{"id":705,"date":"2020-10-16T22:47:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T22:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/?p=705"},"modified":"2020-10-16T22:47:41","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T22:47:41","slug":"october-16-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/2020\/10\/16\/october-16-update\/","title":{"rendered":"October 16 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo academic goal is worth the soul of a child.\u201d<strong> &#8211; Carol Ann Tomlinson&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SEL\/Culture of Care: <\/strong>First of all, I want to acknowledge all the HARD work you are all putting into creating a culture of care during CDL. I know that this is really difficult but your students feel safe and loved by you and that is what is important. I am going to start giving little tips and tricks to creating a culture of care. Some of it you may already be doing and some may be something you want to consider trying. <strong>Tip number one:<\/strong> Set and stick to a routine schedule. Students do best when they know what to expect. If you can, send out your schedule weekly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We had our first Culture of Care (formally Thriving Citizens, formally PBIS) team meeting. We came up with some fantastic ideas that I cannot wait to implement! One of them is this staff <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeZVYiMnXWlVxLzFLQM43B2b32fUERoK0bkvoDD3wemng7B5g\/viewform?usp=sf_link\">shout out form<\/a>! If you see or hear something wonderful that any of our staff members are doing, please let us know by filling out the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeZVYiMnXWlVxLzFLQM43B2b32fUERoK0bkvoDD3wemng7B5g\/viewform?usp=sf_link\">form<\/a>.&nbsp; We want to recognize all the hard work that is happening at our school during our staff meetings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One more thing, I need you to send me three interesting and unique things about you for a little staff quiz. There may even be prizes involved! Please send your three amazing things about you to me by Monday, October 19th. I know, that\u2019s soon! Thank you so much!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSepLqol7rXjYvI-0J-BSe0JmR5GCiLRiC2aZWUX-ffRiB5e0w\/viewform?usp=sf_link\">3 Unique Things<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Link to SEL menus are <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1-v-rNWjD4xkejrPkLS5e6yrsCjBNAXQP?usp=sharing\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lexia Update &#8211;&nbsp; <\/strong>As a whole school, we are doing a great job on usage and there\u2019s a lot to celebrate. Our school-wide usage is about 76%, with every grade level well over 50%.&nbsp; Your usage as a staff member is being tracked as well and we have several of you showing weekly usage which is the expectation.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Data coaching is our next step, so to support this process we will adjust our meeting schedule just a bit.&nbsp; Wednesday 10\/28 will be dedicated&nbsp; to strengthening our use with this tool.&nbsp; Please mark your calendars with the times below.&nbsp; This will take the place of our instructional team meeting for that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11:30-12:15 All staff Lexia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">12:15-1 Kinder<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1-1:15 break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1:15-2 1st<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2-2:45 2\/3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2:45-3:30 4\/5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Knee Surgery &#8211; <\/strong>I currently have a knee replacement surgery scheduled for Monday 11\/16 (We\u2019ll call this my birthday gift for turning 50!).&nbsp; I will actually go out on the 9th as I will have to self-isolate for a COVID test as a pre-op requirement.&nbsp; I will work from home that week.&nbsp; Regardless of whether we are in CDL or Hybrid I intend to get everything set up so that you will hardly even know I am missing.&nbsp; Heidi Thomas will be able to manage things in my absence and we\u2019ll have an administrator (most likely Paul Dean) on site or on call if needed.&nbsp; I know this is not the ideal timing and I am sorry for that, but it\u2019s something I\u2019ve put off for too long and I really need to get it done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1tFgrZY3f9rJBKzbarPELazaqtFjH_T_Sj_277xKOZvQ\/edit?usp=sharing\">Meeting Schedule<\/a> &#8211; Hopefully you\u2019ve had a chance to check this out. If you notice anything problematic, please let me know.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Family Connections Team<\/strong> &#8211; The first thing to acknowledge is the great job you all do to make this one of our easiest meetings.&nbsp; So many of our families are connected and thriving even in these difficult times and that\u2019s huge testament to your work behind and in front of the scenes.&nbsp; For the future this team will be ready to brainstorm ways to support our families struggling to stay connected with whatever model exists.&nbsp; Although our over all attendance is great, we realize there might be some other types of attendance concerns we might want to address.&nbsp; For example, a student who signs in but rarely contributes video or audio to a webex meeting or maybe signs in to start and disappears part way into the meeting.&nbsp; For these, we will likely want to encourage stronger engagement.&nbsp; We will soon roll out a Social and Emotional Learning Concerns Help Ticket and I\u2019d like you to use this tool to ask for help with these students.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tech<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Webex Tip<br>Are you sharing videos from your laptop during your Webex meetings? Be sure to optimize your sharing for <em>Motion &amp; Video<\/em>. View the attached screenshot to see how.<br><\/li><li>Supplemental Science Lessons<br>We now have a district trial for <em>Mystery Science<\/em> thanks to your requests! This trial is good for the entire year and can be used to supplement our Amplify science curriculum. Mystery Science has made some of their activities \u201cdistance learning friendly\u201d and can easily be assigned in Seesaw or Google Classroom. To get set up with our trial license, click <a href=\"https:\/\/mysteryscience.com\/start?district_id=74388\">here<\/a>. This link works for both existing <em>and<\/em> new users of Mystery Science. Here\u2019s a quick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loom.com\/share\/4f9b8c0922a14143b9d32634def60c9f\">tutorial video<\/a> on assigning mini-lessons to your students for both Seesaw and Google Classroom.<br><\/li><li>Archived Tech in Two<br>For those who are interested, we&#8217;ve archived all <em>Tech in Two <\/em>emails\/tips <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1aMx21u7-mCfOm-IYKmL9y2FHsbX6keR4XZFM-HITCDI\/edit?usp=sharing\">here<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Questions\/Concerns about COVID-19 related matters?\u2026<\/strong>&nbsp; Please see <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/12W1CiwISAOh_l5XUgFmkiUO2LejQ_wpP\/view?usp=sharing\">this flowchart<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>First Aid<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due to COVID-19 we will again be offering a blended model for the First Aid\/CPR class.&nbsp; The class will be done online with a hands-on skills assessment to follow.&nbsp; The online portion of the class should take about four (4) hours with the skills assessment to follow with a first aid\/CPR trainer that will take about 20 minutes.&nbsp; Each section of the course can be done to fit your schedule.&nbsp; Your First Aid\/CPR card will not be issued until all portions of class are completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The process will be as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 . You will sign up for the class in Performance Matters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. &nbsp; &nbsp; Stephanie Bent will send you a link to get started. &nbsp; This does not happen instantaneously!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please check your Junk Mail if it does not appear in your regular inbox.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; You will have until Monday, October 26th&nbsp; to complete the online portion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4.&nbsp; After each section of the online session, there will be a one or two question quiz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5.&nbsp; If you have completed the online portion,&nbsp; Friday, October 23<sup>rd<\/sup>&nbsp; the hands-on skills assessment schedule will be emailed to you to register.&nbsp; <strong>You can only do the in-person skills assessment when you have completed to online portion of the class<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6. &nbsp; &nbsp; The in-person skills assessment will be done in 30-minute increments with 1 to 4 person ratio.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">20 minutes for the class and 10 minutes to clean and sanitize equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The class currently in Performance Matters opens today, 10\/9\/2020 with a completion date of 10\/26\/2020.&nbsp; If interested, please sign up now.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>Developing and Fine-Tuning Empathy<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In this <em>New York Times<\/em> article, Emma Pattee interviews five people on ways we can improve our ability to empathize \u2013 that is, care for others by trying to understand and share their perspectives, feelings, and experiences from their point of view versus our own. Pattee contrasts empathy with sympathy, which is caring about others by feeling sorry for or concerned about them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2022 Roman Krznaric, Australian philosopher, author of <em>The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World<\/em> \u2013 \u201cWe are facing a chronic and growing empathy deficit,\u201d he says. The best way to develop empathy, he believes, is by talking with people we otherwise might not interact with and being curious about what makes them tick. Have a conversation with a stranger once a week, urges Krznaric.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2022 Leslie Jamison, author of <em>The Empathy Exams<\/em> \u2013 \u201cEmpathy isn\u2019t just something that happens to us,\u201d she says, \u201c\u2013 a meteor shower of synapse firing across the brain \u2013 it\u2019s also a choice we make to pay attention, to extend ourselves. It\u2019s made of exertion, that dowdier cousin of impulse. Sometimes we care for another because we know we should, or because it\u2019s asked for, but this doesn\u2019t make our caring hollow.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2022 Bren\u00e9 Brown, University of Houston professor and author of <em>Daring Greatly<\/em> \u2013 She cautions against taking on another\u2019s burdens and trauma. \u201cWhat\u2019s the use of both of us being in that dark place?\u201d she asks. \u201cThere\u2019s no help there.\u201d Better to communicate that they are not alone and you are with them as they wrestle with the problem. And know that we won\u2019t get it right all the time: \u201cCircling back and cleaning up an empathic miss is as powerful, if not more powerful, than getting it right the first time,\u201d says Brown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2022 Karamo Brown, former social worker, one of the Fab Five on the Netflix makeover show, <em>Queer Eye<\/em> \u2013 \u201cWorking in social services,\u201d he says, \u201cyou learn to remove yourself, and learn to say: \u2018You\u2019re not the same as the last child who was in here. You have your own story.\u2019\u201d He quotes his grandmother: \u201cYou have two ears and one mouth, so you can listen twice as much as you speak.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2022 Nedra Tawwab, a therapist and the voice behind a popular Instagram account \u2013 \u201cPeople have a full story,\u201d she says, \u201cand just because they did something bad or unfavorable, they probably have also done so many kind and good things in their life, too\u2026 Like if your grandfather grew up in 1937, he may be using language that is appropriate for when he grew up. Is it serving him now? Absolutely not. Can you set boundaries? Yes.\u201d But you can understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/04\/smarter-living\/5-people-who-can-help-you-strengthen-your-empathy-muscle.html\">\u201cHow to Improve Your Ability to Empathize with Others\u201d<\/a> by Emma Pattee in <em>The New York Times<\/em>, October 5, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>&nbsp;Carol Ann Tomlinson on Working with Students Experiencing Trauma<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">(Originally titled \u201cLearning from Kids Who Hurt\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In this article in <em>Educational Leadership<\/em>, Carol Ann Tomlinson (University of Virginia) says that as a K-12 teacher, she had a number of students who were dealing with abuse, the death of a parent, war-related incidents, bullying, or other forms of trauma. \u201cThose were the stressors I know existed and could label,\u201d says Tomlinson. \u201cThere were doubtless others my students faced that never surfaced but were no less real and damaging.\u201d She describes three particularly vivid stories, and what she learned:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2022 Reading a story to her primary-grade class, Tomlinson walked around the room, paused briefly behind four-year-old Franklin, and rested her arm on the back of his chair. Suddenly he started screaming and running around the room, arms flailing. Tomlinson left the class in the care of her teaching assistant and took the boy outside, and he gradually calmed down and took her hand. Back in the classroom, she got students working on a free-choice activity and made a point of checking in with each child. A four-year-old girl looked her in the eye and said, \u201cMs. T, you shoulda figured out by now, ya can\u2019t sneak up on Franklin!\u201d That was his trigger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2022 The mother of an eighth grader about to enroll in Tomlinson\u2019s class described how every summer the boy put on plays to the delight of audiences in their neighborhood, doing casting, costumes, and directing. But he had a serious learning disability, constantly failed spelling and writing in school, and felt worthless. One more year of failure, said his mother, and he would be lost. \u201cTrauma often accompanies long struggles with disabilities,\u201d says Tomlinson. Determined to avoid setting him up for failure with conventional spelling instruction and tests, she told herself, \u201c<em>No academic goal is worth the soul of a child<\/em>.\u201d She worked around his disability, got other students to help him with spelling, and gave him opportunities to create stories and cartoons with advanced vocabulary. The class was transformational for him, and years later the student earned a master\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2022 One morning Tomlinson found a note on her desk that one of her best-behaved and highest-achieving students had left on her desk the afternoon before: <em>I wanted you to know I won\u2019t be in class tomorrow. I thought you might worry<\/em>. As Tomlinson read the note, she looked up and saw a police officer standing in the door. It turned out the girl had run away from home; her mother was in the hospital with a terminal illness, and her father was abusing her every night. \u201cI should have known more than I did,\u201d says Tomlinson, \u201cor should at least have been more watchful than I was.\u201dThe girl was located, spent time with a foster family, and returned to the class. Soon afterward Tomlinson found her in the hallway in tears; she had learned by chance (not from her estranged father) that her mother had died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thinking back on these three students, and others with different forms of trauma, Tomlinson wishes that as a young teacher she\u2019d had professional development and done more reading on trauma. As it was, she learned on the job, with students her most important teachers. \u201cHere\u2019s the most powerful lesson I took from them,\u201d she says: \u201cEmpathy is the great healer. To the degree that we were able, together, to take steps forward, empathy was the reason.\u201d Her other takeaways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; &nbsp; There\u2019s wide variation in how young people respond to trauma, \u201cfrom almost complete withdrawal to atomic explosion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; &nbsp; Teachers need to know more about kids than their grades and attendance records.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; &nbsp; A teacher can\u2019t always figure out how to make things better, but should be able to avoid making them worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; &nbsp; There\u2019s almost always someone who can help \u2013 perhaps last year\u2019s teacher, a counselor, a family member \u2013 and a teacher should never try to deal with a crisis alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; &nbsp; Students need to know that their worth as humans is not tied up in academic skills and grades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDon\u2019t ever assume that a student\u2019s behavior is about you,\u201d Tomlinson concludes. \u201cAs long as that\u2019s your frame, a student\u2019s worth is somehow an indication of your own worth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ascd.org\/publications\/educational-leadership\/oct20\/vol78\/num02\/Learning-from-Kids-Who-Hurt.aspx\">\u201cLearning from Kids Who Hurt\u201d<\/a> by Carol Ann Tomlinson in <em>Educational Leadership<\/em>, October 2020 (Vol. 78, #2, pp. 28-33); Tomlinson can be reached at cat3y@virginia.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cNo academic goal is worth the soul of a child.\u201d &#8211; Carol Ann Tomlinson&nbsp; SEL\/Culture of Care: First of all, I want to acknowledge all the HARD work you are all putting into creating a culture of care during CDL. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/2020\/10\/16\/october-16-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-705","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\/705","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=705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":706,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705\/revisions\/706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}