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DAILY
UPDATE #19 --
4/9/2020
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AASD
OFFICE
CLOSURE
AASD
will be sending out
a Daily Update,
Monday-Friday, throughout
the school closure
period. The
Weekly Update
will continue as usual on
Thursdays with the typical news
and information for AASD
members.
The AASD Office will
remain closed during
the period of time the
schools/district
are closed. AASD
staff will be working
remotely and can be reached
at the contact information
at the end of this
Update.
AASD
has created a Google Form
for AASD Members to report
issues, questions or
concerns regarding
work-related issues and the
COVID-19 virus. Any
issues, questions or
concerns submitted via the
Google form will be shared
daily with the
District. AASD will
then share the answers to
issues, questions or
concerns submitted as those
answers are received from
the
district.
The
link to share
issues/questions/concerns
is:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVSsqBQSHboCdgqbnpaucUY--DHKjosG8MAmRuCxawzB4blg/viewform?usp=sf_link
Please
do not share this link
outside of AASD membership
(classified and certificated
management/supervisors).
The link will be active
until this crisis is
over. PLEASE CHECK THE
DISTRICT’S WEBSITE TO ENSURE
YOUR ISSUE/QUESTION/ CONCERN
HAS NOT ALREADY BEEN
ADDRESSED THERE.
NOTE:
All previous AASD
Daily Updates and
Weekly Updates are
located on the AASD
Website
www.aasdcs.org if
you need to refer
back to them for
information.
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Q
and A (Thursday,
April 9,
2020) (Questions
were submitted by AASD
members; the answers are
from the
District. AASD
publishes the answers as
they are received from
the
District.)
Q -- If
I start my
day from
home and I
am called in
do I get
mileage to
my first
site or work
location?
A – (Answer provided
by the
District.) No.
The mileage rules
are still in place.
Employees do not get
mileage from home to
their first
worksite.
Q --
Will
there be a
tech support
hotline for
parents to
access
during
distance
learning? I
am concerned
that
teachers
will be
distracted
and
overwhelmed
with emails
regarding
any tech
issues.
A – (Answer provided
by the
District) The
IT HelpDesk is
available for staff
and families needing
assistance with
their technology:
Family
Support #:
619-260-2460,
Family
Support
Webpage:
https://sites.google.com/sandi.net/instructionalcontinuityit/instructional-continuity/technology-support;
Staff
Support #:
619-209-4357
Q --
My
Special
Education
team is
making
preparations
for holding
virtual
IEPs. If we
have
questions we
need
answered by
the SPED
department,
who supports
us as the
Program
Managers are
now Action
Team
Leaders?
A – (Answer provided
by the
District) We
are developing a
training to provide
guidance to IEP
teams about IEP
meetings. Meetings
should not be held
until members have
viewed this
training. Please
email Sarah Ott
regarding questions
about IEP
meetings.
Q -- I'm
wondering as
a BSS III
how we're
supposed to
stay home
per the
governor's
order but
the district
is having
students
congregate
to receive
devices? The
potential to
spread
disease is
incredible.
Not to
mention the
burden on IT
and our
network
infrastructure.
It's really
not making
any sense to
put the
entire
county at
risk for a
few weeks of
online
classes. The
distribution
of devices
would take a
minimum of
one week to
hand them
all out
"safely" and
would expose
thousands to
potential
illness.
Furthermore,
what's the
plan when
devices fail
or don't
work
properly? It
would make
the most
sense and
have the
least impact
on everyone
if they
would simply
create
classes
watchable on
TV or
YouTube.
A – (Answer provided
by the
District)
Thank you for your
feedback. This
information was
shared with
executive
leadership. More
information will be
forthcoming.
Q --
I've sent
the tech
survey for
staff only
to teachers.
The
directions
spoke of the
need for
staff to
facilitate
distance
learning,
therefore I
sent it only
to
certificated.
Some
principals
sent it to
all staff.
Can future
instructions
be very
explicit
about who
needs to
receive the
types of
communication
sent? Can I
resend it to
classified
as the
timeline has
passed?
A -- (Answer
provided by the
District)
Thank you for your
feedback. This
information was
shared with
executive
leadership.
Q --
With
principals
not being
able to
monitor what
teachers are
doing we are
going to see
an increase
in parent
complaints.
This teacher
is doing
this vs.
that
teacher-
what are you
going to do
about it-
type
questions.
Am I
referring
folks back
to QAO? Is
QAO going to
suspend any
inquiries
about this
type of
thing? What
are these
action teams
going to
actually be
monitoring
and
supporting?
Seems like a
big brother
type of
thing making
sure we are
doing our
work but yet
we can’t
monitor what
our teachers
are
doing.
A – (Answer provided
by the
District)
Thank you for your
feedback. This
information was
shared with
executive
leadership.
Q -- In
the recent
updates we
have been
directed to
respond to
complaints
from parents
and call
them. While
it is our
job to
respond to
parent
complaints
whether it’s
the
district’s
policy or
ours,
calling them
and not
using email
is a
workload
issue and
I will
not use my
private
phone and
minutes etc.
to call
every parent
that
complains.
Why are we
being told
to call and
not email?
Had
principals
been brought
alongside
executive
leadership
and not an
afterthought
every single
day we could
avoid a lot
of this. We
have bigger
issues
than the
method in
which we use
to
communicate
to parents.
Can you
imagine a
high school
principal
having to
call very
parent who
complains.
I’m having
an issue
with this
even at my
level and I
also have
parents that
complain
multiple
times a day
about one
teacher. Can
we get a
template
response to
the “I don’t
like
anything”
emails we
will be
getting.
A – (Answer provided
by the
District)
Thank you for your
feedback. This
information was
shared with
executive
leadership.
Q
–
School
nurses
received
communication
regarding
returning
student
medication...and
within the
email (that
was sent out
on Monday
night) they
specifically
call out for
nurses to
work with
BSS/POS
and/or
principals
to determine
when sites
will be open
this month.
However, we
have not
received any
guidance
about
when/how to
open our
sites
up.
A – (Answer provided
by the
District)
Information
regarding future
access to sites was
provided in the
Principal Updates
During School
Closures google doc
on April 9th.
Q --
Already got
emails from
parents that
the devices
they got
were broken,
missing
keys, just
in poor
condition. I
thought we
were
ensuring
these were
each cleaned
and prepared
prior to
distribution.
How are
these
computers
still given
to families?
Are these
being
inventoried
before going
out? Will it
be recorded
that a
family is
getting
damaged
property so
they don’t
get stuck
when they
are
returned?
A – (Answer provided
by the
District)
Thank you for your
feedback. This
information was
shared with
executive
leadership.
Q -- I
heard there
is
discussion
about taking
attendance
every day
for
students.
How will
this be
managed if
teachers
aren’t being
monitored
and kids
aren’t
required to
be taking
their
classes?
A – (Answer provided
by the
District)
Thank you for your
feedback. This
information was
shared with
executive
leadership.
Q
- It
is a problem
when
Principals
aren’t
allowed to
meet with
our teachers
or direct
them or see
their
classes but
then are
directed to
meet with
the Action
Team Member
daily. What
possibly is
there to
report to an
Action Team
Member
everyday
......and if
I have
nothing to
say to the
Action
Team....will
I be
disciplined?
Once a week
office hours
with the
area
superintendent
is
enough.
A – (Answer provided
by the
District)
Thank you for your
feedback. This
information was
shared with
executive
leadership.
Q
-- It
seems like
between our
twice a week
office hours
with the
area
superintendent
and a
required
daily check
in with our
action team
leader that
we are being
monitored
much closer
than the
teachers.
This is an
unmanageable
expectation.
If we are
limited on
what we can
require
teachers to
do why are
we being
micro
managed and
forced to
participate
in meetings
I don’t
need.
A – (Answer provided
by the
District)
Thank you for your
feedback. This
information was
shared with
executive
leadership.
Q – I
have serious
concerns
with the
"Action Team
Support
Staff." I
was asked
questions
that other
principals
were not
asked today
such as "How
am I
accounting
for students
'logging on
today (April
6)?' and
"How many
teachers are
enrolling in
the optional
PD?" Other
principals
from
DIFFERENT
AREAS were
NOT asked
these types
of
questions.
There is no
consistency
between
Areas and
expectations
from Area
Supts. The
"Action Team
Support
Staff" is
actually
putting more
tasks on my
plate than
removing
them. How
about the
Action Team
Support
staff figure
out which
teachers are
taking the
optional PD?
Will what
the Action
Team Support
Staff report
to Area
Superintendent
have an
impact on my
evaluation?
A -- (Answer
provided by the
District)
Thank you for your
feedback. This
information was
shared with
executive
leadership.
Q --
Action Team
Members
assigned to
Principals -
My assigned
action team
member is
now
requiring me
to have
daily
meetings
with them.
This is not
a support
and feels
very much
like "Big
Brother" is
watching
over my work
as the
action team
member must
report my
actions to
my area
superintendent
each day. I
don't always
have time to
meet with
this person
everyday and
my person is
an SDEA
member so it
feels very
inappropriate
that a
subordinate
is reporting
my work to
my
supervisor.
A – (Answer provided
by the
District)
Thank you for your
feedback. This
information was
shared with
executive
leadership.
Q --
Having to
check in
with the
Action Team
Leader
everyday is
excessive.
We already
have office
hours with
our Area
Superintendent
2 days a
week - which
are a good
way of
connecting
with
district
management.
If the ATL
needs to
collect
data, we can
do that
ourselves on
a google
doc. Maybe
we just
check in
with our ATL
once a week
or on an
as-needed
basis?
A – (Answer provided
by the
District)
Thank you for your
feedback. This
information was
shared with
executive
leadership.
Q -- I
am/we are
being asked
by team
action leads
to report on
the
following
data on a
daily basis:
How many
students
logged on
today? How
many
students are
unaccounted
for? How
many staff
have
connected
with
students?
How many
staff still
need
devices? The
first three
questions -
how do we
collect this
data if we
cannot ask
teachers to
do things -
only make
requests?
Also, how
else can we
collect this
data?
A – (Answer provided
by the
District)
Thank you for your
feedback. This
information was
shared with
executive
leadership.
Q
– We
have to meet
DAILY with
our Action
Team Leaders
(ATLs) and
provide data
on the
number of
students
who've
logged on,
the number
of students
who need
devices and
the number
of students
unaccounted
for. I've
spent the
30+ hours
collecting
this
information
(I was
already
collecting
most of it),
and we have
to provide
it on a
daily basis.
I understand
needing to
account for
students and
figuring out
attendance
taking, but
we were
given this
task at
6pm-ish
today and
needed to
provide it
to our ATL
before 8am
tomorrow.
This is
unrealistic.
A – (Answer provided
by the
District)
Thank you for your
feedback. This
information was
shared with
executive
leadership.
Q --
Action Team
Leaders have
been tasked
by Area
Superintendents
with
requesting
data from
Principals
that could
easily be
obtained
centrally by
Area
Superintendents.
For example,
number of
teachers
attending
PD, number
of paras
attending
PD, number
of families
requesting
devices. The
first two
data points
could be
collected by
asking Ed
Tech to run
a report out
of ERO
containing
the names of
staff
members have
signed up
for
training.
The third
request is
redundant.
Principals
have already
been
requested to
submit this
information
to Area Sups
via a survey
due April
8th. Asking
Principals
to spend
resources
collecting
data that
has already
been
collected by
Area
Superintendents
is a work
load
violation, a
waste of
time and
energy, and
demeaning.
This concern
has been
shared with
Action Team
Leaders, who
still
continue to
request the
data types.
Asking each
site to
individually
contact Ed
Tech to
obtain their
roster of
staff
members
signing up
for PD is an
inefficient
model and
not fair to
the staff in
the Ed Tech
Department.
Area
Superintendents
are not
being
thoughtful
regarding
the tasks
they are
assigning
Principals.
A – (Answer provided
by the
District)
Thank you for your
feedback. This
information was
shared with
executive
leadership.
Q
--
Action Team
Leader
(ATL) -
It is NOT
necessary to
"meet" with
them
everyday. If
our Area
Superintendents
need data
from
principals,
we can
submit that
via a google
doc. It is
not good use
of our time
to have to
have to
dedicate a
part of our
day to
check-in
with
someone.
A – (Answer provided
by the
District)
Thank you for your
feedback. This
information was
shared with
executive
leadership.
Q – If
teachers are
being given
the
directive to
be mindful
of screen
time,
balance of
work with
kids and
caring for
their own
homes, then
how are we
not valued
in the same
way? I’m
being asked
to be in too
many places
at once and
I’ve got my
kids, my
parents,
etc. to care
for. Why
aren’t we
being given
the same
consideration?
A – (Answer provided
by the
District)
Thank you for your
feedback. This
information was
shared with
executive
leadership.
In
yesterday's
Daily Update
#18, AASD
provided an
answer to
the
following
question:
Q -- If
I start my
day from
home and
then need to
leave my
home for
personal
reasons, do
I need to
submit
personal
business,
personal
necessity,
or sick
leave for a
partial
day?
Thank you to AASD
Member in Good
Standing, Steve
Ditto, PPO, for
clearing up
misinformation
provided in the AASD
response.
Please see the
correct response
below. There
has been a change in
timekeeping
practice. AASD
apologizes for any
confusion.
Response From Steve
Ditto: Hello -
Just reading AASD
update and it seems
on first read that
the answer on
partial day absences
contradicts guidance
from Sue Weir to
timekeepers that
indicated (if I
understood it
correctly) that
timekeepers were not
to report any
partial day
absences. This
applied to all
full-time employees.
I will
paste the
particular section
below and can
forward the email in
it's entirety if
needed. ... Partial
day absences,
meaning those that
are not for the full
day of any regularly
scheduled work day
(FTE determines full
day), will be
suspended effective
March 16, 2020. That
includes the
suspension of 2-hour
personal business.
Timekeepers should
only report full-day
absences and
employees who
request leave will
be unavailable for
the full day. Leave
types include
vacation, PPI,
personal necessity
and personal
business. Employees
who need to be away
for any part of a
day will not be
required to use any
leave balances and
nothing needs to be
reported in Time and
Labor. This is very
different from our
current way of
operating of course,
but due to the
changes in how we
are working, the
work is now much
more task oriented
from day-to-day.
Payroll will monitor
Time and Labor
transactions and
will be removing any
partial day absences
that get reported
from the
payroll.
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AASD
BARGAINING
AASD is currently in the
process of bargaining
impacts and effects of
the school closures due
to COVID-19. As
soon as an agreement is
reached, we will share
it with all
members.
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SPECIAL
GRATITUDE
An
AASD Member in Good
Standing recognizes
AASD Member
Kim Shapazian,
Program
Manager,
Special
Education,
who is working very
hard behind the
scenes and always
with a sense of
humor.
An AASD Member in
Good Standing thanks
AASD Member
Brandon Lemmon,
Vice Principal
at
CPMA,
for always providing
a quick response for
advice even when it
doesn't relate to
his site. He's
always a great
sounding board.
An AASD Member in
Good Standing thanks
Ed Baisley,
Director,
Special
Education,
who is thoughtful
and supportive in
his work even when
things are
incredibly
tense.
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DISTRICT
COMMUNICATIONS
COVID-19 can bring
unexpected life changes
for our employees,
families and students,
changes in routines and
lifestyles. Having
healthy ways to cope
with these changes can
provide employees,
students, families and
our school communities
with opportunities to
gain self-control and an
increased sense of
personal
empowerment.
https://www.livewellsd.org/content/livewell/home/live-well-every-day/LiveWellatHome.html
The
following information
was sent to Principals
on 4/9/2020 and may be
of interest:
ACCESS TO
SITES
In order to support our
educators in providing
optimal Distance
Learning, they may need
materials that are
currently on campus and
may need additional
materials as Distance
Learning moves forward.
We have developed a
process to include
health and safety
guidelines for site
access and a recommended
schedule (attached).
PARAEDUCATORS
Our paraprofessionals
play an integral role in
supporting student
instruction. As we
engage in Distance
Learning, we have
outlined their
responsibilities and
support in the attached
document.
Additional information
on training will be sent
to paraeducators
soon.
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DISTRICT
WEBSITE
For
your convenience, the
District has created a
list of Frequently
Asked Questions.
To access that list,
click the
link https://sites.google.com/sandi.net/covid19/staff-info
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AASD
CONTACT
INFORMATION DURING THE DISTRICT CLOSURE
Executive
Director, Donis Coronel
-- donis@aasdcs.org
619-813-8792
Office Manager, Linda
Crout-Hamel
-- linda@aasdcs.org
619-861-2701
Office Clerk, Jim
Costello -- jim@aasdcs.org
Please
keep informed via the
District’s
website www.sandi.net,
Daily
Updates from AASD
and via the AASD
Website
www.aasdcs.org.
Contacts
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