It's this time of year when I start to get tired of the heat. October and Halloween means cooler weather... at least in some places in the country.
As I am sure you all read (hint, hint) in Tidbits last week, this coming Friday (Oct. 20) is the day you will send home ONE envelope with each child for their first stewardship donation. Please talk to them about it and the idea of giving. Show the students how to fill out the envelope with their time, talent, and treasures. Just explain it, they should be filling it out with their parents.
As a reminder, I am leaving early on Friday and will be out Monday, Oct. 23. Here is a recap of meeting agendas from last week's blog:
Monday, Oct. 16 - Grade level meetings (PreK-1, 2-5, 6-8) - Topics for discussions include:
- How ATL and Conduct grades are being determined
- Lunch discipline. It doesn't look like assistants are recording behavior anywhere. How is it being communicated to teachers
- Topics as determined by grade level
- Take notes and share minutes with Charles and Linda
Thursday, Oct. 19 - Encore Meeting 12:25 - 1:12 p.m. (This allows Julianne to join this meeting and the middle school meeting.) Topics for discussion include:
- How ATL and Conduct grades are determined and communicated to homeroom teachers who record the only conduct grade.
- Topics as needed
Monday, Oct. 23 - Love and Logic
I attended a workshop on the CE Tracker program which is what we will be using for master inservice points in the future. I may have said this already, but I want to be sure everyone got the message. DO NOT re-apply for a certificate until you have the go ahead from us. State is revamping their system and your payment will most likely get lost. The new MIP program is super easy and will reduce paper by about 95%. Only on the rare occasion when you attend a workshop alone will you need to fill out a form. Even then, if you get a certificate, no form needed. I will demonstrate the system at our November faculty meeting. In the meantime, I will be working with Charles to get all your accounts set up and input all the workshops, etc. we've had since July 1. We should be all caught up by December.
The other thing I will be talking about at our November faculty meeting is an update on field trips and what we are required to do. I will tell you that by the end most schools decided that in-school field trips sounded like a good idea. In the meantime, if anyone has a field trip coming up before Nov. 13, please be sure that a permission form is completed for all STUDENTS, CHAPERONES, AND TEACHERS. In other words, anyone going on the trip. The purpose has to do with medical release portion and if anyone gets hurt. Be sure you leave a copy of ALL permission slips with Charles before you go on the trip.
Thank you all for everything you do and have a great week!
I attended a workshop on the CE Tracker program which is what we will be using for master inservice points in the future. I may have said this already, but I want to be sure everyone got the message. DO NOT re-apply for a certificate until you have the go ahead from us. State is revamping their system and your payment will most likely get lost. The new MIP program is super easy and will reduce paper by about 95%. Only on the rare occasion when you attend a workshop alone will you need to fill out a form. Even then, if you get a certificate, no form needed. I will demonstrate the system at our November faculty meeting. In the meantime, I will be working with Charles to get all your accounts set up and input all the workshops, etc. we've had since July 1. We should be all caught up by December.
The other thing I will be talking about at our November faculty meeting is an update on field trips and what we are required to do. I will tell you that by the end most schools decided that in-school field trips sounded like a good idea. In the meantime, if anyone has a field trip coming up before Nov. 13, please be sure that a permission form is completed for all STUDENTS, CHAPERONES, AND TEACHERS. In other words, anyone going on the trip. The purpose has to do with medical release portion and if anyone gets hurt. Be sure you leave a copy of ALL permission slips with Charles before you go on the trip.
Thank you all for everything you do and have a great week!
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