Recruiting and Retaining Winning Team Members

 Core Content  Lesson Design  School-Specific Procedures  Students’ names  Monitoring and managing student behavior  School, grade, team schedule  Culture of the school/community  Completing required paperwork  Duties  Assessment  Answering student questions  Answering parents’ questions  Operating computer, SmartBoard or other equipment  Differentiated strategies  Working collegially with other staff and administrators

 Professional Knowledge  Instructional Planning  Instructional Strategies  Differentiated Instruction  Assessment Strategies  Assessment Uses  Positive Learning Environment  Academically Challenging Environment  Professionalism  Communication

 Go into evaluation conference with an open mind. Be prepared to hear positive and growth comments about your performance.  Listen objectively and take notes! If there are suggestions, it is probably on issues that you have already started to address yourself. Don’t become defensive.  Don’t become defensive.  Listen more than you speak.  Ask for advice and suggestions. Write them down and follow them. - Thompson, p. 62

Curriculum Directors, Academic Intervention Specialists, Technology Specialists Mentors, Department Chair, Team or Grade Group Leader, Administrator, Co- Teachers Human Resources

Seminar 1 Prior to Preplanning, One Day Professionalism Positive Learning Environment Technology Seminar 2 Midyear, Two Hours Communication Seminar 3 Spring, Two Hours Professional Knowledge

 Professionalism  Employee information – website and handbook  Self assessment  Ethics and other critical issues  Teacher evaluation  Positive Learning Environment  Understanding the system and the community  Relationships with students  Technology  Website resources 

Two Degrees of Professionalism:  We’ll want to do better in everything we do.  We’ll seek opportunities and relationships that challenge us to grow. ▪ Dave Kahle

“Don’t worry that children never listen to you. Worry that they are always watching you.” Robert Fulghum

ACTIVITY: YOUR Best Teacher  Learning to manage a classroom takes time and practice  Teachers learn what works and build on that knowledge  Key point: Relationships between teacher and students are a high predictor of student success

 Creating an atmosphere of mutual respect Promoting insistence, perseverance, and resolve. Security and structure are present. Giving students the support or “know-how to meet standards and expectations Believing in and modeling high expectations for all students.

Understanding the System and the Community  Population and Ethnicity Trends  Median Income  Educational Levels  Poverty Statistics  Healthy Child Indicators  Free/Reduced Lunch Trends

Adding needed supports will make it work better for all students! Graduation is PRIORITY ONE!

Cognitive Helping students transition from sensory/concrete world of poverty to paper/abstract world of school Developing what goes on “inside the head” for learning – Engaging them in thinking and learning including: Cognitive input strategies Process skills Mental models Physical Making school a safe, predictable and affirming environment Intervening in necessary to address inadequate resources Emotional/Social Establishing relationships of mutual respect and highlighting role models Using consistent and appropriate discipline interventions to change behavior and provide opportunities for instruction

 Student is physically unwell:  School nurse  Parent Engagement Coordinator  Student lacks needed physical resources (adequate housing, clothing, eyeglasses, etc.):  Parent Engagement Coordinator  Student is not progressing academically:  Other teachers  Academic Intervention Specialist  Administrator  Counselor  Special Education Staff  Curriculum Directors  Student is bullying or being bullied:  Counselor  Administrator  Student is depressed:  School Counselor  Student has poor attendance or consistent tardies:  Parent Engagement Coordinator  Counselor  Student may be abusing drugs or alcohol:  Counselor  Administrator if you suspect possession  Student may be a victim of abuse: (You are a mandated reporter)  Counselor  Administrators

ACTIVITIES: Setting Up Meeting Instructional Technology Staff

 Exercise regularly  Take time for activities you enjoy  Get enough rest and eat wisely  Seek the company of those with a positive attitude  Laugh!  Breathe!

ACTIVITY: Handbook Hunt