FAQ for Parents/Guardians of Students with IEPs - 04/06/20
Preguntas frecuentes para padres/tutores de estudiantes con IEP - 04/06/20

Section 504 Guidance - 03/24/20

Important Information for Employees - March 27, 2020

If you or a loved one are in  immediate crisis, please call:

Community Wide Crisis Line: 520-622-6000

Or 911

Other non-emergency numbers:

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Phone Number: 1-800-273-8255

Crisis Text Line: Text 741741

Please review 10 Things You Can Do to Prepare for Returning Back to School (in PDF).

• 225-6591 = Swahili
• 225-6592 = Arabic
• 225-6593 = Kirundi
• 225-6594 = Somali

For more information, see DES's Arizona P-EBT webpage .

Rental Eviction Prevention Assistance - Apply here!

More information about Rental Eviction Prevention and Protection Under State of Arizona Executive Order 2020-14

• FAQ for Rental Eviction Prevention Assistance
• Arizona Eviction Suspension Letter
• Carta Suspension Desalojo Arizona
• Postponement of Eviction Orders - State of Arizona Executive Order 2020-14
• Maricopa County Justice Courts Best Practices - Implementation of Executive Order 2020-14

• List of Community Resources for Supporting Families
• Palo Verde Behavioral Health - Open and Accepting Patients

Low-Cost Internet Programs

• Manage Stress and Anxiety - Tips from the CDC
• Tips for Social Distancing, Quarantine, and Isolation During an Infectious Disease Outbreak - from SAMHSA
• Top Ten Tips for Parents from Arizona Department of Child Safety

• Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona
• County WIC Program ready to help those affected by COVID-19
• Pima County Pantry Directory - TEFAP Food Assistance
• Pima County Supplemental Pantry Directory - Non-TEFAP Food Assistance

Prevention Measures

• Wash your hands often with soap and water for 20 seconds (the time needed to sing happy birthday) or use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol if soap and water are not available.
• Keep children home when sick, and stay home when you are sick.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.
• Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
• Cover your cough or sneeze, then immediately discard any tissues.
• Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces.
• Avoid unnecessary physical contact, like holding hands.

Note: Please be aware the District has suspended Attendance Award tracking for the 4th quarter. Thus please have students remain home if not feeling well.

Sample Schedule, Daily Tips, and Online Resources

Our Curriculum and Instruction team have put together a Sample Daily Schedule that you can follow or adapt while your children are at home. Please see www.tusd1.org/LearnfromHome for online learning resources, a letter to families from our Assistant Superintendent of Education, Flori Huitt, and Daily Video Tips from our Senior Director of Curriculum Development, Heidi Aranda.

• Ten Tips for Positive Parenting from Arizona Dept. of Child Safety

• Talking with Children - Tips from TUSD's Guidance and Counseling Dept. (in PDF)
• Talking Points from School Health Services

Required Courses for All TUSD Employees

• #15416 Health COVID-19 Training: Infection Control and Disease Prevention in the Workplace
• #15444 Surface Cleaning Using Vindicator Disinfectant
• #15445 - Cleaning Chemicals and Hand Sanitizers: Personal Use at TUSD Training

Additional Courses Available

• #15425 Proper Surface Disinfection Training
• Plus, more coming soon!

Important Information from Payroll for 2020-2021 (in PDF)

For instructions, please see Checking Devices In or Out Using Destiny (in PDF).

1. Teachers/Staff Working Remotely: If you experience a technology issue and need help, please call your school and request that a Track-It work order be logged in for your issue.
2. Schools (On-Site Staff): The staff person on site at your school who takes your call will create a new work order in Track-It. Be sure you provide a contact number to be included in the work order.
3. TS Service Desk: A TS Service Desk staff member will contact the teacher or staff person directly to resolve the issue.

• Emergency Paid Sick Leave Form (EPSL)
  Note: This form is on Office 365. You must sign into Office 365 to complete this form. Use your district login and password.
• FFCRA Employee Rights | FFCRA - Derechos del Empleado
• FFCRA Requirements | FFCRA - Derechos del Empleador

May 13, 2020

To TUSD employees:

As you are aware, Governor Ducey has updated the Stay at Home order to allow Phase 1 opening of businesses starting on Saturday May 16th. At this time, Tucson Unified will remain status quo, working remotely where possible, until all social distancing and safety protocols have been determined. If you are currently working remotely, please do not return to your regular Tucson Unified work location until further notice.

Also please remember when you are around others, TUSD employees are required to wear face coverings to help protect everyone in our community.

Thank you for your support and all you have been doing for our students and families.

TUSD COVID-19 Taskforce

5/10/20

Dear TUSD Employees:

The safety of our Tucson Unified community is the highest priority. There are specific recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and the Pima County Health Department to protect yourself and others.

As a public agency and performing many critical functions visible and in contact with our co-workers and the community, TUSD employees have a responsibility to those with whom we come into contact to model and follow the recommendations form the public health experts. Among these recommendations is wearing a face covering when in public and around others. As the Pima County Health Department says, "act like you got it."

Employees are expected to wear a face covering anytime they are on duty in public and will be around others. If you do not have a face covering to use while in public around others, please contact the Health Services department at healthservices@tusd1.org.

According to the latest CDC recommendations, schools will ensure the following guidelines are enforced as programs begin to open on a limited basis.

Promote healthy hygiene practices - Phases 1-3

• Teach and reinforce washing hands and covering coughs and sneezes among children and staff.
• Teach and reinforce use of cloth face coverings among all staff.
• Have adequate supplies to support healthy hygiene behaviors, including soap, hand sanitizer with at least 60 percent alcohol, tissues, and no-touch trash cans.
• Post signs on how to stop the spread of COVID-19, properly wash hands, promote everyday protective measures, and properly wear a face covering.

Ensure social distancing - Phase 1 and 2

• Ensure that student and staff groupings are as static as possible by having the same group of children stay with the same staff. Restrict mixing between groups.
• Cancel all field trips, inter-group events, and extracurricular activities (Phase 1)
• Limit gatherings, events, and extracurricular activities to those that can maintain social distancing, support proper hand hygiene, and restrict attendance of those from higher transmission areas.
• Restrict nonessential visitors, volunteers, and activities involving other groups at the same time.
• Space seating/desks to at least six feet apart.
• Close communal use spaces such as dining halls and playgrounds if possible; otherwise stagger use and disinfect in between use.
• If a cafeteria or group dining room is typically used, serve meals in classrooms instead. Serve individually plated meals and hold activities in separate classrooms.
• Create social distance between children on school buses where possible.

Thank you for all you are doing for our staff, students, and families.

Stay Safe, TUSD COVID-19 Task Force

Governor Ducey's "Stay Home, Stay Healthy, Stay Connected" Executive Order requires that "all individuals in the State of Arizona shall limit their time away from their place of residence." That is not a problem for many of us who are now working from home. However, there are also many TUSD employees whose duties cannot be done from home all, or even some, of the workday.

The Governor's Executive Order contains an exception for those conducting certain "essential activities." The Governor recognizes that, even though the schools are empty of students, you are still, in many ways, a lifeline to the students and families you serve, so he has designated public education to be an essential activity. This means that if your duties require you to be at a school site or office at all, or even occasionally when needed, you will not be in violation of the letter, or spirit, of the Governor's Executive Order.

While the Executive Order specifically states that, "no person shall be required to provide documentation or proof of their activities to justify their activities," we all have documentation with us anyway - our TUSD photo ID card. If your duties must take you away from your home and law enforcement happens to inquire, your TUSD ID card proves you are conducting an essential activity.

If you have any questions, please contact HRAnswers@tusd1.org

Thank you for all you are doing for our students and families.

Stay Safe,

TUSD COVID-19 Task Force

Low-Cost Internet Programs

Log in here: https://portal.office.com/. Enter your TUSD email (firstname.lastname@tusd1.org) and your TUSD network login.

Important note:: This file is on Office 365. To access this file, log into Office365 first at https://portal.office.com/. Enter your TUSD email (firstname.lastname@tusd1.org) and your TUSD network login.

Only submit this form once per pay period.

Important: This file is on Office 365. To access this file, log into Office365 first at https://portal.office.com/. Enter your TUSD email (firstname.lastname@tusd1.org) and your TUSD network login.

Click this link to access the form: Time and Effort Reporting Form on Office 365.

Remember: you must be logged into Office 365 for the form to work!

Use this same form for each pay period.

Detailed Instructions

District Services during COVID-19 Closures (in PDF)

Our central district services are available to help. Check this sheet for information and contacts.

Shelter In Place Terms and Instructions (in PDF)

Questions about practices and procedures while working from home? See this infographic from HR!

• Zoom FAQ for TUSD Staff
• How to Create Your Zoom Account
• How to Create a Meeting in Zoom
• How to Use Zoom with Clever
• How to Schedule a Zoom Meeting in Outlook
• How to Use Zoom for Interviews
• Zoom Meeting Window At-a-Glance

Zoom Tips Especially for Parents and Teachers

• Options for Updating Zoom to 5.0+
• Zoom's Privacy Policy
• Zoom's Use of Facebook SDK in iOS Clients
• Best Practices for Securing Your Virtual Classroom
• Sharing Settings for Educational Accounts

• COVID-19 Guidance for Administrators and Staff from Pima County Health Department - March 23, 2020

• UHC COVID-19 Information and Resources
• COVID-19 FAQ for TUSD Employees from UHC
• Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19): What you need to know
• Virtual Visits - Visit with a doctor 24/7- whenever, wherever
• Coping with a public health event
• Mindfulness techniques for managing coronavirus anxiety at home and work

• Manage Stress and Anxiety - Tips from the CDC
• Tips for Social Distancing, Quarantine, and Isolation During an Infectious Disease Outbreak - from SAMHSA

Need to talk with someone?

Jorgensen Brooks, our Employee Assistance Program, offers telephone and virtual, online chat throughout the closure, and at any time: www.jorgensenbrooks.com.