Faculty News September 24, 2012

Autrey Mill Faculty News    

September 24, 2012

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.  The most certain way to succeed is always to try one more time.”

-Thomas Edison

 

News/Timelines/Due Dates

PRIDE – This Friday, September 28 will be an advisement class for PRIDE.  We will continue in the theme of icebreakers and getting to know you/others better beyond who are you and what is your name.  6^th Grade will start a two-part lesson learning about what it mean to be part of a community and establishing norms for their group.  7^th Grade will be discovering their personality/learning styles.  8^th Grade will be conducting interviews and learning about what is important to others in their group and who they really are as a person.

 

Employee Assistance Program

As a new school year brings anticipation, hope, a fresh start…but can also be hectic and a bit stressful.  I thought this would be a good time to remind you of a resource available year-round to all FCS employees – our Employee Assistance Plan (EAP).

 

This work-life balance EAP can help you find solutions for the everyday challenges of work and home as well as for more serious issues involving physical and emotional well-being.   Just some examples of help they can provide include:

·         Childcare or elder care information and referrals

·         Personal relationship information

·         Health information and online tools

·         Legal consultations with a licensed attorney

·         Financial Planning Assistance

·         Stress Management

·         Career Development

 

You can speak with a Masters level consultant by phone, have up to 3 face-to-face meetings per issue, or browse the website for hundreds of downloadable articles, podcasts, videos, toolkits, assessments, etc.

You may access the EAP by calling 800/854-1446, or go to www.lifebalance.net and use lifebalance as the user name and password.  The EAP services are 100% confidential and 100% free, and we encourage you to take advantage of this resource as often as you wish.

 

Student Council Shout Out goes to Amy Creamer for all her help in putting together the student council speeches.

 

Join me on Edmodo.  I have set up an AMMS staff page on Edmodo.  Since one of our initiatives is to increase the student use of technology in instruction, I thought we could use Edmodo to share thoughts of how this is happening.    Go to Edmodo.com and join AMMS Faculty.  The group code is rf14iu.

 

Elections:  If you have not heard J, there is a presidential election taking place in November.  As stated by Ron Wade from Human Resources, “School system employees have the same civic responsibilities and privileges as other citizens, including the opportunity to campaign for and hold public office. They also have the same rights to actively support candidates and political causes. However, those activities must not interfere or conflict with that employee’s job duties or with the best interest of the school system.”   It is certainly appropriate to (objectively) discuss the election and the views of the candidates. 

 

Where is Livingston?

Betsy Skalet states, “I would like to pass Livingston on to Sonja Purdy for all of the work she does in the clinic. We send kids that don't feel well to her every day.  She also helps take care of many students that need to take meds every day to those students that have to keep up with chronic conditions by checking in with her various times a day. Sonja does so much work also when we get ready for overnight field trips. She has also helped me personally with dealing with my diabetes at school and she is always there when I need her.  Thank you Sonja for all of your hard work.”

 

Happy Birthday

Joe Wilson                             September 25
Rachel Luthringer                  September 25
Robyn Magnussen                 September 28
Courtney Revels                    September 29
Sarah Bayer                           September 30