September 9th, 2011

Wow, long time since the last blog.

Staff updates:
Cy Wagner began working with the Material Staff in August.  Welcome Cy.

I’m happy to announce our new K-5 math specialist is Amber Trantham from Alexandria Elementary.  She will begin November 1.

Instructional Services Project  PD


We will not have a staff meeting before this PD, so please get together on Monday and make travel plans.  I have a van reserved for each day so decide who will pick up the van, leaving time, etc.  Please register on STIPD.   I have placed a copy of the PD memo on your desk.  The STIPD codeis on the second page.

 It is my understanding the PD begins at 10 AM and ends at 3 PM.

Donna Mullinax and Melanie Griffis will attend on Friday, September 16 at the Gordon Persons Building. 

Polly Crow, Sue McDaniel, Cherie Prickett and Tara Hood will attend on Wednesday, September 21 at the Shelby County Instructional Services Center.

Kay Johnson and Tanya Barnes will attend on Thursday, September 22 at Wallace State Community College – Hanceville. 

Travel forms:

Please complete and submit all travel forms for the month of September by end of the day September 26th.  You should know your schedule for that week.  Go ahead and print maps and write your mileage for that week.  Banner, ie. the system, will shut down to make the transition from FY 2011 to FY 2012 and all expenses for FY2011 must be submited.  Please submit all forms to Lynn by the end of the day on September 26th.

Math PD 

Monday is the ACHE math PD.  It begins at 8:30-3:30.  Phase II ACHE schools:  White Plains E, Alexandria E, Donehoo E, Floyd E.  Striplin and Walnut Park are also participating. 

Data meeting:

Monday, Sept 12 at Striplin
Monday, Sept 19 at Floyd

Handbook for AMSTI JSU

I would like to create a handbook on “This is how we do “this”  at AMSTI JSU”. 

Please send me any thoughts and or comments on what should be included.  I want to include things to that there aren’t any unwritten rules that we forget to share with new folks.

Examples:

Never leave the van without fuel.  Fuel it up before returning it and give the gas receipt to Lynn.  

Inservice Center issues CEUs and uses My Learning Plan, not STIPD.  

There is a white notebook for every school which contains data and anything else we need to document about a school.  ( One day, I’m going to get sustainability schedules printed and placed in there.)

The filing cabinets in Lynn’s office contain training records for every teachers that has been through AMSTI JSU. 

Complete a material needs form, 48 hours in advance, if you need supplies from the warehouse.  

If you empty the copier of paper, fill it up. 

The van keys are kept in Barry’s desk drawer.

Simple stuff like that.  It’s too much for one to remember to “tell” so I want to put together a handbook so we will all be on the same page.    

Think about when you first started to work here, think about the things you  "found out" but it would have been nice if someone would have told you.  

 I’m not looking for JSU or AMSTI Policy.  There are guidelines and handbooks for that.  Looking for the stuff that we all know to do.   I would like to have the handbook completed before October 1 so if you have anything  you would like to add, please email  it to me by September 23^rd.