September 28, 2022 edition | |
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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You're invited to our first In the Know session! October 5th from 8:30-10:30 a.m. on Zoom. You'll get updates from Carmine Salvucci about what's happening in the Development Dept., updates from our new CEO, Sharon Vigil, and an update from Debra Joiner about the Apollo database. | |
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Thank you to everyone who applied to attend the upcoming CIS National events. Based on the criteria shared with the application,
- Sharon and Carmine will be attending Town Hall representing the Executive team, and Amanda Miller and Karen Gonzalez will be attending as presenters.
- For the DEI Summit, Telisa Maxwell and Jose Contreras will be attending representing the CIS Alumni Network, Angela Wilborn, Johanna Hoskings-Pulido, Felicia Bell, and Casey Branthoover are attending as presenters, and Mari Gamez, Crystal Jones, and Sharon Vigil will also be attending.
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Important Mandatory Training from IT
Communities In Schools of Central Texas (CIS) is committed to fair, inclusive, and equitable allocation and usage of technology resources. To advance this goal, CIS has adopted policies on computer and data usage. These policies define the general terms and conditions for access and usage of CIS Technology Resources. The goal is to have a secure and responsive information infrastructure that promotes the mission of Communities In Schools of Central Texas.
These policies are located on Auzmor for you to review as a course
You will also receive an assignment email message from Auzmor.
Important
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This course is mandatory
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Please read the policies in Auzmor, and submit to complete the course by October 14th
- All staff are required to take it, and this course will be incorporated into the IT On-Boarding process for all new employees.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel reach out to Jim Thompson @ [email protected]
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The Level Learning Collaborative’s (LLC) are coming back this 2022-23 SY!
We took your feedback and we re-envisioned a space;
1) that supports cross collaboration between districts within the same level
2) provides an intentional space to have case consultation with peers and 3) gives us the opportunity to see and build community with one another.
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Timesheet Reporting Schedules for 22-23
Timesheet reporting schedules for this school year have been posted in EWS. Next time you log in to EWS, hold the Ctrl key and click the refresh arrow to upload the new schedules. Reminder…staff who are paid two times a month have two reporting periods each month and their supervisors have two approval dates. Pro tip: Take a few minutes now to enter the recurring timesheet due dates in your Outlook calendar to avoid any surprises later. Outlook will even let you set reminders! Your timesheets are an important component of financial audits and contract monitorings throughout the year. Thank you for submitting them correctly and on time each reporting period. And, supervisors, thank you for approving them on schedule.
Leave Recaps
HR’s goal is to have the recaps updated in Members Only/Human Resources/Leave by the 15 of every month. Information entered into leave recaps comes directly from timesheet entries, which is another important reason to keep your time and leave entries current in EWS. If you access your recap and it doesn’t appear to be updated, it is likely due to incorrect or incomplete timesheet entries or missing supervisor approvals. Questions about timesheets, reporting schedules and due dates, leave balances and recaps should be directed to Tonnyna at [email protected].
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Ethics of Self-Care & Sustainability: Addressing Staff and Leadership Vicarious Trauma
Registration
November 17, 2022 • 9 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. CST
Fee: $65; $80 after November 10th
This a virtual workshop and will be hosted on Zoom
CEUs: 3.0 Ethics CEUs
Approved for Social Workers • LPC • LMFT • Psychologists
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Race Equity Principals of Practice
Many of us have taken race equity trainings such as Beyond Diversity or Undoing Racism, and upon finishing, have wondered "what's next?" This series of trainings will focus on ways to utilize the lessons learned in these race equity trainings in our daily lives, in our work, and in our community. The series of trainings will require you to reflect on your past racialized experiences, research your community and nation's racial history, and learn about ways to actively engage in local work aimed at addressing racial inequality.
In order to participate in the series, you would need to be able to attend all 4 sessions in the series as each session builds off each other. All sessions will be on Zoom from 11:30 am - 1 pm.
The training dates are as follows: October 4, October 11, October 18, October 25
To register Click Here.
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A new brief from the National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families reviews key findings from literature on Latinx families’ strengths and highlights the ways in which these strengths can protect children from adversity. The authors provide recommendations for programs and practices to build on Latinx families’ strengths and to guide researchers in advancing strength-based research. For example, programs should build on Latinx parents’ high levels of investment in their children’s futures and engage parents in programs by validating and encouraging these investments.
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Related Webinar
Please join the National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families on Thursday, October 6 from 1-2 p.m. ET for a webinar featuring panelists Julie Dowling and Mark Hugo Lopez. The panelists will discuss current approaches to—and challenges in—measuring Latino racial identity in the U.S. Census and other national surveys.
Subscribe to our webinar newsletter for more frequent updates.
REGISTER HERE
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CIS AmeriCorps Members will attend their AmeriCorps Swearing In Ceremony on Thursday, October 6th from 3-5pm at Austin Achieve High School!
Site Supervisors, please be aware of the following for your Member(s):
- Attendance is required for North, Central, and South Austin Squads.
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Attendance is optional but highly encouraged for San Marcos, Hays, and Lockhart-Elgin-Bastrop Squads.
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Attendance is optional but highly encouraged for ASPIRE & EAO Members.
- Members carpooling from a service site (campus) to the event can count service hours for travel and be reimbursed for mileage.
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Texas State University School of Social Work is hosting a field instructor training. October 7 9-4:30. It is in-person. Lunch, parking and CEUs (including 3.0 CEUs in Ethics) will be provided to field instructors. | |
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The winner in last week's Apple drawing
$15 Torchy's card Kristin Sambell Central Office
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The MBK team gets together to work on Financial Aid Training before October 1st | Christian Perez with an MBK Scholar at the E3 Alliance "Geeks in Boots" event. | The MBK team participating in a college fair at Pflugerville HS | Christian Perez showing off the shirt he made! | |
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CIS Rodriguez ES shared tips for caregivers that
promote literacy and attendance at Back to School Night.
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Meet the Teacher Night at Emile Elementary in Bastrop. The child would trace the parent’s hand and the parent would write a positive message to the child inside the hand. It’s in the school cafeteria so the students will be able to see it every day and know their parents are cheering them on.”- Laura Stradling, LMSW, Program Manager at Emile Elementary |
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Year 2 Day 1- Check & Connect Mentor Training for new staff | |
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Each PM in the San Marcos Squad shared Flo Code’s donation with their nurses. The nurses were thrilled and so grateful! Thank you Flo Code and thank you Anna, Abby, Caprica, Cassandra, Leticia, Keren, Renelle, Summer, Teresa and Vanessa!
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