Professional Practice & Culture
While maintaining a professional campus culture, this specific type of denim is strictly limited to Wednesdays and Fridays for staff wear, provided it contains no visible tears or distressing.
What are non-ripped jeans?
The exact daily deadline by which all VSA classroom teachers must submit their student attendance and morning lunch count via PowerSchool.
What is 8:30 a.m.?
The daily deadline for submitting the Week at a Glance document, including all linked lesson plans, to instructional coaches and supervisors.
What is Friday at 4:00 p.m.?
The precise location where all staff, visitors, and volunteers must enter and exit the campus at all times of the school year.
What is the front doors at the main office?
The minimum frequency with which classroom student work displays and academic student data walls must be fully rotated and updated.
What is at least once per quarter (4 times per year)?
To model enthusiasm and reinforce VSA's college initiative, staff are encouraged to wear school/regional t-shirts on Wednesdays and these on Fridays.
What are college t-shirts?
The daily core operational work hours that all VSA educators are required to be on-site, prepped, and ready to teach.
What is 7:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.?
The minimum amount of advance notice required when submitting a Personal Time Off (PTO) request through MyHRT.
What is 14 days (or 2 weeks)?
The curfew hour past which staff members are not permitted to remain on campus without an active emergency or explicit, prior administrative approval.
What is 7:00 p.m.?
The policy mandate derived from Williams Act compliance that dictates exactly what can be stored on top of classroom cabinets, bookshelves, or high furniture.
What is nothing?
The strict timeline by which staff must reply to emails, or provide a brief acknowledgment with a follow-up timeline if a full response isn't immediately possible.
What is within 24 hours?
The walkie-talkie communication channel that all general education classroom teachers must keep active, and set to high volume at all times.
What is channel 8?
The specific number of full instructional days that a teacher's emergency lesson plans must cover within their Guest Teacher Binder.
What is 3 full days by the 3rd Friday of the school year?
The immediate safety protocol required if a student suffers any impact to their head, including where they must be escorted and the observation duration.
What is escalating them immediately to the front office for a 15-to-20 minute observation?
The strict privacy rule governing numerical performance data or academic tracking scores placed publicly on classroom data boards.
What is that student names must never appear alongside numerical or academic performance data?
The exact calendar date by which each classroom must have an original, enthusiastic college cheer prepared and ready to perform for the school's first Town Hall.
What is Friday, September 4, 2026?
When a student is out of uniform, the first step staff should take according to VSA policy.
What is send them to the front office?
To ensure guest teachers can successfully lead your class, lesson plans should be accessible without this technology.
What is 'No Smart Boards required for guest teachers'?
The precise 2-step communication protocol required to report a maintenance issue or broken item in a classroom.
What is completing the Maintenance Request Form and emailing both Ashley Barrow and Lisa Johns?
While personal tech use is banned during instructional hours, this policy specifically governs the use of personal phones or devices as student timers or for class Brain Breaks.
What is that it is completely prohibited?
Prompt, Prepared, Proactive, Positive Attitude, Pride, and Practice comprise this core framework governing all VSA professional standards.
What are the Six Ps of Professional Practice?
Under the strict timeline rules for Independent Study (IS), this is the minimum amount of advance notice a family must give the office before an absence, and the maximum time a teacher has to grade and submit the returned work.
What is two weeks in advance (for requests) and one week after return (for grading)?
The strict policy restriction that designates state assessment windows, ELOP days, and the days immediately before or after a school break as zones where PTO requests are unlikely to be approved due to the critical need for staff presence.
What are Restricted Dates?
To prevent theft and ensure safety, these are the two approved locations where a teacher's school-issued laptop can legally be stored at the end of a workday.
What is taken home or stored in a locked cabinet or desk?
To ensure effective communication, all VSA event flyers distributed to families must be broadcasted through these four distinct channels.
What are School Messenger, ClassDojo, social media, and a hard copy printed on colored paper?