ihavealltheice

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  1. School Wellness Commitees

    We have a district wellness committee that more focuses on staff wellness. They plan a monthly after school activity that focuses on physical and mental health (like walks, painting parties, social...
  2. Teachers Union --Should You Join?

    I didn't have a choice. Every certified staff member has to join the union in my
  3. Illinois Diazepam

    Oh boy...you couldn't pay me enough
  4. Illinois Diazepam

    AWESOME!!!!!! That would never fly for my district. HUGE win for
  5. Illinois Diazepam

    http://www.aama-ntl.org/docs/default-source/legal/il-np-delegation.pdf?sfvrsn=4 c) A registered professional nurse shall not delegate any nursing activity requiring the specialized knowledge,...
  6. Illinois Diazepam

    I feel like there has been a lot of change at ISBE and responses aren't as quick as they have been in the past. I do know they changed the verbiage in the IL NPA regarding delegation last year. I...
  7. Fun run is mutually exclusive

    I giggle because the PE teacher and I are both endurance runners. The kids don't get very far with their
  8. small win

    So, I have a 7th grader who comes in daily for medication. Yesterday she asked how many pills she had left. I told her 6. She told her mom and her mom brought more in today. She took charge of her own...
  9. Sped Diabetic Student Requesting Escort

    Sounds like he needs an IEP eval, STAT. That will at least be a good starting point for
  10. Why so long

    What is this "me time" you speak of? Sounds fancy!
  11. Increase in bad student behavior.

    Being in this situation with my own child who has a classmate who is disruptive and can be violent at times, I know a lot of parents have complained and other than suspensions, nothing is
  12. Increase in bad student behavior.

    We had a police officer here investigating a case one day when there happened to be 2 kids in an in school suspension. When the police office walked by, she tried to talk to the kids, relate to them,...
  13. Increase in bad student behavior.

    I am seeing it here too. My elementary school is the worst and managing it though because repeat offenders are greeted with rewards such as playing games, napping, watching movies, and snack time....
  14. How many?

    2 schools, about 800 students. I have 1 UAP working at one school who takes care of the day-to-day tasks and doubles as an extra secretary, while I sit in the health office at the other. I am also...
  15. Volunteering

    We are asked in general emails to volunteer as we typically don't have a lot of parent volunteers. Half of our PTA board is made up of staff, unfortunately. I never volunteer because I am extremely...
  16. Last Day!

    Hi all! I can't get into my old account, so I am posting from this one. Today is my last day, so I wanted to wish everyone an amazing warm, sunny, restful summer break. In between sports camps,...
  17. Getting out just in time!

    I had to ask my skyward expert ? Go to "advanced features" Automated emails click "add" (then the system will walk you through the process) click "student contacts" then "message recipients" then...
  18. Last Day!

    Crazy! I hope you volunteered to be there so
  19. Last Day!

    Hang in there
  20. Getting out just in time!

    Ha! Mine too...she'd come home every day in kindergarten "I saw the nurse today!" Ugh..WHY?!?!?! We use skyward, not sure if power school has the same capability, but may be worth looking in
  21. This is Where the Cowboy Rides Away

    As I'm trying to figure out how to get into my regular account, I wanted to wish you the best of luck from my other account! Thank you for all of your wisdom and you level headed
  22. Getting out just in time!

    My computer system has the capability to shoot out an email to the parent every time I document on LD...could that be arranged? We disabled our function though because we got a million phone calls...
  23. What was nursing like in the year of 2000?

    I was still in nursing school in a more rural area in 2000, but worked as a CNA during my summers in breaks in a large teaching hospital in the Chicago suburbs. We had computer based charting in the...