Greetings, English Department,
I hope that you have had time to unwind, rejuvenate, and
recreate during these past 10 or so weeks. I wanted to say hello and ask
if there’s anything that you need assistance with as the new school year
beckons.
I have a few preliminary notes, but they are just ad
hoc. I am slowly scraping the rust of summer off myself.
1.
It is Jim DiDomenico’s birthday
today. Tomorrow is Susie Jaffe’s birthday.
2.
Summer Curriculum. Just a reminder that
John B. sent out an email not too long ago about finishing up the
projects. (I’ll paste his notes below)
3.
Mandated Training. Troy Courtney sent us
an email earlier this summer about completing mandatory training on allergies
and diabetes. I did them last night – it took me about 80 minutes
total. I will ask the principals if it’s OK for me to
“schedule time” during the institute days to work on this… I won’t know until
Friday if I’m granted it. In any case, if you were to do the training
BEFORE institute days, you’d have that time to work on getting ready to
teach. (I’ll paste his notes below.)
4.
Calendar for your planning purposes. I
have posted on a Department Blog a “master calendar” of important Department
and School dates. Let me know if there’s anything to add. You can
find it here: http://hchsenglish.blogspot.com/2013/08/master-calendar-for-first-semester.html
Enjoy the last week of summer!
Notes:
Summer Curriculum Update. (information
from JB)
·
If they are having difficulty entering their
name into the timesheets for payment purposes, it is most likely due to the
fact that they changed their last name in the last few years. If this is
the case, please have them try their maiden name (I do not know why it is in
InfoPath this way). If this does not work, then let me know.
·
Please make sure that teams submit their
timesheets and evidence of completion in one bundle (they may send it to me via
e-mail). We will only process timesheets once we have all of them for a
team along with their evidence of completion.
·
Related to this, if team members or hour
allocations change. Please have your team leaders submit a short memo to
me indicating original allocations, and new allocations. I will go into
InfoPath and change the members’ new allocations, and the team members will
then be able to submit their timesheets. As department chairpersons, you
should also have the ability to reallocate hours in InfoPath. Should you
choose to do this on your own, I ask that you still send me the reallocation memos
for my records. Thank you. InfoPath link: CLICK
HERE
Mandated Training Info:
(copied from Troy’s email)
In
accordance with Illinois School Code: 105 ILCS 5/10.22.30, employees must be
trained relative to Food Allergies, Anaphylaxis, and Anaphylactic Shock.
Through
the online system at Global Compliance Network (GCN), we have turned on the
modules that address the requirements of Illinois School Code.
To take the online training on GCN, use the following
instructions:
Select: New User – I do not have a Personal ID
(Once
a Personal ID is established, you will go in through Existing User selection)
ORGANIZATION ID: 65448h
Enter user information (First Name and Last Name) as listed in the
school directory – Click SUBMIT
ENTER YOUR PREFERRED PERSONAL ID: this can be whatever you like
(Not case sensitive)
The next page you will need to enter your assignment - just put in
your job function (eg. Teacher, Aide, etc.) We also recommend that you put in
your email address for any correspondence from GCN.
You can now go to the Tutorial Page, or login at another time that
is convenient, to go through the Training.
Please complete the online training by the beginning of the
2013-2014 school year.
If
you have any problems login in to the system, please contact Karen Zahara at kzahara@hinsdale86.org.
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