Martin's Memo
North Elementary School- January 28, 2016
Duties for the week of February 1
SPECIAL CLASS: Week 2
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION/LOUNGE DUTY: Julie Stoehr, Kim Bowden, Karly, Jen
YEE HAWS!!!!! = 18
Calendar of Events
Thursday, January 28
- Otis-Lennon Testing Window for grade 2
- Runge Program for Kindergarten from 9:00-9:45 am in room 110
- Runge Program for first grade from 10:00-10:45 am in room 110
Friday, January 29
- Otis-Lennon Testing Window for grade 2
- Staff Conference (3 Brewer + Jen) at 9:45 am in the office
- Student-led conference appointment cards sent home
- Permission Slips for Major Saver Limo Ride sent home (Will be in mailboxes on Thursday, January 28.)
February 1- February 5- National School Counselor's Week (Thanks, Mrs. Gehlert!)
Monday, February 1
- IEP (3Brewer) at 9:45 am in the office
- Staffing (KT) at 12:35 in Room 110
Tuesday, February 2
- Blue Ribbon Writing Party at 9:00 am in Room 110
- PTO Board Meeting at 6:00 pm in Room 110
Wednesday, February 3
- Administrative Council Meeting at 9:00 am at Dix Road (Barb out)
- SW-PBS meeting at 3:15 pm in Room 110
Thursday, February 4
- Student Led Conferences, art show, and book fair from 3:00 to 7:00 pm
- RED (2H) at 3:15 pm in the office
Friday, February 5
- Earthquake Drill at 8:30 am
- IEP (ECSE) at 9:00 am
- Blue Ribbon Writing Papers due to Fariba by 3:00 pm
Happy February Birthdays to:
Character Books
Student Concerns
We need to be having serious conversations with parents as a team if there are academic or behavioral concerns at this time.
Student Led Conferences
Conference notes should go home on Friday, January 29.
Next week, Carey or Lyndsey will put the alternative Valentine Party letter in your mailbox. I have dated it February 5. You might consider having it in each students "things to do" folder at conferences. That way you can answer questions....some seem to think they have to sign it for students to stay in the classroom party. Otherwise, please send it home on Friday, February 5.
If you include information about the parent portal during student led conferences, remind parents that they will need to complete the parent portal form and show an ID to Carey to obtain a parent portal account. See Carey if you want the forms for your conferences.
Please remind parents and students to check the lost and found while they are here for conferences. We have collected many, many items.
The last thing student should do after conferences is to take their parents to see the artwork in the hallways. Kim will take care of showing student WHERE their artwork is located.
Summer School is May 31 through June 24 this year. The hours and criteria have not yet been determined. Please keep in mind the things that we have talked about at the staff meeting on Wednesday, January 27.
Quickly Approaching
Summative Evaluations
Furniture Requests for Next Year
Summer Maintenance Projects
February Staff Appreciation Breakfast
Required Annual Videos
This is a reminder that staff members are required to annually watch training videos. All training videos must be watched and completion forms submitted by February 1, 2016.
These training videos are required by state law and/or district policy, and you must annually provide confirmation that you have completed each of the training modules.
Staff members in certified positions are required to watch:
- Confidentiality of Student Information
- Discrimination, Harassment & Retaliation
- Identifying Signs of Sexual Abuse in School Children
- Standard Precautions for Avoiding Infections
- Student Discipline
Staff members in non-certified positions are required to watch:
- Confidentiality of Student Information
- Discrimination, Harassment & Retaliation
- Identifying Signs of Sexual Abuse in School Children
- Standard Precautions for Avoiding Infections
You may watch the videos at your convenience by logging in to your SchoolWires account. (If you experience trouble logging in to SchoolWires please contact Jan Lange at 659-3121). Once you have signed in, you can view the videos by selecting the "District Departments" drop-down menu, then selecting "Human Resources", and then finally the "Staff Training Videos" on the left side of the page. Once you have finished watching all required videos, you will log in to TalentEd Records and submit the completion form that is in your "Needs Attention" task list.
As a reminder, TalentEd Records functions best in Google Chrome. Your user name is your firstname.lastname and your password is what you use to log in to your computer each day.
Reminders
- Weekly entries should be made into Infinite Campus in each subject area.
- Be sure to keep your websites up-to-date!
- I would like copies of all classroom newsletters. These can be sent to me electronically or a paper copy in my mailbox.
- Please continue to use the clip up tickets, Safe, Respectful, and Responsible Compliment cards (or verbal compliments) keeping the 4:1 in mind!