{"id":645,"date":"2020-09-02T02:32:11","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T02:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/?p=645"},"modified":"2020-09-02T02:34:02","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T02:34:02","slug":"september-1-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/2020\/09\/02\/september-1-update\/","title":{"rendered":"September 1 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.\u201d &#8211; Frida Kahlo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you for staying engaged today.&nbsp; I am incredibly grateful and honored to be tackling these challenges with you.&nbsp; Keep breathing, find your feet and leap.&nbsp; It\u2019s going to be OK, no wait&#8230;it\u2019s going to be better than OK.&nbsp; I know this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>My Apologies &#8211; <\/strong>I made a mistake in communication about the masks today.\u00a0 Please wear your masks at all times in the building.\u00a0 You are welcome to take your masks off when you are alone in a room.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Moving Rooms <\/strong>&#8211; Thanks for your patience and understanding on this issue &#8211; hang in there a little longer and I will provide your plan for this.&nbsp; 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Entering and Exiting the Building &#8211; <\/strong>Starting tomorrow please start the habit of using the checkin\/checkout system when you arrive and leave.&nbsp; See <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1cWb7kFf1XHpYUWGhVGlT8BJ9_fbD7_ma\/view?usp=sharing\">video<\/a> for further explanation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Staffing Update\u00a0 &#8211; <\/strong>Are you ready for a couple more?\u00a0 Well ready or not here they come!\u00a0 <strong>Anna Park <\/strong>is moving to the 2\/3 team to take over that vacancy left by Michele Cross.\u00a0 And our newest team member at the Kindergarten level will be<strong> Marci Henry<\/strong>.\u00a0 Marci is a parent of some former Highland students and she is currently teaching at Juniper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Startup Week(s) Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These startup weeks are taking a little more shape (this is still subject to change);<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Wednesday 9\/2 (Day #186) &#8211; <\/strong>Grade Level Placement Revisit via WebEX<ul><li>8:00-9:00 K to 1st<\/li><li>9:30-10:30 1st to 2nd<\/li><li>11:00-12:00 3rd to 4th<\/li><li>1:00-2:00 Kindergarten<\/li><li>2:00-2:45 Lexia Training &#8211; Heidi Evans and Me only<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Thursday 9\/3 (Day #187) &#8211; <\/strong>Grade Level Team Meetings in Gym<ul><li>8:00-9:00 4th\/5th Grade&nbsp;<\/li><li>9:30-10:30 2nd\/3rd Grade&nbsp;<\/li><li>11:00-12:00 1st Grade<\/li><li>12:30-1:30 Kindergarten<\/li><li>2:00-3:00 Support Staff<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Wednesday 9\/9 (Day #191)<\/strong> &#8211; District Training Day<ul><li><strong>Training opportunities<\/strong> \u2013 below are the optional training opportunities on September 9th for teachers and educational assistants.&nbsp; These are available to EAs.&nbsp; This will not be your only opportunity for optional trainings.&nbsp; We will offer additional sessions later in the month.&nbsp; Sign up for these classes and future classes will be available on Performance Matters on Wednesday, September 2nd.&nbsp; All courses will be on Webex<ul><li>Kindergarten Lexia 8:00-9:30<\/li><li>1-2 Lexia 9:45-11:00<\/li><li>3-5 Lexia 2:00-3:30<\/li><li>Lexia for Educational Assistants 8:00-9:30<\/li><li>Lexia for specialists 12:45-2:00<\/li><li>Seesaw for Beginners 8:00-9:30<\/li><li>What is new to Seesaw?&nbsp; 2:00-3:30<\/li><li>Effective Synchronized Math Lessons K-2 11:00-12:30<\/li><li>Effective Synchronized Math Lessons 3-5 11:00-12:30Screen Recording. 9:45-11:00Using Webex More Effectively 11:00-12:30<\/li><li>Google Classroom 3-5 12:45-2:00<\/li><li>and more to come\u2026.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Thursday 9\/10 (Day #192)<\/strong> &#8211; Teacher Work Day<ul><li>8:30-10:00 &#8211; Screen Casting Workshop presented by Christie Boen &#8211; please email me if you plan to attend.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Friday 9\/11(Day #193) <\/strong>&#8211; Teacher Work Day<ul><li>Tech workshops TBD<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BPR Child Care &#8211; Academic Support &#8211; <\/strong>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Feeling Ill???&nbsp; If a staff member feels ill<\/strong> after entering a school site, they are to isolate themselves within the building and immediately call their supervisor (that\u2019s me).&nbsp; The supervisor will text Tami Pike, Health Services Supervisor, at 541-350-8387 with the following information: <em>This is [insert your name] and I have a staff member feeling ill. &nbsp; <\/em><a href=\"blank\"><em>Please call me.<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp; The staff member can be reached at [insert phone number].&nbsp; <\/em><a href=\"blank\">Tami will call you and advise you and the staff member\u2019s next steps.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.\u201d &#8211; 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