{"id":430,"date":"2019-03-20T17:19:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T17:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/?p=430"},"modified":"2019-03-21T17:33:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T17:33:25","slug":"4-1-4-5-weekly-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/2019\/03\/20\/4-1-4-5-weekly-update\/","title":{"rendered":"4\/1 &#8211; 4\/5 Weekly Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Snow Days- &nbsp;<\/strong>HR has asked this to be communicated. Please call HR if you have any questions about this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>School closure days due to snow: &nbsp;&nbsp;February 25, 26, 27, and 28<\/li><li>Leaves for Certified: &nbsp;Sick days, Personal Day, and FMLA. <ul><li>All leaves that were taken during the snow days will be returned since the days have been rescheduled. &nbsp;Leave sheets that have already been sent to payroll will be modified by the payroll staff.<\/li><li>FMLA- employees currently on FMLA will have an opportunity to extend the leave up to four days. &nbsp;HR has already contacted all employees that are currently on FMLA.  If the employee wants to extend, then a substitute might be needed. &nbsp;HR has communicated this with office managers.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>This will hopefully answer questions for certified staff. &nbsp;Certified staff with questions are welcome to contact HR.<\/li><li>These rules will not necessarily apply to classified. &nbsp;All classified staff with leave questions need to contact HR.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Job Fair<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FYI &#8211; \u00a0There is a chance I will be off campus for the afternoon on Thursday 4\/4 for our job fair. \u00a0\u00a0I am hoping I might be able to get out of it, but just in case, I wanted to give a heads up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>EBISS Day <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our next EBISS day is Friday 4\/5. &nbsp;The feedback from our 1\/25\/19 day schedule seemed to indicate fewer problems compared to our Fall date. &nbsp;It\u2019s linked below for you to take another look.  If there are not large problems with this schedule then we can use it again. &nbsp;If there are some large problems that I am not aware of, please let me know and I can draft a new one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1swPadVr-hke49hvYWmgaNpTFlOgJwGCBP6Mp_d5B7_M\/edit?usp=sharing\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1swPadVr-hke49hvYWmgaNpTFlOgJwGCBP6Mp_d5B7_M\/edit?usp=sharing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tuesday Morning Meetings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>This week; Staff Meeting &#8211; Quick Presentation from American Fidelity Rep &#8211; I will be at the Ed Center for our lottery this morning so there won\u2019t be any other agenda items for this meeting.<\/li><li>Next week; MAC Training &#8211; this is change, but we need to complete our quick training with Eilean. &nbsp;Please bring laptops.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SIWs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>This week &#8211; Conference Prep<\/li><li>Next week &#8211; Conference Prep<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Upcoming Field Trips &#8211; <\/strong>none for at least a couple weeks.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2019-2020 Master Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1vlFsDv19FI_DVoPVcuoQIQem6VvyZOjS72lIdAjuGXc\/edit?usp=sharing\">2019-2020 Draft Schedule)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SBAC 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/ode\/educator-resources\/assessment\/Pages\/Assessment-Training-Materials.aspx\">Training Modules<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1V8HH2z62ToUvhsR9RhRQ7C2880-4K-iIsCwGjBj1TGw\/edit?usp=sharing\">2019 Draft Schedule<\/a> <\/li><li>Security Affidavits are in your boxes &#8211; please complete and return to my box.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>McDonald\u2019s Grants- <\/strong>McDonald\u2019s of Bend local mission is to help as many students as possible in our communities reach their fullest potential. &nbsp;This program is part of our commitment to our community.  We want to give even more back to our community and that for us begins with education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have attached <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1WVcrE6Jqgxpa4iMJ8mavyE5Q-N4dmNiW\/view?usp=sharing\">information about our Grant Program, including our Mission Statement, Guidelines and Application<\/a>. &nbsp;We encourage you to apply for this Grant. Awards between $250.00 and $1000.00 will be given to the selected school(s) who meet our criteria and are selected. &nbsp;&nbsp;We request grant applications support Academics, Athletics, Arts or General (something the entire school will benefit from).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year our recipients were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Sisters High School: AVID &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>LaPine Elementary: Track<\/li><li>Rosland Elementary: Purposeful Play<\/li><li>Silver Rail Elementary: Spheros<\/li><li>West Village Magnet Elementary School: Community Garden Fence<\/li><li>Elk Meadow Elementary: Effective Behavior and Instructional Support System<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Application need to be returned by April 15, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/calendar\/embed?src=gapps.bend.k12.or.us_hhk19vt49jka6j21og22ihnrng%40group.calendar.google.com&amp;ctz=America%2FLos_Angeles\">Calendar<\/a><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snow Days- &nbsp;HR has asked this to be communicated. Please call HR if you have any questions about this. School closure days due to snow: &nbsp;&nbsp;February 25, 26, 27, and 28 Leaves for Certified: &nbsp;Sick days, Personal Day, and FMLA. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/2019\/03\/20\/4-1-4-5-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-430","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\/430","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=430"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":432,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions\/432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}