Welcome New

Teachers

2015-16 New Teacher Orientation

August 3, 2015

Meet with mentors in small groups

Formal presentation at 12:00

Welcome

• Introductions

• Name

• School

• Industry

How support is provided

• Corrdinator/Principal and SA Secretaries

• School Administration

• Fellow teachers at the school site

• Mentors

• Haiku (email)

• PLC Industry Groups

• CTE TEACH Workshops

• Credential Program

Coordinators

• Communicate

• Email

• Attend Service Area meetings (two a year)

• When they visit show them what your doing

• Redirecting students if they need to talk with you for a moment

Site Administration

• Get to know them

• Communicate

• Email

• Learn school policies = ask question along the way

• Principals secretary & the facilities manager

• Attend school meetings and activities

• Get set up in their sub finder systems immediately

Fellow teachers

• They can be a great resource

• Choose wisely– pay attention

• Double check with Administration

• They are busy too-------- email / set up times to talk/ list your questions

• Get Phone numbers

Mentors

• Greatest resource- use them

• Will be out to see you in action in the classrooms

• Haiku support

• Curriculum and lesson planning support

• Been where you are and had way less support

Haiku

• Web portal where resources are stored

• Used as a communication device

• Your email has to be set up for us to enter you in the system

• Align to resource in your binder

PLC Industry Groups

• Professional Learning Communities for your industry

• First one later today

• Course documents- Syllabus & Safety test

• Make time to attend future meetings

• Beg, barrow and steal – do not need to reinvent the wheel

Credential Program

• Start and complete as quickly as you can

• Do not change program– finish were you start

• Working with Mentors is a requirement of the program

• Required documentation

• Associated Costs

Resources in your boxes

• Bag of Goodies

• Binder for Standards, Curriculum and Course Outlines

• New Teacher Resource Binder– Review, add to it, matches Haiku

• Safety Kit

Welcome TO RCOE CTE

• Report back down stairs to the Conference Center

• Attend and participate in your PLC meeting

• You are not alone– use your support systems

• Make your classroom and learning environment one that changes kids lives--- we’re counting on it