It’s a great day to be a Falcon!

1. WELCOME BACK! It’s a great day to be a Falcon!

2. New to the RHS Staff T.C. • Lorna Adams • Amy Honeycutt-Cook Math • Laurie Holbrook • Megan Smith Social Studies • Jeff Hall • Josh Hickey • Laura Matthews • Margaret Pierce • Chad Zwolinski Physical Education • Steve Fox • Amy Oppat World Language • Kathryn Porembiak • Kristin Dunneback Special Education • Amy Cosentino • Clay Cumiskey • Keith Torok • Janice Abud Counselor • Aliyah Caggins Secretary • Cindy Demerino

3. New to the RHS Staff • Burr Security: (7:00am-3:30pm) Rich Priest (Supervisor) Ty Washington (9:00am-5:30pm) Josh Campbell (5:30pm-9:00pm) Garrett Elliot

4. STUDENT TEACHERS • Craig Archer- Working with Deluca, Miesch • Melissa Lucido- Working with East

5. ANNOUNCEMENTS Babies: • Nancy Cox welcomed Caroline Jean • Gary Campbell welcomed Caitlyn Faith Weddings: • Julia (Ridgeway) Satterthwaite • Wendy Zdeb

6. ANNOUNCEMENTS Expecting Babies… • Mike Dziadzio • Neil DeLuca • Julia Satterthwaite

7. 25 YEAR AWARDS • Frank Gollon • Ann Marie Hill • Laura Zotos Congratulations!

8. Goals 2008 2008 focus: • Continuing to make the shift from teaching to learning • FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION • Data driven decision making • CHALLENGES: • Increase teacher/departmental collaboration • Systemic approach to student intervention

9. Goals 2009 2009 Focus: • Create new vision, mission and belief statements • Set three content area goals for school improvement • Continue to work on systemic improvements: PLCs, POI, Instructional Practices

10. Goals 2009 2009 Goals Continued: • Increase leadership capacity • Provide more opportunities for teacher involvement and collaboration • Document our successes • Celebrate our school and each other!

11. Goals 2010 • Maintain our focus on College Readiness and POI (Interventions for student success) • Increase career awareness • Pearson- Understand its capabilities and use it to improve teaching/learning • Work collectively to strengthen student skills in the areas of reading, critical thinking and data interpretation

12. GOAL SETTING • What are your classroom goals this year? • Can you add formative assessments into your lessons more regularly? • Can you find additional ways to differentiate your instruction by using technology and/or focusing on best practice strategies? • Can you contact parents more regularly when students are missing assignments or are struggling?

13. GOAL SETTING • What are your PLC goals for this year? • Are your pacing guides complete? • Can you add unit common assessments? • Are you meeting collectively to look at test results to make changes and adjustments in the curriculum and your instructional practices?

14. TC and LC Updates • Lorna Adams- Teacher Consultant, Special Education • Amy Honeycutt-Cook- Teacher Consultant, Special Education • Aubrey Trimble- Learning Consultant, General Education • Blending Services…ALL kids are OUR kids

15. OPENING DAY FOLDERS Please keep this information all year and return folder to Kris Davis at checkout • Reference it vs. calling an office to ask

16. Folder Items to Review • Key Pieces: • You are a mandatory reporter • New Academic Recognition for 2014 • PTSA Membership Form • AP Responsibility List • Building Phone Lists • Cafeteria Changes • Checklist • Opening Day Schedule

17. Opening Day Schedule • Start the day with Homeroom…9th grade HR distribute Code of Conduct. • Mix of Fire Drills and Code Vidoes • 1st Code • 2nd Drill • 3rd Code • 4th Lunch is enough confusion! • 5th Drill • 6th Code

18. FACILITIES AND BUILDING UPDATE • Lisa Newman is the AP overseeing facility issues • Maintenance Order Form (on the U drive) • Keys (in the AP office) • Problems or Concerns with your classroom? (email on maintenance form)

19. STUDENT HALL PASSES • Planners are now an optional purchase • Teachers will have a second ID printed, put on a lanyard as your classroom hall pass • Use LC pass, use paper passes for offices (call/email first)

20. TECHNOLOGY UPDATE • Aesop- You must secure your own sub • Integrade and MyRCS, training on Thursday • Training for Special Ed this afternoon • Website Updates

21. Website Updates • New Login Address: www.rochester.k12.mi.us/login • Login in with RCS credentials • Same as you use to log into any school computer • After school classes for website training and updates • Best advice: Tread lightly….

22. Website Updates • What you’ll see:

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27. UPDATED TECH BINDERS Missing anything – call Karen Basics Self Installing Textbook software Setting up Viewmail Using Notes with IGP & myRCS Moodle

28. GRADING & ATTENDANCE • District Grading Policy (blue handout) • The District has adopted IntegradePro as the only approved grade book • Teachers are expected to keep parents apprised of student progress on a regular basis through the District approved electronic grade book

29. Club Update • Joyce Russell- Activities Director Regularly Scheduled Volunteers need to submit an I-Chat Authorization • MUST have 15 students who have paid their club fee for a club to run • Club fee $30. per club. No fee for NHS, Key Club, Rotary Interact and Rachel’s Challenge • Mandatory Club Sponsor Meeting: Sept.14th at 2:30, room D 130.

30. BUILDING PROTOCOLS • Building Security Guards • District Security Protocols (handout) • Emergency Info displayed (new classroom signage) • Red Trauma Binders (see updates) • Sub plans • Drill/Code of Conduct Schedule for opening day

31. ATTENDANCE UPDATE • Attendance Policy (white handout) • Now that Attendance will be “live” for parents to check on line, attendance must be posted at the beginning of each hour. On occasions when this is not possible it must be in by 4:00pm.

32. CODE OF CONDUCT • Every 9th grade student will receive a copy in Homeroom. • Return alphabetized copies to the counseling office with the names of absent students highlighted. ALL STUDENTS MUST SIGN FOR A COPY

33. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY • Short video to cover the topic- Would any of you volunteer to make this video? • Each student will sign a copy…second week of school. What hour? • Return signed copies to the counseling office ASAP

34. BUILDING BUDGET • $80 Per Teacher for classroom needs - See form for guidelines • Department Budget Allocations • Lower department budgets for essentials • See new form if there is additional need

35. COURSE SYLLABUS • REQUIRED FOR EVERY CLASS • Please have your syllabus approved by the appropriate Administrator: • Wendy Zdeb: English, Social Studies • Susan Demeniuk: Science, World Languages, ELL, LC and Industrial Tech • Lisa Newman: Math, Special Education, PE, Art, Business, Music, FACS • Be mindful of: Department/Course consistency, Student Success and keeping it to 1 page.

36. Teacher Evaluations • Effective Jan.4th the State Legislature made changes to the State Code which focuses specifically on evaluations. • The important change is that all Teacher and Administrators will be evaluated annually. • Multiple categories, including student growth.

37. CURRICULUM NIGHT • SEPTEMBER 15th • 6:30 SENIOR PARENT MEETING • 7:00 CLASSROOM SESSIONS BEGIN • 9:00 PROGRAM ENDS PTSA Sponsored Welcome Dinner for new staff at 5:30 in D 130

38. PD TOMORROW • AM at RHS 8:00-11:15am – (see PD schedule that was emailed for locations ) • PM in the RHS MEDIA CENTER

39. To Do List Please review the Yellow to-do list(right pocket) CONFERENCES- 2 options (see half sheet, left) Wednesday, October 13 Thursday, October 21

40. REMINDERS • Ice cream social this afternoon at 2:00pm in Joyce’s room D 130. • Tomorrow afternoon we will meet in the media center at 12:15. • Sue Zaleski would like to meet with the Teacher Leaders.