Elisa will be "on vacation" from 4:00 pm on 12/20 until Monday, December 30th. At that time, she will be working on redoing the KJHS SIP grant plan based on the departments' SIP wish lists. Please have your department's wish list completed by 9:00 am on 12/30/24 as they will be locked after that. The wish list sheets were distributed to qualifying departments earlier this month. 

                  Certified Staff

8:00 - 9:00: Equity Training

9:15 - 11:30: Grading practices & Reporting of Grades

11:30 - 12:30: Lunch

12:30 - 1:15: Team Kingsley Meeting

1:15 - 1:30: LA Review/Root Word Refresh

1:30 - 2:00: Team Collaboration Time

2:00 - 2:30: Advisory Collaboration Time

2:30 - 3:00: Dept Collaboration Time

3:00 - 3:30:  Time to Complete Mandated Training

               Paraprofessionals 

Option #1

8:00 - 9:00: Equity Training

9:00 - 9:30: Travel to West for CPR training 

9:30 - 12:30: CPR/AED Training at Normal West 

12:30 - 2:00: Lunch/Travel

2:00 - 2:45: Paraprofessional Meeting with Mr. Larson

2:45 - 3:00: Check with Teachers re New  Students

3:00 - 3:30: Time to Complete Mandated Training

Option #2

8:00 - 9:00: Equity Training

9:15 - 11:30: Grading practices & Reporting of Grades

11:30 - 12:30: Lunch

12:30 - 1:15: Team Kingsley Meeting

1:15 - 1:30: LA Review/Root Word Refresh

1:30 - 2:00: Team Collaboration Time

2:00 - 2:45: Paraprofessional Meeting with Mr. Larson

2:45 - 3:00: Check with Teachers re New  Students

3:00 - 3:30: Time to Complete Mandated Training

EOPs 

Option #1

8:00 - 9:00: Equity Training

9:00 - 9:30: Travel to West for CPR training

9:30 - 12:30: CPR/AED Training at Normal West 

12:30 - 2:00: Lunch/Travel

2:00 - 2:30: Time to Complete Mandated Training

2:45 - 3:30: Meet w/Admin Team

Option #2

8:00 - 9:00: Equity Training

9:15 - 11:30: Work Time

11:30 - 12:30: Lunch

12:30 - 1:15: Team Kingsley Meeting

1:15 - 1:30: Break

1:30 - 2:00: Time to Complete Mandated Training

2:00 - 2:45: Work Time/IT Training

2:45 - 3:30: Meet w/Admin Team

The building's heating/cooling systems will be set to "unoccupied" over break except for times when the building is reserved (ie sports practices).  If you are coming in to work in the building over break and  the heat is off, you can override this setting by pressing down on the home button on your room's thermostat. If you cannot access your room's thermostat to override the "unoccupied" setting, please let Elisa know and she will email Alpha Control regarding your room usage. 

It's game duty sign up time for the girls volleyball season! E-mail Kaleigh if one or more of the open dates works for you and you want to take advantage of this opportunity to earn a little extra money while watching our student athletes in action.  

Unit 5 is piloting a program where you can send texts to families from your computer. In order to set this up, please refer to the resources below... 

Talking Points Log In

Talking Points Tutorial

Talking Points FAQs

Jan. Winter Assembly- When we return from break, we will have an assembly on Jan. 10th starting at the end of 7th and all of 8th hour. More details to come, but it is just like last year's assembly. We will need student and staff volunteers. Please share aloud the winter games (described on the first sheet) and add volunteers on your team's assigned sheet.

Congratulations to this week's Kingsley Kudos recipients: 

Jessie Lynch

Abby Highland

Cory Phillips

Eric Stegemann

Carl Torbeck

Karen Dyer

Emily Fitzpatrick

Has a fellow Cougar gone out of their way to help you? Have you seen a staff member who goes above and beyond to make Kingsley a better place to work and learn? Reward them by nominating them for a Kingsley Kudos! It's quick, painless, and brings joy to you and the recipient. 

Upcoming Games: 

Saturday, January 11, 2025: "Unit 5 and Star Wars Night" 

The Bloomington Bison are excited to welcome all Unit 5 employees, students, and families to our inaugural Star Wars Night!

As a special offer for Unit 5, they have discounted our Attack Zone to just $17

• There will be Star Wars characters for fans to take pictures with

• Superintendent Dr. Weikle will be doing the ceremonial puck drop

• Unit 5 staff members who purchase tickets will be in a drawing to participate in Shoot the Puck for a chance to win a $50k donation to Unit 5 Foundation

School/STEM Day Game

The Bloomington Bison are having a School/STEM Day Game on March 5th if any teams are interested in a team field trip. 

Here are this week's instructional technology tips. 

Please be sure to review this memo regarding posting first semester grades. 

The Unit 5 IT Department has been introducing our new Helpdesk Ticketing system, IncidentIQ - https://unit5.incidentiq.com/, to the entire district over these past 2 months.  We will be making the full transition, for technology requests, to IncidentIQ after we come back from break.  If you haven't had a chance yet to log into the new system, we highly encourage you to do so.

How you can help: 

• Be patient with us as the IT Department will be working in two systems at the same time and working on learning this new system.

• Be observant of the new system.  We have made changes to where some buttons are located in the new IncidentIQ system. Please choose an issue button that closely fits your issue.

• Communicate with us.  We will be asking for feedback during this pre-rollout time.  There may be things that we need to change.  There also may be things that we can’t change and we need to know how to communicate those items out with the full district.  We have placed a Feedback button inside of Incident IQ on the Quick Tickets (main page).

Items to be aware of:

• Quick Tickets:  When you log in you will see several buttons that are considered “Quick Tickets”  These tickets should help you to pick some of the most used issue categories.

• Screenshots and videos:  When you are in the ticket you can take a screenshot or video from your screen.  Adding one of these to a ticket will greatly help us to make sure we are giving the ticket to the correct IT Technician. 

• HR and Maintenance tickets will be found in the old Helpdesk system.  We are working with HR and Maintenance to create an environment for their tickets.

• The technology inventory is connected to the system so you can help us as you create tickets by selecting the system that you or a student may be having trouble with.  

Thank you for working with us on our transition to IncidentIQ.  We are confident that this new system will help you communicate issues with the IT Department better.  The IT Department, in return, will be able to resolve district issues better.

If you have questions please submit a helpdesk ticket through https://unit5.incidentiq.com/

Thank you,

Unit 5 Technology Department

Submissions are now being accepted for the 24-25 Beyond the Books grant competition. Want more information? Talk to our very own Jessie Lynch who is serving as the Unit 5 rep on the Beyond the Books committee.

One of your benefits as a Unit 5 employee is access to our Employee Assistance Program. We encourage you to check out the program site to see if any of the many resources can meet your current and future needs. 

December's theme is “Winter Wellness”. We challenge you to 21 Days of Exercises to Stay Mentally and Physically Fit This Holiday Season. Attached is a document with suggested activities. Initial each day you participate and scan and email to Dayna Brown at the end of the month to be eligible for prizes. 

Winter break is almost here! Please remember to end the year with compassion. 

This monthly wellness initiative is designed to support your overall well-being, both physically and mentally. The monthly topics are based on the information gathered from last year’s staff wellness survey.