Transcript Parent Orientation 2012 - Texas A&M International University

PARENT ORIENTATION 2014
Please hold all questions until the end of the
presentation, thank you!
Welcome!
• What we will cover today:
• Responsibilities
• What to bring
• Electronics
• I.D.s
• Camp Schedules
• Drop off & Pick up locations
• Instructors at Camp
• Classroom Managers per Camp
• Volunteers at Camp
• Emergency Numbers, Emails, & Facebook Page
Responsibility
• Please be sure to arrive for your child promptly at their
designated pick up times.
• Be sure to pack a lunch for your child each day or to
place enough money in your child’s ID for lunch for the
week.
• We are responsible for your children as soon as they are
acknowledged by the Classroom Manager.
• Under no circumstances is a child to be left in the
classroom unattended.
What to Bring?
• Everybody
• Lunch or funds to purchase lunch.
• Tennis shoes to participate in Physical Education activities.
• Kinder
• Mat/ pillow for nap time
• Toys for playtime; make sure they have their names if needed and they
take home at the end of EACH day.
• Elementary
• Swimsuit, sunblock, flip flops, towel, & a change of clothes if wanted.
Pick up is right after pool time.
Cell Phone and Other Electronics
• Cell phones and other electronics (such as iPods, ipads,
iPhones, nooks, DS, and etc.) will not be permitted during
class time.
• Electronics can be used during recreational breaks and
lunch.
• If they are misused they will be confiscated and given to
parents at the end of the day.
• Continuing Education Staff / Volunteers are not
responsible for any missing, broken, or stolen items.
TAMIU IDs
• This card can be used to purchase food, snacks, supplies
from the TAMIU Food Court and Bookstore.
• Adding money can be done with cash or credit card
• Credit card: Online
• Cash: Cash Machine located in Student Center Food Court and at ID
services ZSC-131
• You can begin taking your child to the Campus Card
Services located in ZSC-131to have their picture ID taken.
• Monday-Thursday: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
• Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
• If your child is attending Elementary Session I & II the
same card will be used for both sessions.
• If your child looses the ID card you will need to pay a
$5.00 fee to get it reissued.
CAMP SCHEDULE
DROP OFF & PICK UP
MAP
• Classroom Managers have copies of the
Camp schedule for you.
• Iris Guevara has copies of the drop off &
pick up maps
Trainings
• CE Camp Personnel are
• CE Staff and Administrators
• CE Camp Instructors
• CE Lifeguards
• CE Classroom Managers
• CE Volunteers
• All CE Camp personnel are required to:
• Complete and pass with 100% the Child Protection Training
• Pass a background check directed by the TAMIU Police
Department
LUNCH
• If you wish to have lunch with your child you are
welcomed to do so. There are a couple of rules that
must be followed to do this.
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You must notify the Classroom Manager when you arrive
For safety reasons you will not be allowed to sit with the rest
of the campers, so you will need to sit separate from them.
You must return the child to the Classroom Manager.
Instructors
• Kinder
• Dionne Lindberg
• Nichole Morales
• Elementary
• Cassidy Martinez
• Luis Martinez
• Nichole Morales
• Rebecca Leza
• Middle School
• Laurie Rodriguez
• Michel Martin del Campo
• Rebecca Leza
• Physical Education
• Arek Zambinini
Classroom Managers
• Each classroom will have
• Roster
• Radio
• Contact Information
• Bracelets
• Kinder Camp
• 2
• Elementary Camp
• 1st & 2nd = 3
• 3rd & 4th = 1
• 5th & 6th = 1
• Middle School
• 1
Lifeguards
• We will have two lifeguards at the pool in addition to the
classroom managers.
• The pool is four feet deep
• CE will not provide flotation devices to the campers.
• We recommend that if your child NEEDS one that you provide
him/her with the device.
• They can also bring cards games and play indoors if they
would like. Designated classroom.
Volunteers Duties
• Volunteers will help in the following ways:
• Assist teachers and teacher assistants in keeping children orderly
• Clean rooms after activities
• Picking up trash
• Cleaning the lunch area after lunch and snacks
• Help campers with activities
• Volunteers will NOT perform the duties of a Classroom
Manager at any point in time.
Our Staff
• Kimberly Martin del Campo
• Director of Continuing Education
• Jackie Arguindegui
• Associate Director of Continuing Education
• Director of CE Camps
• Lili Huerta
• Camp Facilitator
• Arianna Guerra
• Camp Coordinator
• Ana de Hoyos
• Staff Assistant
Emergency Numbers
• We ask that you contact the Office of Continuing
Education prior to calling our cell phones. Most of the
buildings here at TAMIU block cellphone reception.
• Office of Continuing Education
• 956-326-3068
• Jackie
• Cell:956-436-1830
• Ana
• Cell:956-285-6321
• Kim
• Cell:956-206-1434
Email
• If you need to send us an email please send it to the
email provided below. This email address is managed by
the Office of Continuing Education Administrators.
• Office of Continuing Education
• [email protected]
Continuing Education Facebook
• For fast up-to-date information please bookmark our
Continuing Education Facebook page:
• https://www.facebook.com/txamiu.contedu
In Case of Emergencies
• We have designated evacuation areas:
• Student Center will evacuate to the Lamar Bruni Vergara Memorial
Garden
• Residential Learning Center Pool will evacuate to:
• Northeast Softball Field
• If we are to be taken off campus will contact the parents
and update the Facebook page as well as email parents
once we’ve arrived at the destination.
Questions?