I was going to add Skye to the aide list and found him already there. I received this response to my confusion today.
Mrs Hughes,
Ywah a while ago I got added as the 4th Sunday, but twice I went up on a 4th Sunday and they told me I wasn't on the schedule, and last week I talked to them and they said they'd work on getting me added. It doesn't really matter to me which one I do, so whichever one needs the most help would be fine. Thanks.
Skye is on the schedule and has been for quite a while. Anyone have any ideas as to what has happened?
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Response to July 26
Re: Move-up in preschool classes
The EP class is for children who are ages 2 to 3.5. LP is for kids 3.5 to 5. I made a card for any child who is able to move up this summer. Children move the month of their birthday or half birthday. Any cards you find when you are on duty, PLEASE give to the parents. I had no idea there were some remaining, but that is a detail which can be missed when we have six weeks between our dates. As for Chase, he has not received a card. He technically should not move up until September. The paper that says "Move-up Roster" says "Chase Walker 9/09 (to LP)." The paper with the birthdate paramaters is meant to help us place a new child. Maybe we can look at these things at our meeting because I'm not understanding the confusion.
Re: Class sizes
This has been a tension probably as long as Grace has existed. Ideally, our class sizes would be smaller, but we have trouble staffing the classes we have currently. We just found two couples to teach EP in August, and we still don't have anyone for the 1st/2nd grade class in September. If we split the 1st and 2nd grades, we would need four more couples. That doesn't seem possible.
Re: Skye
I have a spot for him. I'll e-mail him this week.
The EP class is for children who are ages 2 to 3.5. LP is for kids 3.5 to 5. I made a card for any child who is able to move up this summer. Children move the month of their birthday or half birthday. Any cards you find when you are on duty, PLEASE give to the parents. I had no idea there were some remaining, but that is a detail which can be missed when we have six weeks between our dates. As for Chase, he has not received a card. He technically should not move up until September. The paper that says "Move-up Roster" says "Chase Walker 9/09 (to LP)." The paper with the birthdate paramaters is meant to help us place a new child. Maybe we can look at these things at our meeting because I'm not understanding the confusion.
Re: Class sizes
This has been a tension probably as long as Grace has existed. Ideally, our class sizes would be smaller, but we have trouble staffing the classes we have currently. We just found two couples to teach EP in August, and we still don't have anyone for the 1st/2nd grade class in September. If we split the 1st and 2nd grades, we would need four more couples. That doesn't seem possible.
Re: Skye
I have a spot for him. I'll e-mail him this week.
Coordinators report from July 26
A quiet morning as far as visitors go, no big glitches to speak of from the morning.
A few notes from the mornings happenings.
We are still having some difficulty interpreting this nursery/early pre/late pre school moving up situation. I saw a move up roster in the bin, I saw two cards in the box to be given to parents telling their child they can be moved up. Brandon and Sara Walker moved up their son Chase today from early to late preschool. We looked at the date sheet and neither the Walkers' nor I could quite figure it out. It seems like age wise he should move up, but the dates don't match up for him to move up. Sorry we are having problems with this, but Krin can't figure it out either, so we are not alone.
Skye Beckly showed up today to be an aide but we were well set, as Charolette Coulson also showed up as an extra and we used her as well as the others on the schedule. Skye asked if he could be put on the schedule?
I assured him his name will be added and someone will contact him.
Regarding aides, Bob Seasholtz requested always having a female aide, either with Myka or the extra aide be a female when he and Kevin Benett are teaching together in late preschool. The little girls are apprehensive with the two male teachers if no females are present. I think the policy would be to have a female be an aide with the two male teachers regardless.
We could use more Grace Kids Visitor information cards in the bin.
Regarding our coordinators meeting. Krin and I talked this morning and wondered if we could try and have it a week night to be able to have it sometime in August before the new Fall schedule starts? Also, I thought it might be a good idea to ask the teachers to share any concerns or questions they might have for the coordinators via e-mail that we could address at the meeting.
One concern we have we'd like to discuss at the meeting is the large class sizes. The kindergarten had 19 last week and 17 today and that class will be combined next year with another class (1st and 2nd grd.) It just appears like controlled chaos at times. One teacher told me it's just Bible babysitting! I think we really need to address this. We don't feel adding more aides to the room will solve anything. Just something we wanted to discuss at the meeting, also an idea for the Hub cards but we can wait to discuss that as well.
That's all for now. Till next week.
Galen and Teresa
A few notes from the mornings happenings.
We are still having some difficulty interpreting this nursery/early pre/late pre school moving up situation. I saw a move up roster in the bin, I saw two cards in the box to be given to parents telling their child they can be moved up. Brandon and Sara Walker moved up their son Chase today from early to late preschool. We looked at the date sheet and neither the Walkers' nor I could quite figure it out. It seems like age wise he should move up, but the dates don't match up for him to move up. Sorry we are having problems with this, but Krin can't figure it out either, so we are not alone.
Skye Beckly showed up today to be an aide but we were well set, as Charolette Coulson also showed up as an extra and we used her as well as the others on the schedule. Skye asked if he could be put on the schedule?
I assured him his name will be added and someone will contact him.
Regarding aides, Bob Seasholtz requested always having a female aide, either with Myka or the extra aide be a female when he and Kevin Benett are teaching together in late preschool. The little girls are apprehensive with the two male teachers if no females are present. I think the policy would be to have a female be an aide with the two male teachers regardless.
We could use more Grace Kids Visitor information cards in the bin.
Regarding our coordinators meeting. Krin and I talked this morning and wondered if we could try and have it a week night to be able to have it sometime in August before the new Fall schedule starts? Also, I thought it might be a good idea to ask the teachers to share any concerns or questions they might have for the coordinators via e-mail that we could address at the meeting.
One concern we have we'd like to discuss at the meeting is the large class sizes. The kindergarten had 19 last week and 17 today and that class will be combined next year with another class (1st and 2nd grd.) It just appears like controlled chaos at times. One teacher told me it's just Bible babysitting! I think we really need to address this. We don't feel adding more aides to the room will solve anything. Just something we wanted to discuss at the meeting, also an idea for the Hub cards but we can wait to discuss that as well.
That's all for now. Till next week.
Galen and Teresa
Friday, July 24, 2009
Class Changes
3rd Grade
Cheryl Coulson will help Anne O'Brien this Sunday.
Kindergarten
August 23--Alburger
Cheryl Coulson will help Anne O'Brien this Sunday.
Kindergarten
August 23--Alburger
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Early Preschool Line-up
We finally have teachers for the early preschool class in August.
August 2: Scott and Bev Silver
August 9: Nathan and Ginger Kett
August 16: Nathan and Ginger Kett
August 23: Scott and Bev Silver
August 30: Scott and Bev Silver
There is a possible "if" to this schedule, so Tony and Chris Amaya are in the bullpen if we need them.
August 2: Scott and Bev Silver
August 9: Nathan and Ginger Kett
August 16: Nathan and Ginger Kett
August 23: Scott and Bev Silver
August 30: Scott and Bev Silver
There is a possible "if" to this schedule, so Tony and Chris Amaya are in the bullpen if we need them.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
7/5 and 7/12 update
My deepest apologies to you all. I totally forgot to blog last week so here is an update for the past two weeks.
We had several visitors. I handed out four or five Awesome God CDs. There are still several CDs left but none have the welcome letter with them. We need more of those printed out.
Ed restocked the coloring sheet bins with the sheets Jocelyn provided and got rid of a LOT of old ones. Ed and I are wondering how many teachers actually use these. It seems like a waste of trees :). If anyone wants any scrap paper I've got a pile of old coloring sheets here!!
Sorry, Sherri, but there were still no takers on the Preschool activity box.
Oh, and where are the Treats By The Tracks coupons to hand out? We couldn't find them anywhere so none have been handed out the last two weeks. However, I like the way we're keeping track of the kids who received them with the complete list of names to check off.
Well, I can't think of anything else to share with you all. It all ran pretty smoothly.
Have fun this Sunday Steve and Krin:).
-Connie
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Teacher Change
Emely Araujo asked to be released from CM, since she is dealing with a lot of fatigue. Kathy Felix will work with Anne O'Brien. Please be watching for her to see if she needs anything this month.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Just an FYI
If you serve on the last Sunday of the month (no, this isn't specifically directed to you, Krin : ), please give the attendance papers to Jocelyn or summarize the results and send them to her or give them to me and I'll do it. There are options galore. The main thing is for Jocelyn to be able to update the attendance records and stickers for the new month. THANK YOU!
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