Greetings,

Newly hired staff have been attending orientation for the last three days. We are grateful for all the district presenters who provided the training.

Topics covered include:

Day 1:

• Trustee Petlichkoff and Dr. Maleyko Dearborn School’s mission and vision
• Affective Education (Ms. Danene Charles)
• Introduction to district departments (Ms. Aldubaily, Mrs. Faraj, Mr. Mashour, Mr. Esseily, Ms. King Ahmad, Ms. Townsend)
• HR Department (Mr. Seeterlin, Ms. Alamaddine, Ms. Kosa)
• iLearn (Mr. Kenniburg)
• Gradebook (Ms. Nahed, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Charara, Ms. Sobh)

Day 2:

• Instructional Services by the Executive Directors (Dr. Mosallam, Ms. Peterson, and Dr. Chochol)
• SIOP Ice Breaker (Ms. Oynoian)
• Teacher Evaluation Process (Ms. Alie-Bazzi)
• Assessment Department (Dr. Patterson)
• DFT and Health Benefits (Ms. Sipperly and Ms. Nicholson)
• Dearborn Teacher University Organizational Chart & Handbook (Mrs. Irani and Mrs. Faraj)
• Graphics Lab (Ms. Theisen)

Day 3:

• Creating Content & Language Objectives and Planning with the Standards in Mind (a full day by the EL department-Ms. Elder and Ms. Shami)
• Special Education start of the year work sessions by SE department (Dr. Bazzi-Gates and Ms. Pletzke)

We are very grateful for all the talents we have in the district and we wish our new staff a successful career with Dearborn Schools.

Sincerely,

Fatme Faraj & Hilda Irani