Assistant Principals
It was a tremendous opportunity and my distinct pleasure to have served every Assistant Principal in the State of Michigan, those currently a member of the MASSP as well many not yet a member. Our new MASSP Assistant Principal Commission Chair, Mr. Dave Eichberg, is the past MASSP Assistant Principal Commission Secretary and current Assistant Principal at St. Joseph High School. Best of luck Mr. Eichberg and thank you for your continued efforts, support, and Vision, for AP's throughout Michigan and beyond.
If I may be of service or answer questions regarding your MASSP Membership for the 2008 - 2009 school year, please contact me immediately. Congratulations to all on another successful school year and best wishes for a safe, happy, and fulfilling summer with family and friends. Thank you again to those in attendance and especially to those providing your services and/or expertise at the MASSP 2008 Summer Retreat at Crystal Mountain.
Sincerely,
Bob Francis, Ferndale Middle School
How can I win a $50 Gas card?
How many are AP/AD combined and what is your student population?
On the average, how many behavior referrals do you receive a day?
I feel that the behavior referral should be one of the last resorts when dealing with students. Utilizing appropriate classroom management techniques and making parent contacts should preface any referral. What steps do you expect your teachers to follow before sending the kid to the principal's office?
How are high schools handling the discipline that occur at or near the end of the school year? I am interested in how you handl
Does anyone have a policy on energy drinks at school?
Independent Study
Does anyone in their high school have teachers that do independent studies for students? If so, what guidelines do you use to comply with state requirements?
Senior Debt Collection
Does anyone have policy on senior debt collection? Do you or are you able to withold their ability to attend things like Prom or other after school activities?
I would like to know how many middle schools (6-8) still offer recess?
What types of Cell Phone Policies are other schools using?
We have a no cell phone policy between the hours of 8:15-3:01 yet teachers comment that students are texting everytime they turn their backs. I would like to know what types of policies other schools are using. We confiscate for 24 hours for a 1st offense.
Scheduling Software
We in Coloma are switching to trimester scheduling for the 08-09 school year, and have found that the software used for scheduling through our ISD is inadaquate. Does any one know of a stand alone software program available that just does scheduling? Our hope would be to use this program to schedule our kids and then manually input it into our ISD system.
Thank you!
Dave Ehlers
Asst. Principal
Coloma Jr. High
Can someone FOIA a copy of an incident from our school security camera or could this violate FERPA?
Any m.s. programs changed from sewing, cooking etc. electives to "Living Skills" curriculum?
REPOST...Does anyone have Schedule "B" job descriptions and evaluation tools for club sponsors, class advisors, etc?
No pressure, but I need to come up with these for my eval and my kids need new shoes... HELP please.
Are you offering a summer school program at the middle school level?
What are your expectations/requirements for students taking online classes?
I am looking for anyone who can share some information with me regarding expectations or requirements you have at your district with students taking online classes. Do you do credit/no credit only or is there a grade involved? Does it count towards weekly eligibility for athletes? Is there a penalty beyond loss of credit or poor grade if they fail the class since it is an extra out of pocket expense for the district?
Off campus drug question
Two of my students were arrested off campus in the evening for possession with the intent to deliver drugs. What would your student code of conduct consequence be for this infraction if anything?
Thanks,
Paul Shepich, Principal
Clarenceville High School
High School AYP Report Cards To Be Released Friday, November 30
November 29, 2007
WHAT: The Michigan Department of Education will publicly release the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) School Report Cards for Michigan’s public high schools and school districts. This is the annual report of AYP, as required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
WHEN: Friday, November 30, 2007
10:00 a.m.
WHERE: Go to the Michigan Department of Education website
www.michigan.gov/mde
Does anyone implement character education with discipline procedures in their school?
I am interested in implementing character education within our in school suspension program. Does anyone have a program or procedural guide they use to implement character education within their school? Any input is appreciated.
Does anyone do outdoor graduations?
If you do an outdoor graduation, can you please respond to this question and provide pro's and con's to doing it outside, as well as rescheduling policies/information. Also, if the ceremony takes place on artificial turf, how do you handle that? Any information is appreciated!
How are districts handling numerous tardies without using out-of- school suspensions
The number of tardies has skyrocketed this year. I can't figure out why.
Myspace
Has anyone dealt with the legality of having a student, who is in possession of school property, to show you their private Myspace page to track who/where they sent the school property to? Our admin team is split on this issue. The issues are: Are items sent over the Internet public domain? Is the “public” part of Myspace public domain and the “private” section not?
