Hope everyone had a great turkey day and Laura didn't have to resort to the frozen pizza! (I love the dolphin pic!) My holiday was great until the Portland water supply had an e-coli scare. It makes you appreciate clean water when everything must be washed using water that's been boiled.
One of my big news events was that I was given an employee appreciation award in October. The award comes at the recommendation of other staff (still don't know who recommended me) and it's unusual for someone who's not in the buildings to get it. They give 3 each month, but only about 25 a year and we have about 3600 employees, so I got lucky. I'm still trying to figure out who the lady in the picture is since I feel much more rocker chick than this shows!
Kristin
Here's the nice writeup that went out to the community:
Even though Kristin Bayless works behind the scenes, she is a key player in district communication. Kristin is a systems analyst in Information and Technology Services. Kristin brings information to the desktops of employees and parents. She manages teacher and school websites, the district portal, and the educator access and parent access side of the student information system. She sets up user-friendly webpage templates and trains teachers to post their class-related content. Kristin also manages the staff portal and the parent portal. These password-protected sites provide information for employees and families. The staff portal contains hundreds of pages of forms, instructions, and data for all departments and operations of the district. The parent portal, also known as Family Access, provides one-stop shopping for parents. Kristin maintains this site that is an interface of data available to parents about their students. Parents can access their student’s grades, homework, missing assignments, attendance records, even meal accounts. It’s clear that Kristin loves her job. She responds quickly to requests and patiently answers questions that come her way. Because of Kristin, parents and employees have information at their fingertips—literally.
Even though Kristin Bayless works behind the scenes, she is a key player in district communication. Kristin is a systems analyst in Information and Technology Services. Kristin brings information to the desktops of employees and parents. She manages teacher and school websites, the district portal, and the educator access and parent access side of the student information system. She sets up user-friendly webpage templates and trains teachers to post their class-related content. Kristin also manages the staff portal and the parent portal. These password-protected sites provide information for employees and families. The staff portal contains hundreds of pages of forms, instructions, and data for all departments and operations of the district. The parent portal, also known as Family Access, provides one-stop shopping for parents. Kristin maintains this site that is an interface of data available to parents about their students. Parents can access their student’s grades, homework, missing assignments, attendance records, even meal accounts. It’s clear that Kristin loves her job. She responds quickly to requests and patiently answers questions that come her way. Because of Kristin, parents and employees have information at their fingertips—literally.
