“Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads you to wisdom.” – Buddha
Out Tomorrow (or today when you read this)
I will be heading to Jesuit High School tomorrow morning. Mason qualified for the Twilight Relays which apparently is a really big deal in the high school track world. He will be running in the 3000-meter race against 70ish of the fastest runners in high school. He is looking to shave around 10-15 seconds off his PR and running in this field gives him a great opportunity to go sub 9:30 (a pace that really makes me hurt just to think about!). Anyway, it’s a big deal for me to support him and I appreciate your support in letting me go cheer my head off for 8 laps.
PE/Music Transitions
Our leadership team discussed some concerns about the transitions to and from PE/Music and we decided we need to ask everyone to pitch in and help with this situation. Rob and Scott are doing their best to line up the outgoing classes before they leave, however, the moment they are outside they tend to take off running in multiple directions. They cannot follow every class out as they usually have classes coming in right away and their 30 minutes of class time is already ticking down. If we could get a little help managing the timing, the direction and pace of both the incoming classes and the outgoing classes then things would feel less chaotic during these exchanges.
Some key points to work on;
- Please try to meet your class at the landing between the buildings.
- Remind students to always walk in the spaces between the buildings.
- Share the pathway (stairs, ramp) for both directions. Typically we try to have the outgoing classes go down the ramp and the incoming classes go up the stairs.
- Arrive and leave as a whole group.
If for some reason, meeting your class at the exchange time is problematic, please let me know so we can work on a solution.
SBAC 2019
- Message to all school – please keep hallway work and traffic to a minimum, especially during the morning when the bulk of the testing is occurring. We don’t need silence, just a nice work atmosphere of low background noise.
- Earbuds or Earphones – we have extras in room 14 if needed. Please encourage students to use their own if at all possible.
- Air Secure – app needed on the iPad to run the test.
- Keyboards – please use 2nd grade keyboards to replace any needed keyboards for those students testing.
- Please see Marina’s email regarding iPad stuff just to be aware. I expect these issues may cause some bumps in the road as we get started. I will do my best to roam and resolve issues with you.
- Accommodations are entered into TIDE.
- Opt-Outs are blocked and entered into district tracking sheet. (We will share our own google sheet with you as well).
- If there is something else you need from me – please let me know.
- This test cannot hurt anyone! Our best effort is always good enough regardless of the outcomes.
2019-2020 Meeting Schedule Input
Please click below to provide your input on our meeting schedule for next year. Disregard if you already responded but last chance if you have not.
End of Year EBISS
Lorin and I were working on some meeting dates and times for the end of the year and this is what we need for EBISS:
- Thursday 5/30 – 1st grade
- Monday 6/3 – Kinder
- Tuesday 6/4 – 4/5 Team (in place of staff meeting)
- Wednesday 6/5 – 2/3 Howard, Therrian
- Thursday 6/6 – 2/3 Greene, Reisinger, Cross
TAG Update
TAG list
Below are three different versions of a PEP provided by our district.
Placements
- Cards are in my office, please pick them up when you are ready.
- Parent Input (Student Profiles) deadline was Friday 4/19.
- First Day for placements is SIW 5/22.
- The second day for placements is SIW 6/5.
Culture of Care Project
Resilience Survey to be completed on Monday, May 20th.
Tuesday Morning Meetings
- This week; Staff Meeting
- Next week; Design Teams
SIWs
- This week – Rally Downtown – sorry about any confusion on the last post, I was somehow creating more time to fit the BrainPOP workshop in, but unless the Avengers can help us manage a little time travel, we are not going to pull that off.
- Next week – Academic Excellence & Kinder Team to Lava Ridge
Upcoming Field Trips –
- Monday, May 6th
- Woock to Bend Science Station 9:00-11:30
- Green to BSS 12:00-2:30
- Tuesday, May 7th
- Vickery to BSS 9:00-11:30
- Martinson to BSS 12:00-2:30
- Thursday, May 9th
- Martinson to BSS 9:00-11:30
- Vickery to BSS 12:00-2:30
ICCLs 2019-2021
Deadline; May 31st, 2019. The job description for this position has not been updated in a long while, so I would advise you not to get caught up on the details of the description. Your job as an ICCL is to work with your colleagues to move our school forward in the School Design Process. We have three main areas (academic excellence, thriving citizen, and future ready) but we choose our more specific goals, work and measures within those areas. A date to keep in mind for this obligation is Wednesday, August 14th which is our district leadership academy. If you are giving this any thought, please talk to me.
1st Aid/CPR –
We need more people to update their First Aid/CPR coursework to make our site compliant with the ratio of certified staff to students. We have not been able to find a time to schedule our own training on site, however below are a number of options (including a couple that Angelina is teaching). If your card has expired please try to attend one of these training options to get it updated.
We have scheduled six additional first aid/CPR classes for the remainder of the 2018-19 school year. They will be held in the Boardroom at the Education Center. These certifications are good for two years. ODE policy is each school have 1 first-aid trained staff member for each 60 kids. We have to have at least 8 attendees for each class to be given.
To register sign into Performance Matters (through the portal), search for first aid and select the class you would like to attend by selecting the register now button.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
| Date | Day | Time | Type | Min | Max | Instructor(s) | Location | |
| 5/2/2019 | Thursday | 4:00-8:00 | Initial | 8 | 20 | Michelle Spetic | Bob will observe | Education Center, Boardroom (room 314) |
| 5/8/2019 | Wednesday | 4:00-8:00 | Initial | 8 | 20 | Shanon Bryant | Bob will observe | Education Center, Boardroom (room 314) |
| 5/7/2019 | Tuesday | 4:00-8:00 | Initial | 8 | 20 | Angelina Mingus | Bob will observe | Education Center, Boardroom (room 314) |
| 5/21/2019 | Tuesday | 4:00-8:00 | Initial | 8 | 20 | Shanon Bryant | Tami will observe | Education Center, Boardroom (room 314) |
| 5/29/2019 | Wednesday | 3:00-7:00 | Initial | 8 | 20 | Michelle Spetic | Tami will observe | Education Center, Boardroom (room 314) |
| 6/4/2019 | Tuesday | 4:00-8:00 | Initial | 8 | 20 | Angelina Mingus | Tami will observe | Education Center, Boardroom(room 314) |
Managing Attention Versus Time
The following summary provides some really good insight. You might find this helpful for both your own productivity and providing support for students as they develop their skills to be more efficient with their studies. It also should provide some valuable information for why students may struggle to be consistent with their school’s work as their body clocks don’t really match up with our work day. Fortunately for them, the school workday is not the only structure for work days (and weeks) and they can expect to find a variety of work opportunities that can match their strengths.
This is a great summary of the importance of discussing race with students at early ages. As we plan lessons and Storylines, this research serves as a good reminder to provide opportunities to explore racial issues rather than avoid them.