New Staff Guide to all things SWE by Tiffany Brantley https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9 A Guide to Staff Members by Their Unique Talents en-us 2024-08-09 12:38:59 UTC 2024-08-11 23:37:41 UTC hello@padlet.com Kara Gasaway - Principal tbrantley4 https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3071550217 Kara is top-dog and all decisions are final with her. She is your go-to person for ARDs, budget, time-off, Yearbook, Friday Assemblies, and bullying reports. She works closely with Gina and Tiffany for any support that is needed in all things.


Expert Topics: She was a reading specialist and 504 coordinator at one time and is great with these topics. She is up to date with SPED and is also well-versed in Laws and policies. She is also great with prevention strategies with behavior.

]]> 2024-08-09 12:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3071550217 Cari Orts - GT Specialist/ Maker Space tbrantley4 https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3071550219 Cari is our GT teacher and Maker Space Coordinator. She will also be the go-to person for UIL, MFISD Foundation, and gets our end-of-day car line coordinated. You'll find her at Morning Meeting most days and Friday Assemblies.


***Cari is Google-certified and your resident expert on how to integrate technology into lessons. She is well-versed also with programs such as Canva and student portfolios. Her talents are many in the Techie Cari world.

]]> 2024-08-09 12:39:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3071550219 Gina Ko - Counselor tbrantley4 https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3071550223 Student is all things kids and community. She has weekly counseling sessions with our students, does monthly guidance lessons, works with families to help with needs, and the community to provide our students with resources.


Call her for anything with Child Find (SPED referral), CPS, SEL planning, student-in-crisis issues, risk assessments, and is great at brainstorming ways to be proactive with students that are struggling.

]]> 2024-08-09 12:39:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3071550223 Bonnie Meek - Nurse tbrantley4 https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3071550224 Bonnie is fantastic on campus to help with all things medical. She does preventative health such as vision/ hearing and teeth cleaning day. She knows how to guide families on where to go for medical assistance in the community.


Send students to her with a note/ walkie call / or call to her office for any medical needs or even a change of clothes. She has lots of supplies and can help provide you what you need in your classroom and beyond.

]]> 2024-08-09 12:39:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3071550224 Cindy Walker - Dyslexia tbrantley4 https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3071550228 Cindy is our resident dyslexic teacher. She has experience in the classroom, as a principal, and as a reading specialist. She is a go to person for small group lessons plans and all things ELA.

]]> 2024-08-09 12:39:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3071550228 Kaila Svetlik - Math SPED tbrantley4 https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3071550230 Kaila is a SPED case manager for our kids and does all things math. She is a co-teacher in 5th grade, and is fantastic at understanding student needs.

]]> 2024-08-09 12:39:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3071550230 Mr. Jonathan Pawelka- Music/Art / Content Mastery (Wednesdays only) tbrantley4 https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3072286543

Known for his musical talents, Jonathan is your guy for music help. He plays many instruments with a speciality on drums. He can set up speakers and microphone systems. He is also your guy for how to integrate art and music into lesson plans. On Wednesdays, he will help students in the art room with testing or unfinished work.


**Jonathan is a great person to call when your devices are not working. He has the magic touch with getting your TV or projectors to work on a dime. He is very techy and calms any storm.

]]> 2024-08-11 01:18:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3072286543 Devin Vicars - SPED ELA tbrantley4 https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3072286994 Devin is a SPED case manager for our kids and does all things ELA. She is a co-teacher in 5th grade, and is great at helping you with student accountability.

]]> 2024-08-11 01:21:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3072286994 Emily Hill - Intervention tbrantley4 https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3072289096 Emily is our full-time Reading and Math specialist. She attends district meetings and serves as a liaison for our school and district initiatives such as IXL, Reading Eggs, and Math Seeds. She rosters and supports IXL, reading eggs, and math Seeds. She also tracks the hours of our 1416 students who failed STAAR. She can help you with Reading Naturally and Explode the Code programs.


**If you need Math or ELA supports/ resources, see her.

]]> 2024-08-11 01:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3072289096 Tiffany Brantley - AP/IC/CMC tbrantley4 https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3072602406 Tiffany handles truancy (attendance), discipline (Kara too), Instructional planning such as PLCs, Threat Assessments, all things with our Emergent Bilinguals, 504 and MTSS with Gina. She is the go-to for district and state assessments (Amplify, MAP, CBA's, TELPAS, and STAAR). She handles textbook inventory, safety drills/ safety, mentors/mentee program, and can answer any Euphoria questions.


Call her to brainstorm for lessons, backward planning, help with device/tech issues, pro-active student planning for behavior, anything safety, setting up accomodations for testing, and instructional resource needs/ textbooks.


]]> 2024-08-11 22:06:41 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3072602406 Julene Metcalf - Office tbrantley4 https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3072609253 Julene is the school's right-hand man for all things calendars, supplies, budgets, PO's, work orders with the district, and substitutes. She will walk you through how to put in an absence into Skyward and give you a list of subs to call to prepare for an absence. She also is in charge of our school supplies and copy stuff. School celebrations are another thing she helps to coordinate.


**She has been at the school for a very long time and knows where just about anything is in the school.

]]> 2024-08-11 22:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3072609253 Lisa Sierra - Registrar/ Office tbrantley4 https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3072609363 Lisa is the first person to greet us each day. She handles the phones, is the school registrar, sends out attendance letters, and does all of the PEIMS reports. She organizes all of the ride changes at the end of the day as well.


** Making sure everyone takes attendance everyday between 10:00am-10:15am each day is her #1 priority.

]]> 2024-08-11 22:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3072609363 Misty Ellis - Kinder Teacher tbrantley4 https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3072614463 Misty is very good at technology. She is Google and SeeSaw trained. She can help you with any Google classroom needs and can show you how she implements technology into the classroom.

]]> 2024-08-11 22:54:01 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3072614463 Micki Bertino - Kinder Teacher tbrantley4 https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3072614783 Micki is our resident expert with Math Seeds and Reading Eggs. She can answer questions on how to implement in her classroom.

]]> 2024-08-11 22:55:14 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3072614783 Morgan Herraez - Library/ Maker Space tbrantley4 https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3072619928 Morgan is our librarian on most days and will also do Maker Space every other Wednesday. She is great to talk to about books for your classroom.


She is your go-to for lamination, Reading initiaves such as Millionaire, and Book Fair.

]]> 2024-08-11 23:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3072619928 Chad Curtis - SRO tbrantley4 https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3072620568 Chad is the school SRO. He handles safety issues and is often times used for student support when requested by admin. He is great with all things safety.

]]> 2024-08-11 23:13:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3072620568 Katie Wall - 1st grade tbrantley4 https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3072621605 Katie is getting her admin certification this year and is strong in instructional planning, progress monitoring, and classroom management. She is a great brainstorming partner.

]]> 2024-08-11 23:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3072621605 Sarah Jane Rust - 1st grade tbrantley4 https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3072622765 Sarah Jane has lots of experience with early literacy. She is CALP trained, which means that she is great with our students that struggle with dyslexia and other reading difficulties.


She is great to talk to about parent contact and how to make student-centered classrooms.

]]> 2024-08-11 23:18:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3072622765 Danielle Harmon - 4th grade Math/Science tbrantley4 https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3072624383 Dani is humble and will not shout herself out, but she is a go-to person for classroom management, student-centered classrooms, small groups, and progress monitoring.


*She is a great person to talk to about how to improve all students at all levels.

]]> 2024-08-11 23:20:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3072624383 Both PreK Teachers (Holly Todd and Wendy Schmitt) tbrantley4 https://padlet.com/tbrantley4/mzlkxmp07i6cjor9/wish/3072625183 Both teachers are fantastic at classroom management, student-centered learning, and how to integrate all subjects/ curriculum.

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