Transcript Welcome to Seminar

Welcome to Seminar!
Take a seat at the desk with your name tag, and we’ll get
started!
Introductions
 Resource Teacher
 Mrs. Lohaus-Fast
 Paraeducators (para means “beside”)
 Mrs. Schwermer
 Mrs. Michelle
 Mrs. Nord
 What we do for you in the other classrooms
 Behavior
 Work completion
 Missing work (pink slips)
 Calling parents
Before we get started, a short
announcement about . . .
Sustained Silent Reading time
Report to this room for SSR time
starting tomorrow
Resource Room Seminar
 The rules
 LOL—Let Others Learn
 BYOB—Bring Your Own Books
 BTW—Be Time Wise
 LMK—Let Me Know
 Goal setting
 Rewards for hard work each quarter
 Attitude of gratitude
 Character building
 Grading for Seminar
How This Seminar Works
 Our intention—focused, purposeful, powerful work time
1. Agenda check—do it right, get a sticker!
2. Review or pre-teaching time
3. Some silent reading
4. Small groups or individual work time
 Tools to help you out
 White notebooks—this comes with responsibilities
 Pencil sharpeners, other supplies
 Rewards for your hard work
 Sticker sheets (timed, work completion, A of G)
 Class coupons or classroom store
The effect that being in
our seminar will have on
you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cztxVByqs4
Grow! Learn! Take a risk!
Here’s how we help you bounce
back . . .
 Work To Do chart, pink slips
 3+ missing assignments rule
 Calling home, staying after
 FNS pockets—BEFORE it is too late!
 Order of homework completion
 Current work for full credit
 Pink slip late work
 FNS 50% off work