Seguin's Story
Faculty News for the Week of: January 22, 2018
Attendance Communication - 7:50 arrival in class!
Reminders From Our Faculty Meeting!
1 - Texting and Calling from class - If a students is sick and needs to be picked up or has an appointment, please have the student and parent call through the office.
2- Attendance - Please make sure that you are taking your attendance accurately before 9:30! We still have students counted as present on days they are absent.
3 - Safety reminder to wear your badge at all times!
Upcoming Trainings for This Week!
Thursday - ELA at Seguin for grades K - 2
Friday - ELA at Seguin for grades 3 - 5
Monday 29 - Sarah Waller Coaching Day - Schedule coming Soon!
Tuesday 30 or February 1 - Restorative Practices Coaching - The gurus will be here to help with circles!
Great Kindness Challenge!
Monday: Crazy for Kindness (crazy socks)
Tuesday: Team Kindness (sports attire)
Wednesday: Kindness is our Superpower (super hero day)
Thursday: Hats Off To Kindness (hat day)
Friday: Kindness is the Seguin Way! (Seguin shirts)
Monday, January 22nd
If you would like to discuss a student, please email Mrs. Leppla the name of the student, be prepared with anecdotal notes, behavior information, strategies attempted, and documentation of effectiveness.
Anecdotal Notes
Wednesday - January 24th - WESA Jean Day
Thursday - January 25th - 9:30 Ned Kindness Show in the Cafeteria
February 1st - Family Game Night
February 2nd - Yearbook Orders DUE!
Be Thinking About Grants For This Year! - We would love to help you!
A Dollop of Dyslexia
What Should I Look for in Their Work
“The early identification of students with dyslexia as well as with corresponding early intervention program for these students will have significant implications for their future academic success. Early identification is critical because the earlier the intervention, the easier it is to remediate. If intervention is not provided before the age of eight, the probability of reading difficulties continuing on into high school is 75%.”
Birsch, Judith R. Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills. Paul H. Brooks Publishing Co., Inc. 2011, p.20.
I suspect one of my students may be dyslexic. What should I look for in his work?
· Difficulty reading words in isolation
· Difficulty accurately decoding unfamiliar words
· Difficulty with oral reading (slow, inaccurate, or labored)
· Difficulty spelling
If you suspect a learning disability of any kind, DOCUMENT, keep SAMPLES noting any inaccuracies and bring them to RtI. We need to find these students by second and third grade to see the most benefit.
Reminders for Pre-Arranging Subs!
Process for prearrangement of subs:
1. Office staff or employee contacts sub of choice directly to determine if they are willing and/or available to accept the assignment.
a. If a sub is already in an assignment, we ask that you respect the commitment and not recruit an “already scheduled” sub for a job.Exceptions can be made for a multi-day job over a one day job.
2. Enter absence in Absence Management and choose “Save and Assign” substitute.
Extra Notes:
o The chosen sub will not receive a telephone call from Absence Management. The job will appear on their profile and they will receive a notification email of job placement.
o Other substitutes will not see the job or have the opportunity to accept it.
o If a teacher prearranges a sub and no longer needs them, it is the responsibility of the campus or teacher to cancel the sub as soon as possible so they can accept other positions.
§ If a sub reports to work and will not be needed, we must pay them a ½ day’s compensation out of the employee’s leave if we cannot place them in another assignment.
o An employee may continue to NOT pre-arrange a substitute and send the job out into the pool of subs.
Thanks and please let me know if you have questions.
Classroom Phone Calls
We will only call your classroom if:
* A student is being dismissed
* A behavior referral has been entered and student is needed in the office
* An emergency situation
In order for this to be possible:
* Lunches will be in boxes by the front door! Have students check there if a parent has brought their lunch.
* Please enter your attendance on time!
Behavior Referrals Best Practices
Due to the large amount of students "showing up" in the office, please remember to do the following before sending a student to the office for behavior referral.
1) Before a student is sent to the office the parent must have been contacted
2) An office referral submitted on Skyward.
*Exception to this practice: immediate harm to student or faculty.
Pre-Conferences
Attendance Policy
ATTENDANCE POLICY
Every minute Counts!
· School Starts at 7:40am and the final bell rings at 7:50am.
· Your student’s attendance directly affects their success and we want them to SUCCEED!
· 3 Parent Notes for excused absences will be accepted for each student per year.
· If your student has 10+ unexcused absences in a 6 month period, your case will be referred to attendance court.
· If your student has 18+ total absences, excused or unexcused, the attendance committee will review absences and create a program for credit recovery in order to prevent retention.
Safety Drills For January
High Level Lockdown and Evacuation Drill