Judaic Faculty meeting

Judaic Faculty meeting

Rabbi Akevy Greenblatt

August 20091AgendaWelcome MissionAdministrative Details School partnershipGoals Good to Great 2Welcome Dvar Torah Working as a team Trust a) Strengths and weaknesses b) Opening up Sharing a) What inspires you b) greatest moment

3The co-educational Lower School division features a caring yet rigorous environment designed to meet the diverse needs of the Memphis Jewish community and highly attuned to the individual needs of every student. Its innovative curricula and extracurricular programming actively nurture curiosity and creativity, community and camaraderie, while facilitating maximal student learning in a full array of General and Judaic studies.

Mission Statement

4The health of an organization is that its meetings are productive Patrick LenciconniIn the future faculty meetings will be a time to reflect on curriculum and student needsAdministrivia First and Last 5Faculty Handbook Sick and personal day Please call me as early as possible . Judaic substitutes are hard to find Call my cell (901) 229-1174Emergency PoliciesYou must be here 15 min. before you are scheduled to start teaching You need to call and let me know if you are not going to be here for davening 6Faculty HandbookHallway passParent Orientation First week in September All handouts due by the end of the first week Curriculum outline Rules and regulations Grading policies Google Calendar 7Classroom Responsibilities Supervision The class can never be left unsupervisedDecorum in the Hallways Weekly class newsletters Class rules and discipline plan Soin a) attendance b) homework c) grades d) communication

8Classroom Responsibilities Lesson plansLearner plans ( Express what students actually learned at the end of each unit)Tests and quizzes a) Please submit to me a copy of all tests and quizzes as well as the grades each student receivedAll home communication ( handouts, emails newsletter need to be approved by me first )Grading policies H.W. policies

9Teacher Evaluations Pop ins Formal Evaluation Summative Evaluation 10Non Classroom Responsibilities Lunch and recess DutyClass recessSafety Classrooms locked School newsletter

11MiscellaneousClassroom set upBook Inventory Faculty meeting scheduleSupport staff Maintenance Email all service or supply requests to me and I will forward them to StevePrograms Middah of the month Monday12Being on time Meeting deadlines Adhering to the schedule Following policies and procedures Professionalism13School Partnership Parents Students and Teachers

14Parent Communication Newsletters Google Translate SoinPhone callsFormal communication Informal communication15GoalsGoals bring about Change

Divisional goals a) To focus more on student learning

2. Personal goals16Good to Great Jim Collins in his book Good to Great says the following Indeed the real question is not Why Greatness but what work makes you feel compelled to try to create greatness. If you have to ask the question why should we make it great isnt success enough? Then you are probably engaged in the wrong line of work17Thank you and I look forward to traveling with you on the journey towards excellence and becoming AGreat School 18