Pre-planning 2015-2016

New Staff Members• Administration-

• Dr. Richard Carnes/7th grade Admin., athletics, Wildcat Way Discipline Committee

• Stacey Krutz/8th grade Admin, special education• Counselor- Alicia Davis• Connections- Miranda Gapen/Math Success• Special Education- Stacy Ambles, Georgianna Smathers, & Haley Welch• General Education- Andrea Sirard, Ann-Margaret Somers, Ryan Etheredge, Harlie

Aldridge, Stephanie Huffman, Julie Schumaker, Erika Kim Eric Norris, Michelle Walsh, Halley Flynn, Margarita Nickell • ELL- Rob Howland • Parapro- Christine Walker, Chris Roddy • Special Ed Facilitator- Allison Soncrant

Pet Peeves

1) Cell phone use2) Mentality-

o Retention- research doesn’t support it and it slows the process for special services. Provide support through RTI

o Co-teaching- not an assistant, don’t act like one. Both teachers are there to support ALL students (no mine vs. yours). Both are on time, active, teaching, & supporting student achievement.

o Resource- not dumbing down, slowing down, or changing the expectations.o Teamwork- change your perspective/eliminate tunnel vision/global glasses. You will never change someone’s personality, but you can influence their perspective.

3) Unprofessional behavior/lack of integrity- leaving early, coming late, lack of plans for subs, disregarding others time and needs, using sarcasm w/ students, staff, or parents.

4) LACK OF SUPERVISION5) LACK OF SUPERVISION

Teacher Expectations

• Our ServiceOur profession exists because of students, not the other way around. We are a service

profession, and we owe it to the community to give our best service. This includes 100% effort using current practices backed by research and knowledge. • Our Standards of Employment

We hold ourselves by the same standards and expectations that we hold our students in our classroom. Teachers are expected to be on time, come to school every day, and attend all required meetings. • Our Attitude

Our profession requires us to motivate, to coach, to enlighten, to collaborate, and to support. We make a commitment to all stakeholders that we will:

Seek Continuous Improvement,Establish Trust with Peers and Students,Be Open-Minded,Stand Unified as a School and Family,

Ask for Help and Direction if Needed.

Our Relationships:• Students – We demonstrate a belief that students are good and

worthy of our love and commitment. We treat our students with the same respect and commitment that we expect teachers to give their own children.

• Parents – We treat our parents with respect and minimize the barriers so our parents can be involved in their children’s education.

• Community – We are conscious of our role as ambassadors. We have a sacred task, and we deserve to be proud of it. We show pride in our community. We are loyal to each other and our students in public. Enthusiasm is contagious and can only bring good things to come.

Wildcat Calendar

• Always refer to the Wildcat Calendar on the Extranet for school events. If you would like to add an event to the calendar, please email Lori Karnes; fieldtrip dates, etc. should be emailed to her as well.

• Facility Use will go through Dr. Carnes. Once approved, Lori will place those events on the Wildcat Calendar.

• If you see a discrepancy on the calendar, please notify Dr. Martin via email and copy Lori.

School Safety

• Dr. Carnes is the Crisis Management Coordinator. Please make him aware of any concerns you may have.

• It takes all of us to ensure a safe environment.• Send visitors without a sticker to the front office immediately.• Never prop doors open• If you have a meeting before the school office officially opens, or after

it has officially closed, you should meet the parent at the front door. The front office opens at 7:45 and it closes at 4:30.

• Students should be supervised

Accidents of a Staff Member/Workman’s Compensation

• Employees injured on the job must be seen by a panel of doctors posted on the Workman’s Compensation list located in the office, teacher workrooms, and various other locations. The school administration and principal’s secretary must be notified as soon as possible following the injury. The principal’s secretary will immediately contact the Office of Risk Management. If the injury requires medical attention, the insurance office will notify the doctor that the employee is on the way. An accident report should be given to the secretary who will forward the form to the Office of Risk Management. Employees not following these procedures can possibly be denied coverage under workman’s compensation. Please call 770-273-4556 for any after hour’s injuries.

Injuries to Students • Any student who is injured at school including but not limited to

participating in PE class, athletic events, etc., should not be moved if the injury is to the back, neck, head, or if the student is knocked unconscious. Extreme caution should be used when treating any injury when the extent of the injury is not known. Moving an injured student could cause further injury and leave the teacher libel for a lawsuit. NOTIFY THE NURSE, THE PRINCIPAL, OR ASSITANT PRINCIPAL OF ANY INJURY TO A STUDENT. An incident report must be completed and turned in to the secretary for all injuries occurring at school. The nurse will see that you have these forms.

Dress of Staff • All staff members are expected to dress professionally. This is critical

every day. Although yoga/stretch pants are approved for students with proper coverage of the midriff and backside, it is not professional attire for staff. No tank blouses may be worn without a cover shirt. No jeans, designer jeans, or denim materials are to be worn by any faculty member except on designated jeans and school shirt days or teacher workdays.

Eating in the Classroom

• Staff members are not to eat snacks in their classrooms when

students are present unless it is a scheduled student snack time. • Staff should not chew gum and should not allow students to chew

gum.

Copying • There are copiers for teacher use in the teachers’ work room. Each

teacher has an allotment of paper; it was delivered by administration to your classroom. The front office copier is not to be used by anyone but the office secretaries and administration. Please notify the bookkeeper by email if a copier is not working properly.

• Each teacher will receive an allotment of paper per semester. If more is needed, please email Dr. Martin.

Keys Each teacher should sign out keys to their rooms, closets, and desks. Teachers are responsible for the keys signed out to them and will be charged $25.00 for the replacement of lost keys. No students should be allowed to use keys.

Leaving Campus Early When a staff member requests to leave during planning or during teaching/working times to do personal business, please get approval from the principal or an assistant principal. As a professional, you are asked to use discretion in making a decision to leave campus during the school day. When approval is given, please sign in/out in the principal’s office and on KRONOS.

Lunchroom

• Teachers are expected to walk with their students to the cafeteria.• Teachers will supervise their students during the entire lunch period;

this includes the time that students are in line to receive lunch.• Students will remain seated once they sit down with their meal.• Teachers will ensure that the table and floor beneath is cleaned prior

to dismissal.• Menchies will be sold on Tuesday and Thursday for $3.00

Lunch Price Change

• Meal Prices for SY 2016• Elementary Middle High• BREAKFAST• Paid Students 1.25 1.25 1.25• Free Students 0.00 0.00 0.00• Reduced Students 0.30 0.30 0.30• Staff and student second meals 1.75 1.75 1.75• Visitors* 1.75 1.75 1.75•

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• LUNCH• Paid Students 2.10 2.35 2.35• Free Students 0.00 0.00 0.00• Reduced Students 0.40 0.40 0.40• Staff and student second meals 3.50 3.50 3.50• Visitors* 4.00 4.00 4.00• Visitor (Special Event) 5.00 5.00 5.00•

• *Adults and non-student children

BYLD• ALL staff must follow the guidelines exactly as stated• Last year, a lot of misuse created discipline problems

Sending students to the office• Please ask why a student needs to use the phone and make sure that it is a

legitimate reason before sending them to the office. It should be for emergencies only.

• Ask students why they need to go to the nurse. If it’s for a band aide, keep some handy and don’t send them.

Morning News

• There will be a morning News Team that will be “live” every morning.• Tryouts will take place during the first two weeks of school.• Dr. Martin will do the news over the intercom until the News Team is ready for

their debut.• All teachers are required to have students watch the morning news. The State

Board of Education has mandated that each Georgia school provide a moment of quiet reflection each school day. The Cherokee County School District has a policy that requires that every student be offered the opportunity to say the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States each day. This is not optional.

• All announcement requests should be emailed directly to Mr. Markley two days in advance of the desired announcement date.

Parent Requests to Observe

• You are allowed a 24-hour notice in order for a parent to observe your classroom. The administration will tell this to the parents who notify us in writing of the request to observe. CCSD Policy states that one observation of 45 minutes in length is allowed each semester.

• Before the parent arrives, prepare a place for the parent and possibly an administrator to sit. This should be a place that will not interfere with instruction.

• If possible, provide materials for the parent to see, textbook, worksheets, etc. They may bring paper and pen to take notes, but you do not have to provide these items.

• Do not discuss the results of the observation with the parent until a phone or personal conference can be arranged. The parent should not take your time from responsibilities or duties.

Professional Conduct of Staff MembersAlthough most staff members regularly show courtesy to each other, the following list should serve as a reminder of courtesies and professional conduct that when practiced will make the relationship between staff members pleasant and strife-free:

• Dismiss students on time. Monitor hallways in-between class changes.• Do not keep students out of another teacher’s class. Exceptions should be rare and should be made

only when you have discussed this matter with the other teacher yourself. This includes connection classes (PE, Art, Music, FCS, Business, Technology, Math Success, Reading Success, Career)

• Turn in paperwork on time. Failure to turn in paperwork promptly inconveniences others and could result in our school’s being late for central office deadlines.

• Teachers who are repeatedly late will receive appropriate consequences as outlined in the TKES instrument, Standard 9. Professionalism.

• Be cautious about the use of instructional time for non-instructional activities. • Be on time for work and meetings. • NEVER send money to the office with a student. • ALWAYS let the office know if you move to a different location with your class than what’s on the master schedule.

TKESDr. Martin Mrs. Schwaller Dr. Carnes Mrs. Krutz

       

TKES  

Sirard 6th grade returning 7th grade returning 8th grade returning

Somers Band PE REP

Etheredge Chorus Business ELL

Aldridge Careers   Spanish

Gapen Zomer   Art

Huffman Welch   FACS

Nickell Haas   Technology

Walsh Moore   Burns

Norris McGuinness   Ailes

Flynn Ambles   Kroes

 all noncertified staff     Henschel

      Smathers

      Priest

Working Hours: For Certified Staff• Staff work hours are from 8:00 until 4:00. During the course of the

school year, teachers will be expected to participate in extra activities. All teachers are required to attend curriculum night, one P.T.S.A. sponsored function, one P.T.S.A. sponsored dance, two basketball games, fine arts program, and Honor’s Night in May. Eighth grade teachers are responsible for the Eighth Grade Formal.

• Pre and Post-Planning will function on flex hours. The options are 7-3, 7:30-3:30, or 8-4:00. If you have a county or MCMS meeting, you must choose a flex time that will encompass the meeting time.

• Personal children are not allowed during work hours. • Sign-in and out daily on the computer by typing, tsci in the web

browser. This will change with KRONOS in January.

Working Hours: For Noncertified Staff Paraprofessionals: • Sign in by or before 8:00• Sign out at or after 3:30• Paraprofessionals work 7.5 hours each day for 182 days. • Office staff works eight hours a day.• The nurse hours are 8:30-3:30 for 182 days.• Secretary hours: Kelli 7:30-3:30, Lori 7:45-3:45, Mary 8:30-4:30, Jamye

8-4:00

Sick Leave/Personal Leave• All staff must text Dr. Martin if they will not be at work due to illness- 404-281-0680. Put your name on the

text.• Staff members will put the sick leave absence request into AESOP.• Staff members can use 3 sick days for personal leave. You must enter personal leave into AESOP 7 days prior to

the requested leave date.• There are no “sub forms” to complete. • Sub Folders should be created and up-to-date at all times. Make sure that the lead teacher for your team

knows where to find your materials. Lead teachers are responsible for ensuring that subs have everything they need.

• Maternity Leave?- Leave plans for the duration. Lori will put it in AESOP; Work with me ahead of time to secure the sub.

• Emergency lesson plans (3 days worth) will be given to your team leader by the end of the 1st week of school – Friday, August 7, 2015.

• I do not use the “farm out” method. Instead- teacher on planning covers (each lead will create a rotation and give it to Lori), an SI para, or a sub from another class. Don’t wait until the last minute to

record your absence in AESOP. Arriving late, or leaving before the school day ends for any reason will require you to sign in/out in Dr. Martin’s office, and record the absence from campus in AESOP. This is true for PD as well.

Hallway Transition Supervision

• Between all period transitions, all teachers should be standing at their classroom doors supervising and/or assisting student movement.

Establish Connection supervision for these points:• Intersection in front of office – 6,7,8• Stairway landings 1100/2100 side and 1300/2300 side

Afterschool Supervision

• Students who remain afterschool for any program, such as ExP, sports, clubs, tutoring, study table, rehearsals for band/chorus must be adequately supervised. Please inform the custodians of your schedule as well as the principal’s secretary. The custodians need this information because of after-school cleaning duties.

• No student should be allowed to stay after school without written permission from the parent/guardian.

• No teacher should leave the school grounds while they have students.• Students should not wait alone outside the building for rides.

Faculty Meetings

• Faculty Meetings will be held during preplanning, 7:30 a.m. during the school year, workdays, and post planning. Occasionally a mandatory afterschool faculty meeting may be called. Make arrangements to attend.

• Faculty Meetings will be held on Tuesdays

Student Dress Code• Language re: face piercings removed• Yoga/stretch/conforming pants added

Hospitality Dues

• All staff members are encouraged to give $10 to be utilized for hospitality. This money will be used for:

Flowers for immediately family/employee hospitalizationsRetirement parties/giftsNew baby giftBirthdays, etc..

Team Leaders should notify Dr. Martin when a member of their team has a situation that would require Hospitality Funds.

PTSA

• PTSA- Treated as teammates• They are VOLUNTEERS• They share our goal of doing what’s best for students. • Although it isn’t required to be able to eat lunch on Wednesday, I

want to strive for 100% participation in PTSA membership.• Membership $10- Tuscany Lunch & you’ll receive $5 off spirit wear

Payroll Changes• Last day of the month, every monthCCSD is too large to provide this courtesy. Every year in November, CCSD has to get a loan to make it through November and December. Of course, this involves paying interest. It is no longer cost effective.

Technology• Help Desk is easier to get to. Go to web browser and type--helpdesk and hit

enter.• Sandy is ours and only ours• Teachers can now reset passwords for students• Cyberbullying changes- Discuss the consequences of it

Leadership Academy 2, not LA 1

TADRA• Only verifying enrollment

Promotion/Retention policy • 8th Grade is back on for Math & Rdg

Benchmarks• GOFAR (OAS) & FIP can be accessed using Aspen & SLDS• MILESTONES results expected in OCT ’15

Aramark• bag trash and place near your door or place can near door• Stack chairs• Students can pick-up larger items from the floor• We can keep our areas clean• Take pride in your space and the school in general• Send complaints about cleanliness to Dr. Martin

Critical Issues & Code of Ethics• Go to the CCSD website. Under Employment, click on Employment

Forms. Click on Employment Emergency Information 2015-2016. TYPE directly on the template and print.

• Guidelines for Student Boundaries and Relationships• Guidelines for Professionalism in the Workplace and Prevention of Wo

rkplace Violence

• Safe Schools Online Courses Current employees will receive email notifications over the next week to complete coursework assignments. New employees will be assigned courses as the hiring process is completed

Lori will discuss further….

Student/Staff of the Month• Each month a faculty member will be chosen for Staff of the Month by

the administration. • If a staff member would like to nominate someone for this honor,

please email Dr. Martin.• Each month each team will choose a student of the month and

submit to Corliss. Students of the month will be honored on the following days:

Oct. 21 at 2:00 in the café (Aug. Sept. and Oct. SOMs)Jan. 20 “ (Nov. Dec. and Jan. SOMs)March 30 “ (Feb. and March SOMs)May 11 “ (April and May SOMs)

Front office responsibilitiesMill Creek Middle School

Office Staff Responsibilities

Position Principal's Secretary Records Facilitator Bookkeeper Secretary

Days 210 Days 210 Days 210 Days 200 Days Shared

Work Hours * 7:45 - 3:45 7:30 - 3:30 7:30 - 3:30 8:00-4:00

Duties and Responsibilities

Office Manager Student Registration MUNIS Emergency Parent Reception

Principal Calls and Messages Cumulative Folder Management Accounting/Audit Bus Notes Phone

Time/Attendance Payroll Immunization Audit Coordination Money (Receipt and Deposits) Phone Student- Tardy Check in and Check out

Personnel Records Scheduling Fund Raisers Parent Reception Emergency Bus Notes

AESOP Nurse Assistant Purchase Orders Maintain Office Work Room Aspen Updates to Student Contacts

Professional Development Forms Attendance (Letters) Ice Cream Fax Machine

Worker's Comp Report Cards Scheduling of Pictures

Part time - 8:45-12:30

Facilities Requests/Maintenance Requests Worker's Comp (2) Field Trips (approvals, forms, money) Special Projects - Schwaller/Carnes, Krutz

Wildcat Calendar FTE Coordination Scheduling Repairs of Copiers

Student Recognitions: Student of the Month Perfect Attendance Honor Roll

Severe Weather Drill State Reporting Daily Report Teacher Supply Requests

Marquee Send records out Mail Confiscated Items Lock-up

Principal's Projects/Pre-planning packets, etc TAADRA

Assist Others As Needed Attend All Required Trainings

• Shirley Bryant- Textbooks, ISS, other• Linda Chapman- Media Center, Copyright• Angela & Lori- Riverfest• Angela, Phillip, Alicia- counselor grade levels, testing coordinator• Connections- Townsend?• Universal Screening- Newton• Other?

• AdministrationCorliss Schwaller- 6th gradeDr. Richie Carnes- 7th gradeStacey Krutz- 8th grade

Questions??

• Sandy• Eliot- fundraiser • RTI- Meeting w/ teams during Connections- August 13th• Classroom Behavior Expectation Matrix• SLOs- awaiting the revised upload. Stacey & Angela will send

information on that. Re: accommodations- Classroom test Accommodations- not standardized

• Homeroom folders• New forms arrived today- take enough for your homeroom• Any others?

Walkthrough/Meet and Greet• All staff will park in the back lot in an orderly fashion. There’s a new scanner for your ID

when you enter from the mobiles.• Have computers set-up with the versa-link site to check bus numbers. If you have laptop

labs, use those as well. To get to the site, go to Internet Explorer and type bus into the web browser. Tell students if they are load A, B, or 2nd load.

• Send parents with transportation questions that you can’t answer to the media center• PE will be selling PE Uniforms in the gym. Send parents there if they want to buy them

or have PE questions.• All students must share a locker. Homeroom teachers will assign them per instructions

given by Corliss. They will not be assigned until all first day packet forms are received.• Make a good first impression/put on your mask

6th grade• All non-homeroom staff members will serve as greeters and hall monitors during the Walkthrough.

The rotation will be as follows:• Media Center Entrance-

8:55-10:00- Henschel, Priest, Wilson10-11:00- Ailes, Burns, Ambles, McGuinness 11-12:00- Lionetti, Trebucq, Howland, McCullough

• Top of Stairwell/Hall 2300-8:55-10:30- Bryant10:30-12- Kroes

• Bottom of Stairwell/Hall 1300-8:55-10- Smathers 10-11:00- Crane11-12:00- Davis

Transportation Help- Media Center- Dr. Carnes, ChapmanFront Office- Available to assist at the front desk

7th & 8th grade

Special Duties• Media Center Entrance-

1:55-3:00- Kimmel, Shafer3-4:00- Phyfe, Markley4-5:00- Parker, Stallings

• Midway down 21001:55-3:00- Gapen3-4:00- Rice4-5:00- Welch

• Bottom Level at the bottom of the stairwell/ 11001:55-3- Tarrah Z3-4:00- Moore4-5:00- Haas

Transportation Help- Media Center- Dr. Carnes, ChapmanFront Office- Available to assist at the front desk

1st Day of School• Arrive early- preferably by 7:30. • All non-homeroom staff that do not have an assigned duty the first

week will be spread out to assist in the hallways.• Make sure that ALL students know how they’re getting home and

whether they are Load A, B, or 2nd.• Let students know that until all forms are returned, they will not get

their locker.• Establish expectations and discuss the Wildcat Way. Brainstorm

incentives with students and submit to Dr. Carnes.• August 1st from 9-4- Building will be open. You must bring your room

key; Linda doesn’t have a master key. You need to email Linda Chapman if you’re coming.