“At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.” – Frida Kahlo
Thank you for staying engaged today. I am incredibly grateful and honored to be tackling these challenges with you. Keep breathing, find your feet and leap. It’s going to be OK, no wait…it’s going to be better than OK. I know this.
My Apologies – I made a mistake in communication about the masks today. Please wear your masks at all times in the building. You are welcome to take your masks off when you are alone in a room.
Moving Rooms – Thanks for your patience and understanding on this issue – hang in there a little longer and I will provide your plan for this. I will focus on placements for nearly 100% tomorrow and then I can land on the final decisions on putting everyone in their new room.
Entering and Exiting the Building – Starting tomorrow please start the habit of using the checkin/checkout system when you arrive and leave. See video for further explanation.
Staffing Update – Are you ready for a couple more? Well ready or not here they come! Anna Park is moving to the 2/3 team to take over that vacancy left by Michele Cross. And our newest team member at the Kindergarten level will be Marci Henry. Marci is a parent of some former Highland students and she is currently teaching at Juniper.
Startup Week(s) Plan
These startup weeks are taking a little more shape (this is still subject to change);
- Wednesday 9/2 (Day #186) – Grade Level Placement Revisit via WebEX
- 8:00-9:00 K to 1st
- 9:30-10:30 1st to 2nd
- 11:00-12:00 3rd to 4th
- 1:00-2:00 Kindergarten
- 2:00-2:45 Lexia Training – Heidi Evans and Me only
- Thursday 9/3 (Day #187) – Grade Level Team Meetings in Gym
- 8:00-9:00 4th/5th Grade
- 9:30-10:30 2nd/3rd Grade
- 11:00-12:00 1st Grade
- 12:30-1:30 Kindergarten
- 2:00-3:00 Support Staff
- Wednesday 9/9 (Day #191) – District Training Day
- Training opportunities – below are the optional training opportunities on September 9th for teachers and educational assistants. These are available to EAs. This will not be your only opportunity for optional trainings. We will offer additional sessions later in the month. Sign up for these classes and future classes will be available on Performance Matters on Wednesday, September 2nd. All courses will be on Webex
- Kindergarten Lexia 8:00-9:30
- 1-2 Lexia 9:45-11:00
- 3-5 Lexia 2:00-3:30
- Lexia for Educational Assistants 8:00-9:30
- Lexia for specialists 12:45-2:00
- Seesaw for Beginners 8:00-9:30
- What is new to Seesaw? 2:00-3:30
- Effective Synchronized Math Lessons K-2 11:00-12:30
- Effective Synchronized Math Lessons 3-5 11:00-12:30Screen Recording. 9:45-11:00Using Webex More Effectively 11:00-12:30
- Google Classroom 3-5 12:45-2:00
- and more to come….
- Training opportunities – below are the optional training opportunities on September 9th for teachers and educational assistants. These are available to EAs. This will not be your only opportunity for optional trainings. We will offer additional sessions later in the month. Sign up for these classes and future classes will be available on Performance Matters on Wednesday, September 2nd. All courses will be on Webex
- Thursday 9/10 (Day #192) – Teacher Work Day
- 8:30-10:00 – Screen Casting Workshop presented by Christie Boen – please email me if you plan to attend.
- Friday 9/11(Day #193) – Teacher Work Day
- Tech workshops TBD
BPR Child Care – Academic Support – Unfortunately we are not going to be able to utlize people from transportation so we will be giving up some EA time to support these two groups.
Feeling Ill??? If a staff member feels ill after entering a school site, they are to isolate themselves within the building and immediately call their supervisor (that’s me). The supervisor will text Tami Pike, Health Services Supervisor, at 541-350-8387 with the following information: This is [insert your name] and I have a staff member feeling ill. Please call me. The staff member can be reached at [insert phone number]. Tami will call you and advise you and the staff member’s next steps.