Sean Brooks' office this year is located in...
What is the Learning Center? (Bottom floor--near 1st grade. Room 14b)
A piece of paper that each classroom teacher gets where the names of each child in that classroom who are assigned to a particular bus are listed. (It is essential that teachers check off & complete each one of these that they have before dismissal.)
What is a bus ticket?
You would use this to communicate an absence in the BPS system (you would also text/call/or email)
What is ess.boston.gov (Access Boston)?
Kindness, Community, Creativity, Respect, and Excellence
What are the Guild's core values?
Two full weeks this year
What is how long is our December break?
This helps keep track of students when they are pulled for services, it can be found on a clipboard in each classroom.
What is the service provider sign in/out sheet?
Considering our lice procedure, the answer is no, we do not do this.
What is send a child home (because they have lice)?
Every teacher, including specialists, ESL, and resource staff use this online platform to communicate with families and share classroom updates.
What is Classroom Dojo?
Laura Aiello
What is who do you recommend you ask if you need assistance with the laminator?
No, you cannot do this even if it is very hot in your classroom.
What is, can I prop the door a door to the outside?
Property damage, anything that results in a destruction or disfigurement of property, or renders the property less useful, for example, breaking doors, windows, furniture, tampering with equipment impairing its usefulness, tampering with computer settings, vandalism (graffiti, etc)
What is a major behavior infraction?
Class lists; class schedule; explanation of attendance and lunch count procedures; seating chart; lesson plans; procedures relating to transitions; classroom culture and behavior systems; your buddy room; student health info or special instructions; location of materials in your classroom; list of names of team members counselors, nurs etc.; schedule of support staff who come to your room; bathroom procedures; pass procedures; drill, safe mode, and containment procedures; pass procedures; form for reporting the events of the day
What are things you find in a sub folder?
Text, then call and hangup.
What is how do I reach Karen if it's an emergency and she's not responding to my texts?
This is not an optimal way for humans to communicate and is last our on preferred communication methods at the Guild.
What is email?
Do not send a student to use this (unless it is an unusual emergency, even then, please don't if possible)
Do not walk away from it if it is jammed
Do not leave stray papers or trash
What is the copy machine?
It has a picture of an alligator and the Boston skyline on it
What is a Gator Chomp?
While some are green and others are yellow or blue this should always be purple
What is the pass students use for the top floor bathroom?
You would find these tips on pages 27 of our handbook
Immediately and kindly send them to the main office.
What is this is what I should do if I see any adult in the building without a BPS ID or visitor's pass.
No, you cannot do this even if you are just grabbing something from your car quickly.
What is prop a door open to the outside?
All staff will use this online platform for lesson planning this school year.
What is Planbook.edu?
You must call home and log it in Aspen after this many times a student in your homeroom is absent.
What is the first absence?
"Gator Scholars"
Immigration and Health and Nursing Policies are two examples.
What is new sections to this year's handbook?
What is the Guild Weekly Bulletin (Please, please PLEASE read it every week! PLEEAASE!)
A space for a student to calm down, and be removed from distractions so s/he can successfully return to the classroom community. These must be taught and a strong partnership with a colleague is essential for their success. All Guild classrooms are expected to identify these.
What is a buddy room?
on-demand telephonic
What is a type of interpretation services that are available to me via the phone?
A large, visually appealing label or heading;Labels to help explain interesting or strong thinking; A brief description of the assignment/task; The correlated Common Core State Standard (never below grade-level); A rubric or criteria for success (explaining the standard for proficiency); Up-to-date work that is current (within the quarters below and ideally within the past month); Neat, organized, and visually appealing work that reflects the diversity of Guild students; All work has the date and first & last name of the student; A task that is cognitively demanding and demonstrates strong student thinking
What are our Bulletin Board expectations (please have your first bulletin boards complete by Monday 9/23)
10%
What is how much of our school's accountability rating is based on student attendance?