On November 11, 2020 Fairbanks released a notice for which the Time Study End date that was set to initially end on Friday, December 11, 2020, has been extended through Friday, December 18th.
If your district is still open after December 11th, and you have a participant(s) scheduled to receive a Random Moment Time Study, please have the participant respond to their moment as they would regularly.
If your school district will be closed after December 11th, then the RMTS Contact will need to respond to these moments as paid or unpaid leave by following the guidelines below.
The RMTS Contact has the ability to identify staff who will be selected for a “moment” before the moment occurs. The RMTS Contact will need to immediately log into STAIRS and go to the “Time Study Sample” tab. Next, select the current quarter (October – December). After selecting the current quarter, select the participant(s) who will not be able to respond to their moment after December 11th. Once the participant(s) has been identified and selected, click on the “paid” or “unpaid” leave button. You should not wait for their moment to occur in order to do this. Your input will take effect immediately.
If RMTS Contacts fail to respond to the participants moments, it will affect your compliance rate. Remember, districts are expected to uphold a state-wide response rate of 85%.
If you have any questions, please email the Texas Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC) Time Study Unit at TimeStudy@hhsc.state.tx.us. You can also contact Onward Support with questions. Our team is here to help! Contact Onward at support@onwardlearning.com or toll free 1-844-843-1596.