Welcome New
Teachers
2015-16 New Teacher Orientation
August 3, 2015
Meet with mentors in small groups
Formal presentation at 12:00
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
• 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
• 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