Bingham Elementary
News and Notes Week of November 18
Weekly Schedule
Monday
- Pledge - Tracy
- 10:05 4/5 Rehearsal
Tuesday
- Pledge - Tracy
- Leadership Team Meetings
- 4/5 Performance 6:30
Wednesday
- Pledge - Tracy
- I will be out in the morning
Thursday
- Pledge - Tracy
- Team Meetings
- I will be leaving a little early for a meeting
Friday
- Pledge - Tracy
Crazy Doc's rant and raves...
Today is the last day to provide your feedback, thank you to the 4 - 5 people who have already done so. From the meeting on Tuesday, please check out this activity and then comment in the padlet. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1x0gl_AKieU7Q893R7QAnc2pDsoIcYMFbduXsyIYM-d4/edit?usp=sharing
Thank you for all you do everyday.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.
Quick hits:
- As you start to put your calendar together for the year, please avoid field trips on Wednesday (Wings), Thursday, and Friday.
- Please keep all tardy passes and send them home quarterly with the report card envelopes.
On-Going Reminders
- If you send a student to the focus room please do so with one of the tickets Casey has provided, that way she knows why they are there. If they do not have a ticket they will be sent back to class.
- Please follow the nurse's stoplight schedule.
- If you send a student to the office please make sure they have a pass.
- Please make sure you are not sending large printing jobs to the basic printers, please send these to the copiers.
- Lunch counts and attendance need to be entered by 9:30, or Terri will start calling.
Secondary Traumatic Stress
We are beginning to better understand the impacts when secondary traumatic stress is ignored. Teachers are burnt out, feeling overwhelmed, feeling isolated, and constantly concerned about the needs of our students' emotional well-being.
Your emotional well-being is of upmost importance to us! We will be learning more about this throughout the rest of the year. The following is a snippet of an article which can be found at https://traumaawareschools.org/secondaryStress
Signs of Secondary Traumatic Stress
Secondary traumatic stress can impact all areas of your life. The effects can range from mild to debilitating. If you think you might be at risk, be alert for any of the following symptoms:
- Emotional — feeling numb or detached; feeling overwhelmed or maybe even hopeless.
- Physical — having low energy or feeling fatigued.
- Behavioral — changing your routine or engaging in self-destructive coping mechanisms.
- Professional — experiencing low performance of job tasks and responsibilities; feeling low job morale.
- Cognitive — experiencing confusion, diminished concentration, and difficulty with decision making; experiencing trauma imagery, which is seeing events over and over again.
- Spiritual — questioning the meaning of life or lacking self-satisfaction.
- Interpersonal — physically withdrawing or becoming emotionally unavailable to your co-workers or your family.
If you experience any of these symptoms, take steps to manage your secondary traumatic stress.