Staff Handbook
Who are the people (3) responsible for assisting you with suspected child abuse, drug abuse, persistent lice, homeless students, and similar concerns?
Matt Gray, Joe Freeman, Nurse Landers, and administration.
True or False: Attendance should be taken between 7:55-8:15am daily. Student excuse notes must be sent to Teresa Carpenter each morning. According to board policy, notes must be turned in within 2 days of absence.
True (#4000)
This person ONLY likes white towels.
Who is Patrice Anthony?
All staff members are required to wear their ID badges at all times. All visitors require a visitors' pass. All exterior doors are to remain locked and closed at all times. Teachers whose rooms are located near any outside doors should continually monitor them to ensure they remain closed and locked.Exterior doors should NEVER be propped open.
What is school safety?
*7:20am
7:45am
3:15pm
What time should certified staff report to morning duty?
What time should certified staff members report to work and dismiss from work?
A person requesting to arrive late, leave early, take a personal day, and leave campus during planning.
What are times I need to get permission from Kepner?
CCS has a strict policy regarding bullying. Does the policy include all of the following: discrimination, harassment and bullying, cyber-bullying and cyber harassment, sexual harassment, gender based harassment, retaliation, how the policy applies, reporting procedures, consequences, training programs, and responsibilities of the Superintendent?
Yes (#1710, 4021, 7230)
This person could possibly be defined by Webster's Dictionary as a "cat lady" due to her love and care of cats.
Who is Amy Porter?
Positively returning parent phone calls, answering letters/notes, text messages within 24 hours of receiving messages.
What is good (expected) parent communication?
True or False: Kepner does NOT allow staff to take away recess because it is state law that students have 30 minutes of physical activity a day. *PE is considered 30 min of physical activity.
True
Who is required to work mandatory CCS and JLES workdays days?
Everyone except Title 1 tutors.
What is the school board policy/ Kepner's policy on the use of cell phones, ear buds, during instructional time?
During staff meetings?
(#5155)
*No staff member is to wear ear buds or have ear buds around his/her neck while students are on campus.
All school system employees should ensure that cell phones are turned off or set to a silent or vibrate mode during the school day while in or near classrooms, libraries, and other instructional areas.
For purposes of this policy, the term “cell phone” shall include all portable electronic communication and signaling devices, including pagers and beepers.
This person wore her hair in liberty spikes to school in junior high on a dare, has six piercings, one tattoo, was an extra in a movie, and got engaged at the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Who is Kim Kepner?
Our school climate and philosophy is to always be positive and calm when speaking with students, especially when redirecting them. We follow our school's PBIS matrix and school/classroom rules and procedures, and individual student's behavior plans. To assist with classroom discipline, staff have what three resources?
Matt Gray for behavior plans
Behavior Lab
Assistant Principal
Principal
When is the deadline for all field trip requests to Kepner?
November 2nd
What day is protected for JLES and CCS meetings?
Mondays.
True or False: Employees must be mindful that they are responsible for their public conduct even when not acting in their capacities as school employees. It is therefore imperative that all employees understand how the Code of Conduct and other school board policies apply to social networking websites and other communications in cyberspace.
True or False: A parent’s agreement to allow their child to be photographed on the annual permission to publish form only applies to school supported publications and media outlets.
True or False: You can access social networking sites from school computers, on school networks, or during work hours for personal use.
True
True
False (7320) See Board policy 7320 for more details about the appropriate use school system technologies. This includes the use of a personal cell phone to post updates on social networking sites.
This person cried every day of first and second grade because she didn't want to go to school.
Who is Katherine Gamble?
What is the lowest grade that should be recorded in the grade book for an assignment?
How many grades should be in the grade book for progress reports (ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies?)
How many grades need to be in the grade book each marking period for report cards (ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies?)
What day of the week are grades required to be entered?
*50
*4
*9 (ELA/Math) *5 (SS/Science)
*Thursdays
Fill in the blank.
Lesson plan formats must be consistent per grade level and submitted to Kepner via Google drive no less than _____ days prior to planned instruction.
5
Where can you locate procedures for specific drills and codes (e.g. fire, code red, etc.)?
packet in classrooms, handbook, front office
According to CCS board policy 5195, staff must follow the dress and appearance policy. Employees shall be expected to exhibit a professional image to students, parents, and the community. All staff will dress with good taste, appropriately attired for the work to be done. All employees are to dress professionally and appropriately relative to their specific job duties and responsibilities.Any employee in violation of this policy may be asked by his or her supervisor to go home and change clothes and/or refrain from wearing such clothing in the future. What are three examples of non-professional dress?
Examples: visible undergarments, any visible cleavage, bare midriffs, clothes that are deemed too tight, transparent, short skirts, exercise pants, pants with holes or the distressed look.
This person makes jewelry from animal bones.
Who is Courtney Morehead?
True or False: Certified staff are required to attend Title 1 events, Winter and Spring musicals, and any PTO events.
True
What are the standards and Pre-K/Head Start curriculum we are required to teach at James Love?
ELA and Math Common Core State Standards; North Carolina Essential Standards; Creative Curriculum.