1. Welcome Back

2.  Heather Althof – Art  Stephanie Campbell – Special Ed Aid  Faith Hunter - Math  Jamie Johnston – Math  Brian Schauer – Art  John Wilson – Math  Rayshard Patterson – Transition Coach

3.  Bianca Adams – English, Robin Champion  Susan Davis – Math, Kathleen Berlin  Lauren Beckham – Math, Paula Adams  Jennifer Nelson – Social Studies, Nicole Ritter (Winthrop University will be offering Foundations in Mentoring Training Sept 17-19 from 8:30 – 4:00… see forwarded email from 8/9) http://winthropfoundationinmentoringsep2013.eventbrite.com

4. BLOOM’SPLC  What is important for students to learn?  How does one plan and deliver instruction that will result in high levels of learning?  How does one select or design assessment instruments and procedures that provide accurate information about how well students are learning?  How does one ensure that objectives, instruction, and assessment are consistent with one another?  What do we want each student to learn?  What strategies will we use to facilitate learning?  How will we know when each student has learned it?  How will we respond when a student experiences difficulty in learning?

5. Integrity Positive Attitude Responsibility Accountability Passion

6.  Agree on a definition of: Professional Team Our Students

7. Students and Teachers Accepting Responsibility (Book Study – “STAR Teachers of Children in Poverty” and “Differentiated Instructional Strategies)  Aug – Mrs. Jacobus  Sep – Mr. Moore  Oct – Mrs. H. Knight  Nov – Ms. Reed  Dec – Ms. Price  Jan – Ms. Haun  Feb – Mr. Witherspoon and Mr. Jackson  Mar – LtC. Wood  Apr – Mr. Bonda  May – Mrs. Pyles (Osceola Award Winner)

8.  Teaching  Evaluating  Assessing  Motivating (Book Study – “Something in Common” and “Fair Isn’t Always Equal”)  Sep – Ms. English  Oct – Mrs. Washington  Nov – Mr. Horton  Dec – Mr. Colagross  Jan – Ms. Orum  Feb – Mr. Willis  Mar – Mr. Smith  Apr – Mrs. H. Knight  May – Mrs. Schroth  Osceola Award Winner – Mrs. Champion

9. Focus On Challenging and Understanding Students (Book Study – “What Great Teachers Do Differently” and “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria”) Spotlight of the Month

10. Academy 1. Yr 8:28 – 9:24 2. Yr 9:27 – 10:23 3. Yr 10:28 – 11:24 4. Yr 11:27 – 12:23 B Lunch 12:23 – 12:51 5. Yr 12:54 – 13:50 6. Sem 14:00 – 15:30  Regular 1. Sem 8:28 – 10:00 2. Sem 10:10 – 11:40 4A Lunch 11:40 – 12:10 Sem 12:20 – 13:50 4. Sem 11:50 – 13:20 C Lunch 13:20 –13:50 6. Sem 14:00 – 15:30

11. Calendar Duty Schedule Attendance Discipline Data Concussion Policy Rachel’s Challenge Media Center Guidance Special Education Books Money

13. Possible Strengths  Compassionate and peaceful  Supportive  Patient  Diplomatic  People-orientated  Loyal  Friendly  Hard working Possible Weaknesses  Avoid change  Avoid confrontation  Avoid risk-taking

14. Possible Strengths  Wise  Thorough  Thinking  Logical  Mathematically minded  Methodical  Disciplined  Love details Possible Weaknesses  Perfectionist  Can be slower to make decisions – avoid risk and feelings  Can be inflexible, rigid

15. Possible Strengths  Enthusiastic  Good communicator  Being the centre of attention  Imaginative  Happy/ optimistic Possible Weaknesses  Can talk too much/comes on strong  Can be a dreamer/unrealistic  Not good with time management/details

16. Possible Strengths  Bold  Dominant  Like being challenged  Decisive  Direct Possible Weaknesses  Can be blunt  Can be stubborn  Can lose sight of the big-picture  Can be insensitive to other people’s needs.

19.  You react the way you do because of  What you value  What type of person you are  Can you control the way you react? YES  Understand why  Understand what to do

20.  Tuesday  7:45 Everyone rides the bus to LHS  8:30 District Meeting  10:30 (approximately) Bus tour of ILHS attendance zone  12:30 Transition team meeting (Academy teachers meet with 8 th grade teachers)  Wednesday and Thursday  8:00 Breakfast  8:30 - ? Morgan Lee from SCDOE – Cultural Diversity and Responsivity (Lunch provided)  Friday  Freshman Orientation