Welcome Back Teachers and Staff!

1. Welcome BackTeachers and Staff! ASFL Faculty Meeting August 5, 2009

2. Agenda • Welcome/Ice Breaker/Introduce New Staff Members • Review Faculty Handbook • Confidentiality Power Point • Assessment Data • Web-based Calendar • Dress Code • IB Candidate School

3. Mission Our mission is to create an environment where all students can learn and utilize the skills of discovery and exploration. We will motivate all students to become life-long learners through an interdisciplinary approach incorporating technology tools in which science and foreign languages reinforce other areas of the curriculum. Our teaching will incorporate research-based data so all students can achieve their full potential in a rapidly changing world.

4. Ice Breaker “I Remember” http://www.online-stopwatch.com/ http://classtools.net/main_area/template_loader.php/?fruit_machine

5. New Staff Members • Anthony Daniels, 3rd Grade • LoreiVelazco, 4th Grade • Jill Queeney, Guidance Counselor • Sally Foos – Elementary Collaborative • Michelle Byas – Secondary Collaborative • Kathy Eldredge – Clerical Assistant • Luis Marcial – Spanish

6. Curriculum and Instruction • Bulletin Boards – Make sure your bulletin boards are updated regularly. Please alternate by planning a rotation. • Please make sure students have a hall pass when leaving your classroom. • Field Trips – information copied for you; please adhere to the requests of nursing department; Field trips should be relevant to the grade level curriculum; Give three weeks notice to the CNP Manager.No trips the last week of school.

7. New Assignments Kay Kostencki – Reading Coach Dione Jordan – Kindergarten Elisabeth Johnson – 5th Grade Jeanne Maddox – 6th grade

8. Curriculum and Instruction • Field Trips – 4 Weeks Notice Will Be Enforced • ***All monies for field trips should be turned in to the office two weeks prior to the field trip in order for a check to be requested from accounts payable. • No trips after the second Friday in May. • Give three weeks notice to the CNP Manager.

9. Curriculum and Instruction • Courses of Study and Pacing Guides – Alabama Courses of Study should be utilized for all subjects taught. Pacing guides have already been developed for reading and math. • Lesson Plans -Plans should be detailed to the point that a substitute could follow them and have a productive day. Lesson plans are required to be e-mailed to both administrators on Friday by 3:30 of the preceding week. Also, lesson plans for all subjects that you teach should be available on STI on Friday by 3:30 p.m. for the following week.

10. Curriculum and Instruction • Homework – should be an extension of classroom instruction. See HCS Policy. • Homework - Homework should not be given during state testing or on PTA nights when students are expected to attend. • Discipline – Teachers are expected to maintain a safe and orderly classroom at all times. To minimize discipline issues, make sure you are prepared everyday.

11. Curriculum and Instruction • Lesson plans must be kept in a red 3-ring binder on top of your desk. • The ASFL Library has a schedule for grades K-5; all other grade levels are on a flex schedule. • Teachers may leave the classroom during the scheduled group counseling session. • Require hall passes for all children. Students may use hall passes in planner.

12. Curriculum and Instruction • Physical Education is a required subject and must be treated as such. Do not keep students in the classroom during PE to be helpers. • Recess – K-5 students should have a recess period for about 15 minutes at least twice a week.

13. Curriculum and Instruction • Report Cards – Report cards are issued every nine weeks. All teachers must report progress of students on the STI program every three weeks. • Progress reports to parents are required for all students every three weeks. – Page 17; These will be printed from the office. • Communication! Communication!

14. Curriculum and Instruction • All videos should be approved by the principal and correlate to units of study. • Videos should not be used routinely for entertainment. They may be used as a reward on occasion with prior approval from the principal.

15. Physical Facilities • Cafeteria – Send your lunch count to the office in the communication folder by 8:20 A.M. daily. • Cell phones – Please refrain from using your cell phone during instructional time, in the hallways, and in the presence of students. Page 22

16. Physical Facilities • Classroom Appearance – Classrooms should be visible at all times. Doors, windows, etc. should not be covered with any type of material impairing the ability to see into the classroom. • Copier – A copier is located in the middle school work room. Training will be provided.

17. Physical Facilities • Per the directives from the facilities department, all refrigerators and microwaves must be removed from the classrooms effective immediately. • The teacher’s lounge has a refrigerator and microwave. All containers should be cleaned and taken home after use. The refrigerators need to be cleaned out every Friday.

18. Physical Facilities • Custodians – ASFL has one daytime and three evening custodians who have been assigned a particular area to clean. • If there’s a problem with the way the room is cleaned, please contact the custodian assigned to your area first. If the problem persists, discuss it with Mr. Turner. • Teachers are expected to maintain a neat and orderly classroom by keeping their own desks and storage areas well-organized.

19. Physical Facilities • A classroom that is bright, colorful, and child-centered sets the stage for educational success. It should reflect current units of study and serve as a display area for student work. Please discard any items that haven’t been used for the last couple of years. • Teachers are expected to maintain a neat and orderly classroom by keeping their own desks and storage areas well-organized. Students should be instructed on how to keep desks, centers, bookshelves, and counters neat. Students’ desk should be cleaned out weekly. Each teacher should establish a routine for keeping the room tidy. At the conclusion of each day, the classroom should be clean and ready for school to begin the following day.

20. Physical Facilities • Work Order – If you need something repaired in your classroom, please send an e-mail to Denise. She will send in a work order. • Doors – The doors outside the front office will be opened at 7:30 a.m. daily. Each teacher has a magnetic key to access the building. Please make sure the door closes when you exit the building.

21. Physical Facilities • Teachers will sit with and supervise students until such time as the children exhibit good table manners and quiet speaking voices. Teachers may sit together only in such a manner that his or her students are supervised. You may not sit with your back to any of (your) students. • Talking is permitted in the lunchroom. However, supervision must be in place at all times to help maintain a pleasant dining area.

22. Safety/Health • Make sure the diagram of the fire and tornado plan is posted in your classroom by the door. Please review this information with your students on the first day. • Fire drills will be held monthly. • Health room – Children who have a temperature of 100 degrees must be sent home. • Remember that students must have a pass in order to enter the health room. • Students are not to have prescription or non-prescription medication in their possession during school hours, on school premises, or school buses, or at school sponsored events and field trips away from school. • Safety Patrol – Babs and Janna, Sponsors

23. Procedures • Announcements will be broadcast each morning at 8:10 A.M. • Pledge of Allegiance (Attention, Salute, Pledge), Moment of Silence, Announcements, Character Education Message

24. Procedures • Collection of Money – numbered receipt pages will be issued from the office when a teacher is collecting fees from students. • All money received must be receipted on the appropriate forms and turned into the office by 1:00 P.M. – Page 32 • Bus Charges (may change) • Effective July 1, 2008 • In Town $115.00 • Out of Town $265.00-515.00 • Charges are from the terminal to the terminal, and are approximate until actual billing. • Conferences – One formal and one informal conference is required for each student each year; Parenting Day in October; Student-Led Conferences- start preparing now

25. Procedures • Cumulative records – located in Bernadette’s Office; cumulative records must remain at school. They should be returned to the file by the end of the day and should not be kept in classrooms. • FERPA (Confidentiality Power Point) • Dismissal – The school day ends at 3:10 P.M. • We will dismiss walkers, bus riders, car riders, and extended day. Please have someone in your grade level, hallway, etc. responsible in escorting each group of students, i.e. walkers, bus riders.

26. Procedures • Grade level meetings should be held at least once a week. A form for minutes is included in your handbook. • Lunch – Teachers must sit with students during the lunch period. It is acceptable for a colleague to join you at your designated lunch table; however, you must be able to see your students at all times.

27. Procedures • Each teacher is expected to have a substitute folder available. See page 40. • Textbooks – All textbooks should be numbered and assigned to each student. If a book becomes lost, it shall be the responsibility of the student to pay for it. • Textbooks will be inventoried annually. • Progress reports will be sent home every three weeks. These reports will be printed from the office. STI should be updated every week with current grades. DO NOT ENTER GRADES ONCE A GRADING PERIOD! • GRADES SHOULD BE UPDATED IN IIOD BY TUESDAY OF EACH WEEK!

28. 2009-2010 PTA Officers • President: Levi Harris • Vice President of Membership: Troy Garner •  Vice President of Programs: Melvin Poplar • Vice President of Volunteers: Toya Poplar • Treasurer: Lisa Berry • Secretary: Dorothy Fletcher • Committee Chairs: • Field Day • Campbell Soup Labels • Hospitality

29. Personnel • All certified staff members are expected to be at school and in your classroom by 8:00 A.M. (Not walking in at 8:00 A.M.);Post attendance by 8:20 a.m. unless otherwise instructed. • Non-certified personnel work from an individual schedule. • All certified staff members should sign in using the computer located in the office. • Teachers are free to leave school at 3:30 each day, with the exception of Wednesday.

30. Personnel • Wednesdays are set aside for faculty, grade level, IB meetings, professional learning, and other meetings. • Please make appointments and all other personal matters on another day. • Teachers should use the AESOP computerized system to secure a substitute for his/her classroom.

31. Personnel • All personal and professional leave requests require prior approval before entering the information into AESOP. If you have scheduled classes, a sub must be secured. • Completed sick leave forms must be submitted to the secretary upon return to work. • Payroll – ELECTRONIC PAY STUBS • Dress Code - please dress in an attire which exemplifies the professional status of an educator; Mondays – Khaki or navy bottom; white, navy, or light blue top; Jeans may be worn on Fridays. I would love to have a staff short/long sleeved t-shirt designed.

32. Personnel • EDUCATE Alabama – Performance evaluations will be conducted for each employee according to the plan established by the Huntsville City Schools. Individuals who are on the evaluation cycle for the 2009-2010 school year will be notified in the next week and an orientation is scheduled for early-mid September. • Alabama Teacher Code of Ethics – Admin. Code

33. Personnel • Personal leave – no more than 10% of the school certified personnel may take leave concurrently. Requests will be approved on first submitted basis. • Professional Growth – it is strongly recommended that each teacher keep copies of professional growth credit hours through STI and file them.EVERYONE MUST USE STI-PD TO REGISTER FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.

34. Personnel • PTA is open to all. Teachers are encouraged to attend the meetings. Membership cost: $6.00 • Schedules – every teacher must submit a daily schedule to the principal and a copy should be posted outside your door. Make refer to “Expectations” from Dr. Wilson. • Supervision – students must be supervised at all times. • Please do not place students in the hallway for the purpose of discipline or time out.

35. Personnel • Sick leave – please adhere to the sick leave policy as stated in the HCS policy manual. • Please review selected policies in your faculty handbook. • Faculty meetings will be held on Wednesdays in the library. • Team Leaders - Please send me the grade level leader by Friday, August 7th

36. Schedules • Committees 2009-2010 • School Leadership Team • Duty Assignment Schedule – page 93-94 • All teachers will be on duty the first two days of school and the last two days of school. • Review duty schedule • Master schedule

37. Forms • Most forms that you will need are located in your faculty handbook. Make copies and return master copy to handbook.

38. Duty Schedule The following teachers will assist with the following morning duty stations (7:30 a.m.): Betty(gym/bus riders),Babs(carriders),Carlos(cafeteria),Regina(gym/bus riders),Tavares(computer lab and students waiting in line for Snack Shack),Suzie(Intersection of 4th-5th and main hallway; monitor line and noise level of students waiting to make a purchase from the Snack Shack), Shelby(gym/bus riders), Angela(gym/bus riders),Michelle(gym/bus riders) and Sherry(cafeteria). Teachers assigned to permanent duty will be allowed to leave at the last bell.

39. Duty Schedule

40. Duty Schedule Each duty team is to meet by August 7 and decide a team captain and review duty rotations for stations and late duty. Have a school calendar handy. Submit duty schedule to Mrs. Summerville by Monday, August 10. The Late Duty assignment means that one teacher per team will stay with children left until 3:45 P.M. At 3:45 the “leftovers” will come into the front foyer to wait for pickup. The office staff will take assist after 3:45 p.m.

41. BBSST • This committee will meet on Mondays 1st or 3rd Period. • The criteria for referring students to the BBSST committee hasn’t changed for the 09-10 school year. • Training will be provided • Referrals due to Regina by September 4, 2009; ARMT Levels I and II; Successmaker Sessions as BBSST intervention

42. Project Wisdom • What do you think about various students being featured on the morning broadcast?

43. Web-based Calendar • http://asfl.intand.com • Please make sure you sign up to receive updates. • All room reservations should be sent to Jennifer, i.e. computer lab, media center, conference room. • Grade level/class activities, field trips, etc. should also be sent to Jennifer to post on the calendar. • Remember to place the icon on your desk top.

44. ETV • Need two students and a teacher to produce script, “Why My School Is Special” • No more than 2-3 minutes • Sample Script available

45. International Baccalaureate • Student Assembly • August 10, 2009 • 1:30 P.M. in Gymnasium

46. Assessment Data • Spring 2009

47. Remembering Why You Teach • www.Mak eaDifferenceMovie.com • http://www.dallasisd.org/keynote.htm

48. Have a Great Year!Have a Great Year!TogetherEveryoneAchievesMore