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In order to improve district communications about news that is important for our faculty and staff, SFISD Public Relations Department publishes the Indian Spirit Employee Newsletter.

We hope this publication, which will be published late in the months of July, January and May, will provide reminders about important deadlines, upcoming events, and serve as a place we can

highlight our awesome employee accomplishments!

June 25 School Board Meeting Cowan Education Cen-

ter, 7 p.m.

Jul 2-6 District Closed

July 30 School Board Meeting Cowan Education Cen-

ter, 7 p.m.

Jul 3 - Aug 2 Open Enrollment for

SFISD Insurance Benefits & Fair

Aug 7 - 10 New Teacher Development

Aug 13-17 Staff Development

Aug 20 First Day of School

for 2017-18!

Since 1969, the Texas State Teacher of the Year (TOY) Program has honored ex-cellence in classroom education and provided a forum to showcase many outstanding educators whose efforts and example have inspired their students, their colleagues, and the communities they serve. Texas Teacher of the Year is the highest honor that the State of Texas can bestow upon a teacher. Facilitated by TASA, the Texas Teacher of the Year Program annual-ly recognizes and rewards teachers who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and excellence in teaching. SFISD continues its efforts to recognize excellence in the teaching profession by participating in the Texas Education Agency Teacher of the Year Program. Each of these individuals has been recognized by their campus peers as outstanding examples of excellence in teaching. The Santa Fe First Year Teacher Award recognizes an out-standing first year teacher in often their most often challenging year of teaching.

The Santa Fe Educational Support Em-ployee of the Year was created in an effort to recognize and honor an employee in a non-teaching role that works for the District and is supportive of teacher and student suc-cess both in our schools as well as our com-munity. This honor is bestowed to an em-ployee who genuinely receives personal sat-isfaction for the support they give to the educational and personal efforts of our stu-dents.

Substitute teachers are a vital piece to the education of students in our district. Substi-tutes are nominated and voted on by campus staff. Selection criteria is based on dependa-bility, classroom management, rapport with students and staff and availability. For the third year, the District will also recognize all employees who have had Perfect Attend-ance for the year. Employee attendance, at every campus and within every department, is vital to the overall success of our students.

Congratulations to our award recipients: Amanda Wagner, Taylor Cardenas, and Tara Mata!

Teacher of the Year SFHS - Amanda Wagner

SFJH - Kristen Pfaff Kubacak - Michelle Grassmuck

RJ Wollam - Sandra Matejka

1st-Year Teacher of the Year SFHS - Kody Allred

SFJH - Taylor Cardenas Kubacak - Kelli Hadley

RJ Wollam - Courtnee Royal

Substitute of the Year SFHS - Flo Rice

SFJH - Opal Mays Kubacak - Kaylene Jones

RJ Wollam - Sarah Robicheaux

Support Employee of the Year SFHS - Traci Quilter

SFJH - Tara Mata Kubacak - Andrea Reina

RJ Wollam - Bonita Hyatt Admin - Walter Braun

Transportation - Amanda Thumann Maintenance - Tim Finley

Custodial—Joseph Hawkins, Jr. Nutrition Services - Maggie Panciera

Police - Gary Forward

Congratulations to our Candidates for Employees of the Year!

As the school year ends and summer is upon us, we would like to take this op-portunity to share some technology housekeeping reminders to keep things running smoothly and continue improvements to our infrastructure.

Returning Staff Members - Back up any data you have stored locally and clean up any unnecessary files stored in the shared or home directories. You may use OneDrive to place files you will need access to in the future. You may access your OneDrive by logging into https://portal.office.com using your district email address and password.- Keep your computer(s) in your classroom or office so the Technology staff may upgrade your equipment (lease/purchase laptops may be taken home and scheduled for update at your conven ience).

Departing Staff Members If you would like to keep any files, please save your files to a flash drive, external storage drive or personal Cloud storage account, as your district account will be deactivated upon departure.

Summer is ‘project time’ for the Technology staff and many changes are implemented during the summer months. Three of this year’s large projects include:

* Network infrastructure upgrade – all campuses (improved network reliability) * Wireless access points upgrade – elementary campuses (improved wireless access) * Sharepoint implementation (improved file storage and access)

On a final note, please be aware of phishing scams. Phishing is the collection of information through websites and email and appears as though it comes from a reputable source. This is a common practice and the easiest method to obtain personal information. To learn more about Phishing scams and how to avoid becoming a victim, please see the following link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/safety/online-privacy/phishing-symptoms.aspx

Tech Tip

SFISD employees can purchase discounted

Schlitterbahn tickets at www.schlitterbahn.com/

partnerdiscounts Your promo code is

SANTAFEISD for any park.

RediMD is Available through the Summer Our partnership with RediMD has worked great this year. Many employees took advantage of this ser-vice, and we are pleased to announce the District will continue to cover the cost of the program. Co-pays are due when the appointment is scheduled: $20 copay per employee and $30 copay per de-pendent.

You must register at www.redimd.com from a dis-trict computer. Our password is santafeisd and for family members, the password is santafeisd15. Af-ter you register, you can make appointments and use RediMD at ANY computer (even from home).

We appreciate everyone who participated in the Fun Run & Ball Drop. Proceeds will fund grants to

our SFISD classrooms! Ball Drop Winners: $1000 State Farm Visa: Ball #2026 $500 Texas First Bank Visa: Ball #1106 Fishing Trip: Ball #697 $100 Gulf Coast Educators Visa: Ball #4109 $100 Jimmy Changas Restaurant Card: Ball #1013 $100 Valero Fuel Card: Ball # 4982 Texas State Park Pass: Ball #814 4 Houston Zoo Tickets: Ball #219 4 Schlitterbahn passes: Ball #1100 Movband Fitness Tracker: Ball #796

Top Fun Run Finishers: Seth Jacobs, Franklyn Lewis, Harrison Wainwright, David Whitlock, Dennis Brazy, Amy Efting

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January February March April May Wollam: Amy Bouse Ana Balle Jennifer Kahla Brianne Rouse Magan Arnold

Kubacak: Jamie Nichols Stephanie Lyssy Jennifer Tisdale Amy Miller Charla Judice

SFJH: Lyndi Carney Adriana Briones Marsha Banda Kirk Potter Hector Vargas

SFHS: T.J. Heidt Dana Loop Christina White Melissa Ray Kayleen Gates

Admin: Brittany Shuman Kelly Logan Walter Braun Tammie Graem Kurt Kovacevich

Nutrition: Stephen Murphy Maria Trevino Veronica Williams Helen Willner Blanca Medrano

Custodial: Hector Vargas Mary Bouquet Crystal Gimlin Joseph Hawkins Martha Andino

Maint..: Harold Seese Sam Herrera Gerard Albertine Lindsey Crockom Joel Sumrall

Transp.: Dalton Boring Amanda Thumann José Estrada Allana Thumann Lori Nutter

SFISD Employees of the Month

2018/2019 Santa Fe ISD Benefit Options

Medical –TRS Active Care / Aetna Dental and Vision – Humana

Disability and Hospital Indemnity – Aetna

Term Life, Critical Illness, Accident, Legal Services – MetLife

RediMd – 24/7 Medical Assistance Bereavement Leave

Extended Leave Catastrophic Sick Leave Bank

Santa Fe Baseball Earns 23-5A All District Awards, Including MVP & Coach of the Year!

After an outstanding season that reached far into the playoffs where the Santa Fe Baseball Team won Area Champs, several members of the team earned All-District

Awards and Coach Ronnie Wulf was named District 23-5A Coach of the Year.

District Selections:Most Valuable Player - Josh Blankenship

1st Team - Rome Shubert2nd Team - Jacob Long2nd Team - Tyler Martin

2nd Team - Andrew Wardrup

Santa Fe ISD Board of Trustees Approves 3% Midpoint Increase for all Employees

Santa Fe ISD is committed to having the ability to attract and keep top talent. The district has designed a cost-effective compensation package that provides the capability to recruit, retain, and reward employees at all levels.

The Board of Trustees at their June 5, 2018, special board meeting approved a three percent midpoint increase, inclusive of the step for his/her credible year of service for all employees and job families. The Board also passed a Retention Plan for all eligible employees who meet the criteria set out in the plan. Detailed information will be sent in a staff email outlining the process for calculating your increase and criteria regarding the Retention plan.

This school year, once again, the District will be implementing the SafeSchools Training system for all federal, state, and local mandated compliance training. Training is available in both English and Spanish for all employees.

This year's courses will be available on July1, 2018 and the mandatory deadline for completion is August 17, 2018. You will be assigned through email alerts, the mandated courses. The email will include the link to the SafeSchools Training website which can also be found under the Staff tab on the SFISD website. Your user name is firstname.lastname, and you will not be required to use a password.

Santa Fe Softball Earns 23-5A All District Champions, Bi District Champions, & Area Finalist!

All District Awards All County AwardsMorgan Childs - All County First Team Reese Reyna - District Defensive Player of the YearReese Reyna - All County First Team Maddy Blake - All District First Team PitcherMaddy Blake - All County Second Team Morgan Childs-All District First Team InfieldRylie Bouvier - All County Second Team Juliana Garcia -All District First Team OutfieldRyleigh Mata - All County Second Team Ryleigh Mata - All District First Team OutfieldSierra Cothern - All County Honorable Mention Ciara Trahan -All District First Team OutfieldJuliana Garcia - All County Honorable Mention Rylie Bouvier -All District Second Team CatcherMichelle Owens - All County Honorable Mention Maggie Childs -All District Second Team InfieldDestinie Revier - All County Honorable Mention Destinie Revier -All District Second Team OutfieldCiara Trahan - All County Honorable Mention Sierra Cothern -All District Honorable Mention Michelle Owens -All District Honorable MentionAcademic AwardsSierra Cothern - All District Academic Team Sierra Cothern - All State Academic TeamEmily Hartnett - All District Academic TeamDestinie Revier - All District Academic TeamMorgan Childs - All District Academic TeamRyleigh Mata - All District Academic Team

SFISD- Where Teaching is a Team Sport

SFISD New Teacher to District and First Year Teacher August 7th-10th, 2018

2018-2019 SFISD District Professional Learning SFISD New Teachers to Profession and District

Date Time Who? What We Are

Learning/Doing? Where? Facilitator(s)

8/7/2018

Tuesday

8:00-9:30 New Teachers to SFISD Campus Activities Home Campus Campus Administration

9:45-10:45 New Teachers to SFISD, Campus Administrators

District Welcome and Introductions

Admin Training Rooms Patti Hanssard, Asst. Supt.

of HR and PR

11:00-11:45 LUNCH (Provided) Admin Training Rooms District

12:00-3:30 New Teachers to SFISD Technology Rotation*see below Admin Training Rooms Technology

3:30-4:00 New Teachers to SFISD Laptops Issued Technology Technology

8/8/2018

Wednesday

8:00-9:30 New Teachers to SFISD Classroom Culture Kick-Off:

Relational Trust Admin Training Rooms

Deani Quick, New Teacher Liaison

Harold Payne, Social-Emotional Trainer

9:30-11:30 New Teachers to SFISD Crisis Management Admin Training Rooms Chief Braun

11:30-12:45 LUNCH (On Own)

12:50-4:00 New Teachers to SFISD 3 Hours GT/Adv. Level

Learners Admin Training Rooms TBD

8/9/2018

Thursday

8:00-9:30 New Teachers to SFISD Introduction to SFISD’s Professional

Learning Communities and The Continuous Improvement Cycle

Admin Training Rooms Kim Ross, Director of

Learning

9:30-10:30 First Year Teachers Only (Other teachers report and stay on home campuses until AFTER lunch)

First Year Teacher Mentor and Support Overview

Admin Training Rooms Deani Quick, New Teacher

Coordinator 10:30-11:30 First Year Teachers and Mentors of First Year

Teachers

Overview of the Mentor/Mentee Relationship

11:30-12:00 Mentors Only Mentoring Skills and Focus

12:00-1:00 LUNCH (On Own)

1:00-4:00 New Teachers to SFISD 3 Hr. SFTAS Appraisal

System Training Admin Training Rooms

Campus Assistant Administrators

8/10/2018

Friday 8:00-3:00 New Teachers to SFISD Campus Trainings/Learning Home Campus Campus Administrators

Final for Publication SFISD NT

SFISD- Where Teaching is a Team Sport

SFISD New Teacher to District and First Year Teacher Technology Rotation, Tuesday, 8/7/2018

2018-2019 SFISD District Professional Learning SFISD New Teachers to Profession and District

Date Time Who? What We Are

Learning/Doing? Where? Facilitator(s)

8/7/2018

Tuesday, *Technology

Rotations

12:00-12:55 pm

Group #1: New Teacher RJW/Kub

Canvas/ePortfolio Admin Training Room

#2

Group #2: New Teacher SFJH

Eduphoria Admin Training Room

#3

Group #3: New Teacher SFHS

Skyward Teacher Access Admin Training Room

#1

1:00-1:55 pm

Group #1: New Teacher RJW/Kub

Eduphoria Admin Training Room

#3

Group #2: New Teacher SFJH

Skyward Teacher Access Admin Training Room

#1

Group #3: New Teacher SFHS

Canvas/ePortfolio Admin Training Room

#2

2:00-2:55 pm

Group #1: New Teacher RJW/Kub

Skyward Teacher Access Admin Training Room

#1

Group #2: New Teacher SFJH

Canvas/ePortfolio Admin Training Room

#2

Group #3: New Teacher SFHS

Eduphoria Admin Training Room

#3

3:00-3:30 pm All New Teachers Laptop Check Out Technology Technology

*Lap Top Carts Needed for Each of these Sessions

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SFISD- Where Teaching is a Team Sport

SFISD First and Second Year Teacher August2018-May 2019

2018-2019 SFISD District Professional Learning SFISD First and Second Year Teachers Only

Date(s) Time Who? What We Are

Learning/Doing? Where? Facilitator(s)

August 30th,

September 27th,

October 25th,

November 29th,

December 13th,

January 24th,

February 28th,

March 28th,

April 25th,

May 23rd

SFJH and SFHS 3:00-4:00 pm

First and Second Year Teachers

Book Study: Discipline with Dignity

The focus of this book study is to help you create a culture and

environment in your classroom based upon respect. You and the cohort will share ongoing

classroom experiences and build methods of support throughout

the year.

Classroom Structures and Routines= Student Success

Admin Training Room 1 PLC Facilitated by Deani Quick

and Assistant Principals

RJW and Kubacak 4:00-5:00 pm

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