Student Focus. Lee Honeycutt Rodney White Richard Hoffman Gwyn Wolke Belinda Smith

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1 October 7, 2015 Student Focus Lee Honeycutt Rodney White Richard Hoffman Gwyn Wolke Belinda Smith The ISA Student Support Team held their T5 Team Leadership meeting on Tuesday October 6, Rodney White, Lee Honeycutt, Richard Hoffman, Gwyn Wolke and Belinda Smith discussed providing exceptional customer service and focused on key tasks. Rodney reviewed the tasks with the person identified as the cross-trained support personnel to ensure that they had the knowledge and tools to be successful. The team had a very productive meeting ending with a renewed commitment to business continuity.

2 October 7, 2015 Student Focus SunGard is the manufacturer of CFISD s Student Information Software (SIS) and the gradebook. SunGard has also produced a new mobile app, SunGard Family Mobile App, that allows students and parents to view important information, such as: Grades, Assignments, and Daily Grades, on their mobile device, cell phone or tablet. When Apple s release of their IOs 9 version of the operating system, this new app did not work properly on Apple device (iphone and ipads). Late Tuesday night October 6, 2015, Apple published SunGard s update to the Family Mobile App that corrected the issues with iphones using the latest version of the operating system. This problem only existed on iphones and ipads that had upgraded to the IOs 9 operating system. It did not affect versions IOs 8 and below or any Droid powered devices. The timing of this release coincides with CFISD s first report cards for the school the year. Secondary schools report cards (middle and high schools, grades 6-12) will be available in the Family App by the end of the week, while parents will not receive the paper report card in the mail until the end of next week.

3 A+ on Report Cards Lee Honeycutt Report Cards Lee Honeycutt worked all week to produce the first set of student report cards for the school year. There are 60,191 students in middle and high school. The elementary report cards The report cards will be placed in the mail Tuesday October 13, Elementary report Cards will be sent home around October

4 October 7, 2015 Business Focus All Thumbs UP! Dava Clark and Joanne Turanski with the Human Resources Department take a moment to celebrate success. When a campus called asking with a teacher was not listed on the campus contact page, Dava and Joanne wasted to time and began to research it immediately. They identified the issue and resolved it promptly. Dava Clark Joanne Turanski

5 Rodney White Receives the 2015 Performance Excellence Award Rodney White was honored at the Technology Services Department meeting on Friday October 9, Frankie Jackson and the leadership team presented with the 2015 Performance Excellence Award for his dedication and excellence to Cy Fair ISD

6 Leadership The ISA department participated in the Technology Services Department meeting on Friday October 9, Each group presented their team building presentation.

7 October 7, 2015 Leadership The ISA department joined the district in support of College Night by wearing shirts from their universities. Its always fun during football season. You can learn more about CFISD s College Night here. Eric May Pat Maldonado John Crumbley Eric May Pat Maldonado Dava Clark

8 Leadership The weekend Friday was a busy week for the ISA Team, filled with remarkable accomplishments. You can see here to the left, some of the major tasks each team member worked on this week.

9 Leadership Tammie Bartkowiak Eric May Rodney White John Crumbley Norma Blenderman John Crumbley hosted This ISA Leadership Team on Thursday October 8, 2015, for their leadership development meeting. The agenda can be viewed here.

10 Leadership Our focus for the month is AWESOME. I am reminded everyday how awesome our team truly is! When we meet as a whole as we did this week there are many accomplishments to celebrate. Anyone that knows me, knows my favorite word is awesome, and now you know why: CFISD Technology Services is Awesome! -John Crumbley