- Thank you to Kathy MacDonald and Steve Blair for all their work on scheduling
- Brad has not slept well, worrying about allotment, etc.
- They deserve a big round of applause!
- Marty Tedrow has won a Kennan fellowship (she was dropped last year) NC A&T kept her as a research teacher...She was considered a professor at A&T, lots of networking possibilities, paid her $10,000.00!
- She applied again, and she won. The perks of being a Kennan fellow are great--there are several awards for different subjects too. She teaches new curriculum that comes out in 2012. She got a new laptop, flip camera, and nice stipend too. See Ms. Tedrow for more details: http://www.ncsu.edu/kenanfellows/
- Brad is leaving on Wednesday with the Samurai's and won't be back till Friday
- Congratulations to four very talented young ladies accepted as "emerging leaders"
- 6th grader--Adriana Cummings
- Three 7th Graders:
- Keenan Carter, Kaitlyn Chesney and Starnese Galloway
- Regan Rutland was accepted and will attend the Junior Western Region Honors Orchestra Clinic:
The clinic is on May 7th: http://www.ncorchestra.org/NCMEA_Orchestra/Student_Events.html
SIT: revisiting our technology plan...talking about using monies for computers (laptops) more so than classroom solutions, people are really using the Dell Mini carts--will continue to be discussed at SIT--tell your SIT represenative your opinion.
MVP: Has helped everyone of us out in some way or another...Sara Billings
Leigh Humphrey: TAC meeting summary/the budget
- Last Thursday from WSFCS Info--link to the survey your choices for taking a furlough day --would be June 17th--has to be this year, that law expires this year...other option 1/3% to 1% cut in your pay (may be up to 2%)
- Or you could say you prefer to lay off 42 workers...
- Dr. Martin's number 1 priority is to save jobs
- 60 assistants were cut, period, some maybe hired back as media assistants
- TA's and PRT's working less days,
- Attempt was really made to spread the wealth of the cuts around
- These files are also in the following location: S:\StaffShare\Faculty Meetings:
- budget as of April 12th
- One voice rally in Raleigh is on Tuesday, May 3rd...4:30
- Running some buses from across from Parkland, K-mart
Leigh will forward that to you all when he gets that calendar...
QUESTIONS: Is the payroll "vote" one or the other? Brad thought it was both? Brent--it's asking your opinion--this is really not a "vote" per se.
Daryle Maxwell from LEAP is here to talk about Their Program at Kennedy Learning Center (will be a career/technical High school next year too--adding 9th and 10th grades)
- Daryle Maxwell/KennedyLC/WSFCS@WSFCS
- LEAP -- are recruiting students now
- LEAP designed for students retained in the past who want to do two grades in one year.
- Traditionally accepted students proficient in EOG's.
- Gateway program designed for students not proficient, smaller class sizes, reading/math focused
- Study skills and after school tutoring
- Looking for low discipline problems, tho discipline problems do tend to lower in this smaller setting
- lower motivated, high achievement students are candidates too
- Daryl is speaking to teachers to refer these students
- referral process is streamlined, all they need us a student name and student number, and LEAP (Daryle) will contact the parents from there.
- They do take EC, and they are inclusive...
- Leap does provide transportation
- They are adding 9th and 10th grades to their campus
- Questions?
- They do have had students who failed twice, and they have to be very motivated...
- Fill out the form and can send inter-office mail
Testing Code of ethics Training for teachers: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability/testing/policies/testcode080100.pdf
Proctor code of ethics: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability/policyoperations/proctorsguide_05.pdf
Candi mentioned surveys first...the career start one --which ends June 10th--decide who on your team will do it? http://www.wsfcs.k12.nc.us//Domain/17
Also, the Student conditions learning protocol survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DZB2QSG
We are asking 7th grade social studies teachers to do it--both are linked on the TJMS student page:
http://www.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/domain/2164
Just wanted everyone to be aware, it's not "just you" having to do these surveys...
Please sign this ethics training sheet
Test administration Manual (TAM) training is next week...
Allotment Meetings
He is meeting tomorrow (for as long as you have questions) come to his office...
8th grade 8:30
PE/Health 9:15
7th Grade (10:00)
Foreign Language (11:10)
Arts (11:30)
CTE (11:45)
6th Grade (12:30)
EC does not have an allotment yet (so they will not meet tomorrow)
Some things are out of his control...
He does not have school money to hire Sara :( Still might be worth it to write to school board members to express your opinions--that may help...
Instant Recess: Ends May 6th
- hope you have kept logs, need to be turned in by Monday, May 9th
- Visitors in the building tomorrow--someone from Wake to see how instant recess is going.
- May 9th we will return to the normal bell schedule
"Show me the money":
e-docs is starting..., teachers less than 12 months but not classified (certified) last paper is May 31st...
classified: last paper paycheck is June 16th:
https://employeeinfo.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/DocAgent/
Recall...Your login user name consists of the six-digit " Employee Number " as it appears on your paycheck stub just to the left of your name, PLUS the first two letters of your last name in CAPITAL LETTERS with no space in between. Example: "123456AD".
Your initial password will be the last four digits of your social security number and the first two letters of your last name in CAPITAL LETTERS . (You will be prompted to create a new password on initial signon and then sign in again.) Example: "1234AD".
Plan for Technology Facilitator: Work part time on tech and teach science half day next year.
