Pre-planning 2015-2016
New Staff Members
• Administration-
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• 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 use
2) 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 SUPERVISION
5) LACK OF SUPERVISION
Teacher Expectations
• Our Service
Our 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
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Meal Prices for SY 2016
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Elementary
Middle
High
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BREAKFAST
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Paid Students
1.25
1.25
1.25
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Free Students
0.00
0.00
0.00
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Reduced Students
0.30
0.30
0.30
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Staff and student second meals
1.75
1.75
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Visitors*
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
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LUNCH
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Paid Students
2.10
2.35
2.35
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Free Students
0.00
0.00
0.00
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Reduced Students
0.40
0.40
0.40
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Staff and student second meals
3.50
3.50
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Visitors*
4.00
4.00
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Visitor (Special Event)
5.00
5.00
4.00
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*Adults and non-student children
5.00
3.50
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 Members
Although 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.
TKES
Dr. Martin
Sirard
Somers
Etheredge
Aldridge
Gapen
Huffman
Nickell
Walsh
Norris
Flynn
all noncertified staff
Mrs. Schwaller
TKES
6th grade returning
Band
Chorus
Careers
Zomer
Welch
Haas
Moore
McGuinness
Ambles
Dr. Carnes
7th grade returning
PE
Business
Mrs. Krutz
8th grade returning
REP
ELL
Spanish
Art
FACS
Technology
Burns
Ailes
Kroes
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 73, 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 hospitalizations
Retirement parties/gifts
New baby gift
Birthdays, 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 month
CCSD 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
Workplace 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 responsibilities
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Position
Principal's Secretary
Records Facilitator
Bookkeeper
Days
210 Days
210 Days
210 Days
200 Days
Work Hours *
7:45 - 3:45
7:30 - 3:30
7:30 - 3:30
8:00-4:00
Office Manager
Student Registration
MUNIS
Emergency
Parent Reception
Principal Calls and Messages
Cumulative Folder Management
Accounting/Audit
Bus Notes
Phone
Time/Attendance
Immunization Audit Coordination
Money (Receipt and Deposits)
Phone
Student- Tardy Check in and Check out
Personnel Records
Scheduling
Fund Raisers
Parent Reception
AESOP
Nurse Assistant
Purchase Orders
Maintain Office Work Room
Professional Development Forms
Attendance (Letters)
Ice Cream
Fax Machine
Worker's Comp
Report Cards
Scheduling of Pictures
Facilities Requests/Maintenance Requests
Worker's Comp (2)
Field Trips (approvals, forms, money)
Wildcat Calendar
FTE Coordination
Scheduling Repairs of Copiers
Severe Weather Drill State Reporting
Daily Report
Teacher Supply Requests
Marquee
Send records out
Mail
Principal's Projects/Pre-planning packets, etc
TAADRA
Payroll
Secretary
Shared
Emergency
Aspen Updates to Student Contacts
Part time - 8:45-12:30
Assist Others As Needed
Special Projects - Schwaller/Carnes, Krutz
Student Recognitions: Student of the Month Perfect
Attendance Honor Roll
Confiscated Items Lock-up
Attend All Required Trainings
Bus Notes
• 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?
• Administration
Corliss Schwaller- 6th grade
Dr. Richie Carnes- 7th grade
Stacey 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
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• All non-homeroom staff members will serve as greeters and hall monitors during the
Walkthrough. The rotation will be as follows:
• Media Center Entrance8:55-10:00- Henschel, Priest, Wilson
10-11:00- Ailes, Burns, Ambles, McGuinness
11-12:00- Lionetti, Trebucq, Howland, McCullough
• Top of Stairwell/Hall 23008:55-10:30- Bryant
10:30-12- Kroes
• Bottom of Stairwell/Hall 1300-
8:55-10- Smathers
10-11:00- Crane
11-12:00- Davis
Transportation Help- Media Center- Dr. Carnes, Chapman
Front Office- Available to assist at the front desk
7th & 8th grade
Special Duties
• Media Center Entrance1:55-3:00- Kimmel, Shafer
3-4:00- Phyfe, Markley
4-5:00- Parker, Stallings
• Midway down 2100
1:55-3:00- Gapen
3-4:00- Rice
4-5:00- Welch
• Bottom Level at the bottom of the stairwell/ 1100
1:55-3- Tarrah Z
3-4:00- Moore
4-5:00- Haas
Transportation Help- Media Center- Dr. Carnes, Chapman
Front Office- Available to assist at the front desk
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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.