{"id":910,"date":"2022-02-19T00:16:21","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T00:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/?p=910"},"modified":"2022-02-19T00:16:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T00:16:21","slug":"2-18-22-weekly-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/2022\/02\/19\/2-18-22-weekly-update\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>2\/18\/22 Weekly Update<\/strong>"},"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!!!!!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/s8VPqGxHbY1gQJAx6\">How\u2019s it going?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Info from Heidi and the Highland Culture of Care Team: <\/strong>Our character trait for the month of February is Problem Solvers. Thank you to Becky H.&nbsp; for signing up to make a video. February 25 is also silly hair day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Assemblies:<\/strong> Our culture of care team came to a consensus that it would be best to discontinue the virtual assemblies as we are lacking content.&nbsp; If you signed up to make a video, those are still very much appreciated and these can be included in the newscast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SEL Lessons: <\/strong>Reminder, I (Heidi)&nbsp; am ALWAYS happy to come in and teach what I call an anchor SEL lesson! I also love helping teachers brainstorm ways to integrate SEL into their day. I have a lot of resources to share with you, just let me know what you need. This is the time of year when we start to see behaviors showing up more frequently and at higher rates. Class meetings, restorative circles and targeted lessons are just a few ways we can help mitigate them.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>From Kinsey:&nbsp; <\/strong>Dear certified teacher,&nbsp; A key priority within our district\u2019s equity efforts is to improve outcomes and experiences for our culturally- and linguistically-diverse students and families. We know that teachers who have specialized skills and training through an ESOL endorsement are better able to:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>understand multilingualism,&nbsp;<\/li><li>identify strengths and assets of emergent bilingual students,&nbsp;<\/li><li>support language acquisition during teaching, and&nbsp;<\/li><li>partner with families through culturally-sustaining practices.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Want to obtain your ESOL endorsement <em>for free<\/em>?!&nbsp; Bend-La Pine Schools has partnered with OSU to provide a <em>full scholarship<\/em> to five certified teachers, to participate in the endorsement program.&nbsp; To learn more about this opportunity; understand the timeline, application, and selection process; and ask questions, please join BLS and OSU:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Informational session and Q-and-A<\/li><li>Tues, March 8th 4:30-5:15pm&nbsp;<\/li><li>WebEx meeting: join <a href=\"https:\/\/bls.webex.com\/meet\/kinsey.martin\">here<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/education.oregonstate.edu\/teams\">Here are<\/a> additional details about this opportunity, and <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSd87wLa2_iRJu2dkIzbCsQPmEPM3v_UOp5sjvBdT48Zyd2_SQ\/viewform\">here is<\/a> the application (due April 1, 2022).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Growing your toolbox of culturally- and linguistically-sustaining practices is incredibly valuable and relevant professional learning for educators, as our community grows and diversifies.&nbsp; If you are interested in learning about other PD opportunities related to this topic, please reach out to your building\u2019s Language Specialist, or to one of our district\u2019s multilingual department instructional coaches&nbsp; &nbsp; Thanks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Water Fountains<\/strong> &#8211; the health department cleared the use of water fountains and we will be turning these back on soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Weather Next Week <\/strong>&#8211; Heads up &#8211; weather report says we should see some really cold temperatures on Tuesday-Friday.&nbsp; Let\u2019s be sure to get kids inside on the sooner-side each morning and I think we can expect to be eating classrooms next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Culminations:<\/strong>&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/Zb9qWcpXKtzVHBSo7\">Culmination Planning Checklist<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bend.k12.or.us\/Highland\/news-events\/news\/2022\/02\/piper-post-february-18-2022\"><strong>Parent Newsletter Link <\/strong><\/a><strong>&#8211;<\/strong> linked here is the parent newsletter.&nbsp; If you ever need to find it, it\u2019s always on the school website each Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SIW Plan<\/strong> &#8211; Both Heidi and I will be at another district PD on Wednesday so our school discretion SIW will be dedicated PLC time and your grade level team leaders can lead the process.&nbsp; Rather than a whole staff activity this time can be used to reignite your grade PLC process (since this was disrupted for some) OR possibly apply the PLC process to a new content area.&nbsp; Most everyone selected a content area of comfort to start the process but now would be a good time to select an area of need based on student data.&nbsp; Since we are in the process of completing the 2nd round of EBISS\/MTSS, there is a lot of good information to inform instruction moving forward.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The form is linked below;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/3kaeXAEyNKY9M5369\">PLC Form<\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/11_WQ7mpbmw-fOkVhXgV_SAKn-nW1A0iJXqQhNqRLQu4\/edit?usp=sharing\">MTSS Guidelines<\/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 2\/21<\/strong><ul><li>Presidents Day &#8211; No School<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Tuesday 2\/22<\/strong><ul><li>2:30-3:15 EBISS\/MTSS 4\/5<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Wednesday 2\/23<\/strong><ul><li>SIW &#8211; School Discretion<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Thursday 2\/24<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Friday 2\/25<\/strong><ul><li>Brian Off Campus &#8211; all day<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEL Concerns Ticket 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. 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