9.15.23 Staff Blog

 



You did it!  The first full week with students. Each day, I am truly amazed by your ability to connect with students and to make each person feel they belong here.  Thank you for everything you do for our community each day.


Quick Look:


Thursday September 21

Fire Drill- 2:10

Wednesday September 27 

Curriculum Night

K-5: 6:00-6:30 in classrooms

        6:30-6:45 in the cafeteria


Journey: 7:00-7:30 in classrooms

               7:30-7:45 in the cafeteria

Monday September 18-Wednesday September 20

Fall Camp (Journey-9/18-9/20, K-5-9/19-9/20)

Fall Camp Schedule, Staff Plans for Camp, Plan for Day Campers and Students not Attending Camp

Thursday September 28

Picture Day 

Thursday October 19

Community Meeting-7:00 p.m.

Tuesday October 24

Picture Retakes

October 30-November 3

Fall Conferences


STAFFING UPDATE: HELPFUL

A big thanks to Kim Nottingham and Cassidy Levinson for conducting interviews for our open Paraprofessional position next Wednesday after schooll.  Please wish us good luck in this interview process.  We have many wonderful candidates, so we are looking forward welcoming a strong staff member to the team.


EVACUATION DRILL: ACTION

Before Thursday 9/21:

  • Read the "Fire or Fire Alarm Procedure" from the classroom Emergency Flip Chart and review your classroom Evacuation Route.

  • Practice lining up in alphabetical order in your assigned area. (K-5: playground blacktop by rain garden gate & 6-8 blacktop by 4 square area. The HEE will be using the covered area for drills.)

  • Review & Practice drill procedures with your class (walk, level 0, line up in ABC order).

  • Talk with your buddy teacher, and let them know if you are going to be absent or make any special arrangements that might be necessary for a sub.

  • Provide Micaela with names of students who may be triggered by a drill so that we can make arrangements for them, if necessary.


On Drill Day:

  • Listen for the fire alarm to go off (around 2:10 p.m.)

  • Bring your emergency backpack & binder.

  • Walk students to your assigned location.

  • Take attendance - copies of your attendance rosters are found in your binder and linked here.

  • During the drill, an adult will come collect your attendance sheet for Amber/Jennifer.


Things to remember:

  • If your class is with a Specialist (i.e., Art, Band, Library) - Please grab your backpack and binder and go to your safe spot on the playground.  Specialist teachers will bring your class to you. 

  • The most time consuming piece of the drill is the attendance piece.  

Amber/Jennifer must check your drill attendance sheet against what we have in the office. 

  • Here are some tips for taking attendance quickly:

  • Teach your students to line up in alphabetical order - then they only need to know who is before and behind them in line.

  • Once students are in line, have them sit down and wait quietly. 


At the end of the drill, wait to be released back into the building.



SAFE SCHOOLS: ACTION

The mandatory annual SafeSchools training sessions for the 23-24 School Year are active.


The completion deadline is November 30, 2023.

You may log-in here to get started.  You can also find this link on the Human Resources-Links page of the District website.

Please log-in using your firstname.lastname (Ex: mary.smith), as it appears on Employee Access.


Let Marie McCluskey know if you have questions.


LUNCH PERIOD SCHEDULE: HELPFUL

This document is linked in our systems and procedures document, but I am including it here in case.  


CK-8 SYSTEMS/STAFF HANDBOOK DOCUMENT (DRAFT): HELPFUL


This document is in progress, and will be updated as we all learn/refresh our memories on the systems and structures in place at CK-8.  If you see an area that could use an addition,  or if something is not correct, please email me the correction ( rebbecah.emanuel@ssd412.org)


STAFF SHOUT OUTS: HELPFUL

Thank you so much for filling out a staff shout out! If you would like to recognize a colleague, please use the link at the top of the blog.


TECH TIPS:HELPFUL

Here is an archive of all tech tips provided by the district technology team.



WEBSITE CHANGEOVER:HELPFUL

As you know, our district is using a new website and platform.  As part of that change, some of our district resources that used to be accessed using a department page have been moved into Canvas Courses. I am sure we will find more of these as we use the new platform, but please know that mandated reporting forms can be accessed by enrolling in the Canvas course linked below. This course will contain many resources that used to be accessed under Student Services. CPS forms are also linked in our systems and procedures document.



Here are two shortcuts to help people find the course and self enroll:

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