The Board of Trustees met in regular session on Thursday, June 22. The following link will provide you a summary of actions taken at their meeting.
Monthly Archives: June 2017
Skyward Down for Maintenance Beginning at 4 p.m. Thursday
Skyward will be down starting at 4 p.m. Thursday, June 22 through the end of day Friday, June 23 for maintenance. If you have a bookmark to Skyward, it will have to be updated to: https://www.birdvilleschools.net/skyward.
Board Approves Pay Raises for 17-18
On Monday, June 12, the Board unanimously voted to award a pay raise that averages 2.5 percent at the midpoint of each pay group for all District employees. For full-time teachers, that translates to a minimum of $1,406 per year.
Summer 2017 Website Staff Trainings
Hope you are having a great summer!
Summer website staff trainings begin next week. We are offering a variety of training sessions. Basic, Advanced, YouTube and Open-Lab sessions for you to come in for 1-3 hours and work on your site with an onsite trainer available to answer your questions. Sign up today in Eduphoria, work on your website for 2017-18 and earn credit! See training opportunities below:
Schoolwires BASIC Website Training (Credit: 3 hours)
During this session, participants will explore the fundamentals of creating and/or maintaining their BISD website. The session is designed to provide each participant with the basic skills needed to add content to their sites, and the ability to utilize shortcuts to keep students and families up-to-date on events/assignments as related to the classroom, campus or department. The goal is to empower participants with the tools and knowledge necessary to expand their technology competency. Recommendation: If you are new to BISD or have not taken this course, it is STRONGLY recommended that this course be taken as a prerequisite before attending other sessions.
Tuesday, June 22
8:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Old Board Room – Admin Building
Tuesday, August 1
8:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Old Board Room – Admin Building
Schoolwires ADVANCED Website Training (Credit: 3 hours)
During this session, participants will explore advanced website features including page layouts, apps, embedded content, photo galleries and much more as they learn how to elevate their site to a completely new level. Afternoon open-lab sessions will be available to apply newly acquired webmaster skills.
Prerequisite: Schoolwires BASIC Training
Wednesday, June 21
8:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Old Board Room – Admin Building
Wednesday, August 2
8:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Old Board Room – Admin Building
Open-Lab – Personalized Tech Support (Credit: 1 hour per registered hour)
Registrants will have the opportunity to work in a hands-on session with an onsite trainer. The goal of the open-lab is to increase knowledge and apply the skills/tools learned in the BASIC or ADVANCED Schoolwires training sessions, and/or to assist you in preparing/updating your website for the 2017–18 school year.
Note: you may schedule multiple one-hour sessions to extend your open-lab experience.
Wednesday, June 21
Location: Old Board Room – Admin Building
Session 1 1:30–2:30 p.m.
Session 2 2:30–3:30 p.m.
Session 3 3:30–4:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 22
Location: Old Board Room – Admin Building
Session 1 1:30–2:30 pm
Session 2 2:30–3:30 pm
Session 3 3:30–4:30 pm
Tuesday, June 27
Location: Technology Lab 109 @ SHS
Session 1 1:30– 2:30 p.m.
Session 2 2:30–3:30 p.m.
Session 3 3:30–4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, August 1
Location: Old Board Room – Admin Building
Session 1 1:30–2:30 p.m.
Session 2 2:30–3:30 p.m.
Session 3 3:30–4:30 pm
Wednesday, August 2
Location: Old Board Room – Admin Building
Session 1 1:30–2:30 p.m.
Session 2 2:30–3:30 p.m.
Session 3 3:30–4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, August 8
Location: Old Board Room – Admin Building
Session 1 1:30–2:30 p.m.
Session 2 2:30–3:30 p.m.
Session 3 3:30–4:30 p.m.
Video – YouTube Classroom (Credit: 2 hours)
During this session, participants will establish their classroom YouTube channel and learn to embed videos within Schoolwires websites as supporting resources for lessons and much more. Prerequisite: Schoolwires Basic Training.
Tuesday, June 27
8:30–11:30 a.m.
Technology Lab 109 @ SHS
Tuesday, August 8
8:30–11:30 a.m.
Old Board Room – Admin Building
REMIND (Text Message Communication tool) (Credit: 3 hours)
During this session, participants will be introduced to REMIND, a FREE, safe, easy-to-use communication tool that helps teachers connect instantly with students and parents via their mobile devices. Come and learn how to set up your account, and how to utilize and display content on classroom websites.
(Please Note: This tool can also be used internally with staff and co-workers.)
Wednesday, June 28
8:30–11:30 a.m.
Technology Lab 109 @ SHS
Eduphoria Registration:
Visit https://www.birdvilleschools.net/site/Default.aspx?PageID=55195.
Contacts:
Michelle DoPorto, District Webmaster
817-547-5758
Michelle.doporto@birdvilleschools.net
Tonia Pickett
817-547-5781
Tonia.pickett@birdvilleschools.net