E-News (1st Day of School Edition)

First Day Procedures
On the first day of school, all staff members will need to be on campus and ready to receive student at 7:00am. Students (and parents) will be encouraged to head to their homeroom classes. Special teachers, Mrs. Green and Mrs. Worley will be greeting students car riders in the front and all others will be in the cafeteria or hallways helping students get to class. We will start normal morning procedures on Tuesday will students starting the day in the cafeteria or gym, then dismissed to classrooms by 7:35am.

The tardy bell will ring at 7:45am and morning announcements will begin. Please ensure all students are quiet and listening to the announcements. Encourage them to participate with pledges and moment of silence in the classrooms and hallways.

Staff Activity Calendar & Campus Website
Recently we added a campus activity calendar to help us plan and organize the school year. All staff members can access the calendar here on the blog by selecting from the menu above. Also, we're working on creating a website our staff can use for communication, curriculum, technology, data, and more. The website address is long and hard to remember: https://sites.google.com/a/rcisd.org/scottstaff/ so I shortened it with bitly - http://bit.ly/scottstaff

(If you're viewing this with a phone, you're probably seeing the mobile version of the site. There's a dropbox menu with the mobile version of this website. Let me know if you have questions.)

Gmail Migration
I know many of you are interested in moving over to Gmail. If you would complete this form, I will send this over to Theo and he will get you switched over by the end of the week.

Monthly Staff Meeting Schedule
Our monthly staff meetings will be scheduled like last year, once a month on Mondays. Here's the specific dates:
Sept 8
Oct 13
Nov 10
Dec 8
Jan 12
Feb 9
Mar 16
Apr 13
May 11
Since we only meet once a month, please reschedule your after school appointments for other days during the month. The purpose of our staff meetings will be focused on shared learning experiences and best practices. Day-to-day campus operations will be shared through the blog or staff emails.

Math Coordinator Meetings
Valerie James, our district math coordinator, will be visiting our campus each week. She will be attending PLCs, supporting classroom instruction, and assisting with data analysis. Be sure to visit the Scott Activity Calendar for each of the days she'll be on campus. Currently she'll be at Scott on:
Thursday, August 28
Thursday, September 11

Thursday, September 25

PDAS Refresher
This is the time of the school year to complete the annual review of the PDAS for Teachers. Julia send out the following directions for via email recently:

Welcome to the Professional Development & Appraisal System Annual Review for Teachers online training course. This system requires that a new profile be created every year.

To register and receive a username and password for this course please follow the instructions below:
Step 1: Click this link http://pdas.responsivelearning.com/Participant/PRegistration.aspx
*If the link does not take you to the registration page, type in the address in your browser.
Step 2: Enter this registration code in the form: wetsnow1220
*When entering your registration code, it should be entered exactly as it appears.
Step 3: Complete the rest of the form and submit.

Be sure to complete the online refresher and Teacher Self-Report Part I during the first three weeks of school. We'll begin our teacher appraisers earlier this school year for all teachers and we'll let you know who your appraiser will be soon.

New Teacher

I didn't get a chance to mention this before... but we hired a new teacher for the 3rd Grade team. His name is Michael Reynolds and he's coming to us from Garland ISD. I know some of you have welcomed Michael to Scott Elementary and even helped him get moved in. Be sure to stop by his classroom and introduce yourself.

That's all the announcements I have for this first week of school. Have a wonderful first day of school and get lots of rest! See you guys tomorrow!!