Minutes 9-13-06

Minutes: 9-13-06

Communication
• Glitches with Empowerment: freezes in communication.
• Clocks will be coming soon…hopefully
• Thursday & Friday people here to fix PA system

Fire drill: 9am, Thursday 9-14-06
Please review fire drill: 2 gongs to alert, ABSOLUTE silence, two straight lines. Explain WHY they have to be silent. Don’t run to lockers to get coats, etc.

Lunch Exits
• Use exits 5 & 6 (by Rob and Carolyn’s room)
• Door to playground is also by that exit

Lockers/Passing Time
• An official passing time needs to be put into the schedule
• Talk about “lockers” with your advisories: lingering, make-up, etc.
• Consequences for being late?? Students need to get used to be early, and not “just making” it on time. Send kids to office to get last pass if they come once your door is shut.
• Should we alternate times for kids to get to their lockers? Top lockers go every other period, and then rotate with the bottom lockers?

Principal Conferences
Turn in yours sheets with list of kids names that you think need to meet with Cindy: trouble kids – disruptive and distractive

“Unhappy” kids
• students who want to transfer: see Nancy
• cut-off date for transfer is October 31
• students can always go back to their zone school

Next year possibilities
• Memo about things that are coming in the future?:
o Foreign language
o Gym
*We are a small school…things will come: many questions have been addressed at assemblies.

Student Constitution?
“We the student body believe….”
Focused on codes of conduct.
Student run school court


Wednesday Advisory?
Is it needed? Could another class occur then instead?

UNIFORMS
• Skip sucks! Keep Cindy away from him…his life is in danger!!!
• Wrongs sizes are being sent, exchanges need to be made, refunds, etc.
• Parents will take over the uniform responsibility after this.
• We will find a new uniform company after these initial orders are finished
• Joanne is fitting kids with blazers during the day

Questionable Attire?
• Send kids to office or Nancy for a shirt to wear if you’re concerned about what the student is wearing: skin showing, skirts too short (three finger rule).
• No more jeans after Friday
• Pants: navy, black and Khaki
• Kids who haven’t ordered uniforms yet
o Write down their name and give to Nancy by Friday

Picture Day: September 22
Must have uniforms!!

Referral
• Document everything!
o Private talks, meetings, calls home, etc.

College Board Training: Saturday 8:30-3:30pm, Colombia University
• NSI: two retreat dates coming
• Calender of all events is coming

Attendance
• Kids are coming late…getting passes in the office
• Too many lates will become detentions
• Attendance lists being put in your mailboxes.

Student Behavior Contracts
• Need to be turned in ASAP
• Any problems (eg: cell phones) have parent cross it out and sign it.

Cell Phones
• If you’re using it in the class: it will be taken away and the parents will be contacted.
• If seen in the halls, on a belt, etc. they will be taken away and given back at the end of the day.
• Lockers are not 100% safe, you can bring them at your own risk.
• You can store it in the main office if you’re concerned or Advisors can hold things if he/she feels comfortable holding on to it.
Extended Day (3-4pm)
• Gym (mandated)
o looking for a per-session PE teacher.
o Students will have it twice a week.
o Gym groups will rotate (group 1 Monday/Thursday group 2 Tuesday/Friday)

• AIS/Regency Readiness (mandated kids) ElA/Math
o Four teachers needed to cover 38 9th graders: small group
o Two teachers needed to cover 14 7th graders
o AIS doesn’t have to be boring test prep stuff…can be fun and interesting activities. Anything to increase fluency.

• Passion Courses (will be fit in around the mandated things)

• Some teachers are multi-session teachers: late start
• Some teachers will get per-session
o Don’t have to do it every day in the future.

-Sign up sheet for extended day will be provided

-By end of week: let Cindy know what you’re interested in doing and give feedback!

-Extended Day schedule should be in place by Monday.


Periodic Assessments: Mid October
Low stakes: purpose to help us assess the kids

Homework
• What kinds of assignments are being given? Is it rigorous?
• Will there be time for HW in school?
• Kids who are concerned…who are they?

Open Communcation
Be open and honest
Go to Cindy with any problem you have, don’t leave her out of the loop because of Union things. The Union is important and respected, but have open conversations with her to get things done.

Two 80 minutes blocks goes over the legal/contractual minutes for teachers to be teaching.
A new school’s schedule is accepted in the first year, the second year is when things have to be voted on.
Advisory is considered as Circular Six
Shouldn’t have to prep for it
No grades
Team common preps during the day and Wednesdays
Once a month PD on Wed.

Scheduling
Kids need to have the same schedule for both grades