In the Middle

Welcome to the 2020-2021 school year! We are excited to be back with all of our middle school campuses and looking forward to a great school year. We are here for you! If you need assistance, please reach out to us. If we don't know the answers to your questions, we will try out best to find them for you! Whether you are virtual, face-to-face, or blended, e hope you all are as excited as we are and have a great experience!

The district started the sync for the new school year last week. This will now allow new employees to access the district resources. Those that have changed campuses, your new information should be populating. If you don't see it yet, it is coming.

Thank you so much for being patient while our district resource applications roll over into the new year!

Please join the appropriate Schoology Course below to complete your Required Digital Onboarding Course. If you aren't sure which course to join please let us know!

NEW TO ALDINE STAFF: Teachers, ILS, Skills, etc. (if the link doesn’t work and you’re a new staff member to Aldine please enter the code manually: T65K-8TVZ-J6SQ8)

RETURNING STAFF: Teachers, ILS, Skills, etc.

Principals, Assistant Principals, Counselors: if you need the join code please let us know

Paraprofessionals, Custodians, Child Nutrition - coming soon

Parents and Students - coming soon

Your Ethical Conduct Statement and Internet Acceptable Use Form documents have been posted to ePortal and must be signed electronically. The documents can be found on the left side of the ePortal home screen in a red box titled "Attention Required".

Please update your picture (please make sure the picture is school appropriate) and signature line in gMail so each time you send an email everyone knows who you are and which campus you work at. Please DO NOT change your Google name as it makes it very different to find you in the district address book!

Click Here to join the Middle School Virtual Learning Group

If you haven't joined already, that is where you can access all the Resources from the training sessions that have been presented (last year during virtual learning and Aldine LIVE sessions in July). We will continue to add materials to this Schoology group for teachers to access.

*This group is for Aldine staff only, please do not share this group code/link with parents or students.

The Technology and Curriculum Conference of Aldine (TCCA) traditionally takes place in Aldine and is open to all educators from any school district, public and private. The conference will be virtual this year. This event will take place over an entire day (October 24, 2020). Although open to everyone, you will need to sign up at www.tccaconference.com We are planning for a keynote to open the conference, and there will be 20-30 sessions taking place each hour.

Invite all your educator friends to this wonderful, free event!

As you navigate this new role as a virtual teacher please know we are here to support you! If you have a question about a digital resource reach out to your designated DLS. You can also request help in ePortal (or click here)!

Chad Cochran--Drew, Garcia, Hoffman, Shotwell

@MrCtechme

crcochran@aldineisd.org

Hosea Pipkins, III--Jones, Lewis, Plummer, Stovall, Teague

@HoseaPipkins

hpipkins@aldineisd.org

Ann Waite--Aldine MS, Grantham, Hambrick, KEC, Mead

@AnnMWaite

amwaite@aldineisd.org