{"id":203,"date":"2018-04-08T16:26:59","date_gmt":"2018-04-08T16:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/?p=203"},"modified":"2018-04-08T16:26:59","modified_gmt":"2018-04-08T16:26:59","slug":"4-9-4-13-weekly-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/2018\/04\/08\/4-9-4-13-weekly-update\/","title":{"rendered":"4\/9-4\/13 Weekly Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Start Time Change Proposals<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just FYI &#8211; During conference days we will be providing opportunities for our families to provide their input\/feedback on the two options for start times for the 2019-2020 school year. \u00a0It sounds like there will be a short slide presentation to play with an opportunity for them to complete a survey after the presentation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Design Team Updates<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Academic Excellence Team <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Math studio Follow Up &#8211; our team decided we would like to use our follow-up time with Kerry to work on Math Talks (SIW 5\/30)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As for the plan next year, we discussed a large variety of factors impacting math learning in our classrooms. \u00a0Without getting into the nitty, gritty details right now what you need to know is that we want to give this goal more time and attention moving into the 18-19 school year.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thriving Citizen Team<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Workshop with Kendra Coates coming up on 4\/25 SIW.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We will also do a brief Follow up on our 5\/1 staff meeting time.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Future Ready Team<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mars Wrap Up Discussion<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On going brainstorming and planning International Conf. fundraising (Parent Night Out)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each of our PNOs brought in around 1500.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Flow-Rider event brought in $2200.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The paddle board is not here and raffle tickets are officially for sale. \u00a0We started sales Friday night at the PNO. <\/span><b>1 ticket for $20, and 2 for $30.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Staff Meeting Tuesday 4\/10, 8:05-8:30 &#8211; MAC Survey Training<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our FAN advocates are trying to move the annual MAC survey trainings to the spring for many of the schools. \u00a0I asked to do the training this Tuesday because compared to our end of year and beginning of the year, it\u2019s a time with relatively fewer things going on in our school and it means it will be one less thing for us to do in the fall. \u00a0We still get the reminder emails with instructions and our FAN advocates will always be available by phone to help with the survey in the fall. This training is available for all staff, classified and certified (the survey can still be completed on-line on your own, but to get the benefit of Eilean\u2019s guidance please plan on coming to the meeting with your laptop.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This will be the only agenda items and we should be able to finish in 20 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Education Foundation Grant<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Qxyu8fe5RavQ4ykjmyZIcOb6jrXUxK1r\/view?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Application Link<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Education Foundation for Bend-La Pine Schools will accept <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Classroom Grant Applications beginning Monday, March 12, 2018 through Friday, April 13, 2018 at 5:00 pm.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0The program is open to all Bend-La Pine public school teachers and schools. \u00a0We look forward to receiving your creative and innovative ideas that engage youth in learning in the areas of art, music &amp; STEM projects. \u00a0Project requests should be $2,500 or less. Teachers may submit one application during the grant cycle; however, schools may submit several applications and principals must indicate prioritization. \u00a0A copy of our updated and revised application, guidelines and instruction is attached and can also be found on our website at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engagedminds.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">www.engagedminds.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your Classroom Grant Application must be submitted using our form and emailed to <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/classroomgrantapplications.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">classroomgrantapplications.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0by the deadline to be considered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Questions can be directed to Michelle Johnson, Executive Director, Education Foundation for Bend-La Pine Schools at the email <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">classroomgrantapplications@gmail.com<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0or by calling our office at (541) 355-5660. \u00a0Thank you for all that you do on behalf of our students. We are all truly better together! \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>SBAC<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lorin and I will meet with each of the grade level teams on the following dates; <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2\/3 Team on Wednesday, April 25th <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">4\/5 Team on Tuesday April 24th<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During those meetings we will cover the following; <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Testing Schedule<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Accomodations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">accessing the TIDE (the testing program)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Maximizing Math Errors<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here\u2019s a great short read on how to not only value mistakes as learning opportunities but how to be selective and maximize the learning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/13c-S0qwewYAZY0m4ZHxFDk1TF9a5mkzLGXRAIkZCcck\/edit?usp=sharing\"><b>https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/13c-S0qwewYAZY0m4ZHxFDk1TF9a5mkzLGXRAIkZCcck\/edit?usp=sharing<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Start Time Change Proposals Just FYI &#8211; During conference days we will be providing opportunities for our families to provide their input\/feedback on the two options for start times for the 2019-2020 school year. \u00a0It sounds like there will be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/2018\/04\/08\/4-9-4-13-weekly-update\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":431,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/431"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions\/204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}