MCP3 Staff News

Thank you for being diligent on tracking and documenting the accidents your scholars are having. This helps tremendously in ensuring we are enforcing our potty training policy. It is on page 4-5 in our MCP3 Family Handbook. I will be asking teams to share the tracking data with me by the end of the week on Friday 9/4/26 so that I can follow up with families as needed.

This week Ms. Perine and I will begin our weekly walkthroughs. Weekly Walkthroughs are a quick way for us to check for and give feedback to teams on School Wide RAPs/Expectations in classrooms. RAPs are not separate from our mission- they help us deliver it! Alignment creates consistency.

We look for and provide feedback on the following areas:

• % of Scholars On Task and in uniform, & note what EA is doing
• Classroom Appearance: organized, all visual artifacts posted/referenced, evidence of curriculum materials
• Classroom Management & Culture: RAPs are evident, clear directions, transitions, demeanor, use of technology, positive/neutral and respectful relationships are evident, routine use of PDF
• Health & Safety: room free of hazards, meal service RAP, Scholar tracking & attendance accurate, toileting procedures

It is important for scholars to know that when a visitor enters the room, they may give a quiet wave, but should stay in their spots. If there are any health/safety issues we will ask that those are corrected right away. After the walkthrough we will email the form to both Teacher/EA. Make sure to review the walkthrough that day during prep and make a plan to correct any action items noted.

Shout out to all teams for taking their T/EA time on Time this week! Our classrooms are stronger when we are in alignment together!

A few shout outs across our team included:

• Shout out to you for stepping in when needed without a prompt or cue and way to use PDF at recess even if it felt uncomfortable.
• You have been very helpful in getting me accustomed to management and routines.
• Reminding me about PDF.
• Jumping in to help!

Use the following emails accordingly:

• opsk3@milwcollegeprep.com for any MCP3 operational issues or needs
• help@milwcollegeprep.com for any IT related issues or needs
• hr@milwcollegeprep.com for any Human Resource needs such as benefits
• Use the Ask Here feature in paycom for any paycom &/or payroll related issues or needs

Staff Files

We need to ensure that we have all files updated accordingly per DCF-251 licensing. Ms. Perine will be connecting with each staff member this week during prep times to solidify your staff files. If you have not provided the previously requested items to Ms. Perine please do so ASAP.

Staff Dress Code

Staff are expected to follow the dress code according to our employee handbook.

Nightly Cleaning

The following cleaning tasks will be completed nightly. Please be sure to put your chairs up on the student desks each night to allow the cleaning team to properly clean the floors.

• Dust mop/sweep and damp mop tile floors or vacuum carpeted floors.
• Empty trash and replace liners as needed.
• Spot clean both sides of all glass doors (if applicable), as well as door handles and switch plates.
• Spot wipe desktops and tabletops in the classroom/library.

Please remember to pick up large pieces of paper, pens/pencils, crayons, markers and paper clips.

If any of the items listed above are not being completed in your classroom, please let Perine know via text. If possible, please take pictures of the areas that were not cleaned and send them as well.

We want to ensure we have 100% of families connected on Dojo by next week!

It is also important that we begin to utilize dojo to highlight the awesome happenings in your classroom by posting a minimum of 1x a day on your class story. Many classrooms have already been rocking out their class story posts! If you have NOT posted on your class story yet- make a plan to do so this week. Keep it up!

Each classroom is responsible for planning and scheduling their 4 field trips for the year. Classrooms should plan to schedule a field trip each quarter. Here are some suggestions for K3 appropriate field trips:

-The Zoo

-First Stage

-Urban Ecology Center (let me know if interested in doing this program again)

-Pumpkin Farm

-Hawthorn Glen Outdoor Education Center

-MItchell Park Domes

-Betty Brinn

**Make sure to reference the MCP calendar when scheduling field trips.

**Classrooms may wish to buddy up with other rooms for Field Trips.

**Once Field Trip is scheduled- staff should fill out the Field Trip form on the MCP Launch Page.

**Classrooms have a $2,600 budget for the year for Field Trips.

A Support Network at Your Fingertips

Child care work is meaningful – and demanding. If you or your staff are feeling overextended, WEESSN’s Educator Assistance Program (EAP) is here for you with free, confidential support 24/7/365. Below is a reminder of some of the ways the EAP can help you. (Or, see the full list here. You can print it and share it with your team.)

• Counselor/coach support
• Work-life supports
• Self-care toolkits
• Health coaching
• Debt support
• Savings Center
• Legal questions (general)
• Divorce/custody consultation
• Creating/updating a will
• Retirement planning
• Identity theft support
• Supervisor Toolkit

Access the EAP by going to https://member.mycuralinc.com/onboarding, downloading the app, or calling 866-255-WECA (9322). The group code is weca. If you’d like help setting up yourself or your staff to begin using the EAP, email us at EAPWEESSN@wisconsinearlychildhood.org.

Frog Street: Theme 1 Week 1

Portfolio Artifacts for the Theme

• All About Me(Frog Street) or All About Me (Interests)
• Self-Portrait
• BOY Benchmark Assessment
• Color/Shape Activity

Heggerty: Week 1

Second Step: Week 1

121- Monday

122- Tuesday

123- Wednesday

124- Thursday

125- Friday