1. New Teacher Meeting
August 19, 2014

2. Basic Procedures Taking Attendance Late to Class
Hallway and Bathroom Passes
Fire Drills
Using Agendas

3. Just for Staff Sign in and Sign out daily
Leave forms and Rainbow forms
Making Copies
Using the Phone
Reserving Computers or Media Center
Who helps with?

4. What You Need to Know Read pages 23-35 of the faculty handbook
These pages go over most of what you will want to know
Review the policies and procedures in the front of the student agenda book

5. Meeting Schedule
See your interdisciplinary team leader for the grade-level schedule
Faculty meetings are held on the first Monday of the month
Disciplinary team meetings are held on the second Monday of the month
Non-tenured teacher meetings are held on the third Monday of the month. Required for non-tenured, optional for all staff
Leadership team meetings are held every Wednesday

6. Parking Parking is pretty limited
Park in spaces or along the curb on the tennis court side
Overflow parking is in the pool parking lot (continue out of our parking lot through the stop sign, this lot is on the right)
DO NOT park on the curb on the school side

7. Attendance Procedures: Teachers
Teachers sign in on the bulletin board on the wall opposite the teacher mailboxes in the office
If you need to leave, there is a sign out sheet on a clipboard below the sign in sheet
Utilize SmartFind Express (substitute system) ASAP if you will be out
Be sure to fill out a leave form. These are located behind Ann Yetter’s desk

8. Attendance Procedures: Students
Homeroom teachers post attendance by 8:00
Any students arriving after 8 should be sent to guidance to sign in
Post ASPEN attendance within the first 5 minutes of each class
Call/ Ann Stout, the guidance secretary, with any discrepancies or changes

9. Hall Passes Students use the back of their agenda books
NOTE: This is different from last year’s procedure!
A laminated sheet will be provided for students who forget
No more than 2 students in the hall at the same time
Make certain students sign in and sign out
Remember to call the media center before sending students
Call ahead if you are going to be keeping a student into the next class

10. FORMS Copy room shelves: Copy room cabinet: Office Referrals
Incident Reports
Sign In/Sign Out Logs
Late Logs
Copy room cabinet:
Scantron Forms

11. FORMS Front office mailroom in drawers under mailboxes:
Gotchas
Positive Office Referrals
PONY Envelopes
Front office behind Ann Yetter’s desk:
Staff leave forms
Front office in file drawer under fax machine:
All other forms

12. Using Computers
Students will not be permitted to use computers until they have returned all of their signed forms and go through training
Wait until Sarah Russo gives you the go-ahead to use computers with your classes
Use the link on the WLMS media center page to check availability
Sarah Russo and Tahesha Todd with your request.
Include whether you want netbooks, macbooks, etc.
Include the purpose
Include how many you need
Each cart is named after a type of shark and is located in a classroom or the media center
Put the computers away NEATLY

13. Wilde Lake Way Respectful Responsible Ready Safe
The basic behavioral expectations of all students and adults.

14. Discipline Staff Managed Office Managed Minor Class Disruptions
Issues related to relationships with the student
Documented on Incident Report and call parent
You assign and administer consequences
Serious offenses
Safety of others is often the issue
Documented on Office Referral
Office assigns and administers consequences

15. Classroom Levels Redirect with non-verbal cues and humor first
Level 1 – a verbal warning and/or private conference with student
Level 2 – Time out in your class
Level 3 – Time out in partner teacher’s room
Must be documented on IR and parent called
Focus on RESTITUTION and RESTORATION, not RETRIBUTION

16. Positive Behavior Supports
Discipline Breakdowns as Teachable Moments
Gotchas, Positive Office Referrals, Positive Calls/Messages Home and Other Rewards
Principles of Shaping Behavior
Reward (notice) what you want to encourage
Ignore what you want to extinguish (negative attention is reinforcing)
Intermittent Reinforcement gets best results
Praise positive effort and improvement
Three to Five positive comments for every negative

17. Using the Staff Hub Email Aspen Finding the Curriculum Gafé and Edmodo
SmartFind
ERO
Teachscape

18. Alphabet Soup CFIP TDL IA PBIS BSAP IEP BIP ELL/ESOL ALS PDS Alt Ed
SST
PLC

19. I NEED HELP!
ANYONE can help you!