A Few Things……

1. A Few Things……

2. The New Team!!

3. Administrative Duties Shawn Chesteen • Finance and Budget • Parent Organization • Leave Requests • BLT • Professional Development

4. Administrative Duties James Cline • 7th and 8th Grade-General Education, SPED, and Attendance. • Drills • SWIS • Building Usage

5. Administrative duties Angela Bemus • 6th Grade-General Education, SPED, and Attendance. • Level 2 SPED • WTP/Intervention/Enrichment • Dual Language • BLT • Professional Development

6. Principals in the Classroom • Shawn-All day Tuesday and Friday • James-All day Monday • Angela-All day Wednesday

7. Communication ABSENCES • Put all absences in Aesop, unless directed to go to mylearningplan. • Notify administration via call or text when absent • Shawn Chesteen: A-I Cell # 253-2799 • James Cline: J-R Cell #898-0963 • Angela Bemus: S-Z Cell #266-5198

8. Need to know • EVERY staff member will be evaluated the 2014-2015 school year – EVERYONE • August 11-6th Grade Back to School Night 5:30 pm-7:00 pm • August 19- 7th and 8th Grade Back to School Night 5:30 pm-7:00 pm • Back to School Nights-At least one non-team member must attend each night • Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences September 22nd and September 23rd September 26th-Exchange day • Tomorrow • 8:00-10:00 Building Professional Development • 10:00 Team Leader Meeting • 12:30-3:30 Infinite Campus Training

9. Need to know Wednesday • 8:30-11:30 Convocation-Bring a friend  • 12:00-1:00ish… Lunch • 1:ish-4:00 Work Time Duty Meetings • 1:03-ISS Duty-in the ISS room • 1:23-Lunch Duty-in the commons • 1:43-Breakfast Duty-in the commons • 1:53-AM Front Door Duty-in the commons • 2:03-PM Duty-under canopy outside

10. 6th Grade Standards based grading What: Standards Based Report Card Meeting When: Wednesday, August 13th-2:30-3:30 Who: All teachers who teach and grade 6th graders Where: Media Center

11. Wiki • What is a WIKI? • Why do we need a WIKI? • Let’s look at the WIKI and review the handbook!! • www.northmiddlepatriots.wikispaces.com

12. Staff Handbook • Bell Schedules • Emergency Procedures • Bert Team Members: ?? • Julie Theile • Marlene Gratzfield • Mitch Rorris • Gloria Bade • Dennis Pottorff • Cindy Gray • Chantelle Meth • Abdier Marrero

13. Home/school connection • Blackboard Connect • Can be used up to 5 times per month. • It can be used by all teams and all grade levels. • Positive Referrals • Patriot cards • Notes

14. More need to know……. • Attendance: Will be taken each day by each teacher • Grades: Grades need to be posted for assignments no later than 5 days after the assignment is turned in for credit. • Expectation for entering grades in gradebook-minimum one grade every 2 weeks.

15. Tardy passes StudentDT Slip • Printed Pass from Office-AM Only • Do not send students to the office for a pass if they are tardy between classes. • Tardy Seminar • Students have 4 free days-then seminar is served • Served on the 5th day and every other day after (6,7,etc.) • Escort students to the media center • Accumulation of tardy data starts over each quarter

16. Discipline referrals • Teacher • Tardy to class • Inappropriate language • Horseplay • Refusing to work • Talking out • Gum • Office-Automatic Referral • Verbal aggression towards teacher or peers • Physical Violence • Possession of Weapon • Possession of drugs/alcohol/tobacco • Truant from class

17. Discipline Referrals • Writing a discipline referral for teacher related incidents: • Parent Contact AND • 2 Other “Prior Interventions” • Retaught on student time • Contacted counselor • Team Meeting • Changed seating arrangement • Behavior Contract • Positive Reinforcements • Other • Copy given to team leader

18. Sending students to the office • ALL staff who send a student to the office MUST notify the office the student is coming. • ALL students who are sent to the office need a referral in hand or the teacher must notify the office as to WHY the student is in the office. • ALL students who come to the office must speak with a principal before they return to the next class period.

19. First Day of School-registration

20. Teaching Behavior/Patriot Lessons • Schedule www.northmiddlepatriots.wikispaces.com

21. hotspots • www.northmiddlepatriots.wikispaces.com

22. Student Planners • Dates • Communication between home and school • Student Expectations • Teacher Expectations • Extras…….

23. Whole To Part • First Two Weeks-School Rules\Procedures • After that……… • Identified teachers will be doing the WTP intervention with some students • In the mean time….Amy and Sara will be assessing the remainder of the students • ALL other students will be SILENTLY READING a book at their independent level. • Amy and Sara will provide every teacher the reading level of the students in their room • ALL students MUST BE monitored during this time… Teacher in proximity of students at ALL times • More to come tomorrow!!!!!

24. ONLINE training • Required for all certified employees • Will receive access via email • Watch your email

25. Beyond the bell • What: Before and after school program that provides tutoring and supervision • Where: Commons and Classrooms • When : Time???? • How: Students sign up through a form available in the office. Contact person in the office will be Karen • NO students are allowed to attend Beyond the Bell until the proper paperwork has been filed • A greatly reduced fee is offered if the student is on Free or Reduced Lunch • Kayla Ruhland and Beth Whelan will be the instructors

26. TEAM leader meetings • Shawn will be setting these up with all of the Team Leaders during the first few days