BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR PROCEDURES
__ How to enter the classroom
__ How to unpack book bag and turn in materials
__ What to do before school starts
__ How to take lunch count
__ Pencil sharpening
__ Emergency Drills
__ How to ask to go to the bathroom
__ Heading your paper
__ How to turn in work
__ How to use the library in the classroom
__ Using the reading corner
__ How to use your assignment book/agenda
__ How and when to write down homework
__ Where to turn in homework
__ Consequences for not completing homework
__ How to get the teacher’s attention/ask a question
__ Classroom Quiet Signal
__ How to switch to other classes
__ How dismissal works
__ Organizing your supplies and desk
__ Class and school rules
__ Entering and exiting the classroom
__ Silent hallway procedures
__ Model cafeteria procedures during cafeteria tour (silent areas how to get food, appropriate cafeteria behavior, where to sit)
__ Turning off the lights when exiting the room
__ Helpers/class job
__ Work Habits rules
__ Friday Folders
__ Where the games and puzzles are/when we use them
__ Writing Center and the writing supplies
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__ Using a pencil or pen
__ Getting water from water fountain
__ Getting things out of desks/cubbies
__ Teacher’s clipboard (management of behavior)
__ Consequences for behavior
__ Earning tickets for good behavior
__ If you are absent
__ Birthdays
__ Which bathroom does our class use?
__ What happens when another adult enters the room?
__ Telling on others/Tattle Jar
__ Computer use in the classroom
__ Daily Agenda on the board (look to know what we will be doing today)
__ Where to find Kleenex, the pencil sharpener, clinic, bathroom and hall passes
__ Procedures for handing out papers
__ Procedures for water bottles and healthy snacks
__ Noise level
__ Procedures when assigned work is completed
__ Classroom numbers for each student
PREPPING FOR A NEW SCHOOL YEAR
Set up teacher space
Desk
Reference materials
File cabinet
Supplies
Set up student areas
Desks
Materials
Centers
Classroom Supplies
Paper storage and student access to paper
Markers, colored pencils, crayons, scissors, glue, rulers
Policies for use, retrieval, clean up
Room Environment
Bulletin Boards
Traffic Flow
Personality
Classroom Technology
Check to see if working and how to work if necessary
Voice enhancement system
SMART board
VCR/DVD player
Listening Center
Teacher Computer/printer or network printer
Your log into district network and email
Student computers/iPads/Chrome books
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Set and/or Review of Procedures
Pencil sharpening/mechanical pencils
Paper distribution/collection
Supply management
Returning notes to teacher
Start of day
Ending the day
Asking for help
Drinks
Restroom
Computer and other technology use
Checking out PE/recess equipment
Set up of work papers – name/date/print/cursive etc.
Locker or coat rack use
Emergency procedures – fire escape route, etc.
Independent work times
Behavior Management
Expectations
Positives
Hierarchy of consequences
Notebooks/journals
Which subjects will you use them for?
Organization
Content
Grading of notebooks
Interactive journals?
Homework, Late Work, Absentee Work
Homework or not?
Reading 20-30 minutes?
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Practicing spelling/vocab?
Policy for late work
Policy for absentee work
Does your grade level have grade level policies?
Plan to teach procedures
How many each day?
Which to teach first?
School vs. classroom procedures
Welcome Back Letter
Prepared and copied
Class names and list of addresses from secretary
Mail or hand deliver about two weeks before school starts
Year Long Outline
Use District pacing maps
Work with other grade level teachers during beginning meeting
Plan for first day
Getting to know each other activities
Choose a few procedures to teach
Exiting and entering classroom
Restroom use during class time
Voice/activity level for different activities
Team building activities
Writing
Math
Reading
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Plan for the first ten days
Monday – Friday
Questions for Mentor and Principal
Write things down as they occur to you
Identify your areas of strength
Identify areas where you feel you want the most support
Ask earlier rather than later
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Scheduling personal days/forms
Subfinder
Substitute plans
Contract hours
Summer building hours
Students should not be left unattended
Grading/grade book
Professional Development
Check mailboxes
Food for emergencies (diabetes, etc.)
Bell schedule
Daily schedule
Assessments
Pacing maps
Disclosure Statements
Legislative Money