Rennell Staff Summer Updates
Great things are happening at Rennell, even in the summer!
Staff Voted to go PBIS!
- I agree that our campus needs to plan and implement a school-wide effort to improve student behavior.
- I would support a campus leadership team's effort to implement a school-wide program.
- I am willing to participate in the school-wide effort, as an effective staff member on this campus.
WOW! We are almost unanimous in wanting to move forward with a new school-wide student behavior initiative! We will be working together to design and implement a Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports program specific for Rennell Elementary.
Our first steps are to train a campus leadership team that consists of one member from every grade level. Leslie let me know that this team had already been selected just in case PBIS were to be voted in at Rennell.
Our campus leadership team for 2018-19 will be:
Pre-K - Bailey Burke
K - Brittany Laurell
1st - Emily Voigt
2nd - Shanna Barger
3rd - Kelly New
4th - Wynter Fuller
5th - Valerie Thurston & Jen Koester
PEAM - Donald Stabe
SpEd - Kathryn Szkody
Our Rennell PBIS Leadership Team will be attending a training this summer to learn the ins and outs of starting this program and how we can tailor it to fit our needs at Rennell.
Then, the Leadership Team will train the whole staff on our Campus Time Equivalency Day (which Leslie let me know is scheduled for August 9th) and lead us as a campus in designing our school-wide system together.
I have gone through this initial implementation process at my previous campus and I am so excited for us to make these decisions about our expectations for students and accountability together as a team! :)
Congratulations on your decision to become a PBIS campus!
Campus Time Equivalency Day - August 9th
All staff - teachers and paraprofessionals - will need to attend the campus time equivalency day on August 9th. Those unable to attend will complete an alternative 8 hour assignment or take the day off on January 4th. Once a campus chooses to have CTE, no one is allowed to work that day.
CFISD's Digital Learning Conference
The district originally gave each campus 13 FREE spots for this conference (in years past we have had to pay for teachers to attend). We had 6 staff members jump at the opportunity and signed up to go:
- Mary Ellen Truncali
- Jodi Ng
- Sherry Johnson
- Kelsey French
- Shradha Kaura
- Leslie Holderfield
But our other 7 slots went into the pot for other schools to grab!!! :( Bummer!
I reached out to the technology team and begged to see if there were any more spots available as I don't want us to miss out on these great days of learning... and yay for us... Rennell has been given 7 more spots for the Digital Learning Conference!!!
So stop what you're doing and check your calendars! If you are available July 25th and 26th you won't want to miss this great conference right in our backyard at the Berry Center! Please sign up on this wait list http://bit.ly/DLCwaitlist and because we are super special you will be automatically added to the registration!!!
Team Luncheons
Here is the schedule for those upcoming lunch dates:
Monday, July 9
Special Education/PPCD/Life Skills (including special ed paras) at 11:00
Pre-K and Kinder at 12:00
Tuesday, July 10
1st Grade at 11:00
2nd Grade at 12:00
Wednesday, July 11
3rd Grade at 11:00
4th Grade at 12:00
Thursday, July 12
5th Grade at 11:00
Large Group and Dyslexia/RE at 12:00
Friday, July 13
Paraprofessionals/Teaching Assistants/Office Staff at 11:00
Meet with Meredith
Upcoming Dates to Remember
- Wednesday and Thursday, July 25 & 26 - Digital Learning Conference
- Thursday and Friday, August 2 & 3 from 8:00-4:00 - PBIS Leadership Team Training
- Thursday, August 9, 8:00-4:00 - Campus Time Equivalency Day - ALL STAFF
- Thursday, August 10 at 12:00 - New Staff Orientation and Lunch
- Friday, August 10 at 2:00 pm - All Staff Social at Rennell