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Hello All,

My apologies for the late blog post. Rowan is fighting an ear infection and she was struggling after I put her down. This resulted in me drifting off in our rocker with her...thus...here I am. I hope that you all enjoyed this fall weekend perfection.

Since the school year has started we've had quite a few students struggle behaviorally. I've been in the thick of it and it's been exceptionally challenging to get the other parts of my job done. I appreciate your patience and support as we've been navigating through this.
Given this challenge I have been advocating for our students and for our system as a whole to add a position to support our current behavior team. Luckily, we work in a supportive and understanding system. My advocacy has prevailed and we have been approved for a Schoolwide Behavior/SEL Coordinator. In an ideal world this person would have BCBA (Board Certified Behavior Analyst) credentials and be well versed in teaming and leadership. We are looking at a few different avenues of funding, including grant funding for this position. You will see it posted as "anticipated" early this week. I am thrilled and am hopeful that we will be able to fill this position. Please see the job description below:

Berlin Elementary School seeks a dynamic, caring, highly motivated and skilled behavioral support professional to join our Pk-6 teaching team. 

This individual would work closely with classroom teachers, grade-level special educators, paraprofessionals, school counselors, and others to determine areas of need, create, model and monitor behavior plans and provide wrap-around support to students and, when applicable, their families. 
This individual will also work closely with school leadership teams to design and strengthen Tier 1 behavioral systems across settings, provide training and support classroom teachers with student behavior in the classroom. 

Lastly, a strong candidate will have experience in interpreting and using data to make evidenced based decisions to support all learners. This person will help lead discussions and provide insight into trends in behavior data that is collected.

Credentials	Skills
BCBA preferred M.Ed or Bachelor’s Degree in Education or Psychology Extensive Behavioral Training  HHB Training   Leadership Training  Act 173/MLSS Systems Training/Skills  Understanding of Responsive Classroom and PBIS  Understanding in application of Trauma Informed Practices	Student Centered  Collaborative  Communicative  Systems Oriented  Willing to work as a team player  Strong listener  Detail oriented  Strengths based thinker

Staff Shout Outs:

• Kate Rob for her flexibility and support of student needs.

• Betsy for a listening ear. 

• Michelle Meacham for stepping in to help PK when her student left early 

• Lisa W for floating and supporting so many students. 

• All staff for pulling off an amazing Open House

News and Announcements: 

• Calling All Members----Equity Team Meeting. We will be meeting Monday at 8:15. Anyone is is interested in supporting this work as a school committee is welcome to attend. 

• Time-Out Reminder This is a great quick-read PDF version of what asking a child for a Time Out/Time Away/Reset can look/sound/feel like. 

• Be thinking of where your "buddy classroom" will be this year. We will collect this information later. Here's a quick refresh on what the "buddy classroom" is and how it can be useful to you as a teacher. 
• Goals---your Annual Goals Form is active in Vector. Please make sure that you fill out it out with a minimum of 2 goals for the year. Once you've completed the form please share it with me and then make a meeting with Lori for us to chat about them! This meeting needs to happen by the 15th of October. Thank you to those of you who have already completed this task. 
• Reminder: NO SCHOOL 10/09 Indigenous People's Day
• At Staff Meeting on Wednesday captured the coverage that is needed in order to make PLC's successful. We noted that this isn't ideal but it necessary in order to make the meetings run smoothly for this year. As we think about scheduling next year we will work hard to have a different system (like potential double special blocks) in place. 

Meeting	Coverage
Kindergarten Meeting Wednesday 1:55-2:55	Marc Chamberlin and Amy Young will bring students back to class and as Coverage runs from: from 2:35-2:55 Jess Heinz will provide additional support/coverage
1/2 Grade Meeting  Monday 12:15-1:15	Coverage needed from 12:45-1:00 in all classrooms.  Maring— Jennifer Chambers Turcotte— Amy Young Rob— Danny
3/4 Grade Meeting  Monday 10:50-11:50	Coverage needed from 11:35-11:45  McCauley—Amber Burnell/Marc Chamberlin/Jess? Wagner— Karen  Richardson/Downing—Michelle Meacham
5/6 Grade Meeting  Tuesday 9:50-10:50	Coverage will be needed from 9:45-10:00 in Jessica Egizi’s room.  Jessica Heinz will cover from 9:45-10:00 in Jess Egizi’s room.

What's Happening at Berlin?

Monday	3/4 PLC Meeting 10:50-11:50 1/2 PLC Meeting 12:15-1:15
Tuesday	5/6 PLC Meeting 9:45-10:45
Wednesday	K PLC Meeting 1:55-2:55 Staff Meeting at 3:15
Thursday	SST Meeting 8:15-8:45 PK Meeting 11:30 ***Many staff members are out this Thursday to attend a CPI Training. We will be stretched thin to support all students. All hands on deck kinda of a day :) ***
Friday

Where is Celia?

Monday	3/4 PLC Meeting --10:50 1/2 PLC Meeting -- 12:15 9:30 Student Meeting  1:00 ILT Meeting (Kerra, Jen and Meagan)
Tuesday	5/6 PLC Meeting 9:45 11:30 Student Meeting 2:45 Student Meeting
Wednesday	Student Meeting 9:00 Meeting with Jennifer Chambers 10:00 Principal's Meeting w/Meg 12:15 Student Meeting 1:00  K PLC 1:50-2:50 School Board Meeting 6:15
Thursday	Union Check in 10:00  PK Team Meeting 11:30
Friday