1. PHS October P.A.T.S Session Friday, October 3 rd 2014 @7:45am Room 2014 1 st & 2 nd Year Teachers are required to attend New to PHS Teachers and Mentors are encouraged to attend.

2.  Resources to assist your year!  Join the PTSA NOW!  Alison Rhyne: PTSA

3. “P.A.T.S” -What is it? Preparing All Teachers for Success. These sessions serve as a support system that for beginning and new / probationary teachers. This also includes facilitating means for developing mentoring relationships. Sessions that are provided each month focus on instructional support, and other key topics that are tied to professional growth for our new and beginning teachers at PHS. The goal of this program is to promote all of our teacher’s success. 1 st Friday of each MONTH!.

5.  “Remember… by the very nature of your position, you will influence the lives of every student you teach. Whether that influence is a positive or a negative one, it will most certainly be a lasting one”. …… Annette L. Breaux

6.  October 14 th :  October 14 th : Beginning Teacher Support Year 3 ( TBD).  October 30 th :  October 30 th : Beginning Teacher Support Year 1- 12:30-3:30pm (Crain’s Creek).  Friday- November 7 th  Friday- November 7 th : “Getting the Most Growth out of your Students”. Understanding EVAAS in room 3107.  Friday- December 12 th :  Friday- December 12 th : “Relax, Relate, and Release” with Coach Lafell-Location TBA.  Thursday- December 18 th  Thursday- December 18 th : “Holiday Bowl” at Aberdeen Bowling Alley @ 5:00pm

7. Required to have at least 4- contact hours per month. (Logs) Monthly Logs will be returned to you once photocopied by administrator. * Note contact hours may be formal or informal modes. Ensure that activities that these contact hours relate to are reflective of the Professional Teaching Standards. Communicate specific areas of need to your mentor.  YEAR 3- MENTEES  CONSULTATIVE BASIS Teaching strategies Instructional Information Classroom management Student Management Teaching Demonstrations Revisiting people, places, and things (resources) Professional Growth Reflection within your practice Year 1- Year-2 Mentees IDEAS & SUGGESTIONS

8.  Review primary methods of developing web-page design in MCS.  Examine specific design tools to create web- pages.  Identify elements that make a web page engaging and informative.  Research other resources that support web-page design. “I CAN”…

9.  Jen Patterson Room 2014 5 th Year CTE Department Member SACS Chair PHS Mentor  Zac Moore MCS-STEM Team Beginning Teacher STEM Office