Special Edition!

 

Valentine's Day parties will be February 12.  These will be carried out just like the Christmas parties with a few changes.

1. We didn't have significant problems with deliveries at Christmas, so you can choose the time for your party as long as it's on 2/12.  Please send the time to Nancy!

2. We will accept deliveries Feb. 10-12. 

3. Students cannot serve themselves. Treats should be individually wrapped. Same rules as Christmas.

4. You may share a list of FIRST names for the purpose of creating Valentine Cards - or just the total number in your class.  No last names.  Cards must sit for 48 hours.  This means the students should bring them in no later than, Wednesday Feb. 10.  If they bring them in after 2/10, they cannot be distributed until Monday, 2/16.

Cyber Security 

The first thing on our agenda for our meeting today is the roll-out of our District's Cyber Security Plan. This is an effort to keep our server system secure in the midst of frequent attempts to breach our system.  Other school systems nationwide are in damage control from cybersecurity issues, and we are hoping our proactive approaches that include training, will prove to be preventive.

Please read through the roll-out plan below.  We will discuss more and I'll answer questions this afternoon.

• January 14, 2021 – KnowBe4 training emails will be sent at 2pm with a completed by date of January 25, 2021.  PLEASE DO THIS TODAY!

• February 2, 2021 – Staff will receive a prompt to reset passwords upon login. The morning of February 2^nd Technology will have a team member in the media center of each location to assist with any issues that may arise.

• TBD – An unannounced phishing simulation will be sent to staff.

Also very important - Staff password reset recommendations (wait until prompted on 2/2 or you'll just have to reset twice!)

We recommend that you hardwire when changing your password,  but it can be accomplished via WiFi if you have logged into the machine before.

Once your password is changed it can take up to 15 minutes for that password to sync to our email server.

Once your password is changed staff will need to update their passwords anywhere they are signed in (TCS Staff WiFi on their phones, email on their phones, etc)

We recommend using a complex password. Choose a password that you haven’t used before, that doesn’t contain your name, and doesn’t mimic something easily guessable (Welcome1, Welcome2, RollTide!, etc). Password requirements are as follows: Minimum of eight characters and contain three of the following four (uppercase letter, lowercase letter, number, or special character).

 

Cahaba Schedule for Early Dismissal - January 14

2:00 - 1% threshold meeting at BOE - SPED 

2:20 - All staff meet in the Cafeteria (Good Things, Cyber Security Plan Roll-Out, Q&A)

2:45 - CIS Budget Meeting in Library

2:45 - Tyner meets w/ 2nd grade - AR

I know that all the rest of you are involved in some sort of planning meetings with your team.  

Next Thursday is District PD. I think it will be Virtual and 

headed by the Academic Coaches - stay tuned!

The Leadership Team is meeting 1/28 - 

Please let a member know if there are things you'd like discussed.

(Tyner, Rosetta, Shorter, Patterson, Cravens, Osburn, Marshall, Johnson, 

Rish, Wessel, Wilkerson)