February 14, 2024 edition | |
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Share appreciation and gratitude for a fellow CIS employee. Giving a shout out is a great way to recognize an individual or group for their extra effort and talent, and to contribute to a culture of appreciation, community, and kindness.
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Employee Excellence Nominee: Jessy Nathaniel
"Jessy has been instrumental in the development and revision of many of the processes and documents of the MH&W counseling program. She has also provided orientation to the other counselors as they have come on board in a collaborative approach. Jessy takes the initiative to offer suggestions, bring in new resources and serve in leadership roles whenever asked." -Excerpt
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Employee Excellence Nominee: Tracy Cohen
"Tracy goes above and beyond on a regular basis! She is always willing to help the team out in various ways, in helping with organization, accountability, and support. She has helped from small to bigger projects, helping us improve systems in place and even putting together an impossible files organizer. The Care Coordination team is incredibly grateful for Tracy" -Excerpt
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Employee Excellence Nominee: Nadia Bastien
"To support a completely new Student Support team this year, Nadia partnered with each individual and group on campus to understand what everyone’s role is and created a Organizational Structure Chart and Campus Support Breakdown that explains what each program does. These documents guide administration, campus staff and faculty to know exactly who to go to for each need, allowing more students to be matched with the most appropriate service. She works closely with her leadership team to enhance the processes for best supporting students, families, and teachers. " -Excerpt
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Nominate someone for Employee Excellence. Click here for the form and here to learn about employee recognition & appreciation at CIS of Central Texas.
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The 2024-2025 Agency Calendar is now out and can be found in Members Only. | |
Human Resource Department Updates | |
Explore the New CliftonStrengths® Top 5 Report
Your CliftonStrengths Top 5 report is now available to view in Gallup Access. Log in using the email address you used to take the CliftonStrengths assessment and navigate to the Reports tab. Reminder: This report is available for anyone who has taken the CliftonStrengths assessment.
Your Top 5 report replaces the previous Strengths Insight Guide and provides even more resources and insights to help guide your strengths journey.
Your report includes:
- your top five CliftonStrengths themes
- a guide for using the report today and in the future
- how your strengths are unique to you
- how your top five strengths pair together to make you unique
- action items that you can implement immediately
- a practical outline to use your most dominant strengths
- a guide to having conversations with others about your strengths
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EWS Best Practices: Record your daily time, flex time and leave daily! | |
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CISCT Job Openings
Click here to view a complete list of our open positions.
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Internship Department Update
The CISCT Internship Department is implementing a new policy that will require all eligible undergraduate and graduate-level students serving an educational internship to enroll in the AmeriCorps Education Award Only (EAO) program. This change will be effective beginning the Fall 2024 Spring 2025 academic year.
An intern will not be eligible to participate in the EAO program if:
- They receive federal work study aid
- They are completing less than 280 hours for their educational program
Additional requirements for EAO interns are as follows:
- Completion of AmeriCorps specific trainings
- Completion of an AmeriCorps specific timesheet
- Provide support for 1 Tier-1 event on campus
For most interns, their service time as an EAO will not require that they complete additional hours beyond that of their internship. There are two service term options interns may be enrolled in depending on the number of hours they are completing for their university program.
EAO Service Term Options
- Minimum Time: 300 hours
- Quarter Time: 450 hours
All Field Instructors and Task Supervisors will receive training from both the Internship Department and AmeriCorps team to assist with the logistics of this new programming.
To request interns for the upcoming school year (Fall 2024-Spring 2025), please fill out our Intern Interest Form https://forms.office.com/r/T7ARKNafdy.
More details will be coming soon. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
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ASSESSMENT AUDITS BEGINNING THIS WEEK
In addition to PC and Contact Audits, the PMD team is beginning Assessment audits this week. You will start to see assessment audit tasks show up if corrections are needed. Please refer to the Program Requirements At-A-Glance guide to determine what assessments are needed for your students.
REMINDER: MIDYEAR SHAWS DUE 2/16
If you need to see a report of who still needs a Midyear SHAW that is qualified, look at your Data Deep Dive Dashboard on your homepage.
APOLLO 201: REPORTS & DASHBOARDS TRAINING
Itching to learn reports and dashboards? Need a refresher on bulk service deliveries? Spring 2024 - Apollo Training Session List.pdf for a flyer that shows all the Apollo training dates for the rest of the school year! Sign-ups are available now on Auzmor for these monthly training events.
RESOURCES & SUPPORTS
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PMD Office Hours are Mondays 3-4pm and Fridays 8-9am via Teams.
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Read the Inactivation Guide - it will set you up for success as you request inactivation for students rolling off caseload.
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Email [email protected] if you need support, have questions, or have a feature request/suggestion.
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Apollo FAQs.docx is a document that contains answers to commonly asked questions. PMD updates this on a weekly basis.
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Video Walkthrough Links.docx is a list of common Apollo functions (everything covered in 101/102 and then some!)
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PMD Apple Updates Archive.docx is a new document that lists out all of PMD's Apple updates for the year! Thanks for bearing with us as we streamline our communications.
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Summer Programming updates | |
CCMR Department Updates and Resources | |
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Adulting 101
WHEN?
Friday, March 1, 2024
10AM to 3PM
WHERE?
ACC Riverside Campus (1020 Grove Blvd)
WHO?
This event is an opportunity for high school students and those who are about to transition into independence and self-sufficiency.
We are aiming for students who may be interested in attending a trade school or who haven’t figured out what they are going to do after high school.
The cost of attending ACC is a fraction of the cost for trade school as well as four-year colleges, we encourage students to start with us.
ANYTHING ELSE?
There will be lunch, giveaways, door prizes, a student/alumni panel, presentations from UFCU about financial management, workshops, and a series of pitches about the different engaging programs that ACC has to offer.
HOW?
You can register your students by sending them to www.austincc.edu/adulting101. We are capping registration at 200 students, so sign up soon to guarantee a spot.
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In Living Color Affinity Group! | |
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The theme for Black History Month 2024 focuses on “African Americans and the Arts”. This theme is infused with African, Caribbean, and Black American lived experiences. In the fields of visual and performing arts, literature, fashion, folklore, language, film, music, architecture, culinary and other forms of cultural expression the African-American influence has been paramount.
The artist's name is Lorna Hamilton-Brown. The piece is called "Harriet Tubman knitted $20 bill" https://www.lornahamiltonbrown.com/harriet-tubman/
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Join Austin ISD in celebrating Black History Month throughout February! Join in supporting minority women owned business. Black History Month Food Truck event on Friday, February 24 from 11am - 1pm. Learn more here! | |
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Let’s Talk Series: Postponement and Equity Fundamentals Series:
In the interim, our internal Let’s Talk Series will remain postponed until we hire our Sr. Director of Human Resources. Instead, we encourage staff to attend the Equity Fundamentals Series hosted by CIS National. The Equity Fundamentals Series will delve deeper into critical areas of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Here is a look at the sessions:
• February 15, Community-Centric Fundraising: Raising Money without Sacrificing Community Dignity
• February 29, How Can School Professionals Create an Inclusive Environment for Students and Caregivers Impacted by Invisible Disabilities
• March 14, The Future of Leadership is Queer
To register for the series please follow this link, https://communitiesinschools.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUkcuqurzMpHNWBsU3dDxpiivka57Zp3JR6#/registration
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Breathe for Change’s Free Toolkit: Trauma-informed Strategies to Help Students Feel Safe and Supported
More than two-thirds of students report at least one traumatic event by age 16, which can how they think, feel, behave, and learn for years after the event. Understanding how trauma shows up in the brain, and in the body, allows us to address its symptoms through trauma-informed education. When educators are trauma-informed and receive the support they need, they are better equipped to identify and navigate trauma when it shows up in the classroom.
In this toolkit, you will gain 10 trauma-informed, SEL-aligned strategies that can be integrated into your classroom and school community to help students feel safe and supported, including:
Your free toolkit includes:
- 2 settle in activities for starting class and school-day transitions
- 2 focus activities for student engagement
- 2 creative exercises to support self-expression
- 2 mindful movement activities for brain breaks
- 1 breathing exercise for self-management
- 1 relaxation technique for self-awareness
Download the Toolkit
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Breakthrough Austin Family Interest Night
Breakthrough Austin is a FREE program that helps students be the first in their families to graduate college. Breakthrough is an exciting and challenging journey that starts the summer before seventh grade and continues through high school and college. Click to learn more.
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Congrats this weeks Winner of a Amazon Gift Card is: Rebecca Staffon!
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CIS at Navarro ECHS held their tier-1 event for Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. Students were encouraged to share their thoughts on healthy relationships, create bracelets, and were able to take stickers and coloring sheets related to this topic. | |
Program Director if MSAP Xavier speaks with a reporter from the American Statesman about the MSAP program and the collaboration brought to the table. | |
Walnut Creek PM, Kimberly San Juan led her PALs group in giving out a treat to teachers today for Valentine’s Day. | |
Teresa Rivas and intern Yazmin Villela, at Goodnight MS created a bulletin for kindness week. | |
Jess and Keyanna don't just stay ready to assist with all things YED but they stay stylish as well! Thanks for always letting me snap a photo -Angela | Thank you April Clark for making everyone feel appreciated with your Valentine's Day Themed Heart Cart! Special contribution Shout Out to Sharon, Karen and HR -Central | |
Communities In Schools of Central Texas surrounds students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. | | | | |
