{"id":104,"date":"2017-10-21T00:10:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-21T00:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/?p=104"},"modified":"2017-10-21T00:10:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-21T00:10:45","slug":"weekly-update-1023-1027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/2017\/10\/21\/weekly-update-1023-1027\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Update 10\/23-10\/27"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a lot in this update, so before you read any further please take this message to heart. \u00a0It is OK to slow down and focus on one thing; you do not need to to do it all. \u00a0Above all, you are obligated to take care of yourself first. \u00a0You are more effective, efficient and happy with your work when you make yourself a priority.<\/span><\/p>\n

Forefront vs. Synergy<\/b><\/p>\n

Forefront will continue to be a work in progress. \u00a0We are still waiting for the assessments to be loaded into the system and I am hopeful this will happen soon. \u00a0If your team is not going to use the preloaded assessments then you are free (and encouraged) to enter your own assessments to get your data in the system. \u00a0The 2\/3 team has some really good examples of how this could work. \u00a0We will continue to tweak the system to work for our needs, but it is not likely we will have it all ready for the first Core Effectiveness EBISS meeting but that\u2019s OK; we\u2019ll get there. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Synergy Gradebook is still the tool we need to use to produce report cards. \u00a0The extent to which you use this tool for progress reports is an individual choice. \u00a0Forefront is not meant to replace Synergy Gradebook.<\/span><\/p>\n

Evaluation\/Minis\/SLGGs\/Lions\/Tigers and Bears, Oh my!<\/b><\/p>\n

Congratulations to Becky Eriksson and Jennifer Fetrow for getting their SLGG forms completed and returned first! \u00a0Please let me know when I can meet with either you individually or your team to get these completed.<\/span><\/p>\n

I am using the master schedule to try and catch your math instruction. \u00a0If for some reason you are not teaching math during the time on the master schedule please let me know when you are teaching math so I can time my classroom visits accordingly. \u00a0As we get closer to the winter break, I will have to take whatever lesson I can get if I am not catching you during math lessons so that I can stay on schedule but I am trying really hard to catch the math.<\/span><\/p>\n

Conferences <\/b><\/p>\n

Thank you in advance for all the thought and preparation you put into preparing for these conferences. \u00a0Please let me know if you would like me to join you with any conferences that you feel might be challenging or if you just want me to observe. \u00a0These can count as one of the professional minis.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hallway Behavior<\/b><\/p>\n

Please try to meet your students during transitions to help mitigate hallway behavior as they transition from specialist, recess, etc. \u00a0As students get further and further from their classroom their speed and volume is tending to pick up. \u00a0Both Scott and Rob have classes arriving as the other is leaving so they cannot walk the students back to class.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pledge of Allegiance <\/b><\/p>\n

The link below will take you to our policy on the Pledge of Allegiance. \u00a0During our Thriving Citizen Team Meeting we discussed bringing back the PA Pledge of Allegiance once a week to help us meet the policy requirement. \u00a0We will do the pledge when we do our Tuesday announcements. \u00a0It will be important to listen for the start of announcements and help get everyone in the building to be quiet and still whether or not they participate.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.bend.k12.or.us\/application\/files\/5014\/5323\/2910\/INDB-AR.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Academic Excellence Team Update<\/b><\/p>\n

We met on Monday with Kerry Morton to discuss using Math Studios to address some our goals for this bucket. \u00a0\u00a0We scheduled the following dates to ensure we have them calendared but please know we can exchange dates if necessary. \u00a0During your PLC on Tuesday one of your tasks will be to make some decisions relevant to these opportunities – I will provide more info on Monday but the dates are;<\/span><\/p>\n

K\/1 – Feb 1<\/span><\/p>\n

2\/3 – Feb 8th<\/span><\/p>\n

4\/5 – March 1st (am )<\/span><\/p>\n

Math Anxiety<\/span><\/p>\n

Like me, many of you are fans of Jo Boaler. \u00a0The link below is a great article from Jo about math anxiety. \u00a0Please take the time to read this article and reflect on practices that very likely are contributing to very real obstacles to learning math for some students.<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/time.com\/4970465\/how-to-improve-math-class\/?utm_campaign=0f0e856674-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_10&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Youcubed+Updates&utm_term=0_230e567c40-0f0e856674-162588729<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Future Ready Team Update<\/b><\/p>\n

Please see the link below for the criteria being used for this professional development opportunity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Conference Criteria<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Shoshone Visit Schedule – coming soon. \u00a0<\/span>I will be asking some of you to plan your storyline time at some different times of the day so that I can create 3 different \u201croutes\u201d for our visitors to follow. \u00a0I will sketch out a schedule and add it here soon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brain Highways<\/b><\/p>\n

Please see the link below shared by Amy Nary.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scroll down to the video on proprioception and it will help shed some light on sensory seeking and better understanding why heavy work and grounding input is so important. <\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/brainhighways.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Calendar<\/strong><\/p>\n

Calendar Link<\/a><\/p>\n

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