CALL
TO ACTION
Every week, I will share with you a
‘Call To Action’ around our school goals that will help drive our work for that
week.
HSFI ‘CARED FOR’
GOAL – RELATIONSHIPS & REALNESS
● KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
Please take advantage of the Student Data Dashboard
to get as much information on your students as possible. The dashboard includes, but is not limited
to, the following information:
□ Pronoun they wish to referred to as
□ How long it takes the student to
commute to HSFI
□ Fashion Dollar balance
□ Student Schedule
□ Student Transcript – Grades &
Credits in each subject area over their entire HS career & Regents scores
HSFI ‘CHALLENGED’
GOAL – RIGOR & RELEVANCE
● FASHION DOLLARS DISTRIBUTION ALIGNED TO HSFI PROBLEM OF PRACTICE OF
RIGOROUS INSTRUCTION
Fashion Dollars have never been
more valuable, use Fashion Dollars the right way including:
(1) Aligning the distribution of
Fashion Dollars to the school’s problem of practice involving rigorous student
tasks. Reward students with Fashion
Dollars for trying challenging activities during a lesson. We need to positively reinforce rigor and
move away from just reinforcing compliance and basic class participation.
(2) Verbalize out loud for the
entire class why a student is receiving Fashion Dollars. You are not getting the full impact of this
reward system if the student does not hear why they are receiving Fashion
Dollars. You are not getting the full
impact of this reward system if the entire class does not hear why a specific
student received Fashion Dollars. This
will result in all students clearly understanding why they are being
distributed and will motivate students to produce similar behaviors
HSFI
HOLIDAY PARTY – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6
Our HSFI Staff Holiday Party is
scheduled for Friday, December 6 at the Chelsea Bell (8th Avenue /
25th Street) afterschool. Ms.
Ianniello is organizing the party and we will be sending out further details.
HELP
NEEDED FOR 9TH GRADE FASHION FEELS BUDDY EVENT
Our Social Emotional Learning Team is
planning another 9th Grade Buddy Event this coming Tuesday, November
12th where our 9th Graders will be meeting with their upper
class buddy / mentor. The event will take place in the Auditorium
during lunch periods.
Once again, we are looking for any
staff volunteers who can volunteer to help facilitate these interactions during
the lunch periods on that day.
If you can help for this event, please
just email me at dblank@schools.nyc.gov and which lunch period
you can help out. Staff have been a huge
help for the past two events and we could not have made them as successful
without you!
Also, if you teach a 9th
grade class, please encourage students to attend!
Many thanks!
CURVY
LAB FEATURED IN UFT NEWSLETTER – THANK YOU MS. DAHILL FOR FACILITATING THIS
Ms.
Dahill posted an article about our Curvy Lab in the UFT paper -Beauty
comes in all sizes. Thank you to Ms. Chavez
and our Curvy Lab benefactor Angela O'Reilly for their fantastic
collaboration.
THIS
WEEK’S CALENDAR:
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MONDAY
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TUESDAY
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WEDNESDAY
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THURSDAY
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FRIDAY
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NOVEMBER 11
*NO SCHOOL
VETERAN’S DAY
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12
*Regular Bell Schedule
ICT Planning Week / No Focus Groups
10th Grade Assembly
Period 9
PM Supervisor:
D Smirti
Rm. 127-Ext. 1272
PM Counselor:
J Duke
Rm. 101–Ext. 1014
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13
*Regular Bell Schedule
School Leadership Team
Room 821
4:00pm
Parents Association Meeting
Room 829
6:00 pm
PM Supervisor:
J Tallone
Rm. 201-Ext. 2012
PM Counselor:
J Weiss
Rm. 101–Ext. 1019
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14
*Regular Bell Schedule
11th Grade Assembly
Period 6
PM Supervisor:
D Silva
Rm. 125-Ext. 1255
PM Counselor:
W Sia
Rm. 101–Ext. 1018
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15
*Regular Bell Schedule
Staff Town Halls
Periods 4-7
Room 821
PM Supervisor:
K Boulamaali
Rm. 703-Ext. 7031
PM Counselor:
A Jones
Rm. 101–Ext. 1017
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NEXT
WEEK’S CALENDAR:
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MONDAY
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TUESDAY
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WEDNESDAY
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THURSDAY
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FRIDAY
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NOVEMBER 18
*Regular Bell Schedule
Professional Learning Cared
For
PM Supervisor:
G Raschilla
Rm. 143-Ext. 1431
PM Counselor:
A San Jorge
Rm. 329–Ext. 3291
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19
*Regular Bell Schedule
PM Supervisor:
S Rau
Rm. 829-Ext. 8291
PM Counselor:
A Padron
Rm. 101–Ext. 1011
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20
*Regular Bell Schedule
PM Supervisor:
S Kohm
Rm. 515-Ext. 5151
PM Counselor:
J Weiss
Rm. 101–Ext. 1019
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21
*Regular Bell Schedule
Parent Teacher
Conferences Night
5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
PM Supervisor:
N Moore
Rm. 228-Ext. 2281
PM Counselor:
A Jones
Rm. 101–Ext. 1017
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22
*Regular Bell Schedule
Parent Teacher
Conferences Afternoon
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
PM Supervisor:
B McGuinness
Rm. 329-Ext. 3289
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PROFESSIONAL
LEARNING COMMUNITIES INTERVISITATIONS
PLC
Intervisitations Round 1
ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies and Spanish Teachers:
Everyone should visit someone and be visited by someone in your PLC between November 6 - 25. Please do not wait until the last minute!
These visits should be approximately 30 minutes in length.
After the visit, you’ll use this Google Form to briefly record the following by November 26: https://forms.gle/XBgXU4zzshxTbkDz8
ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies and Spanish Teachers:
Everyone should visit someone and be visited by someone in your PLC between November 6 - 25. Please do not wait until the last minute!
These visits should be approximately 30 minutes in length.
After the visit, you’ll use this Google Form to briefly record the following by November 26: https://forms.gle/XBgXU4zzshxTbkDz8
STUDENT ACTIVITIES
● SIGNING UP TO SUPERVISE
A CLUB / ACTIVITY
The
wide variety of clubs and activities are a great strength of HSFI and for many
students are the highlight of their day.
Many students are interested in
creating clubs that represent the various cultures and sub cultures of the
student body. For example, there is a Feminist Club to support women's
rights/culture and that do extra activities in March during women's history
month. Student Government (SGO) is looking for staff to start other clubs
based on cultures or nationalities to create equity in representation in
throughout school. If you are
interested in supporting this endeavor either come to SGO's next meeting
Tuesday after ninth period or complete the club application
list. You are not limited to creating a culturally based club -- if
you want to a club like cooking we welcome that too.
If you are interested in running a
club, please complete the below Google form at your earliest convenience:
We need this information to plan
for the club fair as well as get a list to all students of available clubs.
As always, club advisors will be
compensated per session for their time and effort! Thank you for doing this!
ATTENDANCE
FOR STUDENT ACTIVITIES
Teachers
are responsible for recording all student attendance at extracurricular
activities such as clubs, tutoring etc.
Please
note, we have changed the process for recording students’ attendance. You
will now use the data dashboard to record student attendance (Teacher
Tools-->Student Activity Attendance). Students will no longer be
individually logging in for activities.
Best
Practices:
A
hard copy/back up of student signatures is not required, but may be helpful.
When
logging student attendance through the Data Dashboard, teachers should click
"submit" once at the conclusion of the activity to avoid multiple
submissions.
Contact
Shannon Kohm with questions at skohm@school.nyc.gov,
or ext. 5151
HSFI
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION FUNDRAISING VIA AMAZON SMILE
Our
HSFI Alumni Association, led by Ms. David & Ms. Dahill, is fundraising to
support their ability to give out annual HSFI Alumni College Scholarships. They have expanded their fundraising efforts
to include ‘Amazon Smile’ that gives back 0.5% of a purchase back to a charity
organization of your choice. Below is a
step-by-step process of shopping with Amazon smile to support the HSFI Alumni College
Scholarships. Please consider using this
to support this wonderful organization.
I will be sending out the same message to our HSFI Families.
The Alumni Association also has a
GoFund me page - https://www.gofundme.com/f/hsfi-alumni-college-scholarship
IMPORTANT
INSTRUCTIONAL REMINDERS
● OUR INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS FOR 2019-20 & BEYOND
□ Every student feels
cared for
□ Every student feels
challenged
● IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
We in
room 329 would like to provide you with some new and exciting updates regarding
accessing information for SWD. Within the HSFI Dashboard SWD have a blue
circular icon next to their name. When you select this icon, it will direct you
to SESIS where you can access your students IEP and important information about
the way they learn.
In addition, while reviewing the IEP you may notice your Teacher Form responses or information you shared during the meeting- this is a great example of how your insight helps us to create an authentic, student specific IEP. In addition to asking a special educator, you can easily determine which students in your class have IEP's by reviewing your class roster. Students who are placed in ICT classes have the letter at the end of their official (ex-45P) and our Self-contained students will continue to have the letter at the beginning of their official class. Students within our D75 Inclusion Program will have an L as the first letter of their official class and at this time will not appear when you log-in to SESIS. We are working to gain access for those who need it. In the interim you are invited to stop by 329 to speak with Ms. Smith-Brown and review a hard copy of their IEP(s).
This year we will continue to distribute an electronic standards-based Teachers Form. The information you are required to complete on this form is subject specific and your insight will better help us in determine the needs of our students with IEPs. The Teacher Form in conjunction with your participation at the IEP meeting (if you are invited) are two critical elements we need in order to best serve our students. We try to plan our IEP and Triennial meetings with teacher schedules in mind, however there are times when families are only available at specific times and a coverage will be requested for your class.
If you have not already done so, please come to room 329 and sign the Chapter 408 binder
As always, feel free to reach out to Ms. McGuinness (ex. 3289) with any questions you may have regarding Special Education and services
In addition, while reviewing the IEP you may notice your Teacher Form responses or information you shared during the meeting- this is a great example of how your insight helps us to create an authentic, student specific IEP. In addition to asking a special educator, you can easily determine which students in your class have IEP's by reviewing your class roster. Students who are placed in ICT classes have the letter at the end of their official (ex-45P) and our Self-contained students will continue to have the letter at the beginning of their official class. Students within our D75 Inclusion Program will have an L as the first letter of their official class and at this time will not appear when you log-in to SESIS. We are working to gain access for those who need it. In the interim you are invited to stop by 329 to speak with Ms. Smith-Brown and review a hard copy of their IEP(s).
This year we will continue to distribute an electronic standards-based Teachers Form. The information you are required to complete on this form is subject specific and your insight will better help us in determine the needs of our students with IEPs. The Teacher Form in conjunction with your participation at the IEP meeting (if you are invited) are two critical elements we need in order to best serve our students. We try to plan our IEP and Triennial meetings with teacher schedules in mind, however there are times when families are only available at specific times and a coverage will be requested for your class.
If you have not already done so, please come to room 329 and sign the Chapter 408 binder
As always, feel free to reach out to Ms. McGuinness (ex. 3289) with any questions you may have regarding Special Education and services
● MARKING PERIOD DATES / GRADING POLICY REQUIREMENTS FOR # OF
ASSIGNMENTS
□ Marking Period 2 Ends November 27
□ Marking Period 3 Ends January 17
From the HSFI Grading
Policy:
Examinations,
essays, and semester projects comprise 40% to 60% of the final grade.
A
minimum of four (4) classroom examinations / essays or semester projects are
required for all students in each class during each semester. All examinations will be aligned with the New
York State Next Generation Learning Standards.
The frequency and specific value of examinations are established by
department guidelines and rubrics for all students. One significant assignment / exam is required
within each marking period of the school year.
● PARENT ENGAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
Keep in mind the main ways that we maintain high levels of Parent
Engagement:
#1 - Keeping Jupiter up-to-date so that students and parents know
where students stand in your class
#2 – You are contractually required to set aside 1 specific period
set aside for Parent Engagement where you make calls and emails to families of
at-risk students. If a student is
failing, you need to make verbal contact with that family
#3 - Check your DOE Email everyday - Not HSFI email – you should forward
your HSFI emails to your DOE email. If a
parent emails you, they should expect a response in a timely manner
● IMPORTANT HOMEWORK REMINDERS
#1 – Please follow our policy of ‘No New HW Wednesdays’
#2 – Do not give a HW assignment unless you will be giving
meaningful feedback back to students – a check or score at the top of a paper
does not mean much to students. This is
especially true for honors and Advanced Placement courses where the amount and
difficulty of readings and assignments is high
● GUIDELINES TO MAINTAIN SCHOOL CLIMATE
□
Pass needed to go anywhere outside of your classroom / specific Falcon
Health Center pass
□
No passes first 10 minutes of class (unless emergency)
□
No passes last 10 minutes of class (unless emergency)
□
Electronic Equipment for educational purposes allowed / all other
purposes should be a referral / Leave confiscating to supervisors and deans /
NO CHARGING PHONES
WHERE CAN
STUDENTS GO WHEN NOT IN CLASS?
□
Before 1st Period – Cafeteria, Student Computer Lab (Room
201), Hallways
□
Once Period 1 begins – students cannot be in the hallways – can go to the
Cafeteria, Student Computer Lab, Classroom under teacher supervision
□
Lunch Periods (4-7) – Cafeteria, Student Lounge, Library (except 7th
period), Student Computer Lab, Classroom under teacher supervision
□
Students waiting for afterschool activities - Student Computer Lab,
Library, Classroom under teacher supervision
YOU CANNOT ALLOW A STUDENT TO STAY IN YOUR CLASSROOM / OFFICE WHEN YOU
ARE NOT THERE – ASK THEM TO LEAVE & COME BACK
DATA
DASHBOARD CORNER
We thank Mr. Stampone for all his efforts to get staff all the
student information they need!
The bookmark to the HSFI Student Data Dashboard is: https://hsfi-data-dashboard.herokuapp.com/
Keep teachers and counselors in the
know about a particular student by logging teacher notes. Teacher notes are
viewable on your dashboard homepage and a full list under Students ->
Teacher Notes https://hsfi-data-dashboard.herokuapp.com/teachernotes This is a great place to drop
in any parent engagement you might have done that other staff members would
benefit from knowing. On an individual student's page you could download all
the teacher notes written about them which could make for a great log of
assistance/outreach if needed. Write some teacher notes today because knowledge
is power
The attendance form for student activities has transitioned from Google Forms to the Data Dashboard. You'll find the electronic attendance sheet under Teacher Tools -> Student Activity Attendance https://hsfi-data-dashboard.herokuapp.com/afterschool Submit this form just once at the end of your activity and select all the names of all the students that attended. Each submission will create a digital record of the attendance sheet which makes for documentation for Per Session as well as inserts the activities and dates into each student's dashboard page. You can see what a student has participated in by scrolling down to Student After School Activities. Looking forward to seeing just how involved our students are! If there are any after school activities that were left out in error from this initial list, please let Mr. Stampone know.
As always, if you have any questions, comments, concerns or suggestions for the dashboard, please contact Mr. Stampone (dstampone@hsfi.us) with your feedback.
The attendance form for student activities has transitioned from Google Forms to the Data Dashboard. You'll find the electronic attendance sheet under Teacher Tools -> Student Activity Attendance https://hsfi-data-dashboard.herokuapp.com/afterschool Submit this form just once at the end of your activity and select all the names of all the students that attended. Each submission will create a digital record of the attendance sheet which makes for documentation for Per Session as well as inserts the activities and dates into each student's dashboard page. You can see what a student has participated in by scrolling down to Student After School Activities. Looking forward to seeing just how involved our students are! If there are any after school activities that were left out in error from this initial list, please let Mr. Stampone know.
As always, if you have any questions, comments, concerns or suggestions for the dashboard, please contact Mr. Stampone (dstampone@hsfi.us) with your feedback.
IMPORTANT
FASHIONSOARRS.COM UPDATES – THANK YOU MR. EGAN
Mr. Egan has created a staff instructions guide
– here is the link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Pmez0aYrAfIxeFEQFawx8rtpV0jh8jFEGwwhgF2j8QI/edit?usp=sharing
Mr. Egan has created two videos
to support staff use of FashionSoarrs – they are on Technology page of the staff portal as well: https://sites.google.com/a/hsfi.us/hsfi-staff-portal/technology
DATA
TEAM REPORT
Below are the registered concerns
submitted by staff members through Staff Referral Form:
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INFRACTION CATEGORY
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INCIDENTS
OCT
1 – NOV 8
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25
SCHOOL DAYS
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MINOR ISSUES
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DEFIANCE
/ DISRUPTION
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14
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SELLING FOOD
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0
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ELECTRONIC DEVICE
VIOLATION
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2
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PROVIDING FALSE
MISLEADING INFORMATION TO SCHOOL STAFF
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3
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LEAVING CLASS /
SCHOOL WITHOUT PERMISSION
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16
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DRESS CODE
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0
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MAJOR
ISSUES
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HARASSMENT / BULLYING
(PHYSICAL / VERBAL /
CYBER)
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4
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WEAPONS
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0
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VANDALISM
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1
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THEFT
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0
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CHEATING / SCHOLASTIC
DISHONESTY
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0
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PHYSICALLY AGGRESSIVE
BEHAVIOR / FIGHTING
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7
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SEXUAL AGGRESSION
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0
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE
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0
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INCIDENT OF GROUP
VIOLENCE
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0
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SMOKING
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0
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OPERATIONAL
NEED TO KNOW
● LEAVING EARLY
Teachers should make sure they do
not leave school before the end of their school day. If you do not have a class at the end of your
school day, you are still contractually obligated to be in the school until
your official day ends. Doing this is
unfair to all staff that are fulfilling their contractual obligations regarding
physically being in the school building.
Supervisors are instructed to follow up with any staff that might be
doing this.
● EXTERIOR CONSTRUCTION
They will be working outside the following
rooms thru next week.
7th Floor: 729,727,725,723
8th Floor: 829,827,825,823
9th Floor: 929,927,925,923
Work begins at 4pm.
Although this is an outside project, the workers will need access to these
rooms.
Staff who use these rooms should
before 4pm:
□ Lock up any personal items and
valuables.
□ Clean up the classroom as much as
possible, do not leave papers out or other items.
□ Shut all windows.
□ After school activities should be
relocated to another room.
Finally, staff using rooms in the
area of the work should also shut all windows and relocate after school
activities to another room if work is too loud.
● CHECK YOUR DOE & HSFI EMAILS EVERYDAY
The expectation is that ALL STAFF check your DOE emails daily –
not your HSFI email - responsible for follow-up items sent to your email
BEST PRACTICE: Forward your HSFI
emails to your DOE email
● HSFI STAFF HOMEPAGE LINK - https://sites.google.com/a/hsfi.us/hsfi-staff-portal/
● SUPPLY REQUESTS
● TECHNOLOGY REQUESTS
Spreadsheet that shows the Status
of Technology Requests
Reviewed means that the Technology dept. is
aware of the situation / looked at the ticket.
In
Progress means the
Technology dept. working on it
On
hold means that the
Technology dept. is either waiting for the NYC Department of Education or
currently no solution
Done
is for closed
tickets
Any
red status bar
means that the Technology dept. had not seen this ticket yet.
● CUSTODIAN REQUESTS
Depending on the severity of the
request. Expect a one to two days before fixing or notification of the
issue.
Spreadsheet that shows the Status
of Custodian Requests
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xWhZel2F2yaXRZF8z0N_GX-hBzjWxuoRBq3ZcA1W7FQ/edit?usp=sharing
● RESERVE A FACILITY IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING
REQUESTS
● TEACHER'S CHOICE - August 1 - January 12
Guidelines/information
on the DOE Info/Hub.
Funds will be
distributed to staff in November payroll. $250 for teachers
Save your receipts for
eligible classroom purchases made between August 1 - January 12.
More info to come
later.
● ELEVATORS
▪ You will receive an email in the morning about the status of the
elevators
▪ After 9:15 am, staff should just use the teacher elevators –
after this staff should not be using the student elevators. Remember, we have 3 Elevators for 150 adults
and they have 3 Elevators for 1700+ students
▪ Do not give Elevator Passes (or Keys) to Students (CTE
Exceptions)
▪ Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES are staff to speak about students in
an elevator (Positive or Negative)
▪ Politely Ask students for Elevator Passes
If they do not have one, politely ask them to leave / Just hold
the door until they leave
▪ Enforce READINESS Grades – rewarded for being in their seats
ready to work when the music stops playing
● TRANSIT DELAYS / MEDICAL ABSENCES
Please turn in your notes. Without
official back up, your absence or delay cannot be recorded as such.
● EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Here
are the links to the Emergency Preparedness videos. This series of safety videos are useful tools
that demonstrate how Building Response Teams operate, and how school buildings
use the General Response Protocols during an emergency. Please take the time to
watch the following videos to ensure that you are well equipped in the event of
an emergency.
Full Safety Preparedness
video: Vimeo.com/nycschools/safetypreparedness
Assembly Card video: Vimeo.com/nycschools/assemblycard
Lock Down video: Vimeo.com/nycschools/lockdown
Evacuate video: Vimeo.com/nycschools/evacuate
Shelter In video: Vimeo.com/nycschools/shelterin
● CANNOT LEAVE STUDENTS UNATTENDED
You cannot leave students unattended anywhere in the
building – a classroom or office, the Auditorium or Cafeteria – if you have to
leave a particular area, ask the students to leave with you.
● PROTOCOLS FOR RESPONDING TO CLASSROOM
INCIDENTS
In the event of an incident in your classroom that creates
disruption (student is defiant and / or uncooperative) but is NOT A THREAT
to student and/or staff safety, the following protocol should be followed:
□ Classroom management,
i.e., using your skills as an educator to move on from the situation, followed
by
□ A phone call to your
Supervisor informing them of the incident and the steps you have taken to
address the matter, followed by
□ A referral to the
Peace Center and/or the Guidance Department via Google Docs., followed by
□ Outreach to parents,
informing them of their child’s misbehavior, and request for family support to
correct the matter.
In the event of an incident in your classroom that involves an immediate
THREAT to student and/or staff safety, the following protocol should be
followed:
□ A phone call to the Peace Center (x1491 or x1431) informing
available staff of the incident and requesting assistance, followed by
□ A phone call to School Safety (x1341) informing them of the
location and nature of the incident and requesting assistance, followed by
□ A call to your Supervisor informing them of the incident and the
steps you have taken to address it.
HOW
TO SUBMIT LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION ON NAVIANCE: A Tutorial
It is that time of the year – College
Recommendation Time – and we wanted to provide you support in submitting
these recommendations on Naviance.
If you have any questions, or don’t
have access to Naviance please contact guidance counselor Mr. Jones at
ext. 1017 or via email at ajones22@schools.nyc.gov.
YOU MUST UPLOAD THE LETTER OF
RECOMMENDATION FIRST BEFORE DOING THE COMMON APP TEACHER EVALUATION
1) Enter your Naviance Log in Info
2) Click on Manage and Complete your College Recommendations
3) See a list of your students’
names
4) Click on UPLOAD FILE for
a specific student (far right)
This will take you to a student’s
EDOCS page, complete with a list of yellow tabs, documents checklist, and a
section that says TEACHER DOCUMENTS
5) Scroll down to TEACHER DOCUMENTS
and click the +ADD icon
6) Click UPLOAD A FILE
7) Under Applications, select ----ALL APPLICATIONS
8) Under Type, select ----LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION
9) Click BROWSE and find your saved letter of recommendation that you
have typed (from Word, a thumb drive, etc.)
10) Open the document and press UPLOAD FILE
11) Go back out to the EDOCS screen (where you started with the
yellow tabs underneath the student’s name)
12) Scroll down to TEACHER
DOCUMENTS and click the +ADD icon again
13) Click on PREPARE A FORM
14) Under Type, select ----COMMON APP TEACHER EVALUATION
15) Click on PREPARE FORM
16) Answer all of the questions and
select SAVE
If a student is requesting a letter
of recommendation for any CUNY schools (Hunter, Baruch, specialized programs at
City College) save your recommendation as a Word document, and directions will
be forthcoming. That recommendation letter will have to be uploaded through the
new CUNY portal.
Then you are all set. You must
complete BOTH actions for each student, including uploading a written letter of
recommendation AND completing their Common App Teacher Evaluation. After you
have done both of those, your job is finished.
CLASS TRIP REMINDERS
As we start the school year, I
wanted to share with staff the field trip guidelines that we put into place
last year. All of us should plan to adhere to these guidelines – for
staff planning the trips and staff receiving the trip requests. The only
exception that we ask of everyone is to be flexible with last minute trips that
are brought to us by our Advisory Board and industry partners – too often they
share with us the details in a last minute fashion. Thank you in advance
for the cooperation!
□ Trips
must be approved 3 weeks in advance - No trips in January & June
□ A
Master Calendar of trips will be posted in the Weekly Bulletin with a
description of the trip and grade level
□ Teachers
cannot veto student participation on trips, but students must understand they
are responsible for all makeup work / Do not penalize students for missing
class due to a school trip
CLASS
TRIPS THIS WEEK:
□ 11/13/2019 - 11:00 AM – Dismissal
from site. Ms. Bohner is taking 68 students to the Daryl Roth
Theater to see a play.
□ 11/14/2019 – 9:00AM – 4:00PM.
Ms. David is taking 10 students to FIT for FIT Flea Market fundraiser.
□ 11/14/2019 – 9:30AM – 11:27AM.
Ms. Chavez is taking 26 students to the FIT Flea Market to shop for
fabric.
□ 11/14/2019 – 11:45AM – Dismissal
from site. Mr. Russell is taking 30 students to the IFC Center for
DOC NYC Festival.
□ 11/15/2019 – 2:15PM –
3:30PM. Teacher is taking 25 students to the FIT Museum for
research/history of fashion.
□ 11/15/2019 – 8:10AM – 2:40PM
(Dismissal from site). Ms. Ricci is taking 10 students to Parsons –Blue
21st Annual Fashion & Design Conference for educational
enrichment.
WEEKLY
PARENT COMMUNICATION
● FASHIONABLE TIMES BLOG
Just like we maintain a blog for staff, we
maintain a weekly blog for HSFI Parents that includes a weekly message from
me. The link is:
STUDENT
INFORMATION RESOURCE
● NYC DOE STUDENT PROFILES
The NYC Department of Education has created a central
location to access key student information – www.nycenet.edu/studentprofile
You have been emailed a one-page summary of this
resource. Here are the key categories of
the ‘Student Profile’:
● Grades
– current and historical report card grades
● Assessments
- previous Regents scores
● Attendance
- current and historical daily attendance including lateness
● Schedule
– students’ current schedule
● Details
– student biographical and demographic information including Special Education
and English Language Learner (ELL) status
● Enrollment
– enrollment history including all NYC schools attended
● Guardians
– all the adults on the students’ biographical record including contact
information and preferred language
VTODs
FOR THE WEEK
NOVEMBER
- Week 2 / frag/frac: to break or shatter
Tuesday,
November 12
Fractal (adj.) Fractals are
geometric objects that are self-similar, i.e., you can break them apart into
smaller pieces which are exact (but smaller) replicas of the original object.
Trees are natural fractals, patterns that repeat smaller and smaller copies of
themselves to create the biodiversity of a forest; each tree branch, from the
trunk to the tips, is a copy of the one that came before it.
Wednesday,
November 13
Infraction (n) A petty crime or a minor
breaking of rules. The regulators opened an investigation for alleged
infractions related to misleading advertising. NFL Coaches, players, officials,
and fans are still adjusting to a controversial new rule that might clarify the
sport’s most debated infraction.
Thursday,
November 14
refraction (n) The change in
direction or bending of a wave of light or sound as it passes from one medium
to another, such as from air to water. A rainbow is a meteorological phenomenon
caused by the reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets,
resulting in a spectrum of light that takes the form of a multicolored circular
arc in the sky.
Friday,
November 15
Fragility
(n) 1 the quality
of being easily damaged or destroyed. Given the environment’s fragility, Morton
said, “The fires have become more devastating.” 2. A lack of physical strength.
The Colonel was carried into the room, with all the care necessitated by his
fragility
STAFF MEMBERS WHO SOARR
Here
are some SOARRing staff that are going beyond the call of duty for HSFI!
Thank
you to THE ENTIRE HSFI STAFF for welcoming HSFI parents
this past Thursday and Friday as part of Family Visitation Days.
Thank
you to MR. ABALLAH, MS. CARTER, MS. ANZALONE, MS. CISSE, MR. DAWSON,
MS. DYE, MS. FRAGA-ZWIBEL, MS. GARCIA, MS. DAHILL, MR. KALISCH, MS. KASS, MR. LACHOK,
MS. LaTANZA, MR. LIU, MS. MAGNER, MS. MOORE, MS. NEWPORT, MS. NOBLE, MR. RAU, MS.
ROBINSON, MS. ROJAS, MR. RUSSELL, MS. SCHLEIN, MS. SERRANO, MS. VACCARO, MS.
VEGA, & MS. ZUBROVICH for rewarding students with Fashion
Dollars by using the online FashionSoarrs.com website.
Thank
you to MR. EGAN, MS. FESCKO & MS. VARRICHIO for being the first three teachers to submit their Round 1 PLC
Intervisitation Notes!
Thank
you to MS. McGOLDRICK for filling
to run the 10th-grade ELA Focus Group this week.
Thank
you to MS. NOBLE for scheduling
the kick-off meeting for our Clark University partnership.
Thank
you to MR. DIXON & MS. DAVID for introducing their students to surface and textile design via a
presentation with FIT.
Thank
you to MS. ROJAS & MS. CARTER for facilitating a master class for the Kleinfeld Bridal Class.
Thank
you to MR. CENTENO, MR. DIXON, MS. JOHAR & MS. YOUNKMAN for leading the efforts in CTE curricula development.
Thank
you to MS. SEIFERT, MS. WEINREB & MS. ROCHFORD for representing the High School of Fashion Industries at a
Fashion Technology Professional Development.
Thank
you to MS. CHAVEZ for assisting
with the logistics for Family Visitation Days.
Thank
you to MS. EVELYN for diffusing
two conflicts in the cafeteria.
Thank
you to MS. MEDINA for assisting
in moving a large group of 9th graders out of the hallway during her free
period.
Thank
you to MS. PAZ, MS. HUSTED, MS. KHAN, MR. CORBY, MS. CHAN &
MS. DYE for
their participation in the Algebra 2
focus group student advisory groups.
Thank
you to MR. MATELUS for attending
the first "Ally for Student Equity" meeting at Lincoln Center with
two HSFI students.
Thank
you to MR. LACHOK for attending
the York College Male Initiative Program Educational Summit.
Thank
you to MS. HERRICK, MS. HUSTED, MS. SANTOS, MS. WEISS, MS. INCE,
MS. LISSAUER, MS. FRAGA-ZWIBEL, MS. ADAMCZYK, MR. JONES, MS. ROCHFORD & MS.
SAN JORGE for
attending and participating in IEP
meetings!
Thank
you to MR. LACHOK, MR. CLANCY, MS. ANZALONE, MR. TRIMPE, MS.
VARRICHIO & MS. KANG for facilitating IEP
meetings.
ADDITIONS
TO THE BLOG
If you are interested in adding
something to the Weekly Bulletin Blog, please email Angela Ianniello – AIanniello@schools.nyc.gov – by Wednesday of that week. Submissions emailed after this deadline will
be placed in the following week’s Blog.
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