Miner Minutes
September 1, 2018
The Week Ahead
Tuesday: Be ready for another awesome week!
Wednesday: Start with Hello School Assembly 9:30-10:30 (stay in HR until 11am) Altered Schedule to be sent in separate email; Happy birthday to Ms. Hagle! K9s in the building in the afternoon, so be alert for lock down while they are in the building.
Thursday: Safety Team Meeting 7:45am
Friday: Mentor/Mentee meeting 7:45am media center; Back to school dance 4-6pm aux gym
** We will no longer put PLCs on the "week ahead" as they vary depending on the PLC. If you have any question on when yours meets, ask your PLC admin.
Start with Hello - WEDNESDAY (reminders)
- We will have an altered schedule this day in which you will be with your homerooms until 11am. You will still see all classes, but for abbreviated times.
- This is our first whole school assembly: it is ESSENTIAL that you review procedures and expectations with students.
- Start with Hello is all about building a culture of kindness and the importance of building better relationships among students. It comes with great resources and support that our counselors and our SAVE club (a new club, and you will hear more soon) will be implementing. This assembly comes with tons of positives, and it's important that we all keep open minds on how this will help our students and our overall school culture.
- During the assembly, teachers must sit WITHIN your homerooms to help monitor student behavior. Please feel free to strategically place yourselves. :-) But no teachers should be on the sides of the gym (under the main goals) except for those that do not have homerooms.
- There will be some brief questions to review with your homeroom after the assembly (will be sent in separate email so you can track it more easily).
- Our "Start with Hello" week will be the week of September 24th in which we will implement some other acts to continue the discussion.
The GOLD Standard - Reminders
Just a few reminders from our GOLD committee presentation on CMS Behavior Expectations:
- In order for behaviors to become habits, it takes approximately 2 weeks of direct teaching/practice!
- Expectations need to be taught and reinforced to become habits for our students!
- So, with the behavioral expectation matrix – please continue explicitly teaching your part of the matrix this week!
- For 10 -15 minutes during your class - review the expectations
Department Expectations
●Homeroom: Traveling to/from School, Entering School, and Afterschool
●Math: Hallways
●ELA: Cafeteria
●Science: Bathroom
●Social Studies: Assemblies
●Each Teacher: Classroom
Watch this short video just to remind us of the WHY for teaching student’s behavioral expectations!
Students can meet the Gold Standard by being Respectful to themselves, our school and others!
MTSS Reminders
MTSS Reminders:
What we thought it was…
- A process for struggling students
- A pathway to special education services
- Interventions that supplanted classroom instruction and may or may not be directly linked to classroom instruction
- Tiers of instruction for students without systems of supports for teachers
- Data-based problem solving with limited systems of supports for teachers
What it is…
- A framework for school improvement that includes ALL students
- A systemic means of problem solving data (student outcomes and implementation data) and using that information to improve outcomes for ALL students and to provide needed supports to classroom teachers.
- Systemic supports that allow for alignment of resources that result in a healthy school culture with common language, aligned teaming structures, purposeful communication, adequate professional development and coaching, and positive student outcomes
As a student, this means…
- I attend a school where teachers believe in my ability to succeed and have the skill set and resources to make it happen!
IB Reminders from Ms. Meehan
IB Learner Profile Trait Activity - Please remember to implement a Learner Profile Trait activity into the first ten days of school with your classes. Here is an example of one from last week.
IB Unit Plans - Please be sure that you are using the Unit Planner documents to plan your daily lessons. This helps make the document purposeful, keeps you focused on IB, and keeps all plans in one place.
Staff Handbook Tip of the Week - Bloodborne Pathogens
Gloves must be worn at ALL times you are in contact with a student’s bodily fluids and must be disposed of properly and promptly with a biohazard label. Refer to the Bloodborne Pathogens training materials for specific directions. The manual is located in the school nurse’s office. According to CCS Board Policy, all employees WILL participate in a Blood borne Pathogens training annually.
"Bridges Out of Property" - Learning Opportunity!
This workshop will offer insight into the world of people in poverty, revealing how the survival-based mentality of poverty impacts learning, work habits and decision making. You will learn the "hidden rules" of poverty, middle class and wealth- and will begin to explore practical yet compassionate strategies for engagement that can have a positive impact on people's lives. Dates are September 20, 27, October 4 and 11. 6:30-8:00pm McGill Baptist Church. See Ms. Farrell if you are interested. We can possibly get CARE credit.
Welcome to our newest staff member, Ms. Cindy Farmer!
Tech Tips (from Dr. Wilkins)
Back to School Canvas Course:
If you have not already joined the Canvas Course that I created with the 5 modules to assist you with your technology needs, please do that as soon as possible.
Visit the registration link below and click the "Join Class" button.
https://cabarrus.instructure.com/enroll/PG7APH
Reminder on passes to class
Homeroom activities: what do we do during HR beginning of day and end
Go to homeroom first then teacher will let them out at end of day
Work Orders:
I have recorded a 4 minute video to explain how to complete a work order.
I have embedded the video into the Canvas Course in the "Work Orders" module.
Please be sure to watch and listen the entire video. It does have sound. 😉
Important Notes
Social Dues - 25$ per year
It's time to collect Social Dues. With that money you will get breakfast provided every staff meeting, snacks and goodies for all baby and wedding showers, end of the year celebration, and flowers sent to staff members who are hospitalized or have a death in the family. Lots of gets for a little amount of money. You can submit straight to Ms. Culp! Contact Chrisy Horgan with any questions or comments.
CMS Staff Folder - Important Docs
September Dates
September 10: Happy birthday, Ms. Long and Ms. Quick!
September 11 7:30am - Faculty meeting
September 12: 6th grade field trip to AG fair
September 14: Happy birthday, Mr. Mabry!
September 18: CMS Community Cookout at Les Myers Park
September 20: GOLD committee meeting 7:45am
September 25: Fall pictures
September 25 6:00-8:00 - PTSO Fall Bonfire
September 28: Capped professional development day