Parent Orientation 2014

1. Parent Orientation 2014 Please hold all questions until the end of the presentation, thank you!

2. Welcome! • What we will cover today: • Responsibilities • What to bring • Electronics • I.D.s • Camp Schedules • Drop off & Pick up locations • Instructors at Camp • Classroom Managers per Camp • Volunteers at Camp • Emergency Numbers, Emails, & Facebook Page

3. Responsibility • Please be sure to arrive for your child promptly at their designated pick up times. • Be sure to pack a lunch for your child each day or to place enough money in your child’s ID for lunch for the week. • We are responsible for your children as soon as they are acknowledged by the Classroom Manager. • Under no circumstances is a child to be left in the classroom unattended.

4. What to Bring? • Everybody • Lunch or funds to purchase lunch. • Tennis shoes to participate in Physical Education activities. • Kinder • Mat/ pillow for nap time • Toys for playtime; make sure they have their names if needed and they take home at the end of EACH day. • Elementary • Swimsuit, sunblock, flip flops, towel, & a change of clothes if wanted. Pick up is right after pool time.

5. Cell Phone and Other Electronics • Cell phones and other electronics (such as iPods, ipads, iPhones, nooks, DS, and etc.) will not be permitted during class time. • Electronics can be used during recreational breaks and lunch. • If they are misused they will be confiscated and given to parents at the end of the day. • Continuing Education Staff / Volunteers are not responsible for any missing, broken, or stolen items.

6. TAMIU IDs • This card can be used to purchase food, snacks, supplies from the TAMIU Food Court and Bookstore. • Adding money can be done with cash or credit card • Credit card: Online • Cash: Cash Machine located in Student Center Food Court and at ID services ZSC-131 • You can begin taking your child to the Campus Card Services located in ZSC-131to have their picture ID taken. • Monday-Thursday: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. • Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. • If your child is attending Elementary Session I & II the same card will be used for both sessions. • If your child looses the ID card you will need to pay a $5.00 fee to get it reissued.

7. Camp ScheduleDrop Off & pick up map Classroom Managers have copies of the Camp schedule for you. Iris Guevara has copies of the drop off & pick up maps

8. Trainings • CE Camp Personnel are • CE Staff and Administrators • CE Camp Instructors • CE Lifeguards • CE Classroom Managers • CE Volunteers • All CE Camp personnel are required to: • Complete and pass with 100% the Child Protection Training • Pass a background check directed by the TAMIU Police Department

9. lunch If you wish to have lunch with your child you are welcomed to do so. There are a couple of rules that must be followed to do this. You must notify the Classroom Manager when you arrive For safety reasons you will not be allowed to sit with the rest of the campers, so you will need to sit separate from them. You must return the child to the Classroom Manager.

10. Instructors Middle School Laurie Rodriguez Michel Martin del Campo Rebecca Leza Physical Education Arek Zambinini • Kinder • Dionne Lindberg • Nichole Morales • Elementary • Cassidy Martinez • Luis Martinez • Nichole Morales • Rebecca Leza

11. Classroom Managers • Each classroom will have • Roster • Radio • Contact Information • Bracelets • Kinder Camp • 2 • Elementary Camp • 1st & 2nd = 3 • 3rd & 4th = 1 • 5th & 6th = 1 • Middle School • 1

12. Lifeguards • We will have two lifeguards at the pool in addition to the classroom managers. • The pool is four feet deep • CE will not provide flotation devices to the campers. • We recommend that if your child NEEDS one that you provide him/her with the device. • They can also bring cards games and play indoors if they would like. Designated classroom.

13. Volunteers Duties • Volunteers will help in the following ways: • Assist teachers and teacher assistants in keeping children orderly • Clean rooms after activities • Picking up trash • Cleaning the lunch area after lunch and snacks • Help campers with activities • Volunteers will NOT perform the duties of a Classroom Manager at any point in time.

14. Our Staff • Kimberly Martin del Campo • Director of Continuing Education • Jackie Arguindegui • Associate Director of Continuing Education • Director of CE Camps • Lili Huerta • Camp Facilitator • Arianna Guerra • Camp Coordinator • Ana de Hoyos • Staff Assistant

15. Emergency Numbers • We ask that you contact the Office of Continuing Education prior to calling our cell phones. Most of the buildings here at TAMIU block cellphone reception. • Office of Continuing Education • 956-326-3068 • Jackie • Cell:956-436-1830 • Ana • Cell:956-285-6321 • Kim • Cell:956-206-1434

16. Email • If you need to send us an email please send it to the email provided below. This email address is managed by the Office of Continuing Education Administrators. • Office of Continuing Education • ce@tamiu.edu

17. Continuing Education Facebook • For fast up-to-date information please bookmark our Continuing Education Facebook page: • https://www.facebook.com/txamiu.contedu

18. In Case of Emergencies • We have designated evacuation areas: • Student Center will evacuate to the Lamar Bruni Vergara Memorial Garden • Residential Learning Center Pool will evacuate to: • Northeast Softball Field • If we are to be taken off campus will contact the parents and update the Facebook page as well as email parents once we’ve arrived at the destination.

19. Questions?