1. Tuesday, August 28, 2012

2. New Faces Deb Romano – Guidance Secretary Lynn Jay – Attendance Secretary Robin Kitson – Main Office Secretary Nancy Jack – Computer Aide HMS/CAS Teri Favata – Personal Aide Pat Weber – Personal Aide Cathy Sullivan – Grade 6 ELA Kevin Zack – Grade 6 ELA Jennifer Brooks – Grade 6 ELA Marybeth Dean – FACS Amy Steger – AIS Math Wendy Amato – Social Worker Dara Watkins - Grade 6 Social Studies Student Teachers

3. New Places Jackie Martin room 110 Faculty work room 122 Marilyn Knoll Test Mods Room 116B Speech/Resource room 101 Check out the Faculty/Staff Room/Phone List for new team locations

4. TWENTY LUCKY TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE A $50 GIFT CARD FOR CLASSROOM SUPPLIES

5. Schedule for the 3 days Printed schedules are in your folder Time to work in your room and create/refine quarter 1 assessments Breakfast sponsored by PTSA Wednesday morning Staff Meeting to review district policies and procedures, HMS staff handbook SLO Training: Check the chart in your folder Meeting for anyone interested in supervising detention, HAP or morning hall duty(flex time)

6. Bell Schedules No homeroom period Announcements and Pledge will be at the end of period 1 Materials will be distributed during period 1 A-day classes End of the day announcements will be emergencies only Open House schedules are in your folder, more information to follow from John Modified bell schedules were created for Tuesday and Wednesday. Extra time was added to period 1.

7. Be an 11! Elevens set goals: We will be talking about this with students at opening assemblies – What is your goal for the year? Jen: Implement structured staff development at monthly department meetings. Departments will meet one Thursday per month with the designated administrator. These meetings are on the calendar (September & October are in your folder). Please reserve this time in your schedule.

8. Be an 11! The code of conduct will be reviewed with all students at the assemblies. When Elevens Make Mistakes: 1. Elevens admit and confront their mistakes. 2. Elevens take responsibility for their mistakes. 3. Elevens are truly sorry for their mistakes. 4. Elevens make every effort to correct their mistakes and make restitution if necessary. 5. Elevens resolve to do better and learn from their mistakes. 6. Elevens do not dwell on their mistakes. They make the necessary corrections and move on in a positive direction. 7. Elevens and Eleven Teams always help each other avoid mistakes. 8. Elevens and Eleven teams stand by their teammates when they make mistakes and help pull them up. 9. Eleven Teams stand together.

9. Teamwork http://youtu.be/FJVS__j_lio

10. Core Team First meeting on Thursday at 2:00 Need 2 more Representatives: Music/FACS/Art and Technology/Physical Education. Please contact Karen Boettcher if interested.

11. PTSA There is a letter from PTSA in your folder. Please consider joining PTSA again this year. We had tremendous support for PTSA last year. Picture days are Monday, September 10 and Tuesday, September 11. Spirit Wear Sale ends September 21. First Meeting: Monday, September 24 at 7:00 in the HMS Cafeteria

12. DASA Jill Crossetta and Jen Giallella are the HMS DASA coordinators Staff and student surveys will be completed HMS has a tracking system in place and this system will be implemented district-wide Anything violent = direct referral to administration 2 nd offense = administration is involved

13. Office Information Pick up plan books and grade books from the main office. All employees need to sign in when picking up keys and sub folders or at the main office today,Wednesday and Thursday. Please complete the District Employee Directory and Address Card and return to the main office ASAP. Substitute folders will be picked up immediately following this meeting and are due to the main office by the end of the day on Thursday. Please be extra conscientious about turning in required paperwork this year. Read your IEPs and sign-off ASAP. John is still working on duties. Bus duty, study hall, etc. will be assigned this week. Notification will be sent via e-mail. Thank you for your patience as we balance schedules. The counselors will be very busy with this task over the next three days.

14. Calendar Grade reporting dates are listed for the year. Put these on your calendar and note the due dates. AIMSWEB: A district calendar was created for 2012-13. AIMSWEB will be discussed at ELA and Math department meetings. BOE meetings will be at HMS September 11 and October 9

15. Evaluations Teacher Aide Evaluations will begin in September APPR plan will be voted on by HTA All teachers and teacher aides have been assigned an evaluator for 2012-2013 SLO training for teachers on Wednesday at 10:30 SLO training will continue at department meetings

16. HMS 2011-12: Effective State generated scores will be shared with individual teachers Composite score sheets are being generated All composite scores are Effective or Highly Effective At this time, we are not reporting the scores to the state. http://engageny.org/wp- content/uploads/2012/06/Teachers_Guide_to_Interpr eting_Your_Growth_Score.pdfhttp://engageny.org/wp- content/uploads/2012/06/Teachers_Guide_to_Interpr eting_Your_Growth_Score.pdf

17. On the horizon eDoctrina https://secure.edoctrina.org/ Usernames for all staff to get into the system is the first initial of their first name and last name with the password, safe2pas Training September 10, 11 & 12: Jen Giallella, Karen Boettcher and Gigi Rush will attend

18. Thank You to our Custodial Staff Once again, they are doing more with less staff. They will need your help to keep our building looking clean. Night events: see Rodney ahead of time about specifics Chairs up at the end of the day Windows shut with blinds closed Remember our energy savings: computers and monitors off, projectors off when not used for consecutive classes

19. 11 Teams Stand Together Join the Social Committee! See Lindsey McGahey for details