FMS Staff Bulletin (#21)
January 15-19
Purpose Statements Are An Expectation EVERYDAY!
ALL STAFF WEAR FRANKLIN T-SHIRTS ON WEDNESDAY
Taking Attendance
Beginning next week, we will start contacting teachers who miss attendance. Please help out by taking attendance at the beginning of each period. Thanks for your help.
1st Semester Grades
January 15 & 16 Professional Learning
- Monday, January 15: ALL TEACHERS MUST REPORT TO FRANKLIN. Teacher Planning/Preparation. Nothing formal scheduled in the building. The main office and counseling secretaries will all be out of the building during the morning for a training at the ELSC.
- Tuesday, January 16: For the AM please see the attachment below for any district-wide PL.
- From 12:00-3:30PM we will join Harding, Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, and Metro at the Kirkwood Hotel for professional learning revolving around mindset. The presenter is nationally-known speaker, Trevor Ragan. Please see his video below. His main topics are: Growth Mindset, Fear, Resilience, and how to teach others these skills.
As a follow up, Trevor will lead an all-school assembly around many of these same topics. This will be in the Auditorium on Wednesday, January 17 from 12:40-1:25. We we will not change the schedule on this day.
High School Registration (8th Grade Teachers Only)
- Kennedy Registration: 8:41AM in Auditorium
- Washington Registration: 1:15PM in Auditorium
Student will attend the meeting ONLY to the high school they're assigned to. Students might say they're permitting to another school. Until it's official, they will go to their resident high school meeting.
Apparel Orders
The window closes on Tuesday, January 23.
Activity Day: Re-scheduled
Parents have also been notified of the change through School Messenger.
Hallway Supervision
Windows 10
Below is a revised training and software rollout. Changes have been made in the calendar for reminders. These times have been emailed and put as a calendar from Stephanie Cornell. Staff will simply drop off their devices so they can be updated.
- Friday, January 26 Training, Desktops, Eriece, Josh,
- Monday, January 29 8th grade devices, art lab reserved
- Tuesday, January 30 7th grade devices, art lab reserved
- Wednesday, January 31 PLTW Lab, 332, 334, 210, Art Lab, Office mobile devices
- Thursday, February 1 6th grade,BD, CLASS, ID devices art lab reserved
- Friday, February 2 CATCH ALL - art lab reserved
On Friday, January 26 during PLC time we will have two sessions separated by subject level go through setting up profiles using the Surface Pros in Jody's room. More information will come.
Parent-Teacher Conferences
- Monday, February 12th from 3:00-8:30PM (Dinner provided by PTA)
- Tuesday, February 20th from 3:00-8:30PM (Dinner provided by Office Staff)
The link to sign up for conferences will be activated Monday, January 29th and will close at midnight on Friday, February 9th. In the next couple weeks teachers will receive access to block off times for dinner/breaks.
Upcoming Friday PLs
- Friday, January 19: We'll spend the first half of our PL going over LCA scales with Kathy Slaman. The second half will be spent in PLCs.
- Friday, January 26:
Mt. Mercy
Franklin e-Newsletter Submissions
This Week
Monday (No School for Students)
- Full Day Teaching Planning & Prep
Tuesday (No School for Students)
- AM: District Meetings (See attachment above)
- PM: Trevor Ragan In-service @ Kirkwood Hotel
Wednesday (Wear Franklin Staff t-shirt)
- Trevor Ragan All-School Assembly in Auditorium, 12:40-1:25PM
- 8th Grade Team Meeting, Room 232
- BLT Meeting, 3:30 in Room 320
Thursday
- Team Leaders' Meeting, 7:15AM in 300 Conference Room
- High School Registration in Auditorium (Kennedy @ 8:41/ Washington @ 1:15)
- KITE Team Meeting, Room 216
Friday
- Staff PL: Continued LCA Conversation w/ Kathy Slaman
Lucas Ptacek
Email: lptacek@cr.k12.ia.us
Website: franklin.cr.k12.ia.us
Location: 300 20th Street Northeast, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States
Phone: (319) 558-3694
Twitter: @FranklinBolts