Welcome Back to School!

The excitement of a new school year is in the air. Much work is happening in buildings to get them ready for a new year. With so much to do and so little time, every year we wonder how it will all get done by the time children arrive—and every year it all falls into place.

Our inservice will be held at Harwell Auditorium on Monday, August 4th. Details for all three professional days are listed below. The central office will take care of registering each of you on PDWeb, and the sign-in sheet will be available for you when you arrive.

Welcome back! It's going to be a great year.

August 4

7:30-8:00 Arrive at Harwell Auditorium, sign-in, etc. Please enter through the main entrance at Ellis. Sign-in sheets and various tables will be assembled there to reduce congestion in the lobby of Harwell Auditorium.

8:00-8:30 Inservice program begins at Harwell Auditorium.

8:30-10:00 Inservice speaker—Dennis King. The topic of the keynote will be professional learning communities. Check back later for a bio of Dr. King.

10:00-11:00 Inservice on internet safety. John Locklin will lead this presentation.

10:30-12:00 Administrators meet with Dennis King in Ellis library

11:00-12:30 Lunch on your own

12:30 Report to your school. Principals will give you instructions on plans for the afternoon.

1:30-3:00 Three teachers from each school will meet with Dennis King. Principals will select the representatives from their schools.

August 5

Zora Ellis and THS—Principals will give you instructions on these dates.

Elementary Schools
8:00-10:00

• K-6 Teachers will receive training on Think Central. The training will be held in the auditorium at R; L. Young.
• Elementary Special Education Teachers, Elementary Counselors, Elementary Librarians, Elementary Music Teacher, and Reading Coaches will received training on the Tier III intervention component of StoryTown. This training will be held in Jody Parker’s room in the Graham Annex (second floor).
• Elementary PE Teachers will meet in Coach Darby’s room at Salter.

10:00-12:30 Lunch on your own

12:30-3:00

• K-6 Teachers will have grade-specific professional development at the following locations. Special educations teachers should join the meeting that is being held at your base school:

1. Kindergarten-R. L. Young
2. 1st Grade-Graham
3. 2nd Grade-Salter
4. 3rd-4th Grade-Houston
5. 5th-6th Grade-Hal Henderson

• Elementary Counselors—Meet in the testing room at Dixon

August 6

Plans for this day are being left up to each school. Your principal will give you instructions for this day.

Welcome back!

The excitement of a new school year is in the air. Much work is happening in buildings to get them ready for a new year. With so much to do and so little time, every year we wonder how it will all get done by the time children arrive--and every year it all falls into place.

Our inservice will be held at Talladega High School on Monday, August 6th. Sign-in will begin at 8:00 Our program will begin promptly at 8:30 and conclude around 11:00. The central office will take care of registering each of you on PDWeb, and the sign-in sheet will be available for you when you arrive.

Activities for the afternoon of August 6th as well as plans for August 7th and 8th will be held at the individual schools. Special education teachers will meet together in the Graham lunchroom on August 8 from 9:00-11:00. Principals will communicate the schedules for their individual schools.

Welcome back! It's going to be a great year.