New+Staff+Tips

Here is a place where you can look up the policies and practices of the BCE Staff
SUGGESTION FROM NEW STAFF: It would be helpful to have one big campus orientation and then each new staff member should be assigned a mentor. A school walk through would be helpful.

BCE EXPRESS- This is the weekly newsletter that is sent out through email and also posted on the website. All teachers should sign up to be part of this list serve. You can indicate what you want to receive from the list. There is a link to the Listserve on the front page of the website. There are instructions there for how to sign up.

**FORMS**
You may find important forms, like referrals, in the cabinet in the office behind Kathy.
 * Referrals**

1. Complete a request for Personal Leave. These forms are available in the office.
 * Personal Days**

2. Bring the form to Mary. She will check and see if we are maxed out on Personal Leave for that day and check to see if it's a Blackout Day.

3. If the date you requested is acceptable leave the form with Mary. The principal will sign it.

4. Call the day into AESOP and request a sub. Do not set up a sub before you have your paper signed.

5. If your request is denied FAX the request to Lester Wolff's secretary in HR, Nancy Corbutt (512) 732-9016. He will review it and send his answer to Mary Hagler.

Fill out your petty cash form and turn it in with your receipt less than $50. Put it up on the principal's box to be signed. It is given to Kathy who will notify you when your money is ready.
 * Petty Cash**

District rules require staff to share travel and hotel rooms if possible. Fill out your form and put it into Amanda's box in the yellow folder. It will be reviewed by the PD Committee and they will get back to you.
 * Professional Develpment Request**

Anytime you leaving the building, by car, you must sign-out and sign back in at the list near the mailboxes in the office and sign back in when you return
 * Sign-out Sheet**

**EMAIL**
cc the principal whenever you communicate with parents or send out newsletters. Check your mail regularly all day for possible important announcements from the office regarding students. Parent mail needs to be answered in an timely manner.

For directions on this look in the **Technology How to Folder** of the **Teacher Shared drive**. There is a page you can print. (addingproxies.doc)
 * Proxy set up**

Email is deleted on a regular basis every 90 days. So, **every day** things that are 90 days old are deleted. If you want to save anything longer than that you have to create an Archive and move it to the Archive. The instructions for creating an Archive folder is in the **Groupwise folder** inside of the **Technology How To** folder on **Teacher Shared**. What creating an archive does is save whatever you move into it into to your HOME folder so that it is protected. In order to see your Archive you click on the button in Groupwise that says ONLINE and has a little man next to it. Under that you will see the word Archive. If you have one set up it will open up and look like your regular email, but it will have what you have saved in it. If you have not saved anything it will be blank. To save something in the Archive Right click on it and choose Archive. It will be moved from your Inbox to the Archive.
 * Archiving**

**DRILLS**
Each room has a map posted showing where the class should go for a fire drill. The teacher needs to get the Red and Green laminated pages and the First Aid Kit, a class list and help the students to all exit quietly in line. Once the line is outside the teacher takes roll. If anyone is missing holds up the RED sign and other monitors (usually Bonnie and Kelly) will locate the student. If all of the students are accounted for hold up the GREEN sign. When the signal is given the class may return to the school
 * Fire Drill**

Move the whole class to the back corner of the classroom where they cannot be seen from the windows or the window in the door. Lock the door and turn out the light. If there is anyone missing tape the red sign in the window of the classroom. Do not open the door for anyone until you hear the agreed upon signal.
 * Lock Down**

**DUTIES**
School Hours

The students begin their school day at 7:45am and are dismissed at 2:45pm. Teachers and Aides are contracted to work 7:30 am-3:30 pm, but your scheduled work hours may be slightly different. Teachers and Aides generally arrive between 7:15 am and 7:30 am to assist in getting students into the school.

Before School
 * Car- Help with orderly and safe arrival at school. Cars arrive and line up in two lines in the back of the school as directed by the teachers on duty. Students who are let out on the far side are walked across the street as a group with the teacher posted at that location. This takes three people. One person on each side of the street to help students unload and wave cars through and one person to walk the kids over to the school side.
 * Bus-You must be out on the front curb where the buses come by 7:30. Watch while the buses come and drop the kids off. Make sure that the kids get into the school safely. Smile at them and say good morning. There are 5 buses.
 * Hall-Go to the main hallway somewhere between the library and the 100 hall at 7:25. Just greet kids as they come and make sure that there are no problems in the hallway.
 * Cafeteria-Go to the cafeteria at 7:25 am. All students report there everyday before class and sit in class rows. Make sure that the noise level is OK and that behavior is good. Deal with any issues. Dismiss when the bell rings at 7:45. Remind kids to get their backpacks and lunches.

After School
 * Car-PURPOSE: safety for kids getting in to cars. There should be two people. The idea is to encourage parents to wait to open the door and load kids until they are between the areas that are marked with a blue line. Often kids will start running back to the end of the car line to get in the car and then it holds the whole line up. You are done when all of the kids have been picked up or at 3:00. If there are kids left at that time they can be walked to the office to call home.
 * Bus-PURPOSE: making sure that all classes have come out and no student gets left behind, also safety for kids getting on busses. The dry erase board lists all of the teacher's names. You need to make eye contact with each teacher when they come and then check them off so that you can let bus drivers know which classes are still missing if they ask. DO NOT let students tell you which class has come. They are not responsible for all of the kids and a teacher may be holding one back for some reason. You are done when all of the busses are loaded and gone.

KEEPING TRACK OF YOUR HOURS

[This section needs filling out.] Time sheet? Scanning your badge?

SPECIAL BCE EVENTS [This section needs filling out.] Vetern's Day-November 11 Splashmania Carnival Science Fair Science Day Math Night Talent Show

Weekly newsletters
 * PARENT COMMUNICATION** [This section needs filling out.]

All teachers are expected to dress in a casual professional style. Please be aware of the length of skirts and shorts and the cut of necklines for what you wear to school. You do not have to be dressed like you are working in an office, but clothing should be appropriate for an elementary school and not offensive to students or parents.
 * DRESS CODE**


 * TECHNOLOGY** [This section needs filling out.]
 * Skyward**-This is the data base system which is used for all parent and family information. This is where you take attendance and put in grades. Mary Hagler is the guru for this system. If you lose your password she is the one to talk to.


 * Storage on computers**-All of our computers are set up with something called Deep Freeze which allows the computers to restart in pristine condition each time they are turned off. This means that anything that is not in your HOME folder, Student Shared or Teacher Shared will disappear when you restart the computer. There is one drive called Thaw Space which actually resides on the one computer you are using rather than on the server. If you cannot save to a safe place you can save to the Thaw Space and when you restart the computer you will be able to access it there again, but only on the same computer.

ARD-Stands for A? __R?__ D?_. This is the IEP meeting with parents and various representatives from different support services for a child.

RTI or CIT Information [This section needs filling out.] Which employees to go to for what

GENERAL [This section needs filling out.] Where to find materials Work orders money- Kathy

SUBSTITUTE INFORMATION [This section needs filling out.]

LIBRARY [This section needs filling out.] Expectations of teachers and students

ROTATIONS at the beginning of the school year. [This section needs filling out.]

CONFIDENTIALITY RULES [This section needs filling out.]

COMMITTEES CLT-Campus Leadership Team-representatives from parents and staff. Led by the principal. DLD-District Leadership Team-Each campus sends two representatives to the two meetings each year; one in fall, one in spring. Led by Dr. Wellman. TL-Team Leader-Each grade level has an assigned team leader who meets with the larger group of team leaders regularly.