Flint Hill Elementary School Faculty Handbook
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- Substitute Teacher Folder
- OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES Supervision of Students Students are expected to be under supervision at all times.
- Teachers are strongly encouraged to eat with their students for the first two or three weeks of the school year
- Food may not be taken from the cafeteria for later consumption
- Professional Learning Communities (PLC’s)
- Teacher-Parent Communication
- These documents are required under state records management regulations to be kept on file by the school for at least 3 years
- All letters, newsletters, or other types of communications to be sent home with the entire class must be approved in advance by the administration.
- Faculty/Professional Learning Meetings
- Take note! Wednesdays are “meeting days” at Flint Hill. Flint Hill Faculty Meetings
- Flint Hill Elementary Leadership Meetings
- CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT Performance Evaluation
- Friday, September 7, 2012
- Teacher Grade Evaluator
Computer Lab Flint Hill Elementary School has two computer labs with 30+ computers. The computer lab paraprofessionals will be following the technology curriculum map, which has been recently created by the county. Instruction will align to the Common Core Georgia Performance Standards. Substitute Teacher Folder Every teacher is required to prepare a folder of guidelines, information, and emergency assignments for a substitute teacher to use during the teacher’s absence. The folder should be completed by the first Friday in September and turned into your grade level captain. These folders will be held in your grade level workroom. The folder should include class rolls, schedule, reinforcement activities for previously covered material, the name of another teacher who is familiar with your class, teaching materials, seating chart, discussion of lunch procedures, emergency procedures, the name of a reliable student, and various duties. You may also note any changes in daily routine and update class lists as needed. This folder will help provide consistency for our substitutes. Homework The purpose of homework is to provide an extension of classroom learning through practice, reinforcement and review activities. Homework is a time for parents to see what learning has taken place during the school day. Special projects and extra activities should be assigned well in advance. Time should also be given in class to complete some projects. Please remember that your homework assignments should be posted EVERY DAY, and should include scanned copies of any sheets sent home which are required for homework completion. Again, this should be posted DAILY before you leave to your E-Learn website. Marzano (2001) states that “Two common purposes for homework are practice, preparation, or elaboration. It should be structured around content with which students have a high degree of familiarity.” We follow Marzano’s rule of no more than 5-10 minutes per grade level. For example, first grade would have 10 minutes of homework, whereas fourth grade could have no more than 40 minutes. In elementary school, no child should have over an hour of homework per night. OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES Supervision of Students Students are expected to be under supervision at all times. A teacher’s absence from his or her assigned area of supervision does not relieve the teacher from responsibility or liability. This applies to any duty, as well as classroom responsibility. No student should be left unattended in the hall for any reason. Dismissal Duty Teachers and paraprofessionals are asked to escort their students to the bus loading area (GYM) of the school each day. Teachers and paraprofessionals will also be responsible for escorting their students to the car pick-up area (CAFETERIA) each day. Every teacher has been assigned a bus to monitor this year. Please remain on duty until all students are safely loaded. Hall Duty When students are entering the building at 7:00 AM each morning, all teachers are required to stand in the hall near their classroom doors to ensure that students proceed to their homerooms promptly and quietly. Lunch Duty Teachers are provided a duty free lunch period during the time their class is at lunch. Teachers are strongly encouraged to eat with their students for the first two or three weeks of the school year. This will be invaluable in helping to set the tone for the entire school year. We want our lunchroom to be inviting and relaxing for our students. Excessive noise is not ideal for anyone. Each class should enter the cafeteria in alphabetical order to allow the cashier to monitor the daily lunch roster. Once in the cafeteria, students will pick up their trays and must sit at the assigned tables for their class. Tables are to be left neat and clean each day. The teacher should dismiss the class and supervise them at the dish room area as they empty their lunch trays.
First and foremost, Flint Hill Elementary School is a Professional Learning Community (PLC) made up of Collaborative Learning Teams. Each and every member of our faculty is equally responsible for the academic success of our students, not just those who are assigned to their roster. In essence, teachers work in subject-specific learning teams to unpack the standards, dig deeper into the data, maintain a common pacing and curriculum guide, and discuss interventions needed for struggling students or enrichment for students who excel. Furthermore, PLC’s create common formative and summative assessments on a regular basis, and each member of the PLC shares the results of these assessments with other members on the team. In working together in this collaborative environment for the benefit of all students, our teams feel empowered to develop shared interventions and strategies and target groups of students who share common learning deficits. Our PLC’s meet four to five times per week with a set agenda and clearly defined outcomes as the focus of their collaborative work. Monday- Team Meeting/Curriculum Planning Tuesday- “Joy Day” or “Beverly Day” Data Analysis and Teacher Leader Redelivery Wednesday- RTI Tier 2 & 3 Thursday- Development of Common Assessments and Review of Data Friday- Teacher Choice
Parents need to know what and how their children are doing in school. Report cards and grade reports alone do not serve this purpose adequately. A continuous program of effective teacher-parent communications is beneficial to the child, the parents, and the teacher. Keeping a record of communications with parents provides valuable information and, when needed, documentation. File all student excuses for absences and all other communications from parents. These documents are required under state records management regulations to be kept on file by the school for at least 3 years. These will be collected from each teacher at the end of the school year and stored in a central location. Keep notes on phone calls you make to and receive from parents. This provides valuable documentation that you have communicated to the parents. You should keep a copy of important communications sent to parents, either by using a form that makes a duplicate copy or by making a photocopy of the note. All letters, newsletters, or other types of communications to be sent home with the entire class must be approved in advance by the administration. Conferences Parent-teacher conferences can be extremely valuable. Teachers are required to participate in conferences requested by parents. To make conferences productive and efficient, plan ahead. 1) Have all materials ready. 2) Know what you want to communicate to the parent. 3) Show your concern for the child by pointing out the positive as well as showing weak areas. 4) Listen attentively a) Parents can give you many clues as to why their child is having problems at school. b) Note their concerns 5) Always end with a positive comment. Conferences are scheduled by the teacher. School secretaries will take a conference request from the parent and place a notice in the teacher’s box. It is the teacher’s responsibility to contact the parent to arrange a conference time. If at any time, you believe it would be beneficial for an administrator or the counselor to participate in a parent-teacher conference, please feel free to make such a request. Faculty/Professional Learning Meetings Regular faculty/professional learning meetings will be held on Wednesday’s. Teachers are required to attend all faculty meetings unless previous permission to be absent has been approved by the administration. Those teachers who are excused from attendance at meetings are accountable, as are other absent teachers, for finding out what was discussed at the meeting. Meetings will begin at 2:25 P.M. and will be held in the media center or cafeteria. Faculty meetings are for faculty/staff only. No others are allowed to attend faculty meetings, including personal children and/or family members. Also, faculty and staff are required to sit towards the front of the cafeteria closest to the presenter. Take note! Wednesdays are “meeting days” at Flint Hill. Flint Hill Faculty Meetings Wednesday, August 8, 2012 Wednesday, August 22, 2012 Wednesday, August 29, 2012 Wednesday, September 5, 2012 Wednesday, September 19, 2012 Wednesday, October 3, 2012 Wednesday, October 17, 2012 Wednesday, October 24, 2012 Wednesday, October 31, 2012 Wednesday, November 7, 2012 Wednesday, November 28, 2011 Wednesday, December 5, 2012 Wednesday, December 19, 2012 (only if needed) Wednesday, January 9, 2013 Wednesday, January 23, 2013 Wednesday, January 30, 2013 Wednesday, February 6, 2013 Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Wednesday, March 6, 2013 Wednesday, March 20, 2013 Wednesday, March 27, 2013 Wednesday, April 10, 2013 Wednesday, April 24, 2013 Wednesday, May 8, 2012 Wednesday, May 22, 2012 Flint Hill Elementary Leadership Meetings Our leadership meetings will generally be held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. Wednesday, August 15, 2012 Wednesday, September 12, 2012 Wednesday, October 10, 2012 Wednesday, November 14, 2012 Wednesday, December 12, 2012 Wednesday, January 16, 2013 Wednesday, February 13, 2013 Wednesday, March 13, 2013 Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Wednesday, May 15, 2013 PTO The PTO at Flint Hill Elementary provides valuable services and support for our school and deserves your active participation. The “T” in PTO stands for teachers; the PTO is not an exclusive organization for parents. All teachers are expected to join PTO and to attend all PTO meetings. These meetings provide good opportunities for teacher-parent communication and cooperation. Your attendance at PTO demonstrates to parents your concern for the students and the school. If there is some pressing reason you cannot attend a PTO meeting, you should notify the administration ahead of time.
The Newton County Board of Education requires that all personnel have their performance evaluated annually. The Newton County Board of Education requires a minimum of 1 - 3 unannounced classroom observations of 20 minutes each during the school year, as well as ongoing evaluation of teacher performance of general duties and responsibilities as delineated in the job description. NCBOE further requires certificated personnel who have deficiencies or other needs to have a professional development plan designed to mitigate such deficiencies and other needs as may have been identified during the evaluation process. Progress relative to completing the annual professional development plan shall be one of the assessments during the annual evaluation process. In addition to the Georgia Teacher Evaluation Program, Federal law through Title IIA requires teachers to be identified as either “effective” or “ineffective.” This determination is made based on data obtained through performance-based goals. Teachers will set goals in the Fall of each school year, and will be evaluated on a measurable outcome of these performance-based goals. Title IIA goals are due to your grade level administrator by Friday, September 7, 2012. The purpose of performance evaluation and professional development plans is to upgrade the quality of teaching. Teachers should view these exercises as a formalized means to gain support and assistance in the improvement of their teaching. Paraprofessionals and other classified employees will be evaluated once per year using the NCBOE evaluation instrument.
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