“Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don’t wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future.” – Earl Nightingale
CDL to Hybrid –
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Safety Team Meeting – first meeting will be in the library at 2:30 today, Friday 9/18. We will be completing some documentation for our move into Hybrid.
New (Not New) Nurse: after rotating through 3 nurses this summer we landed back with Angelina! Angelina will be our assigned nurse and she is joining our safety team meeting this afternoon.
K-1 iPads – these should be arriving to the district by 9/21. I think we can plan to send them out on Friday the 25th. It will be great to set these up ahead of time, so let me help you with that.
POD teachers and communication – our legal department weighed in on this topic and said that we should not include them on any classroom distribution lists (Synergy or any other). All communication should go through parents first then they can forward.
SIWs and Meetings: We do need to meet as a team, but we [you] really need your time right now. This is tough thing to balance, but I cannot ask you to be in a meeting until I have more information and guidance to make it worth your time. Send your questions and I will keep the updates focused on getting you what you need. Things will level off and we’ll find some time to meet soon.
Math and Literacy Coaches Update: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YHeRaLKXh7Dd0QROdMCCLsgxRP5sPHLGDZz0EYFh8Ko/edit?usp=sharing
Instructional Tech Support
Clarifying how students access Dreambox and Lexia:
- Clever is used to access Dreambox and Lexia.
- TLC shared a slideshow on how to access Dreambox in their last communication. The steps to access Lexia are the same.
- Here is a modified version of that slideshow, to include Lexia and to provide concise steps for families. How students can log into Lexia and Dreambox.
- Videos with the same info are here too: English and Spanish
Do you still need access to Lexia as an educator?
Self Support
- Tools for CDL has many updates, including new links to tutorials. The titles of our CDL page are now aligned with the current Standards of Practice. You will find lots of tutorials, especially in the Instructional Logistics and Engaging Students with Curriculum sections. For reference, the Tools for CDL link can always be found in my email signature.
- Your Instructional Technology Team now has a YouTube channel. This channel has many student tutorials. More will be added in the near future. http://bit.ly/BLSsupport
Building Support
- Depending on your school, your tier 1 technology support is the assistant principal and/or the media manager. (Marina, Me, Debbie)
District Support
- Your Instructional Technology Coach – that’s me, Brenna Frost!
- Important Phone Numbers for you and your families
- 541-355-1200 – Help Desk for STAFF
- 541-355-8700 – Share this number with your families. Families should call this number for tech support during the school day, 8am-4pm
Final Notes
- Educators working with K-2 students. Do you see your current students in Clever and Seesaw? Contact your Instructional Tech Coach with questions.
- Educators working with 2-5 students. Archive your old Google Classroom classes.
- Remember Dreambox and Lexia apps need to be installed on all devices in order for them to work in Clever. When K-2 school iPads arrive, they will have those apps preinstalled.
- I’m here to help. I’ll be checking email periodically this weekend, so please don’t hesitate to email me anytime. I now have a district phone number too, so you can call me at x1041 beginning Monday morning. – Brenna Frost