Butler Elem Faculty Handbook 19-20 V2

CLEANLINESS Every teacher is expected to maintain a physical classroom environment that is conducive to teaching and learning including attractive display boards, clutter free workspace and desks, and organized closets and shelves. Assigning students to different chores can facilitate maintenance. This includes workrooms and store rooms. These should be divided equitably under a team agreement and kept clean and organized. To facilitate after-school clean up, teachers should instruct students to put chairs on desks or tables and pick up items from the floor that cannot be easily vacuumed (such as crayons, crumpled papers or paper scraps, and paper clips). When using paint, glue, or other messy substances, please place newspapers under the project and avoid messes on the carpet. All spills that occur must be reported immediately to the custodian or the office. At the day’s end, please turn off lights, computers and lock the door. All of us must share the responsibility of keeping the faculty room, workrooms and PE closet maintained and clean. The custodial staff will clean the floors daily. The rest is up to us! Wipe and clean up after yourself. Throw away your trash. Follow the schedule for cleanup assignments. COLLEGIALITY Collegiality is defined as “cooperative interaction among colleagues.” It is imperative that faculty and staff members treat one another with the highest degree of respect in the spirit of collegiality. This is a rewarding yet difficult job. The stakes are high. We need to be the best we can be and treat one another in an exemplary manner supporting each other through thick and thin. Our students and our community are watching us. COMMITTEES It is the expectation that every teacher will serve on school committees almost every year. Assignments will be planned in order to balance the workload.

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