![]() 10, Smith drove to a nearby drive-thru clinic the same day to receive her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. After receiving a phone call from the district on Jan. Like West, biology and environmental science teacher Margaret Smith recalls the experience of getting her first COVID-19 vaccine as being easy and efficient. It was weird to be getting a school call so late, so at first I ignored it, but then I looked at the messages, and it was like ‘Do you want to COVID-19 vaccine?’ and of course I was like ‘Yes.’” She described the process of getting her vaccine as “fairly seamless.” 4, West showed up at Texas Ascension’s administration building in the Mueller development and received the first dose of the Moderna vaccine. “It was weird to be getting a school call so late, so at first I ignored it, but then I looked at the messages, and it was like ‘Do you want to COVID-19 vaccine?’ and of course I was like ‘Yes.’ So I checked my email and I signed up.” “I got a phone call on New Year’s Day late in the evening,” West said. For ceramics teacher Carey West, the last thing she was expecting on New Year’s Day was a call from the district. Some McCallum teachers have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine over the first two weeks of 2021. They are very grateful and that part of it has been wonderful.” How it feels “When the person answers the phone, and you tell them why you’re calling, you get all kinds of emotional responses. “It’s not my typical day-to-day thing, but the experience has been wonderful,” Stephens said. We contacted those employees and registered them right then and there and gave them their time slot and the location and all that information.”įor Stephens, the experience of contacting and scheduling employees for a vaccine slot has been incredibly rewarding. “So, the next time we were notified of available slots, we literally opened up the Google Form and went straight down that list in the order they filled it out. “So, we sent out a Google Form to all AISD employees and said, ‘If you qualify under 1B, fill this out.’ I think we had over 700 employees who filled out the Google Form,” Stephens said. Stephens and her department were aware, however, that there were more employees who qualified for 1B for whom the district didn’t have medical information on file. 1-3 by the Human Capital Department already had medical information on file because they had previously requested a medical accommodation. Leslie Stephens, AISD Human Capital Department chiefĪccording to Stephens, the employees first contacted for a vaccine on Jan. When the person answers the phone, and you tell them why you’re calling, you get all kinds of emotional responses. We were actually the ones who were on the Ascension Seton website, registering them for appointments so that they got a date and time to go get a vaccination.” “Also in a lot of cases, a lot of our time was spent once we got a hold of an employee. 1, 2, and 3 notifying eligible people,” Stephens told The Shield. That task fell to the Human Capital Department, led by chief Leslie Stephens. Upon receiving this notification, the district had to contact eligible employees. 1, Austin ISD was contacted by Ascension Seton about the availability of an initial round of vaccine doses. “ Ascension Seton has a longstanding partnership with Austin ISD in which Ascension Seton nurses and health-care staff have provided health services in Austin ISD schools for more than 24 years,” Reichenberg said. Phase 1B includes persons over 65 and those with underlying medical conditions. ![]() “Ascension Seton took extra steps to ensure these frontline staff had access to the vaccine, and worked to eliminate social and economic barriers to ensure that our staff who are most at risk could receive the vaccine as a prioritized group,” Reichenberg said.Īlongside the vaccination of their frontline workers, Ascension Seton began a partnership with Austin ISD and Round Rock ISD to begin the vaccination of teachers who qualify under phase 1B of the Texas Health and Human Services COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan. Jason Reichenberg, the president of Ascension Medical Group at Ascension Texas, told The Shield in an exclusive interview that after receiving both Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses from the State of Texas, Ascension Seton first vaccinated their frontline caregivers, such as ICU doctors, nurses and certified nursing assistants. Jason Reichenberg, president of Ascension Medical Groupĭr. Total number of ED visits who were seen on the previous calendar day who had a visit related to COVID-19 (meets suspected or confirmed definition or presents for COVID diagnostic testing – do not count patients who present for pre-procedure screening).Ascension Seton nurses and health-care staff have provided health services in Austin ISD schools for more than 24 years.”
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