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DAILY UPDATE #58 -- 6/09/2020
- 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. You may also share your gratitude for another AASD member, district personnel, etc. via the same link.
The link to share issues/questions/concerns/gratitude 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.
- Q and A (Tuesday, June 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 -- Will the district still be enforcing the vacation cap of 328 hours by August 31st?
A -- (Answer provided by the District) The District is encouraging (emphasis added by AASD) employees to take vacation; however, the District recognizes the complexity of the issue. The more employees who take accrued vacation, the better the District’s financial picture improves as a District. (Additional information added by AASD) AASD understands the District’s position; however, these are times when there is a lot of work to be done by AASD members and there may not be the luxury of time to take accrued vacation, and there is also very little to do during personal vacation time due to COVID-19. AASD's contract allows the district to pay employees for any vacation accrued past the cap of 328 hours (as of the end of August). AASD does not have any information of how site budgets would (or would not) be affected by those payouts. Any AASD represented member who is being “forced” into taking accrued vacation time and is uncomfortable with that should contact the AASD Executive Director at donis@aasdcs.org for guidance.
Q -- What are the plans next year for the Integrated Teams at the district level? We have heard that the Behavior Support Resources team of teachers have been excessed and are already taking positions at sites as teachers. The leader of our department told us about the new organization with Area Superintendents leading an integrated team of experts to address cluster and site needs, but without the behavior experts who will be doing that work? 2. The leader of our department seems to be spread so thin that she cannot even respond or take care of her own leaders. Meetings are regularly cancelled and emails very rarely responded to in the “24-hour” recommended time. This was already going on before distance learning and has been heightened since March 13. I understand it is a new way of navigating, but what about the leadership we need to do our work and support our people?
A – (Answer provided by the District) Thank you for your feedback. The Behavior Support Teachers have not been excessed. Leaders throughout our system have been tasked to address work in ways we have never imagined and we continue to ask for grace and understanding. If you do not feel like you are able to speak with your supervisor, please use the chain of command to request a meeting to speak with both your supervisor and their supervisor.
Q -- Are we going to be given PPE supplies as we begin our materials distribution and staff coming in for longer times? Are custodians to be cleaning the rooms while the teachers are in there using them? Are bathrooms to be sanitized on a certain schedule since we will be on campus on repetitive days and for longer times?
A – (Answer provided by the District) Yes. The District has already begun sourcing and purchasing PPE supplies. The June 16 Board workshop will discuss options for the Fall. Once the Board provides direction, this implementation will be able to be planned with input from staff.
Q -- Once again different messages are out there regarding graduations. Are we allowed to do drive thru ceremonies/recognition or not? I’ve heard an emphatic no, but somehow schools are still being allowed to do so. It directly pits schools against each other, communities against each other and becomes a bigger equity and fairness issue than before. How is this being allowed? Not fair to schools. Please get firm on your messages and directives.
A – (Answer provided by the District) Thank you for your feedback. It was shared with the executive team.
Q -- What will happen next year if my child attends a different district and they need to stay home for learning and we get expected to do a blended learning model? How will employees be protected from retribution, job loss, etc., if other districts keep their children online learning and we go back?
A – (Answer provided by the District) The June 16 Board workshop will discuss options for the Fall. Once the Board provides direction, this implementation will be able to be planned with input from staff. (Additional information from AASD) -- Once the Board of Education provides direction, AASD will bargain impacts and effects of the decision.
- FREE 15-MINUTE WEBINARS FROM THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION – FEATURING DR. FABIOLA BAGULA
“Knowledge is Power: Equity Considerations During COVID-19”
New 15-minute webinars from the SDCOE Equity department provide research-based information designed to invoke reflective and provocative thought on public education during and after this pandemic. The idea is to provide short, but powerful, segments of research and reflection to help guide us through our collective design of public education upon re-engagement with students and families. Each topic will be offered twice, at 8am and again at 2:30pm and will be 15 minutes.
The webinars are free but registration is required to receive to receive event log-in information. This is the link to register: https://sdcoe.k12oms.org/2341-186261?fbclid=IwAR1f53mtZJMNtouaXm1dXXRoXhAhs-Z2vYQx30WlQ1NA4pfpuzJ9mmn9tIY
June 10 – Trauma and Human Development: How we think about supporting each other mid-pandemic
June 12 – Understanding Disruption: Conducting empathy interviews with families
June 17 – Disproportionality in the Age of COVID-19: Proactively understanding the communities we serve
June 19 – Designing to Design: As educators work on plans for reopening schools, how are we creating healthy spaces to do the work?
- DISTRICT COMMUNICATIONS
The following communication was sent to Principals on June 8:
- FOR STUDENTS/STAFF LEAVING SDUSD: TRANSFER GOOGLE FILES VIA ‘GOOGLE TAKEOUT’
- Seniors and other students/staff leaving SDUSD might consider exporting their Google Drive files to a personal account so they maintain access to their documents after leaving the district.
- A DAY IN THE LIFE VIDEOS
- ELEMENTARY UPDATES
- Instructional Materials
- Instructional Materials for Distance Learning can be found on the Distance Learning Website. (NOTE: We have added three additional modules TK-5 for Year Round schools).
- SECONDARY UPDATES
- Summer Opportunity for Students
- Please pass along this great opportunity to your students before they leave for the summer. Mesa Community College is offering a 1-unit online course, for free, to SDUSD High School students over the summer. The course will teach students the fundamentals of becoming an effective tutor. Link to flyer.
- Instructional Materials
- Instructional Materials for Distance Learning can be found on the Distance Learning Website. (NOTE: We will be adding three additional modules for grades 6-8 to support our Year Round schools by the end of this week.)
- Access to Sites for Music Teachers
- VAPA requests that secondary music teachers be allowed to keep their keys, and to also be allowed voluntary access to their school sites after the last day of their contract. Teachers have not had the opportunity to check musical instruments in need of repair before the last day of school.
- Coming Soon…..
- TK-12 Mathematics Guidelines & Resources for Fall and Beyond
- Secondary Master Schedule Timeline and Updates
- OTHER NEWS
Students should expect masks, temperature check and a lot of hand washing under California guidance (EdSource, June 8)
https://edsource.org/2020/students-should-expect-masks-temperature-checks-and-a-lot-of-hand-washing-under-california-guidance/633259
How the reopening of San Diego schools might look like (KUSI, June 8, Richard Barrera)
https://www.kusi.com/how-the-reopening-of-san-diego-schools-might-look-like/
- SPECIAL GRATITUDE
If an AASD member has a department or individual that deserves special recognition during this time of crisis, please use the link above for reporting issues/questions/ concerns/gratitude to show your gratitude for the department or individual. AASD will publish that special thanks in our next Daily Update.
- 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
- 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.
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