Week 11

Happy Monday Team! I hope you all have had a restful weekend and enjoyed the beauty of the first snow. I want to extend a warm Laurus "Welcome" to our new School Social Worker, Joi White.  We are very excited to have you join our Laurus Team.  

Here are the updates for the week. 

House Keeping 

There are certain professional expectations that need to be re-established. Please discuss these bulleted items as a team to ensure that everyone is in compliance. 

• Teachers must be in the building no later than 7:45 AM, unless given prior permission from their dean.  Intervention staff, you will follow your designated arrival and dismissal times.
• Students must never be left unattended. You must have someone to cover your class if you need to use the restroom, make copies, leave for any reason.
• Personal phone calls are not allowed during instructional time except in cases of emergency.
• All teachers must adhere to code of conduct when speaking with their students or within earshot of children (including personal cell phone use on speaker in the building during hours that children are present) 
• Teachers must walk the students who have hot lunch down to the lunch line. 
• Please return from lunch on time. 
• During dismissal, all students must be in their assigned classrooms until their numbers are posted on driveline. Students must be quiet so the walkie can be heard. 
• All teachers must attend weekly planning meetings at designated times per agreement of their teams. This is a Laurus expectation. 

Interims

Please make sure all students have completed the interims from last week. This upcoming week, 5th grade teachers will administer the Science Interim 1. 

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Beginning this week, classroom teachers will start scheduling Parent-Teacher Conferences. Many teachers use sign-up genius to schedule. Sped Resource Room Teachers, please collaborate with your grade level teachers so that you can sit in on the PTC's.  Conferences will be virtual this year. Please look for an email this week that will explain parent-teacher conferences in greater detail. 

New Teacher Meeting

Next Thursday, November 18th from 4p.m.-4:45p.m., we will have our first new teacher training. If you received the email from Ms. Boyer, you need to attend. The mandatory trainings will focus on gradebook, teacher standards, behavior management, Edcite, parent communication, attendance, Driveline, and Laurus culture.

Dress Code

Teachers, please remember to check and make sure that your students are abiding by the Laurus Academy dress code. This should be done as you take attendance.