Captain's Log #2 - First Week of School 2012-13

Here come the little OCE Crew Members!

Wow!  How quickly we were able to transition to the 2012 - 2013 School Year!  Great job of working together and making it happen.

Beginning of the year help..

We will need all hands on deck this week to support students' arrival, dismissal and to model S.A.I.L.  There are assigned staff members for each location, but need staff members to be out in the hallways.

Traveling in the hallways: Please supervise the students closely as they are walking in the halls.  Make certain they are S.A.I.L.ing at all times.  We are setting the tone for the rest of the year.  Reteaching the expectations, no matter what grade level is important.  If you need to practice, no problem there...practice makes perfect.

Lunch - Classroom teachers will eat with their class.  Use this time to model S.A.I.Ling in the cafeteria - see page 6 of OCE Handbook.

Dismissal:  This year we will be sharing bus routes with other schools.  This may not impact us too much now, but when traditional school begins, we could have a few difficulties.

Kindergarten

Kindergarten will have staggered entry this week.  Parents will be going to the classrooms at 2:00 to pick up their children.  This will mean several parents in the halls.  If you see a parent without a "Visitor" badge, please remind them to return to the office to sign-in.  This is an opportunity to establish proper safety procedures.

 

PLT Notes 

E-mail Travis and 'cc Nanette your PLT minutes (http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/424293?backurl=%2Fshelf%2Ffeatured) a vodcast will be going out this week with a tutorial of "How to Post Minutes".

Teacher Resources 

http://blog.web20classroom.org/2012/01/soyou-wanna-be-blogger.html - Blogging 101

 http://myportfolio.school.nz/artefact/file/download.php?file=187483&view=24719 - Digital Portfolios

Teacher Links 

http://thejournal.com/articles/2012/06/11/new-guide-walks-teachers-through-flipping-the-classroom.aspx- more about "flipped classroom"

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