2015-2016

Houston County

Schools

The Houston County Board of Education

requests the honor of your presence

at an

Awards Ceremony

and

Reception

Friday,

8:00 a.m. July 24, 2015

at the

Houston County High School

2014-2015

Calendar and Inservice Committee

Kris McAskill, K-8 Director of Teaching & Learning (Inservice Chair)

Channy Quinn, 9-12 Director of Teaching & Learning (Calendar Chair)

Mark Beal, Director of Support Programs

Patricia Davis, Technology Coordinator

Kay Marshock, Director of Special Programs

Linda Jolly, Principal, Houston County High School

Barbara Lynn, Teacher, Houston County High School

Anita Gray, Principal, Houston County Middle School

Gary Collins, Teacher, Houston County Middle School

Cindy Ryan, Principal, Erin Elementary School

Amy Wilson, Teacher, Erin Elementary School

Rob Randolph, Principal, TN Ridge Elementary School

Dixie Clemmons, Teacher, TN Ridge Elementary School

Insert School Calendar

IMPORTANT NOTES

1. DEFINITION- In-service education is defined as a program of activities designed to increase

the competencies needed by all licensed personnel in the performance of their

professional responsibilities. In this context, "competencies" are defined as the knowledge, skills, and

attitudes that enable personnel to carry out their tasks with maximum effectiveness.

2. Each teacher must have 30 hours or more of approvable inservice

credit by the end of the year. (TCA 49-6-3004) (June 1, 2015- June 1, 2016),

It is your responsibility to account for your inservice training time and

report it to the central office. If you fail to get your 30 hours, your final pay will be

adjusted.

3. It is important to know that you cannot claim inservice credit for any activity for which you are

already being paid, or conducted at a time for which you are already being paid; i.e., an instruction

day, other day, sick leave day, personal leave day, staff development day or paid holiday. All

inservice must be done after school hours, weekends, or when school is out. (The 200 day

Accountability Calendar will help you with this.)

4. REQUIRED DAYS: Some activities require the presence of all the staff of a grade, school or of

the system. These activities will be identified in bold print as required. If you are in the target

group, you will be expected to attend these required days regardless of how many total days you

may have. If you fail to attend (all day) on required days, your pay will have to be adjusted. In the

case of severe illness or death in your immediate family, etc., you should contact the

Administrative Assistant or your Principal (depending on if it is a system required day or a school

required day). For almost all other reasons, you should make other plans.)

5. OUT OF COUNTY inservice activities must be verified. Verification should include:

1. What the inservice was; 2. Who attended; 3. Date or dates; 4.Where it was conducted;

5. How much time was spent in in-service activities? [Travel time cannot count.] A certificate

containing the above information and signed by the presenter or workshop official is the one of the

best verifications.

6. LOCAL inservice activities must be approved and have a sign in sheet for participants. A description

of the activities and the sign in sheet should be sent to the central office after the event.

NON-APPROVABLE ACTIVITIES FOR IN-SERVICE (Copied from state in-service instructions)

1. Parent-teacher conferences.

2. Teachers working in their rooms.

3. Putting grades on permanent record forms.

4. Business meetings for a professional association.

5. Coaching clinics/cheerleading clinics.

6. College courses for credit.

(This is not meant to be a comprehensive list. Only those activities that are most frequently asked about are addressed.)

MORE--- OPTIONAL INSERVICE ACTIVITIES

2015-2016

1. Serving on Textbook Adoption Committee----1 day (6 hr.)

2. Serving on Inservice & Calendar Planning Committee-----1 day (6 hr.)

3. System/School Wide Steering Committee----up to 2 days (12 hr.)**

4. School Improvement Curriculum (TSIP) Committee--up to 2 days (12 hr.)**

5. Curriculum Mapping Committee Work –up to 2 days (12 hr.)**

6. Classroom Observation--OUT OF COUNTY--hr. for hr. (12 hr. max.)

Must have verification from school principal or teacher on school letterhead

showing: date, number of hours, and name or type of class.

Note: Observation should relate directly to your job description. (Attach

verification to reporting form)

7. Educational Trip: (Must directly relate to what you teach.) (6 hr. max.)

(Excluding travel time)

To receive credit you must do the following:

1. State your intentions and request approval (in writing) prior to

your trip. (Use Pre-trip form provided)

2. After the trip--Submit a brief report stating: What, Where, When

& How the trip experience and information will be used to enhance your

instruction. Attach copy of literature, etc. etc.

(Use Post trip form provided)

8. Presenting a County Inservice Activity: Double credit, i.e.. 3 hr activity = 6

hr. credit. Out of County Inservice Activity (Non-paid) hr. for hr.- 6 hr. max.

(Excluding travel time)

9. Other pre-approved county activities--not scheduled at this time. (hr. for hr.) (You

should get approval before you plan & do the inservice activity- not after.)

(Documentation will be required.)

10. Out of County: Workshops, seminars, institutes, state sponsored activities,

teacher center activities, professional organization sponsored activities, and

college or university sponsored activities, which are related to a teacher's

assignment or to a school's or system's objectives. (To validate these

activities, a written record of attendance/participation must be

maintained, including: date, time, length of time, & activities attended.)

11. Action Research Groups ---up to 2 days (12 hr.)** **Amount of time should be verified and agreed upon with your committee chairperson, so that all

members of committee may get appropriate credit. List all work on the committee timesheet.

Houston County Schools In-Service Schedule

2015-2016 (June 1, 2015- June 1, 2016) Summer Activities Date Time Target Group Req./Opt. Site Activity

July 13 8:00-

11:00

All teachers Optional EES Library CPR

*REGISTRATION

REQUIRED

July 13 12:00-

3:00

All teachers Optional EES Library Emergency Medications

(Glucagon, Diastat, Epipen,

Asthma Inhalers)

*REGISTRATION

REQUIRED

July 14 8:00-

11:00

All teachers Optional EES Library CPR

*REGISTRATION

REQUIRED

July 14 12:00-

3:00

All teachers Optional EES Library Emergency Medications

(Glucagon, Diastat, Epipen,

Asthma Inhalers)

*REGISTRATION

REQUIRED

Online Options

Title Target

Group

Req./Opt Website Activity

Battelle For Kids All Teachers Optional www.battelleforkids.org Contact Principal

before choosing a

topic

MTSU K-12 Webcasts All Teachers Optional http://itsc3.fsa.mtsu.edu/itsc/ Various Topics

Safe Schools All Teachers Optional houston.tn.safeschools.com/ Various Topics

Monday, July 20

Date Time Target Group Req./Opt. Site Activity

July 20 8-11 EES Teachers Required EES RTI2 ( Keli Rutherford)

July 20 8-11 TRES Teachers Required TRES Data

July 20 12-3 EES Teachers Required EES Data

July 20 12-3 TRES Teachers Required TRES RTI2(Keli Rutherford)

July 20 8-3 HCMS Teachers Required HCMS Align Curriculum & Resources

to TNReady

July 20 8-3 HCHS Teachers Required HCHS Technology

Tuesday, July 21

Date Time Target Group Req./Opt. Site Activity

July 21 8-3 EES & TRES

Teachers Required EES TN Ready Learning Leaders

Present

July 21 8-11 HCMS Teachers Required HCMS RTI2 (Keli Rutherford)

July 21 12-3 HCMS Teachers Required HCMS Data

July 21 8-3 HCHS Teachers Required HCHS TN Ready Learning Leaders

Present

July 21 3-6 New Teachers to

Houston County Required BOE New Teacher Orientation

Wednesday, July 22

Date Time Target Group Req./Opt. Site Activity

July 22 8-11 EES & TRES

Teachers Required TBA Explicit Instruction (Kim Bell,

CORE Team, ELA Academic

Consultant)

July 22 12-3 EES & TRES

Teachers Required TBA Math Strategies (CORE Team)

July 22 8-11 HCMS Teachers Required HCMS Math Strategies (CORE Team)

July 22 12-3 HCMS Teachers Required HCMS Explicit Instruction (Kim Bell,

CORE Team, ELA Academic

Consultant)

July 22 8-3 HCHS Teachers Required HCHS RTI2 (Keli Rutherford & Josh

Rutherford)

Thursday, July 23

Date Time Target Group Req./Opt. Site Activity

July 23 8-3 EES Teachers Required EES Writing

July 23 8-3 TRES Teachers Required TRES Reviewing Pacing Guides,

Assessments, and School Wide

Positive Behavior Support

July 23 8-3 HCMS Teachers Required HCMS TN Ready Learning Leaders

Present

July 23 8-3 HCHS Teachers Required HCHS Data

Ongoing

Date Time Target Group Req./Opt. Site Activity

Ongoing 6 hours minimum

HCHS Optional HCHS Green Team

Ongoing 6 hours Career Technical

Staff Required BOE Career Technical Updates

Ongoing 4 hours minimum

All Teachers Optional Coordinated

School Health

Building

Healthy School Teams

Ongoing 6 hours Special Ed Certified

Staff Required BOE Special Education Updates

PRE-TRIP FORM: Send this form to the central office before you make your trip.

PLAN FOR

EDUCATIONAL TRIP [Remember, you must be able to connect this trip to what you teach or your job responsibilities.]

I plan to make the following educational trip and request inservice credit for it. I feel I will

be able to use this experience to improve my classroom instruction/job performance.

Also, after my trip, I will turn in a brief report indicating how I will use the trip experience

to improve my instruction.

NAME:______________________________________DATE:______________

HOME PHONE: _______________________

GRADE OR SUBJECT YOU TEACH:__________________________________

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?_________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

DATE TRIP IS PLANNED:_________________________________________ (If you do not know exactly, indicate week of month. Remember, it cannot be on a date you are already being

paid.)

SIGNATURE:____________________________________________________

(NOTE: If your plans change and you do not make your trip-you do not have to do anything.

You must turn in the post trip report to receive credit.)

EDUCATIONAL TRIP

INSERVICE CREDIT REQUEST (POST-TRIP FORM)

(Send this form in after your trip or with your final report. It must be filed to receive credit.) (Travel

time cannot be part of the trip time, however you may combine activities or more than one trip to get

your 6 hours.) (You get 1-hour credit for 1 hour at your destination.) (Make copies of this form if

necessary.)

NAME:_______________________________DATE:______________

SCHOOL: E.E. T.R. M.S. H.S. A.H.S. (CIRCLE) GRADE/SUBJECT______

I request ________ hours of inservice credit for the following trip I made.

TRIP DESTINATION:________________________________________________________________________

DATE/S OF TRIP: ____________________________________________

I will use my trip experience to enhance my instruction and classroom activities or job performance in the following way:

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________ Signature (Use back if necessary) Attach any literature, pamphlets, etc. you wish.

COMMITTEE WORK TIMESHEET

2015-2016

NAME:___________________________________________________

LAST, FIRST,

INSTRUCTIONS: Staff involved with the System/School Steering, School Improvement, Curriculum Guide, and

any Other committee should use this form to record your time hr. for hr. (SOME ACTIVITIES MAY HAVE A TIME

LIMIT for a given year.) ( List the total time on your final report and attach this form to it.

(Use a separate form for different committees.)

COMMITTEE NAME:______________________________________________

DATE BEGIN TIME END TIME TIME AMOUNT _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Use back if necessary and carry time to front total. TOTAL TIME

SERVED: _____________

________________________________ ______________________________

Committee Chairperson's Signature Teacher's Signature

(Be sure to send original copy.)

Optional Inservice Activity Descriptions

Registration is required for all optional activities.

Date: Two sessions available July 13th or 14th (Specify desired session when registering)

Time: 8:00-11:00

Location: EES Library

Target Group: All Teachers

Credit Hours: 3

Topic: CPR Training

Presenter: Betty Clark, LPN

Training for basic CPR. Participants will receive a two year certification.

*** Registration required for this optional inservice. Return registration form in the back of

booklet to central office or email Kris McAskill at mcaskillk@k12tn.net to register for this

inservice.

Date: Two sessions available July 13th or July 14th (Specify desired session when registering)

Time: 12:00-3:00

Location: EES Library

Target Group: All Teachers

Credit Hours: 3

Topic: Emergency Medications (Glucagon, Diastat, Epipen, Asthma Inhalers)

Presenter: Betty Clark, LPN

.

*** Registration required for this optional inservice. Return registration form in the back of

booklet to central office or email Kris McAskill at mcaskillk@k12tn.net to register for this

inservice.

2015-2016 FINAL INSERVICE TRAINING REPORT Turn this form in when you have completed 30 or more hours. (Must be turned in and approved by June 1, 2016).

NAME: _____________________________________________________C.O. E.E. T.R. MS. H.S. A.H.S.

Last, First (Circle One)

When you have finished your 30 hours, return this final report to your secretary. You have until June 1, 2016 to complete

your inservice. (TO BE PAID FOR YOUR INSERVICE, YOUR FINAL REPORT MUST BE IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE

AND APPROVED BY JUNE 1, 2016)

List all of your inservice training activities and the total length of time for each.

Attach attendance verification for: Out of County activities, Committee Work, and trips as needed.

Please record the actual hours you attended the local inservice training activities and initial.

DATE MAXIMUM

HOURS LOCATION ACTIVITY

DESCRIPTION

ACTUAL

HOURS

YOUR

INITIALS

July

13/14

3 EES CPR (Optional)

July

13/14

3 EES Emergency Medications (Optional)

July 20 6 EES RTI2 & Data (Required)

July 20 6 TRES RTI2 & Data (Required)

July 20 6 HCMS Align Curriculum & Resources to TNReady

(Required)

July 20 6 HCHS Technology (Required)

July 21 6 EES TNReady Learning Leaders (Elem. Teachers

Required)

July 21 6 HCMS Data (Required)

July 21 6 HCHS TNReady Learning Leaders (Required)

July 21 6 BOE New Teacher Orientation

July 22 6 EES &

HCMS

Explicit Inst. & Math Strategies (K-8 Required)

July 22 6 HCHS RTI2 (Required)

July 23 6 EES Writing (Required)

July 23 6 TRES Pacing Guides, Assessments & SWPBS

(Required)

July 23 6 HCMS TNReady Learning Leaders (Required)

July 23 6 HCHS Data (Required)

Ongoing 6 BOE Special Education Updates

Ongoing 6 BOE Career Technical Education Updates

Sub-Total

from this

page

Sub-Total

from

additional

activities

TOTAL

INSERVICE

HOURS

____________________________________________SIGNATURE (MUST BE SIGNED & ORIGINAL TURNED IN)

On Page #2 List any additional activities you attended or committee work, trip, class visitations, workshops, etc. (For out of county

activities and committee work you must attach verification.) Verification should show who, what, when, where, and how long. See

handbook for instructions.

2015-2016

Additional Local & Out of County

Inservice Activities

(Summary of all activities not listed on previous page)

Name: ___________________________________________

For Committee Work: Itemize all dates and times on your worksheet and attach to this report.

For Out of County Activities: You must attach written verification.

On this page: Enter only a summary with the date or date range, title, and total hours.

DATE ACTIVITY TITLE LOCATION TOTAL HOURS

Remember to attach your verification for all out of county activities and committee work. (If in doubt-verify!)

Check handbook for instructions.

Sub-total

(Add to final report)

2015-2016 Inservice Registration Form

Registration required for ALL optional inservice activities. Please return this

registration form to central office by May 29th or email information to Kris

McAskill at mcaskillk@k12tn.net .

Activity Date: _____________ Time: ____________

Activity Name:_______________________________________ Location:________

Your Name: ______________________________ Home Phone: ______________

Activity Date: _____________ Time: ____________

Activity Name:_______________________________________ Location:________

Your Name: ______________________________ Home Phone: ______________

Activity Date: _____________ Time: ___________

Activity Name:_______________________________________ Location:________

Your Name: ______________________________ Home Phone: ______________

DO NOT CUT APART