinar found in this folder, then follow these steps to submit for credit.

To earn credit after June 15th for completing a self-paced course in Schoology:

Complete a self-paced course from this spreadsheet in our CISD PL Schoology course, then follow these steps to submit for credit.

If you’d like to watch me demonstrate the steps to successfully participate in self-paced learning this summer, you may choose to watch this video.

Finally, an additional virtual session of Unconscious Bias training is being offered on Tuesday, July 27. If you would like to attend Unconscious Bias training you must sign up now so that we may secure your training materials. Click here to enroll in the course in Eduphoria.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES

This year, PTO is handling school supplies in a different manner. Parents order the packs to be shipped to their door and the learners will bring the supply packs to school on Meet the Designer Night or the first day of school. We have two more reminders going out through Parent Square to help you get the supplies you WANT for the school year. Link to order: educationalproducts.com/shoppacks Code: LEE008