I cannot believe it is April already! Just a blink ago it was the beginning of SY 2012 - 2013! Now we are beginning to prepare for the last couple of month and look at graduation preparations for graduation.
While we are doing all of that, please be mindful that the students may also be coming down with "Spring Fever"! Here are some of the symptoms; wanting to go to the nurse, guidance, library, bathroom any number times of the day. This is sometimes code for "I am going to meet up with my girlfriend/boyfriend" This can also be code for " I don't want to listen to you and need to go for a walk"
We have seen an increase of hall wandering of late, especially around the 1:45 - 2:10 time period! I will be stopping everyone in the hall. I will be checking for passes, purple passes, and work passes. Please, if a student leaves your classroom, they must have a pass! Otherwise they will receive a "pass" from me for 2 hours for being off limits!
Purple passes are the only passes that I should be seeing during the beginning of 9th period.
Academic teachers! Do not issue a pass to the student's shop! If a shop instructor wants to see them, the instructor will give them a pass.
Shop instructors! It does not take 3 students to empty 1 recycle bin :)
All Staff! If you leave the building to go home, out for something at the store, etc, you must sign out at the office. You must also have approval from an administrator. This is very important for security reasons. We need to know who is in the building at all times in case of emergencies.
Shop clean up should not begin until 2 pm. Why am I seeing students sitting around, doing nothing at 1:45? Remember that school does not end until 2:25!
Related teachers, just a reminder, when you are not teaching in the classroom, you should be in the shop assisting with instruction.
Planning Periods - are those periods equal in length to a teaching period during which the teacher is not assigned to an activity, but is engaged in work related to his teaching assignment. It shall be utilized for such planning
Have a great vacation!
Deb
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Saturday, April 6, 2013
April's Happenings!
Here is a recap of the Vocational Department Meeting from last Friday April 5, 2013
Thank you all for attending! There are lots of wonderful initiatives happening at SSVT.
CTE Projects for the Summer http://www.doe.mass.edu/cte/Teacher-ProjectApp.pdf
Deadline April 17, 2013
Please look at the above link! Great opportunities to use your expertise and have a voice in what need to be taught in the CTE arena!
Connecting for Success MAVA Date Change www.connectingforsuccess.org
Please send them electronically or put the document in my box in the front office.
Vocational grant due 4/8
You may turn in any application to Pam, in the guidance office
General advisory meeting. May 9. Notify advisory chairs , write up a summary for them.
Make sure that you have representation at the dinner! Let your requests be heard!
Senior showcase May 22
I am always amazed at the talent of our students! This is a time for them to shine!!!
Please refer to the email from Martha to find the project deadlines
VTCTS for Seniors - Due by May 16
Please include strands 1,2,4,5 & 6. If you have included any of these in you curriculum, please document it
Curriculum maps. Align to new frameworks Due Date June 15, 2013
NEASC will be looking at each and every curriculum! This activity will also be on your check out list for the end of the year.
Need advisory minutes from March - electronically only!!
One more thing: Please Plan Your April and May Department Meetings and email the dates to me!
Have a Great Week! :) Deb
Friday, January 25, 2013
Hello Folks!
We are at day 88 as of today! Everyone should be well settled! NEASC self study is almost done, the mid year reports are about to go out, and at 2 degrees, everyone is looking forward to the spring.
Please be mindful of the students that are coming in late to you class/shop. They should have a pass from guidance. If they do not, you should send then back for a pass.
SkillsUSA:
We are currently sending over a hundred students to the District competition in March. Advisers, please make sure that they are studying the skills/safety information as well. This is usually a pivotal point in the scoring.
We are at day 88 as of today! Everyone should be well settled! NEASC self study is almost done, the mid year reports are about to go out, and at 2 degrees, everyone is looking forward to the spring.
Please be mindful of the students that are coming in late to you class/shop. They should have a pass from guidance. If they do not, you should send then back for a pass.
SkillsUSA:
We are currently sending over a hundred students to the District competition in March. Advisers, please make sure that they are studying the skills/safety information as well. This is usually a pivotal point in the scoring.
Advisory Members -
Next meeting will be on March 7. You need to have at least 2 advisers, one parent and one student. This does not include vendors or consumers or staff .
Again if you need time away during school time to contact new advisers, please email me. If you have questions about what an advisor is supposed to do or what their responsibilities are, and what your responsibilities are, there is a manual on the DESE website.
Senior Showcase!!!!
For the past 2 years, Carolyn Ruktowski from Graphic Communication has planned a "Senior Showcase". This year, Martha Paradise and I will be taking on this event. I will be coming around to all of the shops or related classes to talk to the seniors about how they can participate in this. We have lots of very talented student here at SSVT and I am sure that many of them would love a chance to show it off!. Remember how fabulous it was last year?! Let's do it again
Have a great weekend!
Deb
Friday, January 11, 2013
Private Time with the Iron Chef !
Good Afternoon All!
SSVT has recently become a member of the South Shore Chamber of Commerce.
What does that mean to us? We now have more opportunity to meet and greet people from the community with business and industry experience that match what we have here at South Shore.
Once a month, a different business will host a "Business After Hour" gathering. Before Christmas I went to one at the Holiday Inn. The food was great and I met a number of people from all over the south shore who did not know that we were here!
As a result of this meeting, the CA students and their instructors have been invited to have a private meeting with Chef Geoffrey Zakarian at the Roomscapes building in Rockland on January 31 from 4-5. The invitation is also extended to our staff. Chef Zakarian is on the Food Network in New York.
The gala event, takes place on January 31 from 5:30 - 7 for Chamber members. The private meeting for South Shore is 4 - 5 pm.
If anyone is interested, please contact me by Tuesday Afternoon
Chef Geoffrey Zakarian
Have a great weekend!
Deb
SSVT has recently become a member of the South Shore Chamber of Commerce.
What does that mean to us? We now have more opportunity to meet and greet people from the community with business and industry experience that match what we have here at South Shore.
Once a month, a different business will host a "Business After Hour" gathering. Before Christmas I went to one at the Holiday Inn. The food was great and I met a number of people from all over the south shore who did not know that we were here!
As a result of this meeting, the CA students and their instructors have been invited to have a private meeting with Chef Geoffrey Zakarian at the Roomscapes building in Rockland on January 31 from 4-5. The invitation is also extended to our staff. Chef Zakarian is on the Food Network in New York.
The gala event, takes place on January 31 from 5:30 - 7 for Chamber members. The private meeting for South Shore is 4 - 5 pm.
If anyone is interested, please contact me by Tuesday Afternoon
Chef Geoffrey Zakarian
Have a great weekend!
Deb
Friday, January 4, 2013
Happy New Year!
I cannot believe that we are almost at the half way point!
Beginning January 4, the juniors will begin taking the on line Workforce Ready System. I have scheduled every student either during their shop time or related time and I have emailed every vocational instructor. Please check your mail.
I will remind everyone the day before your scheduled day. I will either be meeting you at the library or in your classroom, (if you have your own laptops).
These assessments are going to be used to establish a baseline only. In the spring, 2013, the assessment will be administered again but this time with the sophomores. These same students will be retested in Spring 2014. This data will allow you to see student growth. Data, Data, Data.....
The Work Force Ready Assessment gives you a maximum of 90 minutes, most students are done in less than 60!
You will also have access to the certificates and the grades for each of your student
Workforce Grades & certificates
Comings and goings:
Just an FYI, we will be hosting a South Shore Chamber function in the Lecture Hall on Monday January 7, 2013 from 8:30 to 12:00. For those concerned about security, there will be someone posted in the New Wing Lobby to assist with directions to the rest rooms and back to the Lecture Hall. I will be in attendance also!
A gentle reminder about Advisory Committee! Some of the vocational programs are in need of more advisers If you need time at the end of a day to go and meet an industry person, contact me. I can let you go early, or leave for a period of time in the morning. If you have the email address of your advisers please keep in touch with them! The next Advisory Committee is March 7, 2013! Please start lining up your peeps!
Department Head Meetings:
Watch for the email invites but here is a preview for your scheduling!
January 29 in ex related room At 1 PM.
February 26
March 19
April 25
May 29
You will be receiving agendas in the email.
Have a great weekend
Deb
Beginning January 4, the juniors will begin taking the on line Workforce Ready System. I have scheduled every student either during their shop time or related time and I have emailed every vocational instructor. Please check your mail.
I will remind everyone the day before your scheduled day. I will either be meeting you at the library or in your classroom, (if you have your own laptops).
These assessments are going to be used to establish a baseline only. In the spring, 2013, the assessment will be administered again but this time with the sophomores. These same students will be retested in Spring 2014. This data will allow you to see student growth. Data, Data, Data.....
The Work Force Ready Assessment gives you a maximum of 90 minutes, most students are done in less than 60!
You will also have access to the certificates and the grades for each of your student
Workforce Grades & certificates
Comings and goings:
Just an FYI, we will be hosting a South Shore Chamber function in the Lecture Hall on Monday January 7, 2013 from 8:30 to 12:00. For those concerned about security, there will be someone posted in the New Wing Lobby to assist with directions to the rest rooms and back to the Lecture Hall. I will be in attendance also!
A gentle reminder about Advisory Committee! Some of the vocational programs are in need of more advisers If you need time at the end of a day to go and meet an industry person, contact me. I can let you go early, or leave for a period of time in the morning. If you have the email address of your advisers please keep in touch with them! The next Advisory Committee is March 7, 2013! Please start lining up your peeps!
Department Head Meetings:
Watch for the email invites but here is a preview for your scheduling!
January 29 in ex related room At 1 PM.
February 26
March 19
April 25
May 29
You will be receiving agendas in the email.
Have a great weekend
Deb
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