Sunday, October 28, 2012

STAFF BULLETIN - WEEK OF 10/29/201


Morning Greeters (8:00 to 8:10 am) – Tay and Sampson
Eyes on the Front (3:20 to 3:30 pm) – Small
Eyes on the Back (3:20 to 3:30 pm) – Hewitt
Tuesday
8th Grade Advisory – Tuesday, 8/30 – 20 minutes of advisory
Eighth grade advisors, please take roll and then bring your 8th graders to the Multi-purpose Room. We will be reviewing graduation requirements and review expected behaviors.
Volleyball Game – Tuesday, 10/30 beginning at 4:00 at AoA (against ACLC/Nea)
Chaperones are Patty Devlin and Michele Lobatz.
Wednesday
Staff Meeting – Wednesday, 10/31 – Cancelled
No Leadership Team meeting either – we will meet the following Monday, 11/5.
Friday
Staff Development Day, Friday, 11/2 from 8:45 to 3:15 pm
We'll start Fridays PD day  promptly at 8:45 – please be on time. The following topics are on the agenda:
·      Fishbowl activity on creating effective learning objectives
·      Discussing strategies for student behaviors that cause “trigger” reactions
·      Review of the end of the year and trimester  observation/evaluation forms and process
·      Review Resiliency advisory
·     Team planning time for teachers
  
Teacher Conversations:
Nora and I will set up meetings (to be held during the weeks of 11/5 and 11/12 ) with you this week to discuss our observations during the 1st trimester and to see which area/s of your practice that you want to focus on. We’ll review the format of those meetings this Friday.
Spaghetti Dinner – Thursday, November 8 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm
I hope that you are able to attend the dinner/fundraiser on Thursday, 11/8. Staff members do not have to pay and family members and friends are only $5. Please make a point of  promoting this event to students in your advisory classes. You might have them enter the date into their student planners.