BLS School Counselor Updates

Memo for CTE courses: Placement of students in CTE programs requiring safety training for heavy machinery and equipment Please refer to this memo for scheduling implications in some of our CTE courses Military Kids Equine Therapy Groups in Central Oregon Continue reading 6/14/24: We are almost done!→

Upcoming End of Year Event for School Counselors With the Results Reports due in two weeks, please ensure that you send or share your completed presentations with Jess. You can upload your presentation directly to this folder in our shared Continue reading 5.17.24→

Camp Sunrise: Please share and promote! Camp Sunrise (loss/grief camp for youth in any Central Oregon school) Youth aged 7 – 12June 14-16 (Fri-Sun)Youth aged 13 – 17 June 15 (Sat.) Letter to schoolsVolunteer opportunitiesVolunteer applicationYouth/Camper application Charlie Health: OHP/Medicaid From Jennifer: Continue reading 5.10.24→

PLC/END: Results Reports Work Time Thanks for all of your hard work over the past couple weeks for our PLC and END time together. Here are the links to the Slide Decks/Resources: PLC Slide Deck END Slide Deck As a Continue reading 4.26.24→

All Counselors/Parents: Kids Inc From Ed Center Please let staff members know that they can indicate their interest in having their child attend KIDS Inc by filling out the KIDS Inc Interest Form specific to BLP employees for the 2024-2025 school year. As Continue reading 4.19.24→

MS and HS: ELL Newcomer Team Protocol Friendly Reminder: Here is the outline for the ELL Newcomer Team Protocol. In the coming PLCs, we’ll delve deeper into this, ensuring thorough definitions and clarity regarding ELL terms, programs, options, and our Continue reading 4.5.24→

BLS College Information Night Here are the Slide Decks in Spanish and English. Please share on your website. Thanks to all of you who came and were a part of this event. The feedback from families was a resounding positive! Continue reading 3.15.24→

OSCA: New Website Hi all! As you might have heard, the Oregon School Counselor Association (OSCA) launched its new website on February 26. If you’re an OSCA member, take 5 minutes today to log in (visit oscainc.org, and click “Log Continue reading 3.8.24→

All Counselors: Updated Risk Screen Documentation Process Here are the slides from our END. Please reach out to Jamie, Jennifer or Jess if you have further questions around the updated process. MS and HS Counselors: Math considerations for college majors Continue reading 3.1.24→

MS and HS: Communications for our big LCR Event Please ensure that this communication is sent home to families and posted on your websites. We’re hoping to make this a big districtwide event and need your help in promoting it Continue reading 2.16.24→

SchooLinks Professional Development The following communication went out to administrators in MS and HS: We wanted to inform you about an upcoming districtwide event that we believe holds significant importance. As you may already be aware, on March 5th, we Continue reading 2.9.24→

Loop in Emails from JH (Stabilization Center and St. Charles) Some of you may have noticed receiving emails from Jennifer providing updates about your students and communication from a community agency. These emails serve to keep you informed and are Continue reading 2.2.24→

All Counselors: Crisis Response Volunteers We are now taking additional volunteers for the BLS District Crisis Response and Support Team.  The Crisis Response and Support Team (CRST) is designed to support schools through a crisis, such as a sudden death Continue reading 1.26.24→

High School Counselors: Please Promote! As you all know we are hosting a BLS Academic Information Night on Wednesday January 31st for all families in grades 9-11.  Here is a blurb and infographic about the event in both English and Spanish.  We Continue reading 1.12.24→

Student Conference Data I have been working with IT on some counselor data reports to access our student conference data easier. We will need this data for our results reports at the end of the year and I will be Continue reading 1.4.24→

Upcoming January Educator Network Day When: January 10, 2024, 2:45-4:00 pm Where: Caldera High School Auditorium School counselors, school psychologists, school nurses, and student success coordinators will gather together for Educator Network Day at the Caldera Auditorium for the roll out of Continue reading 12.15.23→

Oregon’s Transformative SEL and School Counseling Student Alignment Tool From Beth Wgham at ODE: I know some of you expressed interest in Oregon’s Transformative SEL Standards and School Counseling Program Student Standards crosswalk tool. I wanted to loop back around Continue reading 12.1.23→

COCC and OSU Cascades VIP Luncheaon Hi all, I hope everyone is having a great start to their year! We have some very exciting news to share with you, Central Oregon Community College and Oregon State University-Cascades invite you to Continue reading 11.17.23→

NCAA: Guide Here is the link to the updated 2023-24 NCAA Guide for the the College Bound Athlete. 504 Translation Below are links for how to translate documents for 504s. Forms (links to Spanish available) Synergy Translation Work Flow MS Continue reading 11.9.23→

“Use of Time” Coming Up We have scheduled our Use of Time Data collection for November 13-17 and November 27-December 1st.  We are asking that all counselors complete this data gathering process.  Along with our Student Conference Data (Synergy Data) Continue reading 11.3.23→

Transitioning to a BLS School from various placements As we work toward prioritizing our communication and focusing our efforts on building/maintaining relationships with our students & families experiencing unique circumstances, please see the BLS Transitions document. Many of these transitions Continue reading 10.26.23→

Middle School Counselor PLC If you missed the PLC on Tuesday, please check out the slide deck from the productive morning. The biggest outcome that came from this time together was agreements for the Tier 1 Franchised Lesson Agreements Franchised Continue reading 10.20.23→

You Need to CALM Down 504 Slides from ODE: Please “Don’t Blame Me…” Here are the slides from ODE’s Presentation for 504: 504 Overview 504 Deep Dive (please ignore the SB819 as we have our own internal process). “…Are you Continue reading 10.13.23 (Taylor’s Version)→

MS and HS Counselors: Updated Diploma Requirements Here is a chart outlining the upcoming changes to diploma requirements. High School counselors please be aware of the following: Class of 2026 and beyond: Students earning standard diploma will need to complete Continue reading 10.6.23→

Quick Reference Hub See this neat little tool from Leslie Baldwin, to keep frequently used links available to you. Thanks for sharing, Leslie! Outside Service Provider Memo Please read the memo for Outside Service providers meeting with students on campus Continue reading 9.29.23→

PLC from September Thank you for all of your time this week to meet in our PLC Level groups. Below are the different presentations with links to support documents. High School PLC Middle School PLC Elementary School PLC Select Books: Continue reading 9.22.23→

504 Announcements SB 819 There is new legislation in regards to abbreviated day and students that are on 504 and/or IEP. Please see this document from our Director of Student Services. He will be at our October 11th Educator Network Continue reading 9.15.23→

Links from August 30th Thanks for a great day together. Here is a link to our presentation from the day and here is a link to our COUNSELOR TOOLKIT! Please send Jess anything you would like added to the Toolkit! Continue reading 9.8.23→

End Of Year Counselor Presentations I heard amazing feedback from counselors, admin, level leads and even people who didn’t attend but wanted to be a part of it for next year. Your efforts highlighted the great work that is happening Continue reading 6.9.23→

June 2nd End of Year Meeting Agenda is linked here. We are looking forward to the last meeting of the year and celebrating all the great things you have accomplished this year. We have invited your admin and district level Continue reading 5.26.23→

Results Reports PLC/Planning Day Message shared with administrators: As part of a Comprehensive School Counseling Program (CSPC), it is best practice for school counselors to meet as a department at the end of the year.   This practice allows time Continue reading 5.12.23→

Preventing Disordered Eating and Weight Bias ZOOM LINK: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/4301700221 COCC Early Childhood Education Bootcamp Webinar: Flashlight Presentation and Results Reports Here is a link to a webinar from Hatching Results on Flashlight presentations. It might help you as you plan Continue reading 5.3.23→

Educator Network Day Recap Thank you for a wonderful and productive time together. Here is the Slide Deck from the afternoon. In it, is the Flashlight Presentation/Results Report that you can use to share your results at our End of Continue reading 4.21.23→

Bend-LaPine Schools Crisis Response and Support Team The Crisis Response and Support Team (CRST) is designed to support schools through a crisis, such as a sudden death or an accident.  This team aids in restoring stability in the wake of Continue reading 4.7.23→

Use of Time: April 3-7 (FIRST WEEK WE COME BACK!) We will be doing a K-12 Use of Time Analysis April 3-7 and April 17-21. I sent out a calendar invite as well, please let me know if you didn’t Continue reading 3.24.23→

Diploma Consent Forms for High School The ICCL counseling team has worked on Diploma Change Consent Forms for students who are considering moving to an Honors, Standard and Modified Diploma.  Here is a folder with the forms that we will use from this point Continue reading 3.17.23→

Goals Check In It is already March and we have accomplished so much this year! You are all amazing! Below is a quick “goals” check for our program. BLS College Information Night Please promote with your families grades 9-11. Families Continue reading 3.3.23→

ODE SEL Feedback Needed BLS College Information Night If you would like to attend and support the event, please sign up here to volunteer! Thank you to all who have jumped on board to support! Updates from Youth Villages Please Continue reading 2.23.23→

Educator Network Day Recap Thank you so much to all of you who attended the END on Wednesday. We know there was a lot of information, but loved that each of you recognized the importance of really looking at our Continue reading 2/.17.23→

Student Names/ID in Email Guidance from District Reminder for Secondary Counselors (MS/HS) Grades have posted! Just a reminder to run your D/F list to follow up on students academic/future plans as well as be part of the planning for school-wide Continue reading 2.10.23→

Happy National School Counselor Week! Scholarship Newsletter Katie forwarded this scholarship newsletter. Check it out! Care Solace Reminder, Care Solace has other levels of care that we can refer to. Check it out below:

National School Counseling Week Check out this webinar from Hatching in regards to NSCW and bringing awareness to our profession. Additionally, here is the slidedeck if you don’t want to watch a video! Post Vaping Letter From Aimee Snyder that Continue reading 1.27.23→

National School Counseling Week (NSCW) is February 6-10 Check out ASCA’s website for ideas to celebrate and showcase your program during the week. We have also shared with admin some suggestions for them to celebrate as well:) Promotional Toolkit from Continue reading 1.20.23→

Hatching Results Opportunity Hatching Results has a few virtual learning opportunities coming up. Check with your site administrator to see if there are any funds for you to attend. Here is the link. There is one on The Use of Continue reading 1.6.23→

ODE 504 Training From Josh Marks: “We have arranged for a training by the Oregon Department of Education. This training will take place on January 18th from 8-12at the Education Center Room 314 (Board Room) Please know that this training is for any Continue reading 12.12.22→

Educator Network Day Here are the slides from Wednesdays meeting. Feel free to send Jennifer and Jess your SMARTE goals for the year. We are excited to see all of the great work and interventions you are doing as a Continue reading 11.18.22→

Tele-therapy in schools Many of you have had parents request that their student be able to access their behavioral health tele-therapy appointments while at school.  Myself, school administrators, legal counsel, and IT have developed a protocol to allow this to Continue reading 10.28.22→

Annual Calendar Please make sure you send Jennifer and I your annual calendar. We have gotten many of them, but want to make sure we have them from all sites. We love looking at them and celebrating all of the Continue reading 10.21.22→

Sources of Strength for Secondary What is Sources of Strength? Sources of Strength is a strength-based, comprehensive wellness program that focuses on suicide prevention but impacts other issues such as substance abuse and violence. The program is based on a Continue reading 10/7/22→

Annual Calendars Send what you have! We know it is a work in progress, but would love to see all the calendars for each school site! Here are some great examples from ASCA: ES MS HS BLS Monthly Calendar Action Continue reading 9.30.22→

Reminder: September PLC Dates by Level Elementary PLC: September 21st from 2:15-3:15 pm in room 312 at Ed Center Middle School PLC: September 23rd from 8:00 – 9:30 am in the Wall St Lab at Ed Center High School PLC: Continue reading 9.16.22→

Needs Assessment Considerations Before developing and giving your counseling program needs assessment, please see the Needs Assessment Considerations in our ongoing doc for BLS School Counselor Support/Resources “Listen and Learn” Visits from Jess Over the next month Jess would love Continue reading 9.9.22 Updates→