At our inservice this year each new staff member was given a welcome gift. It contained the necessary staples that all teachers need -- tape, tape dispensers, paper clips, stapler and staples, markers, chalk, sticky notes, legal pad, red and black pens, and pencils. The gift box was a paper tray for their desks.
Veteran teachers have agreed to act as coaches to help the new teachers with school procedures and protocal. They will also be available as sounding boards for ideas and venting. Tina Villanueva began this program last year and has agreed to continue working with the program this year. We would like to thank Tina and her assistant, Diana Bossie, and the coaches, Archie Walker, Linda Miller, and Susie Frazier for their participation in this endeavour. Other coaches will be added later.