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
