500 NW 209th Avenue Pembroke Pines, Florida 33029 Phone: 754-323-2600 Fax: 754-323-2730 Faculty and Staff Handbook Mrs. Teresa Hall Principal 1 Updated: 8/26/15 10:58 AM TABLE OF CONTENTS Section 1, School Improvement and Student Achievement ............................................4 Mission Statement, School Board of Broward County............................................................ 5 Mission Statement West Broward High School ...................................................................... 6 School Advisory Council and School Improvement Plan........................................................ 6 Bobcat Destiny........................................................................................................................ 6 Bobcat Pride ........................................................................................................................... 6 Bobcat Character.................................................................................................................... 7 Alma Mater ............................................................................................................................. 7 Section 2, School Support ..................................................................................................8 Administrative Assignments.................................................................................................... 9 Guidance and Department Chairs ........................................................................................ 10 Section 3, School Procedures and Information..............................................................11 Activity Buses ....................................................................................................................... 12 ADD - ADDHS, 504 Plans, ESOL, AIPs ............................................................................... 12 Advertising ............................................................................................................................ 12 Announcements.................................................................................................................... 13 Assemblies ........................................................................................................................... 13 Athletic Academic Participation ............................................................................................ 13 Athletics and Performing Organizations ............................................................................... 12 Attendance............................................................................................................................ 14 Audiovisual Materials............................................................................................................ 14 Blackout Procedure .............................................................................................................. 14 Bomb Threat Procedure ....................................................................................................... 14 Building and Equipment Care ............................................................................................... 15 Bus Responsibility ................................................................................................................ 15 Cheating ............................................................................................................................... 15 Child Abuse, Florida Statute ................................................................................................. 15 Copy Machines ..................................................................................................................... 15 Covering Classes.................................................................................................................. 16 Curriculum Frameworks........................................................................................................ 16 Detention .............................................................................................................................. 16 Disability Insurance, Benefits Procedures ............................................................................ 17 Discipline .............................................................................................................................. 17 Dismissal from Classes ........................................................................................................ 18 Drug Free Workplace............................................................................................................ 18 Emergency Procedures ........................................................................................................ 18 Employee / Student Records ................................................................................................ 22 Exceptional Student Education, Suspension and Expulsion ................................................ 22 Evaluations ........................................................................................................................... 22 Excusing Students from Classes .......................................................................................... 22 Facility Leases ...................................................................................................................... 22 Facilities Service Person Services........................................................................................ 22 Faculty Lunch ....................................................................................................................... 23 Field Trips ............................................................................................................................. 23 Food and Drinks ................................................................................................................... 23 Fundraising Drives................................................................................................................ 24 Graduation Requirements..................................................................................................... 24 Guest Speakers .................................................................................................................... 25 Homebound Students ........................................................................................................... 26 Homework............................................................................................................................. 26 2 Updated: 8/26/15 10:58 AM Identification Badges ............................................................................................................ 27 Injuries .................................................................................................................................. 27 Instructional Aids and Supplies............................................................................................. 27 Instructional Evaluation......................................................................................................... 27 Insurance for Teachers......................................................................................................... 27 Intercom................................................................................................................................ 27 Interim Reports / Progress Reports ...................................................................................... 27 Internal Suspension .............................................................................................................. 28 Leaving Classes Unattended................................................................................................ 28 Leaving School Grounds ...................................................................................................... 28 Lesson Plans ........................................................................................................................ 28 Liability.................................................................................................................................. 28 Media Center Procedures..................................................................................................... 29 Monies .................................................................................................................................. 30 Newsletters ........................................................................................................................... 31 Ordering Materials ................................................................................................................ 31 Parents, Dealing with Concerns ........................................................................................... 31 Parking Lot............................................................................................................................ 31 Partners in Education ........................................................................................................... 31 Personnel Authorized to Purchase, Code of Ethics.............................................................. 31 Pictures, Classes / Clubs...................................................................................................... 32 Planning Days......................................................................................................................