LEAD Deadline Approaching
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Building Leadership Capacity
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Reminder that the deadline to apply for the 2019-2020 LEAD cohort is Friday, August 23, 2019. The LEAD Cohort will meet four evenings: September 10, November 19, January 14, and March 31 from 5:30 PM-7:30 PM. A light dinner will be provided. Be sure to submit application to site principal and/or immediate supervisor prior to the deadline.
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In an effort, to keep our stakeholders informed about the progress of various TUSD bond and construction projects, we have created a section on the District website for ongoing updates. Currently information is provided on the following sites: Brown, Cunningham, Dutcher, Osborn, Pitman, Turlock, and the District Office. Check it out!
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Robert Brogdon, Director of Technology Services
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The Educational Technology and Technology Services Departments are excited that 1:1 is here. During the first week of school, 6,655 Chromebooks were checked out to 7 – 12 Students at all secondary schools. Over the summer, our team of Technology Support Specialists triaged, updated and redistributed over 10,000 Chromebooks to ensure that they were ready for student use. As a result, Chromebook carts were ready for the first day of school in all 4 – 6 and many of our TK – 3 classrooms. As the District’s library and textbook staff collect the remaining Dell 3120 Teacher Chromebooks, these devices will be loaded into carts and delivered to our remaining TK – 3 classrooms over the next few weeks. We express our deepest gratitude to all whose dedication and hard work contributed to a successful 1:1 implementation. Thank you!
For more information on our 1:1 program, be sure to visit our
TUSD 1:1 Parent Information website
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The site includes additional information on digital citizenship, device insurance, and parent resources.
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Sitara Ali, Ed Tech Coach
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What is it?
Kami is a PDF and document mark-up tool where teachers and students can view, annotate, share and collaborate! Kami links to your Google Drive and your Google Classroom! Best part--the free version gives you everything you want and need to use!
So what?
We teachers spend so much time copying papers, using whiteout, scissors, and tape to change PDFs we find online, and have to deal with so much collected worksheets and paper! Kami can take care of all of those issues! With Kami you can add text, draw, comment, add videos and images, highlight, underline, and even add shapes to articles and worksheets. Students can use these tools to highlight, underline, and comment on a digital worksheet instead of on paper. Students can input text boxes and input answers on the PDF worksheets so you don’t have to worry about any format changes or issues as you would with sharing a Word document.
Now what?
Kami is an easy add on! Just visit the
Chrome App Store
and add Kami to your Chromebook! Have your students grab this add-on too, and relax knowing you won’t have to deal with paper, forgotten pens and pencils, and highlighter ink all over their hands, desks, and the floor.
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Help is Just a Phone Call Away!
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Arlette Magallon, Crowell Elementary
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Meet:
Arlette Magallon
How long have you worked in TUSD?
5 years
What is your job title?
Secretary 1
Where did you work prior to TUSD?
Before this position, I was a part time office assistant at the university I was attending.
Any info you would like to share about your job? Average day?
My days usually consists of registering new students, answering phone calls, sending and receiving CUME files, helping parent and university volunteers, petting puppies that parents bring in and singing the national anthem horribly.
Things you are most proud of?
I'm most proud of all the connections I have been able to make with the students, their parents and other TUSD employees. I'm always shocked when people remember my name or my face years later!
Challenges?
One of my biggest challenges is not carrying the students' issues home with me. We spend so much time with students and their families and get emotionally invested in their lives. It's difficult not to let it affect you when something negative happens to them.
Favorite memory/story?
My favorite work memories always include laughing and joking around with the rest of the office staff. I have plenty of stories but don’t want to embarrass any of the other ladies!
What are you reading?
I've been reading
A Dance with Dragons
by George R.R. Martin on and off for a while now.
Any favorite shows you’re watching on TV?
I don't usually watch TV but when I do, I watch whatever I can find on Netflix that piques my interest. I tend to lean towards comedies and stand-up specials.
Fave movie?
Mean Girls
never gets old.
Anything surprising we may not know about you?
Every year I take my staff picture with another staff member's pet.
Anything about your personal life you’d like to share? (i.e., family, hobbies, stuff you do outside work?)
If you ever see me out and about, I'm either eating, shopping or petting a stranger's dog.
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Share Your Awesome!
Marie Russell
Chief Communication Coordinator
mrussell@turlock.k12.ca.us
209.648.0968
@tusd_mrussell
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We would love to have ALL staff help share our TUSD story to the world, but if that is not really your thing, just email Marie Russell for an opt-out form.
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