2020-2021 Employee Calendar

Harrisville Elementary School Creed Collins Elementary School Ritchie County Middle School 2020-2021 Smithville Elementary School Ritchie County High School Employee Calendar THeRe’s An APP FOR tHAt! Simply go to the APP store and type in Ritchie County Schools to download the app on your iPhone, iPad, Android or Windows device. Download for FREE today! www.ritchieschools.com 2020-2021 Ritchie County Schools Employee Calendar and Information Guide TOGETHER EVERYONE ACHIEVES MORE! Torie Jackson, President The 2020-2021 school year brings about many unknowns Term Expires - June 30, 2024 and will most definitely present numerous challenges for our school community. However, as Albert Einstein once said, “In the Midst of Every Crisis, Lies Great Opportunity!” I encourage our schools to rise above the challenges we face by focusing on solutions and not the problem. This will require all of us to work together as a collective team, united to do the very best for the students we serve. Our sense of mission cannot be the opening of school but doing all that Betsy Wells, Vice-President we can to stay in school. Indicative of how our school community functions Term Expires – June 30, 2024 and the standards we operate from, we are setting the bar very high. Our district Reentry to School Operational Plan puts forth the necessary precautions and supports to maintain the health and safety of our students and employees. We have also developed a model reflective of the varied levels of concern and provides options to parents and students. Our plan is structured, and expectations are clearly defined but we also realize at any point in time we may need to Misty Ingram-Keen, Member pivot and adjust our strategies. As your Superintendent, please know my primary focus and Term Expires – June 30, 2022 guiding principles will always be the health and safety of students. In collaboration with our Board of Education, I will not hesitate to make the difficult decisions when it comes to the health and safety of our students. Currently, over seventy percent of our students will be returning for in-person learning. Having students physically present in school in the healthiest manner possible requires us to accept the premise that school will not look the same for the foreseeable future. The protocols outlined in our plan are practical, feasible, and appropriate for child Denver Nelson, Member and adolescent developmental stages given the challenges of operating school in the midst Term Expires – June 30, 2022 of the COVID-19 pandemic. Understand, the opportunity to implement in-person learning is contingent on our ability to minimize exposure to our students and employees, and the strategies we have put in place gives us the best hope to accomplish that goal. With that said, we all must do our part in adhering to the protocols. Equally important, we have approximately thirty percent of our students opting for distance learning. Based on lessons learned during the school closure this past Spring, our distance learning model will be much improved and incorporate a learning process that is more consistent across classrooms, grade levels and schools. The model incorporates Ryan Reed, Member effective strategies to provide direct instruction, a more efficient method of accessing Term Expires – June 30, 2022 instructional lessons as well as the submission of assignments. However, this model requires a true commitment from our students, parents, and teachers to function as a partnership between home and school. This process will also provide an avenue for students to seamlessly transition back to school for in-person learning as the risks associated with this pandemic lessen. Our success this year will be measured by how well our school community comes together and functions as a TEAM. I truly believe as a collective body of ordinary people committed to the mission of serving our students we can and will have an extraordinary school year! Respectfully, Jim Brown, Superintendent of Schools 1 RITCHIE COUTY SCHOOLS Staff Technology Acceptable Use Agreement Ritchie County School Board Employee Policy Agreement Ritchie County Schools encourage the use of technology to further its educational mission and to facilitate effective educational practices. It is the general policy of Ritchie County Schools that all technology resources are to be used in a responsible, efficient, ethical and legal manner. Both West Virginia State Policy 2450 and Ritchie County Schools Employees are to utilize this calendar as a source of information related to the guidelines are established to ensure safe and appropriate use. overall operations and functions of the school system. As a technology user, I will adhere to all West Virginia State and Ritchie County policies including the following acceptable use guidelines: Employees are expected to meet standards of conduct and performance • I understand that all students must have training annually and have a signed Technology Acceptable expectations and to adhere to applicable State Board of Education policies. Use Agreement. Failure to meet such standards, adhere to rules, regulations, policies and • I will enforce the RCS Student Technology Acceptable Use Agreement, and Board Policy 4110 Technology directives may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination of Acceptable Use Policy. • I understand that all classroom technology activities will focus on appropriate and specific learning goals employment. and objectives. • I understand all students must be directly supervised when using technology resources. I, Employee Name (please print) • I understand that I must (with the help of the /TIS/other RCS designee) educate students about appropriate online have received the 2020-2021 Ritchie County School Employee Calendar and behavior, including cyber bullying awareness and response and interacting with others when online (chats, wikis, blogs, social networking, etc.) I will provide on-going information to students about safe and acceptable use of have read and understand the Employee Code of Conduct, and all policies technology. pertaining to employees. I understand that complete policies can be found on • I will not share any of my assigned USER ID’s and/or passwords with anyone, nor will I allow anyone access www.ritchieschools.com and the WV Department of Education website. to the network using my USER ID and password. I will notify the system administrator of any security problems of which I am aware. • I will use only appropriate language and polite responses and will not access, read, print, create, or send unethical, illegal, immoral, inappropriate, obscene, harassing materials or information of any type or use abusive Employee Signature _______________________________ language. I will not send or post information that might be misconstrued as representing the school’s or the county’s point of view. Date:________________ • I will directly supervise any classroom activity (social networking, chat, wikis, blogs, etc.) using electronic messaging/posting and the activity will have a specific curricular purpose. • I will not use bandwidth intensive resources unless I have the approval of the technology department or other Administrator’s Signature: ____________________________ authorized RCS personnel. This includes but is not limited to internet radio, continuous downloading, or streaming video. Date:________________ • I will refrain from any non-educational uses of technology. I will not permit students to access games except those educational games that are assigned and directly supervised. • I will respect network security and not attempt to bypass it. This includes, but is not limited to, “hacking” and attempting to interfere with system security software. If I am aware network resources are being used This signature page must be signed and returned to your inappropriately or bypassed, I will report it to the principal and authorized RCS personnel. principal or immediate supervisor, and will remain on file at the • I will treat all equipment with care and respect. I will report needed equipment maintenance repairs to the work BOE office. order system. • Personal or county owned electronic devices should not interfere or disrupt the duties assigned to any employee. In order to protect your professional reputation, Ritchie County Schools recommends that you do not accept students as friends on your personal social networking sites. Allowing students access to your social network, gives them the ability to download and share your information with others. The user is personally responsible for his/her actions in accessing and utilizing the school and county technology resources. Failure to adhere to this policy and the guidelines established below shall result in the renovation of access privileges and/or disciplinary actions involving local, county, state, or federal agencies. I have read the rules and regulations above. I also understand that any computer, as the property of Ritchie County Schools, is subject to random auditing for the purpose of determining the presence of unauthorized software, by the technology department staff. Employee Name Printed Employee Signature Date : ____________________ 2 3 Ritchie County SchoolsRitchie Core CountyBelief Statements Schools Core Belief Statements EMPLOYEE CODE OF CONDUCT WV STATE POLICY 5902 4.1 "Employee" shall include all school personnel employed by a county board of education whether employed on a regular full-time basis or otherwise, and shall include other personnel

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