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=**Staff Notes September 25, 2009**=


 * Staff Meeting** October 14, 3:30 in the Elementary Library

IPDP Idea Denise Krefting will be teaching an online class entitled Collaborative Online Writing in Language Arts. The class will be November 9 - December 14. The focus will be to explore various free online tools that you will be able to use in your classroom to support student learning and engagement. This will include blogs, wikis & googledocs. This class does off Continuing Education credits and Drake Credit. You can use the $185 teacher quality pay for the registration fee. If you are interested, the activity number is WR000899991001. I have copies of the information by the mailbox.
 * IPDP Meetings** Please email me a time tthis week that would work for you to meet and go over your Individual Professional Development Plan. The only times that I am not available are 1:00 - 3:00 on Monday, 11:00 on Tuesday, 3:30 on Wednesday, 9:30 - 11:00 on Thursday. I will also put another sign-up sheet on the copier.


 * Parent Information** Parenting Pipeline and Growing up Healthy and Active in Iowa sheets are in your box. Please attach them to your weekly notes.


 * PBS** Our PBS team attended the first workshop on Positive Behavior Supports last Wednesday. We were very impressed with the program and are looking forward to presenting some of the information at the October Staff Meeting. Please check out the workshop notes on my wiki. It is listed right below Staff Notes.


 * Fire Drill** We will be having fire, tornado and security drills in the next several weeks. Please remember for all drills to take your class roster and Crisis bag. This would be a good time to check your flashlight batteries.


 * Fundraiser Flyers** If you receive fundraising flyers in your box, please do not pass them out unless you have received authorization from the elementary office. **All fundraisers need to have prior approval of the facilities director and the elementary principal.** At this point, the only fundraiser that I have approved is the upcoming elementary fundraiser. The money from this fundraiser is to be used to purchase ELMO's for the elementary. Please let me know if you receive fundraising flyers for which you have not received notification that they are approved.


 * End of Day** If you need to leave before the buses, please park on the east side of the building. The lead bus is angled and has been told not to move her bus until all students are loaded and ready to leave.

The objective of teaching children is to enable them to get along without a teacher. Elbert Hubbard - American Writer
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