{"id":848,"date":"2021-10-08T21:10:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T21:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/?p=848"},"modified":"2021-10-08T21:12:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T21:12:25","slug":"10-8-21-weekly-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/2021\/10\/08\/10-8-21-weekly-update\/","title":{"rendered":"10\/8\/21 Weekly Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSe9PYGu0PYadRB1aYbLFBqZI5wIjTT_N8FFYI47sLf31q835A\/viewform?vc=0&amp;c=0&amp;w=1&amp;flr=0\">SEL Concerns Ticket<\/a> Please use this if you have concerns with a student\u2019s lagging SEL skills and you would like to do some collaboration with us (Heidi T.&nbsp; and\/or Brian) to problem solve. Thanks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/GzvJ93TrGiJAAYbE7\">FYI Ticket<\/a> Please use this if you have an incident or recurring incidents with a student. This helps us with follow through, communication and data. Thank you!!!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdibVXh3fTkCx0D1tBUs8fbKlIueI9x6X5e6FRqj3XPIdiI3g\/viewform?usp=sf_link\">Staff Shout Outs<\/a> are BACK! Please fill out when you see\/hear about the great things our staff is doing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/s8VPqGxHbY1gQJAx6\">How\u2019s it going?<\/a>&nbsp; &#8211; Thanks again for your participation with this.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Highland Culture of Care <\/strong>is looking for teachers and\/or grade levels to sign up for assembly videos! You can do that <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1C3FiDx0QHbitNnqWsjqTQH9-vFT7NiYASU6QID5nu_c\/edit?usp=sharing\">here<\/a>. Thank you!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our character trait for October is <strong>FRIENDSHIP! <\/strong>Look for friendship books coming soon to the library shelf and Heidi will link resources soon to the assembly plan sheet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Highland Newscast: <\/strong>The survey results came back with a strong preference for the prerecorded news cast. We will leave out the school song and save it for assemblies. The first newscast was recorded today (10\/8) and will be ready for your viewing pleasure by Monday morning. Please let me know if you have any school news you would like to see in the newscast.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Halloween\/Fall Festival<\/strong> &#8211; With Halloween on a Sunday, there might be some different ideas on what to do this year.&nbsp; Across the district the standard appears to be a class-by-class or grade level-team by grade level-team decision as for when and what you do (one school is going to skip it all-together).&nbsp; For the sake of sharing and communication, please use the following to provide some details; <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1IkhumoBROLW4KBtte_x5okAzldllovTrHLpM8cnEsjs\/edit?usp=sharing\">Halloween Plans<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fall Conferences &#8211; <\/strong>As of 10\/7 it was officially decided conferences will be virtual.&nbsp; I want to encourage you to use a google sign up sheet for allowing parents to sign up for their times as it gives the parents flexibility and it saves you time.&nbsp; From my own experience as a parent of 3, it never worked when the conferences were scheduled for us.&nbsp; If you need a template or help setting it up, Shawna or I can help you out.&nbsp; If you still feel the need to schedule siblings then I\u2019ve set aside Thursday 10\/14 after school as a time for that task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3 foot reminder<\/strong>: Just a quick reminder that it\u2019s important to design activities in your classroom within your seating arrangements that keep students 3 feet apart to the extent possible.&nbsp; If they need to close that distance for any reason then try to keep the activity under 15 minutes.&nbsp; If and when they do move closer while in the class, then please provide gentle reminders to maintain their space.&nbsp; One of the questions for contract tracing will be, \u201cWere the kids 3 feet apart?\u201d.&nbsp; The more easily we can answer with a \u201cyes\u201d, the less likely we will need to quarantine kids.&nbsp; You are doing a great job with this, so keep up the great work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Monthly Essential Volunteers Update:&nbsp; \u2013 <\/strong>the COVID response team met today (Thursday) and because local COVID numbers are still high we will not lift our ban on visitors and volunteers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Walking Field Trips<\/strong> \u2013 the COVID response team decided we would begin allowing walking field trips if the following conditions are met:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The field trip should start and finish at the school and should be directly related to curriculum standards.<\/li><li>Students must wear masks.<\/li><li>Students must keep 3 ft apart to the extent possible.<\/li><li>Management and instruction of students has to be done by school staff \u2013 no parent volunteers can be utilized.<\/li><li>Notify parents of the walking field trip but be careful not to over advertise it.&nbsp; We don\u2019t want parents \u201caccidentally\u201d showing up at the location.&nbsp; This would be subverting our current policy on visitors and volunteers.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>House Bill 3294, The Menstrual Dignity Act &#8211; <\/strong>Over the summer, the Oregon Legislature passed and Gov. Kate Brown signed into law, House Bill 3294, The Menstrual Dignity Act.&nbsp; This law states that schools must provide free pads and tampons in restrooms.&nbsp; This is just a heads up that these will be installed soon, and the word on the street is that these become a hot topic of conversation for students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lexia Update<\/strong> &#8211; Here\u2019s a snapshot of the entire school so far.&nbsp; The \u201cat or above grade level material\u201d group has grown by 5% in less than a month for the whole school population.&nbsp; You are doing a great job of integrating this into your literacy block &#8211; I know it\u2019s not easy and it can be a moving target, but I hope you will see this data as encouraging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/KM4KGgfZT6rsLD718Cf4BJfOvCgsSR2xvwYiPIuG9sMHX64Mm9KTgqDgVTGoLj4KSCNzlqpPvmwVBk8NOoz1KJTO1r5UATBXhe9EqljYLDFAxDXIX8OOp28NxH8-jY7sA5PwxCaC=s0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dreambox Update<\/strong> &#8211; It\u2019s a little early for the data in dreambox but it\u2019s already encouraging.&nbsp; Green shows percentage of students on track to proficiency for grade level, blue shows potentially on track.&nbsp; Orange shows students not on track (yet).&nbsp; Gray shows students with not enough data yet.&nbsp; Kindergarten is still all gray because it\u2019s still early in the program for them.&nbsp; Kaelynn provided a quick video on how to assign selected content and I want to encourage you to take advantage of this feature to provide some direction for students.&nbsp; You might even be able to utilize this as a quick assessment of what you are teaching that week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/tR83cxdzrp3YgOXm9IqSigx_sYsF3NMsdnBx-bnWQG3EGjl1NSi_RrOuLpc-j83T-zYi5f5HWtnbtl959KnTd1nboSqY2UlVNe4BzxSQ6Gqc4YAwcfadKdqYrRRxHm8S18ItGp7P=s0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/oMsalKycjm_be9FyUAe6zeCknzptNZAn6uebVMpGPCLb2Tv_4IaTmZV-cm5Urj8cv4V_8lS_5ioD5kHXWUIf3qgrJS2ytOu4ZAdgN0W2uVCVdqljsU_0obkH1pQn_zM4QbxfU0us=s0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Meetings:<\/strong> The chart above shows the result of our meetings survey.&nbsp; Based on this input we will proceed with the current monthly staff meeting schedule.&nbsp; A few things to note;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Protecting time was a primary reason for not adding more meetings.<\/li><li>Community building was a primary reason for wanting more staff meeting time &#8211; the work we do during some of our school discretion SIWs can and will accomplish this goal.<\/li><li>I will continue to run the \u201cHow\u2019s it going?\u201d survey on a weekly basis.&nbsp; As mentioned before, I will take a look each week and figure out the best way to address items as they arise either individually, via the update, or with a meeting.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TLC Update <\/strong>&#8211; Please read the update this week!!&nbsp; It contains important information regarding Educator Network Sessions (formerly know as SIWS).&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/elementary-curriculum-instruction\/2021\/10\/07\/october-7th-update\/\">Oct. 7th Elementary Update<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Follow up to Lexia Training<\/strong> &#8211; Debra asked me to share these links after our training;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professional Learning Guide:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lexialearningresources.com\/Core5\/files\/Core5-PLG-v4-Expanded.pdf\">http:\/\/www.lexialearningresources.com\/Core5\/files\/Core5-PLG-v4-Expanded.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Help Center:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.lexialearning.com\/s\/\">https:\/\/help.lexialearning.com\/s\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Implementation Chart:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/documentcloud.adobe.com\/link\/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:201dbb5c-23fc-464c-9480-a264f9c95e6d\">https:\/\/documentcloud.adobe.com\/link\/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:201dbb5c-23fc-464c-9480-a264f9c95e6d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Goal Setting with Students:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*We did not go over this today, but it is a great resource to use with students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/documentcloud.adobe.com\/link\/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:4ec27f31-ca6c-4198-8ff9-94e1087ba036\">https:\/\/documentcloud.adobe.com\/link\/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:4ec27f31-ca6c-4198-8ff9-94e1087ba036<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additional Information on Performance Predictors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/documentcloud.adobe.com\/link\/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:517ddf69-02ac-48d1-9350-bcd9069aa218\">https:\/\/documentcloud.adobe.com\/link\/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:517ddf69-02ac-48d1-9350-bcd9069aa218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reading Data Routines and Analysis:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/documentcloud.adobe.com\/link\/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:7e42d132-1a6f-40dd-99ea-dcd7dd4dd0d4\">https:\/\/documentcloud.adobe.com\/link\/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:7e42d132-1a6f-40dd-99ea-dcd7dd4dd0d4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Week Preview:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Monday 10\/11<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Tuesday 10\/12<\/strong><ul><li>2:30-3:15 &#8211; 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