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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There’s no consequence for missing it.

I switched specialities/positions so had to go through it twice. [b]I opted to skip the summer session the 2nd time, but go to the monthly meetings. [/b]I just emailed my Great Beginnings person and that was that. Principals are not directly involved in GB and doubt there are many who really are going to care.

[b]The benefits would be networking with people in your curriculum area, outside of your school. Also figuring out how to navigate the FCPS bureaucracy.[/b] But otherwise if you are an experienced teacher I would say go to that Friday at your school site and the rest is whatever.[/quote]

I'm a Lead Mentor at my school. I too switched specialties (within FCPS) and skipped the summer days but went to the role-specific sessions during the year (in the evenings, I think there were 5 of them). It is true that principals aren't directly involved with GB, but I will say that the Lead Mentor(s) will know who attended and who didn't.

Re: the 3 summer institute days, I absolutely agree that they provide networking benefits, help navigating FCPS and for the content-specific day, time with your county specialists. If you are not interested/available for the those, I would at least make an effort to attend the school-based orientation day (Thursday August 10). Whether you are new to teaching, new to FCPS or just new to your school, that day is really important. You meet your Lead Mentor(s) (LMs are tasked with planning and running the school-based orientation), the cohort of new teachers, your mentor, and find out all the school-specific information that you probably want before the whole staff returns on Monday August 14. You also receive your keys to your room, your laptop, and will have time in your room/space before the teacher return week ramps up.

Re: August 11, all employees have a choice: [b]they can work that day, or they can work Tuesday June 18. Both options are work-from-an-alternate-location days.[/b] If you choose to work 8/11, it's a good time to do the 48563 online trainings that are required. If you choose to work 6/18/24, that's a good day to close up your room/check out. There are benefits to both days; it will depend on how you think that time will be best spent.  [/quote]

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How does that work? Why not just work from an alternate location both days since both days give that option?

If one is spending 8/11 completing online trainings will they have time the next week to work in their room?
Looking at the calendar I see nothing listed for August 11. Tuesday and Thursday of the next week are TW days, so that could be spent in the classroom. June 18 is listed as an alternate location TW.

https://www.fcps.edu/system/files/2023-2024-standard-school-year-calendar.pdf[/quote]

Re: "work from alternate location on both days", we are only required to work 1 of those 2 days, either Aug 11 or June 18 (if it were both days, then we'd be at 196 days and our contract is 195). Re: the August 11/June 18 choice, it was added in June (I don't know the backstory); notification went out in an Employee News email on June 13. Re: time in your room/space, you will have time August 14-18 (when it is and how much is school-dependent). [/quote]

What I mean is one could work from anywhere on August 11 and June 18, or not really work during both of the two days. You could be at the beach on Aug 11, say you did work that day and not work June 18.

Time in your room/space (when and how much) is not supposed to vary this school year. The TW days on the calendar (Tuesday and Thursday) are supposed to be reserved for use at the teacher’s discretion. Our principal made it clear to the staff at the end of the SY that Dr Reid said they were to let us all know this. I thought I saw an email about it too. [/quote]

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