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My Philosophy on Early Childhood Education        

    I truly believe that all children regardless of age, gender, race, culture, and ethnic background deserve an equal opportunity to learn and explore in a safe, comfortable, and nurturing environment. The two historians that inspired my teaching is Vgotsky the theorist that believes that social interaction plays a fundamental role in the development of cognition. Also, Benjamin Bloom he created taxonomy and levels of questions that commonly occur in education. Competence and skills were recorded and separated by knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.         

   Children should be respected as individuals that have different developmental levels and needs. They also should be provided with a material rich, well organized, and healthy classroom atmosphere. Children should have the right to make choices and resolve conflicts. I encourage this by encouraging them to make good choices and resolve their conflicts by using their language and communication skills. Children learn better with structure and need to have rules. Rules should be respected and every child should understand that there are consequences if these rules are broken. On the other hand, the children should have a thorough understanding of the consequences.          

   I am an idealist and believe the mind is very powerful and critical to reasoning and understanding. I also think that the approach that needs to be taught is the hands on learning approach and content. If children are interested and focused they will retain the information. To me teaching is about empowering kids and giving back to them. An effective teacher is one that is gets children excited about learning. As a teacher I will always be professional and use the method necessary for all children to reach their educational goals. Educators should always continue being educated.

            Children of today are the future of tomorrow. I want to make a difference in the lives of children. I hope to be an impact on the structure and development and meet all their individual needs to ensure their success in the classroom.

Strategic goals of the Paulding County School district:

1.      Goal 1: To provide an educational program that ensures all students and equal opportunity to learn and be challenged to the best of their ability.

2.      Goal 2: Implement a procedure for parents, local business leaders, government officials, legal representatives, civic organizations and the chamber of commerce

.3.      Goal 3: Provide a comprehensive personal development process that provides a continually improving staff or professional educators

East Paulding Handbook of Code and Violations

East Paulding High School’s vision is to have teachers, families, and students working together in a respectful and supportive environment

Safety Plans

***Safety Plans- Every School has basically the same instruction pertaining how to have safe drills in case of any emergency including : bombthreats, fire evacuations , and inclement weather. Each school has to have the Safety Plan approved by OHS-GEMA (Office of Homeland Security- Georgia Emergency Management Agency.) In 1999, legislation was passed that requires every public school in Georgia to develop and implement a wide-ranging safety plan that addresses acts of violence or terrorism, natural disasters, hazardous materials and radiological incidents. Plans must be reassessed every two years. This is the third time the Paulding County School System has successfully met the requirements of the law.

OHS-GEMA’s School Safety Unit provides services that help schools have a safe and secure school year. OHS-GEMA’s school safety coordinators offer training and technical assistance to educators, emergency management and public safety personnel. This training includes site surveys and safety audits, weapons screening, school bus safety, gangs, bullying, exercise design and bomb threat management. OHS-GEMA also has developed a model safety plan as a guide for local schools and helps them to develop their plans

.https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/759/117624/OHS-GEMA-Re-approves-Paulding-County-School-System-s-Safety-Plan

Paulding County Handbook 

http://www.paulding.k12.ga.us/intranet/shared_data/safety/Safety-First-HANDBOOK.pdfhttp://www.eastpaulding.org/school/StudentHandbook0708.pdf 

OHS-GEMA Reapproves for Paulding County School Districts
 
 

In 1999, legislation was passed that requires every public school in Georgia to develop and implement a wide-ranging safety plan that addresses acts of violence or terrorism, natural disasters, hazardous materials and radiological incidents. Plans must be reassessed every two years. This is the third time the Paulding County School System has successfully met the requirements of the law.

OHS-GEMA’s School Safety Unit provides services that help schools have a safe and secure school year. OHS-GEMA’s school safety coordinators offer training and technical assistance to educators, emergency management and public safety personnel. This training includes site surveys and safety audits, weapons screening, school bus safety, gangs, bullying, exercise design and bomb threat management. OHS-GEMA also has developed a model safety plan as a guide for local schools and helps them to develop their plans. 

https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/759/117624/OHS-GEMA-Re-approves-Paulding-County-School-System-s-Safety-Plan Paulding County Handbook http://www.paulding.k12.ga.us/intranet/shared_data/safety/Safety-First-HANDBOOK.pdfhttp://www.eastpaulding.org/school/StudentHandbook0708.pdf 

Persistently Dangerous School

       A public school in which for each of three consecutive years on the property of the public school, orat an event within the jurisdiction of a public school, or at a school sponsored event:• At least one student enrolled in that school is found by a official action to have committed anoffense in violation of a school rule that involved one or more of the following criminaloffenses.o Aggravated Battery (O.C.G.A. 16-5-24)o Aggravated Child Molestation (O.C.G.A. 16-6-4)o Aggravated Sexual Battery (O.C.G.A. 16-6-22.2)o Aggravated Sodomy (O.C.G.A. 16-6-2)o Armed Robbery (O.C.G.A. 16-8-41)o Arson - First Degree (O.C.G.A. 16-7-60)o Kidnapping (O.C.G.A. 16-5-40)o Murder (O.C.G.A. 16-5-1)o Rape (O.C.G.A. 16-6-1)o Voluntary Manslaughter (O.C.G.A. 16-5-2)• or two percent or more of the student population or ten students, whichever is greater arefound by official action to have committed an offense in violation of a school rule that involvedone or more of the following offenses:o Non-felony drugs (O.C.G.A. 16-13-2)o Felony drugs (O.C.G.A. 16-13-127.1)o Felony Weapons (O.C.G.A. 16-11-127.1)o Terroristic Threats (O.C.G.A. 16-11-37)• or any combination of the aforementioned criteria shall be identified by the GeorgiaDepartment of Education as a persistently dangerous public school.The local school district shall:• within ten school days of notification shall notify the parents/guardians of students in a schoolthat has been identified as a persistently dangerous school;• adopt a corrective action plan and submit it to the Georgia Department of Education;• upon completion of its planned corrective action plan, apply to the Georgia Department ofEducation to have the school removed from the list of persistently dangerous schools.3132Any student who is a victim of a violent criminal offense that occurs on the property of a publicschool in which the student is enrolled, while attending a school sponsored event that occurs on theproperty of a public school, or while attending an event under the jurisdiction of a public school shallbe permitted to attend a safe public school, including a charter school, within ten (10) school days ofthe violent criminal offense, and to the extent possible, shall allow victims to transfer to a school thatis making adequate yearly progress and has not been identified as being in school improvement,corrective action, or restructuring.A local board of education with one or more of its schools identified as persistently dangerous is notrequired to cover the cost of transportation to a safe public school beyond the levels identified byfederal legislation.

 EMERGENCY INFORMATION

 Students and parents will be asked to complete an EMERGENCY INFORMATION CARD namingpersons to contact in case of an emergency. It is the responsibility of the parent to provide transportationand further care for the student if the student becomes ill or injured on school property. The firedepartment EMT’s will be called in emergency situations and every effort will be made to contact a parentor other person(s) listed on the emergency form. Students will not be sent home without parentalapproval. Parents are asked to keep the school informed of address and phone number changes as soon asthey occur.

FIRE DRILLS 

Fire drills are necessary for the safety of the students and faculty. Regular drills are required. When thefire alarm sounds, students are to line up quietly and file out of the building to the designated area wherethe teacher will take roll. If the alarm rings during class change, students are to leave the building by thenearest exit and report to their last period class teacher outside the building. No one should ever assumethat an alarm is false.

TORNADO DRILLS 

Tornado drills will be held periodically during the year. When a tornado watch is announced, studentswill move to their assigned area and wait for further instruction. If a tornado warning is issued, allstudents and staff members will assume the “duck and cover” position until an “all clear” is sounded.SCHOOL CLOSINGWhen school is closed due to weather or other circumstances, official announcements are made throughAtlanta TV and radio stations. Every effort will be made to put this information on the main schoolactivities hotline as soon as possible. In case of school closing once students have arrived at school,student drivers will be released as soon as possible. Bus riders will wait until their bus arrives afterelementary school routes. Parents are encouraged to work out a specific plan with their student ahead oftime in the event school is dismissed early.52

STUDENT ACTIVITIES Activities can play an important role in the life of a high school student, providing an outlet for manytalents and interests. Student leadership skills and school spirit are enhanced when a student participatesin these activities. All students are encouraged to be actively involved. All student activities must beapproved in advance by the sponsor and the administration. All rules and policies of the Board ofEducation must be followed, including eligibility requirements if they apply. No activity may beconducted without the coach or sponsor being present. 

MESSAGES TO STUDENTS

 Only EMERGENCY messages can be delivered to students during the school day. We will notinterrupt instructional time with messages. Students are urged to make transportation arrangements andother necessities before coming to school each day since phone lines must be kept open as much aspossible. With our large number of students, it is not possible to allow students complete access to thephones for incoming calls. 

Security

Security is of the utmost importance on the electronic communication network of the Paulding CountySchool District. Any user identifying a breach of security or other computer security problem willimmediately report the problem to the supervising teacher or local administrator. The problem will not bedemonstrated to any other users. Passwords will not be shared among users under any circumstances. 

Vandalism

Vandalism is defined as any malicious attempt by any user to harm, destroy, or access data or equipmentof the Paulding County School District or any other system represented on the Internet. Any userengaging in vandalism will have all privileges terminated and be subject to disciplinary action, includingbut not limited to legal action. 

VIOLATION OF POLICIES 3 - 12 ARE GENERALLY LEVEL II OFFENSES, WHICH ARECONSIDERED MAJOR. UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, THESE CAN BECONSIDERED AS LEVEL I OFFENSES. IN EDITION TO THE FOLLOWING, REPORTS MAYBE MADE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS: 

First Offense: Suspension in school or out of school up to 5 days

Second Offense: Suspension from school for 5 days

Third Offense: Expulsion from school for the semester

Fourth Semester: Expulsion from school for the year