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By mail:Unified School District #379Attn: ApplicationPO Box 97807 Dexter St.Clay Center, KS 67432-2636By email: application@usd379.org
By fax: 785-632-5020Please write "Attn: Application" on your cover page and email application@usd379.org that a fax will be arriving.
Each job description will have the correct form attached in two formats. The pdf format is for those who prefer to handwrite and send the completed application in the mail or bring it in person to the Stuart Administrative Center. The Microsoft Office Word form is for those who would like to fill the application out on their computer and email the application to the address posted on the job description. When using the form, your typed name instead of your handwritten signature would authorize your application submittal.
Download the necessary form from our job listings.
Classroom visitations must not interrupt the educational process and are dependent on the activity that may be planned by the classroom teacher. No visitations are allowed during testing. All classroom visitations are at the courtesy of the classroom teacher and must be conducted in such a manner that is least disruptive to all students and the educational process.
When you arrive at the school:
* No smoking or drinking is allowed on school property (State Law).* No weapons of any kind are allowed on school property (State Law).* Enter only at the main entrance of the school and notify the receptionist of your arrival.* You will be given a visitor's badge which will be worn during the duration of your school visit.
Thank you, in advance for following our security guidelines. We hope you have a pleasant visit. View board policy
We will begin with our normal 10:30 class and if the schedule allows the first morning session of class will occur at the end of the day. Specials (Art, Music, PE, Library) will not take place on a two hour delay schedule. However, Band at the end of the day will be held as scheduled.
You will need the following information:
1. Childs Name2. Grade Level3. Date of the absence (or late arrival)4. Reason for the absence (or late arrival)5. Name of the person who is calling to report the absence (or late arrival).6. Caller's relationship to the child (mother, father, guardian, etc.)
*Child's name*Your name and relationship to student* Child's Grade Level* Old Address* New Address
By mail:Unified School District #379ATTN: ApplicationPO Box 97Clay Center, KS 67432
By email:casirott@usd379.org
By fax: 785-632-5020Please write "Attn: Application" on your cover page and email casirott@usd379.org that a fax will be arriving. [Jobs Available]
First, the Director of Technology must be contacted to discuss the need for this student to have their own computer at school. Their computer must be checked by the Technology Department to make sure students have:• an up-to-date antivirus program with current definitions installed on their computer. • their operating system patched with the latest critical updates. • their machine clean of spyware, viruses, trojans, worms, and malware.Students are not allowed to bring their computer and connect to the school network if they do not have any of the three items listed above on their computer. This is very important because a computer with a virus on the school network can cause everyone else on the network security issues and possibly cause the network to be down.
While our network is filtered and activity monitored there is always the chance for inappropriate content to be accessed. Social networking can be useful, there are many educational networks, however social networking can be a distraction. Many of these sites are blocked. The Technology Department is aware that blocked networks e.g. Facebook, can still be accessed through proxy sites or a change to the url. For every one that is blocked, more show up to give access to these. Keeping up with these changes is time exhaustive. In conjunction with the filter, teacher’s need to monitor what sites their students are on while in their classroom whether they are using a USD379 computer or their own.
Review the employee acceptable use policy(AUP), Hardware(routers, computers, printers), and/or Software(programs downloaded or CD) installation online. Students also sign an acceptable use policy at enrollment into our district. More...
For professional and academic use, if there are devices used by multiple users, you need to buy one license of an app per device. If a single user uses one or more devices, you need to buy one license per user.
For more information on licensing, please see: 4.x License and purchasing questions.
Note that as you can only sync a device to one computer, apps will get removed from the device if you subsequently sync the device to a different computer. To put them back, you would need to sync again to the original computer you made the purchase from.
It is possible to prevent the deletion of apps in iOS 4.2.1 or later (for instructions on updating your version of iOS, please see: http://www.apple.com/ios/). To activate this feature, go to the Settings app on your device's home screen, tap "General", scroll down, tap "Restrictions", tap "Enable Restrictions", create a four digit passcode and enter it again when prompted, and then toggle "Deleting Apps" to OFF.
We strongly recommend that you turn off the ability to delete apps to protect your app customizations. Apple Support Document
Just make sure you are using the same iTunes account that you used to purchase it. To see if you are using the same iTunes account that was used to download the app, open iTunes, and then on top menu, go to "Store > Sign In..." and enter your account info. Then, go to "Store > View My Account (your email address).... ", enter your account info again, click "Purchase History", and see if the app is listed.
In addition, if you are more comfortable, you could just remove your credit card info from your account before you redownload. Apple Support Document
To prevent a user from exiting an app, you may consider using the Bubcap, which makes it difficult for the user to access the device's Home button, or securing a piece of plastic under whatever case you are using to restrict access to the Home button.
In addition, if the individual is using an iPad, you may want to check out the iAdapter speaker case, which restricts access to the Home button. These are in the $100+ range.
Beyond preventing users from exiting apps, here are some points to consider when attempting to restrict access to iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch applications:
1. The built-in applications, such as Safari and Mail, cannot be removed.
2. You can can block access to Safari, YouTube, iTunes, and the installation, deletion (requires iOS 4.2.1 or later), and running of third-party apps. To do so, on your device's home screen, tap the Settings application. Next, tap General, scroll down if necessary, and then tap Restrictions to set access to certain applications, features, and content. We strongly recommend that you turn off the ability to delete apps, as with it on, you run a very strong risk of losing app data.
For more information on iOS restrictions, please see this Apple support document.
3. You can move applications to a different page that can only be reached by swiping your finger across the screen. To do so, tap and hold an application until it begins to wiggle, drag it to the right edge of the screen until the screen scrolls (be careful not to press the small "X" in the top-left corner of an application – this brings up the delete application dialog box), and then release to place the application on a new page. Once you are finished making changes, press your device's Home button to save your arrangement.
In addition, when your device is plugged into your computer, you can move applications to a different page by clicking on your device in iTunes' left sidebar, clicking the Apps tab, and then dragging an app icon to a page on the right hand side of the screen. You can then reorder the pages by dragging them up or down in the list.
On your device and computer, you can also place apps into folders by dragging and holding an app over another until a panel opens up showing the apps contained in the folder. You can rename the folder by tapping in the name field. Combined with moving apps to a different page, this can be a good way for keeping apps out of sight. Apple Support Document
(i) You may download and sync an App Store Product for personal, noncommercial use on any iOS Device you own or control.
(ii) If you are a commercial enterprise or educational institution, you may download and sync an App Store Product for use by either (a) a single individual on one or more iOS Devices used by that individual that you own or control or (b) multiple individuals, on a single shared iOS Device you own or control. For example, a single employee may use an App Store Product on both the employee's iPhone and iPad, or multiple students may serially use an App Store Product on a single iPad located at a resource center or library. For the sake of clarity, each iOS Device used serially by multiple users requires a separate license.
(iii) You shall be able to store App Store Products from up to five different Accounts at a time on a compatible iOS Device.
(iv) You shall be able to manually sync App Store Products from at least one iTunes-authorized device to iOS Devices that have manual sync mode, provided that the App Store Product is associated with an Account on the primary iTunes-authorized device, where the primary iTunes-authorized device is the one that was first synced with the iOS Device or the one that you subsequently designate as primary using the iTunes application.
The rule of thumb-
At home: You need to buy one license of an App per iTunes account and can then use that App on all of the iOS devices you own or control and synch with that iTunes account.
Everywhere else: You need to buy one license of an App for each iOS device if that device is used by multiple users or one license of an App per user if that user is using multiple iOS devices.
For consumers-
1. As a consumer you can, for personal use, buy a single license for an App and install that on as many iOS devices you own or control. There is thus no need to buy an App multiple times just because you want to use it on your iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
2. As a consumer you can authorize a single iTunes account on up to 5 computers. You can thus store your purchased Apps, music, etc. on up to 5 computers and synch iOS devices from those 5 computers. There is thus no need to buy an App multiple times just because you want to store and synch it from your laptop and your desktop computer.
3. As a consumer you can authorize a single computer for more than one iTunes account and then synch Apps from up to 5 iTunes accounts to your iOS devices. On the iOS devices in the Store section of the Settings app you can log out of one iTunes account, log into another iTunes account and then purchase or redownload Apps using the App Store app. It is thus possible to put Apps on your kid's iPod touch that you purchased with your iTunes account as well as those your wife purchased with her iTunes account.
For an example look at 4.9.
For educational institutions, other organizations and commercial enterprises?
1. You need to buy one license for an App for each iOS device if that device is used by multiple users or one license of an App per user if that user is using multiple devices.
2. Your organization can authorize a single iTunes account on up to 5 computers. Your organization can thus store the purchased Apps on up to 5 computers and synch iOS devices from those 5 computers. There is thus no need to buy an App multiple times just because your organization wants to store and synch that App from a single employee's laptop and desktop computer.
3. You can authorize a single computer for more than one iTunes account and then synch Apps from up to 5 iTunes accounts to your iOS devices. On the iOS devices in the Store section of the Settings app you can log out of one iTunes account, log into another iTunes account and then purchase or redownload Apps using the App Store app. It is thus possible to put Apps on a employee's iPhone that were purchased with the employee's personal iTunes account as well as those purchased with a company iTunes account.
For some examples look at 4.7 and 4.9.
How do you buy multiple licenses?
Educational institutions in the USA can purchase multiple licenses through Apple's App Store Volume Purchase Program. Everyone else who wants to be in compliance with the App Store terms and needs to purchase multiple licenses can either do so by creating multiple iTunes accounts and purchasing it once from each or gift an app multiple times from a single iTunes account. This process is explained in more detail next.
Educational institutions in the USA
For educational institutions in the US the best way to obtain multiple licenses is through Apple's App Store Volume Purchase Program. This has several benefits(4.3) including the ability to use a purchase order, benefit from tax status and get discounts on volume purchases of the same App.
Everyone else
If each user in an organization has their own iTunes account (personal or belonging to the organization) the App can be purchased once by each user using their iTunes account. Alternatively an administrator can gift the app multiple times, once to each user. iTunes can then send each gift by email to the user so that they can redeem it in their iTunes account.
If a single iTunes account is used to synch multiple devices it is not possible from within that account to purchase the App more than once. Instead, an administrator can gift the App in iTunes multiple times (and have each "gift" be send by iTunes to the administrator's own email account) and keep a record of the thus obtained redemption codes in order to be in compliance with the App Store terms, yet only redeeming a single code on the iTunes account that is used for synching the devices.
This is explained in more detail 4.5. App Store Volume Purchase Program
1. For many educational Apps a 50% discount is available on purchases of 20 or more licenses. This means that if you need 10 or more licenses the Volume Purchase Program (VPP) can help you save money. To see which Apps are discounted search on this page.2. Purchase can be made using a purchase order, an option not available when buying directly from iTunes. Note that purchasing with a credit card or PCard is also possible.3. For the VPP Apple recognizes the tax status of educational organizations so if your organization is tax exempt you can save money by buying through the VPP. Discounted Apps
In terms of the number of licenses you need to purchase there are no difference between licenses bought through this program or directly in iTunes. The deployment options(4.5) are identical too. The main difference is the purchasing process.
Unlike with regular iTunes purchases the VPP allows an educational institution to make the purchase with a purchase order (credit card or PCard is also possible). Using a purchase order a Volume Voucher is purchased by a school administrator, the Authorized Purchaser. Any educator can create an online quote for their purchasing department while an Authorized Purchaser can buy online on behalf of the institution (K-12 or High-Ed) or through Apple's sale force.
Once the voucher is received the school administrator or one or more people appointed specifically for that purpose will be designated Program Facilitator(s) by the Program Manager. The Program Manager may be the same person as the Authorized Purchaser but this is not a requirement. There is an enrollment form online.
The Program Facilitator can use a special iTunes account to purchase Apps in variable quantities. This is how the actual purchases are made. The Program Facilitator obtains redemption codes for each of the purchases and can either pass these on to individual staff or students who can redeem the codes in iTunes or can use a redemption code to load the Apps on an iTunes account used to sync multiple devices. Details of these deployment options are covered in 4.5 and we also have two examples in 4.7. Education Store
As a consumer you will typically use a single iTunes account with all of your iOS devices. You buy an App once and then use it on all your devices.
Organizations
Organizations need to buy one license per device or per user(4.1). In an educational setting when you are providing devices to students or in a commercial setting when you are providing Apps to employees there are two deployment options: one iTunes account per user or one shared iTunes account for multiple users/devices.
The one account per user option
In this case you create an iTunes account for each user or device. Apps are purchased once in each account and each user manages their own account. Organizations may create their own iTunes accounts and let their employees, students, or parents of students manage the account with the understanding that if the employee or student leaves the account credentials are handed back over to the organization. Organizations may also decide to give the Apps to the students or employees and thus gift the Apps (either by gifting in iTunes or providing redeem codes from the Volume Purchase Program) to the users who then download the Apps in their personal iTunes accounts.
The one account for multiple devices option
In this case the organization creates a single iTunes account to which multiple devices are synched. This might be one account for a small company or one account per classroom in a school. To be in compliance with the App Store terms multiple licenses need to be purchased of each App. Educational institutions in the USA can do that through the Volume Purchase Program, other organizations can do that through App gifting. An administrator can gift the App in iTunes multiple times (and have each "gift" be send by iTunes to the administrator's own email account) and keep a record of the thus obtained redemption codes in order to be in compliance with the App Store terms. In the one iTunes account for multiple devices case only a single of the purchased licenses will be deployed. As you can redeem a code or buy an App only once in a single iTunes account you use only one license with the iTunes account you use for synching. The other licenses (redeem codes actually) should be stored in a cool, dry place to clearly document that a license was purchased for each device.
A school wants to use Pictello visual stories app for teaching narrative skills. They own a mobile charge and synch case with 24 iPod touches on which they want to deploy Pictello.
Step 1. The school signs up with the App Store Volume Purchase Program (VPP) and the school administrator (the Authorized Purchaser in VPP terms) uses a purchase order to purchase a Volume Voucher for enough money to buy Pictello and several other Apps. To determine which voucher denomination they need they have checked whether Pictello and the other apps they are interested in offer the 50% volume discount for 20 or more licenses in the VPP.
Step 2. Once the school receives the voucher the school administrator in charge of handling the vouchers (the Program Manager in VPP terms) provides it to the teacher in charge of the iPods (the Program Facilitator in VPP terms). The teacher uses the special VPP iTunes account to purchase 24 licenses for each app. He gets 24 redemption codes for each app.
Step 3. The teacher in charge of the iPods redeems only one of the licenses for each App in the iTunes account used on the computer that synchs the 24 iPods. The other 23 redemption codes the teacher stores in a spreadsheet indicating that those are to cover the other 23 iPods synched with the same iTunes account. The teacher gives a copy of the spreadsheet to the school administrator for safekeeping.
Individual use
A college wants to provide all 200 students in the arts department with a license of Pictello to make visual stories.
Step 1. The school signs up with the App Store Volume Purchase Program (VPP) and the department administrator (the Authorized Purchaser in VPP terms) uses a purchase order to purchase a Volume Voucher for enough money to buy Pictello. To determine which voucher denomination they need they have checked what the discounted price for Pictello is for 200 licenses in the VPP.
Step 2. Once the college receives the voucher the department administrator (who is double acting as VPP Program Manager) provides the voucher to the department head's secretary, who is in charge of handing out the apps (and is thus the Program Facilitator in VPP terms). The secretary uses the special VPP iTunes account to purchase 200 licenses of Pictello. He gets 200 redemption codes for Pictello and sends one to each student.
Step 3. Each student redeems the code for Pictello in their own iTunes account and installs Pictello on any iPod touch, iPad and iPhone they personally own.
The iOS devices and apps provide a lot of educational value but the management of multiple devices, iTunes, syncing, apps, etc. can provide quite an overhead for an educational institution. Our recommended deployment strategy is aimed at giving students maximum access to the apps and reducing the administrative overhead for educators.
We recommend that educational institutions use the Volume Purchase Program (VPP) in the US (and gifting outside the US) to buy the key apps for use by the students, but rather than redeem the codes in school iTunes accounts, provide the codes to the students (or parents) so that they can be redeemed in the home iTunes accounts. This shifts the responsibility of managing the student's device (irrespective of whether that is a loaner unit belonging to the school or owned by the family), syncing it, backing it up, updating the apps, etc. to the student or the student's parents. The reduced overhead for the school in terms of the educator's time easily surpasses the costs of the app (certainly when the 50% discount of the VPP is used) and the app can be considered a disposable. Additionally, School IT departments will not need to worry about allowing iTunes access or app downloading in school.
The benefit for the student is that he or she has 24/7 access to the apps irrespective of whether the device is owned by the school, the parents or school and parents each have their own device for that particular student. If a student moves to a different school they retain access to the apps they need but return any loaner devices. If during the weekend something goes wrong, parents can easily sync back the apps onto the device.
Also, as the student or parent control the iTunes account in which the apps were purchased and to which the device is synced they can at any time purchase additional educational apps for the student to use. Of course this should be discussed with the teacher so that the student while at school only uses the apps the teacher finds useful for the student. Free and cheap apps can be purchased by the parents, which will saves the school money and overhead. The school only pays for those apps that are expensive or are considered vital for all students (and using the VPP the school saves 50%).
Even though some schools may be hesitant to purchase apps and give them to the students it is really a win-win situation where the school saves significantly on the overhead costs of managing multiple iTunes accounts and charging and synching devices and students have 24/7 access to their learning tools (or in the case of our Proloquo2Go app to their means of communication).
Click on the Airport icon and see what networks are available. When you see the network name you want to connect to, in this case it is USD379CC for our district, choose that network. Enter the password for that network(available from the Tech Team or the secretary in your building). First...