Beginning of the year Induction Meeting

A

Assemblies 

• Where do my students sit?

• How quiet do my students need to be?

Attendance Policies 

• I notice a student is missing a lot, what is my responsibility?

• What is my responsibility to get work to the students?

• How much time is expected from the parents to give notice of extended leave, for you to get their work together?

Audio-Visual Materials 

• How do I sign up for AV help?  

• Who do I talk to about getting AV fixed?

• What AV equipment is available to me?  

• How do I check that equipment out IF it is not in my room already?

B

Back-to-School Night 

• What is expected of me that night?

• What should I have prepared for the parents?

Behavior plans

• What does a behavior plan look like and what should it have on it?

Benchmark testing

• When do I benchmark?

• What subjects benchmark?

• Who do I turn my data into?

Bereavement Leave

• HR phone number/website for any type of leave

Budget Access & Amounts 

• How much is available to my team?

• What can supplies can I order?

• What supplies are available and covered?

Bulletin Boards

• Do I have a Bulletin board?

• What is expected of me and my class?

C

Classroom Management Plan

• What plans have worked in different age classrooms? Color/sticks/ behavior plans/BINGO

Class computers

• Who do I call to fix my classroom computers?

• I want to print from my classroom computers, who can install the printer from my room on my computers?

Class schedules

• Is there a schedule that I need to follow?

• How much time do I need to devote to each subject?

Class parties

• How many should I have a year?

• Which ones should I do?

• Can I have my parents plan and carry out the party?

Collaboration 

• PLC groups/ teams, how much time do I need to give, how often do we need to meet?

Computer Lab Use 

• When is my designated time?  

• How do I sign up for more time?  

• When it is my time, do the aides take over or do I plan all computer lab lessons?  

• Do I stay in the computer lab the whole time?

Computer Programs 

• What can I install on my computer?

Computer System 

• My computer is broken/slow/has issues, who do I call, how do I get it fixed?

Core Curriculum 

• Does the school/district have curriculum that I need to follow?

• How do I get curriculum and teacher editions to follow the expectation?

Core Standards

• Download all core standards, print them off, refer to them while planning.

Counseling Services

• Who do I contact if I think a student needs counseling?

• Is there help for me, if I need help, who can I call

D

District Policies 

• Get a copy and refer back to them if you question

Documentation of Contacts 

• How much should I contact parents?

• How do I document the contact?

• What form of contact is preferred?

• Weekly notes, newsletter, etc

Duty (recess, bus, etc.) 

• How do I find out when I am expected to be on duty and where?

E

Emergency Procedures 

- Earthquake

- Fire 

- First Aid 

- Lockdown 

Evaluations

• How often will I be evaluated?

• What is expected while evaluated?

• What does the evaluator want when they come to my room?

F

Faculty Meetings 

• If I am off track am I expected to return for the meeting?

• How do find out the information if I am absent or off track?

• How often are faculty meetings?

Faculty Assignments 

• Do I have cleaning assignments for the faculty room?

• Does my team have assignments?

Faculty Restroom 

• Where are they?

Faculty Room 

• Where is it?

Faculty Workroom 

• What can I use in the workroom?

• How do I use the copy machine?

• What tools are available?

• Is there a location in room that has just my team's supplies?

• Can I use the laminator?

• How do you use the laminator?

• How do I record my laminator use?

• Do we have a cerlox?  Where are the supplies?  How do I use the cerlox machine?

Field Trips 

• How do we fund the field trips?

• What field trips are allowed?

• How do I arrange the bus?

• Who can go on the field trip?

• How soon do I tell the lunch room how many lunches I need?

• How do I get permission?

• How many chaperones per student do I need?

• How do I clear the parents to go on the field trip?

Furniture Needs 

• I need chairs/desk/table. How do I get those?

• File cabinet?

G

Grading Policies 

• How many scores do I need weekly?  Monthly?

• Weighted grading?

• Homework grading?

Grading Programs

• School sponsored? 

• Online vs paper?

H

Health Needs of Students 

• Who will tell me if my student has a health condition?

Health Plans

• HR phone number

I

IEPs

• How do I get IEPS for my students?

• What do I follow on the IEP?

• What is my responsibility with an IEP?

• How do I know which students have IEPs?   

Inside Days (Elementary) 

• What is my responsibility with the students?

• How much time do I get to eat?

• What if it’s a choice day?  Then what?

IPAD

• Does the school have a set?

• How do I check out the classroom set?

• What if I want a particular app, how do I get it on the IPads?

J

Janitorial Services 

• My room is not being cleaned, what do I do?

• I need paper towels, how do I get them?

K

Keys 

• How do I sign out keys?

• What keys do I get?

• Is the workroom locked?

L

Leave Provisions 

• Get HR email/website/phone number to ask all questions if you need to use your leave.

Lunch Procedures 

• Do I stay with my students until they have gone through the line?

• Are there lunch aides?

• Where do I eat?

• Can I eat in my room?

• Do my students have an assigned table?

M

Mailbox 

• Where is my box?

Media Equipment 

• What do we have?

• How do I check it out?

• Where is it located?

Meeting the Staff 

• Is there a staff introduction?

N

New Student Enrollment 

• How will I be notified of a new student?

Nursing Services 

• Do we have a nurse?

• What do I do if a student says he/she is sick or I think they are sick?

• What are med procedures?

O

Office Staff 

• How do I get a phone list?

• What are the responsibilities of the office staff?  

Open Campus 

• What are the security measures taken to protect me and the students?

P

Parent/Teacher Conferences  (PTC)

• How do I schedule the conferences?

• What is expected at the conferences?

• How long is the schedule for each PTC?

• Where is the PTC located?

Parking (Faculty & Student) 

• Where do I park?

PTA Involvement 

• Room Mothers 

• Classroom Parties

• What is my responsibility with PTA?

Professional development

• How much do I need to do per year?

• How do I find out about PD?

• Who do I ask if I want to go?

• How do I sign up?

• Who arranges my sub for PD?

Progress reports

• What is expected of me?

• How often should I send out progress reports?

• How do I print off progress reports from the system?

• What should I include in the progress reports?

Provisional teaching 

• What makes a provisional teacher?

• What do I have to do while a provisional teacher?

R

Report Cards

• When are report cards due?

• How to access the report cards?

• How to print report cards?

• What needs to be on the report cards?

• Do I need behaviors and how do I  enter them?

Recycling 

• Who takes out the recycling?

• Where do I put my recycling?

Room Arrangement 

• Will my room arrangement stay the same?

• How does the off track room arrangement work?

• Who makes the decision on the rooms?

S

Special Education Services 

• Who is the SPED teacher?

• I think a student needs to be tested how do I start the process?

Speech Services 

• Who is the speech therapist?  Phone/email?

School Calendar 

• Where is it located?

• Online?

• How often is it updated and how often should I look at it?

• Do I need to be invited?

• Who monitors the calendar?

• I need to reserve some space, who do I talk to about availability?

School Map 

• Get one, you’ll want to put it in the sub folder

School Policies 

• Where are the policies displayed?

• Is it online?

School Schedules 

• Where is the school schedule?  Get one!

Seating Charts 

• Can I create a seating chart from the online grade book?

Student Records 

• Where are they located?

• What do I do with them at the end of the year?

Student Restrooms 

• Where are the student restrooms for my grade level?

Substitutes 

• How do I arrange a sub? 

• How much do I need to prepare for the sub?

• Put together a sub folder with all your classroom information (online has suggestions).

• How soon do I need emergency sub plans on file?

Supplies 

• How to Order 

• What is On Hand 

• Where Things Are Kept 

T

Teaming 

• How often do we meet as a team?

• How much do we need to collaborate

Testing

• When are my end of year test scheduled?

• What other tests are expected? SRI/F&P/Dibbles etc. What is the schedule?

Telephone System 

• How do I check messages?

• How do I dial out?

Textbooks 

• I need more textbooks, how do I get enough for all my students?

V

Videos

• Does the district rent out educational videos/DVD’s?

• How do I know what is available?

• How do I rent them?

Volunteers 

• Appropriate Uses 

• Ideas for Use 

• Planning For 

• How do I know that they are cleared to be in the school?