Classroom Non-Negotiables
The 2 times when students are not allowed to leave your class.
What is the first 10 minutes and last 10 minutes of class.
This should occur at least 2 times daily as part of your professional duty.
What is checking school email?
The contracted teacher work hours.
What is 8am-4pm?
This must be completed in order for students to leave the classroom.
What is a hall pass?
When staff have conflict, the person they speak with first.
Who is each other?
The 2 items that should be posted daily on teachers' boards or posted in canvas.
What are objective/essential question/I can statement and agenda?
Parents should receive a response from you for any communication (call, text, email) within this amount of time.
What is 48 hours or 2 days?
The person responsible for helping new and beginning staff.
Who is their mentor teacher, buddy teacher and/or PLC partner?
When attendance should be completed for each class in PowerSchool.
What is within the first 20 minutes of class?
This is the number one focus of SILSA for this year.
What are positive relationships with students?
The frequency that grades will be updated in PowerSchool.
What is AT LEAST weekly?
The people who can be notified if you are going to be late, leave early or have an emergency.
Who is Principal Cush or Ms. West.
The person who is responsible for covering assigned duties when staff is absent.
Who is the person who will not be on duty? Do not call Wendy or admin if you will not be able to cover your duty. You must phone a friend!
Where ALL school communication is documented for students.
What is Learning Circle?
Discipline policies that will be avoided if at all possible.
What are exclusionary practices? Students will not be removed from class if at all possible. This means that it is in the teacher's best interest to brainstorm other means to handle low level discipline within their own classroom.
The 2 ways the MANDATORY beginning of the year syllabus can be posted for students and parents.
What is canvas and a paper copy.
The person who CAN NOT grant leave of any kind.
Who is the administrative assistant, Wendy Matayabas.
The process for students to access Brandon Smith.
What is make an appointment? Students MAY NOT just be dismissed to his office. In an emergency, staff may call or text Mr. Smith to check on availability.
The process staff use to support students who are not achieving expected success.
What is MTSS?
2 inappropriate ways to address conflicts within the school.
What are with parents, with students, on social media, with the county office, gossiping with other staff especially when you do not have the facts?
The process for showing videos lasting longer than 30 minutes or inviting guest speakers.
Request permission from administration AT LEAST 48 hours in advance.
The action that must occur PRIOR to writing a student up in Educator's Handbook for a behavior issue.
What is teacher MUST call parent themselves and document the call in EH and/or Learning Circle?
The focus for all Asheville City Schools.
What are social-emotional learning (SEL) and equity?
When staff fail to meet their academic and/or professional responsibilities, this can be initiated by administration.
What is a monitored growth plan.
The language all staff use to discuss problems, initiatives, students, etc.
What is asset based language.