SPECIAL EDUCATION

Elena Villanueva

SPED 411• Content Mastery is now closed. • Inclusion/Co-Teachers will continue to help facilitate learning in regular education classes.• General Education Teachers will be notified by Diagnosticians’ Clerk of upcoming Annual ARDs. Teachers will be asked to complete Teacher Observation Reports (TORs). TORs are extremely important during ARD meetings to make the best education decision our students. • Mini-TORs are no longer required to be completed by regular education teachers. • Communication between general education and special education teachers is extremely important.

CO-TEACH TEAMS• Leslie Armstrong & Jennifer Gunter- Geometry• Wendy Cockrell & Sandra Mullins- Algegra I• Wendy Cockrell & Alyssa Dolny- Biology • Shannan Fears & Alyssa Dolny- Biology• Aaron-Gomez & Marcie Duley- Chemistry• Kayla Lee & Leslie Bradley- English III• Kayla Lee & Connie Sanchez- English II• Ron Taylor & Connie Sanchez- English II • Kayla Lee & Steven Franklin- Physics• Mary Jarinko & Rachel Ryan- World History• Joseph Richards & Kyle Short- World Geography• Theresa Richey & Kristin Acker- World History • Todd Shelton- Brandon Badgeley- Algebra II

“SAFETY”MAKE IT HAPPEN

Haltom High SchoolSafety First

Crespin Cortez

Professional Consultants• HCPD• HCFD• Tarrant County Emergency Planning Commission• State Emergency Facilitators

School Resource Officer• Officer Ronnie Whisenhunt – Haltom City Police Department.• Support and advocacy for students.• Student understanding of safety first.• SRO is a role model for safety.• SRO will explain a safe environment to students when needed.• In emergency, SRO would be in charge of situation.• Support system for teacher needs.• Community liaison.

Safety First Committee•Members: Ms. Cockrell, Mr. Daniel, Ms. Wendy Garcia, Ms. Carla Hill, Mr. Houston, Ms. Juarez, Mr. Lejarzar, Ms. McCarthy, Mr. McCrary, Ms. Pena, Ms. Pool, Nurse Sloan, Nurse Tinsley, Ms. Stewart, Officer Whisenhunt, Mr. Worley. •Haltom City Fire Department, Haltom City Police Department, Haltom City Street Supervision, Haltom City Emergency Operations Manager, Texas Department of Highways.• BISD Community Concerns, BISD B & G, & BISD Transportation.

Safety First Brokers• HHS “sells” Safety First to students by creating & maintaining the safest environment for learning as possible.• Discuss with students any safety concerns you may see them involved with then alert Mr. Cortez or any administrator.• Safety is always something that we must effectively “hand” to HHS students.

Arriving and Leaving School• Always display your Haltom High School Faculty parking hangar from your rear view mirror. “Don’t leave home without it.”•Drive carefully, as educators we are to lead by example.• Always be aware of students, busses other faculty & the community as you are driving.• As you park, report to the main switchboard any students outside unsupervised.• Report any unsafe situation you may see when walking to and from your vehicle.

• Park vehicle in lined spots only.• DO NOT park in any spot marked Reserved or Visitor.• DO NOT PARK IN HANDICAP SPOTS, (enforced by HCPD.)• DO NOT park on the grass, (enforced by HCPD.)• On days of instruction, the Horseshoe in front will be closed to traffic from 6:55 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.• As you leave your vehicle, be aware of everyday school events on the Service Drive.

The Service Drive Adjacent to the Building• Haltom Road northbound Entry turns left ONLY on the north side of the building. Haltom Road northbound turning left at Fine Arts area is a violation, (enforced by HCPD.) Signs posted on Haltom Road. • Exit out from Fine Arts area is right turn only, (enforced by HCPD) going south on Haltom Road. Signs posted on Haltom Road.• The Service Drive is Two Ways, from North to South.• Reminder that we are to be in the building preparing by 7:15 AM.• Reserved Parking Spots for faculty will be issued according to need by Mr. Cortez.

Faculty Parking Adjacent to the Student Parking Lot,(“North Forty”)

• Entry is on the north side of the parking lot besides the Guardshack.• Follow the side road all the way to the baseball field.• The barriers are there to help the flow of traffic.• As you leave your vehicle, walk towards the gate on the West Side of the lot by Haltom Road.

• Staying on the Student Parking Lot, carefully make your way the crosswalk protected by the traffic light.• ALWAYS CROSS HALTOM ROAD AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT ONLY. (Enforced by HCPD.)

Keys and Classroom Security• Security & the care of your classroom keys is essential for a Safety First School.• LOCK YOUR CLASSROOMS AT ALL TIMES.• The classroom door window is to remain CLEAR.•Do not loan your keys to students.• Take precaution for all valuables, both school-issued and personal.

Emergency Evacuation• The safe movement of students & faculty out of the building is paramount during an emergency.• This evacuation is to take place as quickly and safely as possible.• Your classroom evacuation map is posted by your door and is not to be moved.• Remind your students of evacuation procedures bi-weekly as part of your lesson.

• Keep your BISD emergency procedures side by side in your clear plastic folder at all times.• On an evacuation drill, always take your colored classroom card clear plastic packet along with your updated class rolls.• Monitor your students carefully during evacuation drill, (show that “game face’), they are to be quiet & move quickly but SAFELY.• Gather you students outside at your designated colored Muster Area and take attendance.

Classroom door windows are to be completely clear. During instruction time, teachers are to clip the BISD Emergency Card on the magnet at the upper corner of opening side of door. Leave on Green side & monitor each period.

During a Lockdown Drill, on a Green Card, the authorities will pass your door and search by moving on to the next classroom.

During a Lockdown Drill, authorities will enter your classroom when Red is displayed.

Bus Information• Bus a.m. arrivals before instruction time are on the west side of the building.• During instruction time, all bus loading & unloading of students will take place on the Service Drive at the front of the building.• Bus loading & departure is on both sides of the building from 2:30 p.m. until 2:55 p.m. THERE IS NO SERVICE ROAD ACCESS AT THIS TIME. • DO NOT PASS BUS WHEN BUS STOP SIGN IS OUT, (enforced by HCPD.)

Safety First “Consultants”• Haltom High School Faculty and Staff will cultivate & nurture a safe environment through:

-In Service -Communication of vital information to our students

-Show the “Game Face” during drills & actual emergency situations.

David SmithAssistant Principal547-6014

SubstitutesPLASCO and Tardy Process

SUBSTITUTESIt is essential to the safety and educational wellbeing of our students that the substitute procedure is followed.

Reporting Deadline•Absences must be reported via AESOP by 5am on the morning of the absence. •Absences reported after 5am will not be recorded by the system.•Absences for appointments and the like, should be reported in advance of the date the sub will be needed.

I do not need a sub.

•You must enter you absence, even if a sub is not needed.

POC for subs

•Lorena – in the front office

•It is easier to remove an absence then it is to find a sub

at the last minute. •If you know in advance that you will be out, please enter

the date early; months in advance is OK.

Personal Day•Request for personal days must be made 3 days in advance, via email to Mr. Simmons.

Tardy Procedure• Only minor changes.•Students who are tardy will come to your class with a printed pass that will look like a sales receipt. •Please make sure you collect these passes from the students. Do not allow them to keep the pass.

•Check the name, to insure that the correct student is using the pass.

•Check the time and date. It should take no longer than a few minutes to get to class and the date should be for the date used.

•Check the reason for the tardy. This is just FYI.•A student may receive an excused tardy.

•Each pass will have a message related to a consequence or other info. Again, this is just an FYI.

PLASCO merit system•We will also use the system to reward students for being awesome. •This should not be used for students who are following the rules.•Submit, Angela, the names of students who go beyond what is expected of them.

Some examples of awesomeness• A student, who instead of walks by trash, chooses to pick it up.• A student reaches out to a new student and helps them transition into Buff life.• A student finds a wallet, or purse, with money and turns it in. • A student volunteers own time to make HHS a better place (exclude if the student is working to fulfill hours required by an organization or admin.)

BUILDING & KEYSLiz Peña

Work orders•Please simply email Tracy McCrary and Liz Peña with any building needs. A work order will be submitted on your behalf.

keys•Use your badge to get into the building!

• If you need a key for a classroom, please email Liz Peña.

Facility use requests• If you are going to be supervising students in the building after contract hours you must submit a facility request. This is for your protection!

• https://www.birdville.k12.tx.us/cf/facilityschedule/Property.cfm

Elevator…•During the first week of school the elevator will be re-keyed.• If you have a medical reason to have an elevator key please see the nurse and fill out the necessary form.

NUTS AND BOLTS

Michell EdwardsonAssociate Principal

•Check schedules and your roster the first day in all classes. Your roster should be the most correct source of who is assigned to your class.

Do not allow a student to stay in your class unless they are on your Skyward roster. Send them to the correct class immediately.

Opening Day

Opening Day• Read your opening day procedures email but please do not print it out as it is only good for the first day of school. • Lunches will be dismissed by the PA system- schedule will

be located in your folder.

Dress CodeStudent: There is a student dress code sheet in your folder. Please post this in your classroom. It takes the entire campus to enforce dress code so please make sure your know the expectations for the students.

Teacher: District policy expects teachers to dress “above the level of the students” in such a manner to make it easy to distinguish teachers from students. Spirit days are the exception

as we want the teachers to participate.

IDsTeachers and students are expected to wear a photo ID daily.

• On the front side of body• Between the shoulders• Above the waist

Take Attendance EVERYDAY beginning with the first day of school

Day 1: If a student is on you roster but not in class- then mark them ABSENT in Skyward

Day 2-3-4-5 etc: If a student is on your roster but not in class- Absent even if you have never seen them in class.

If a student is on your roster, but is absent the first 4 days of school, please bring this to the attention of his AP.

Attendance

•Attendance should be recorded each period and any changes made in Skyward by 3 p.m. •daily.

•Remember, you must open and save each period, even if everyone is present.

Attendance

Discipline PolicyIf you are using your CHAMPs effectively hopefully you won’t get to the referral stage however if you do have to write a referral remember that HHS school policy has several steps before a referral is written. One of the most important steps is that a parent or guardian must be contacted before a referral is written. Furthermore, the contact must be made in advance of the referral with enough time for the parent to have a chance to effect a change in the behavior.

HHS’ discipline policy is in line with the district’s policy on keeping our parents informed about their student progress both academically and behaviorally.

Discipline Policy

Refer to HHS teacher handbook for the policy

Electronics PolicyElectronics should only be used in class for educational or instructional reason. Students should have their items turned off and stored by the time the tardy bell rings.

The electronics policy is the orange sheet in your folder. Please go over it with your students and post it in your classroom.

Remember, listening to music is not considered to be educational or instructional during your class.

Together we all managed to curtail the students’ use of electronics in the classroom last year but we must

continue to provide a united front.

Teachers, this means your electronics should also be put away during class.