Our EME Focus

• Tier 1 Instruction
• Belonging
• Define what it means to be an Integrated Arts School

Thoughts of the Week

What do you want to be when you grow up? This kid has a good answer!

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The Coming Week

• Monday
  • SLGG Overview 2:30-3:15

• Tuesday
  • Office Staff Meeting 10:00
  • Conferences 3:15-7:15

• Wednesday
  • Teacher Prep 7:15-3:15 
  • Ben and Amanda out 8:00-4:00 for Training
  • Conferences 3:15-7:15 

• Thursday
  • Conferences 7:15-3:15 
  • Melissa Landolt’s Birthday!
  • Pam Bradbury’s Birthday!

• Friday
  • No School

UPCOMING DATES:

• November is Native American Heritage Month
• November 4th – Staff Meeting 2:30-3:15
• November 4th – BAM Meeting 3:30-4:45
• November 5th – Election Day
• November 5th – Safety Meeting 7:00-7:30
• November 5th – Kindergarten Field Trip
• November 5th – ICCL Meeting 2:30-3:15
• November 6th – Admin Meeting 7:00-7:30
• November 6th – SIW
• November 7th – Sped Team Meeting – 2:30-3:15
• November 8th – EET Weekly Meeting 8:00-9:00
• November 8th – Safety Cadre Meeing 1:30-3:30
• November 11th – Veterans Day – No School
• National Psychology Week 11th-15th
• November 12th – Care Teams Meeting 7:00-8:00
• November 13th – Admin Meeting 7:00-7:30
• November 13th – EA Meeting 1:00-1:30
• November 13th – SIW Teacher Prep 1:00-2:30
• November 13th – All Admin Meeting 3:00-4:30
• November 14th – Ruby Bridges Day
• November 14th – 4th Grade Field Trip to High Desert 9:00-2:00
• November 14th – Sped Team Meeting – 2:30-3:15
• November 15th – Ben Out
• November 15th – Tori Eisenbeis’ Birthday!
• November 15th – EET Weekly Meeting 8:00-9:00
• November 18th – Committees 2:30-3:15
• November 18th – Principal Cohort 3:00-4:00
• November 19th – Picture Retake Day
• November 19th – Lilly Paradis’ Birthday!
• November 19th – Elementary Admin Horizontal Meeting 3:00-5:00
• November 20th – Admin Meeting 7:00-7:30
• November 20th – SIW
• November 21st – Sped Team Meeting 2:30-3:15
• November 22nd – EET Weekly Meeting 8:00-9:00
• November 24th – Steve Miller’s Birthday!
• November 25th – Amanda Gylling’s Birthday!
• November 25th-29th – Thanksgiving Break
• December 2nd – Staff Meeting 2:30-3:15
• December 3rd – Vision Screening
• December 3rd – EME Safety Meeting 7:00-7:30
• December 4th-6th – Amanda Out for Law Conference
• December 4th – SIW 1:00-2:30
• December 5th – Sped Team Meeting 2:30-3:15
• December 6th – EET Weekly Meeting 8:00-9:00

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Updates from Downtown

Hang in there!

From Tammy

Important Links

• SLGGs—plug and play for the year
• Title 1 Compacts to be done at conferences for all Title 1 Schools (now in a fillable pdf too)
• October 23rd Elementary TLC Update
• Topics of Interest/Problem of Practice–get advice from your colleagues
• TAG Folder of helpful things

Notes from our Team:

From Kerry Morton, Math TOSA and Coach: Math Adoption Update!

Math Field Test Materials – October 29-October 31, each elementary school will have all three programs available in their buildings for families and teachers to view.  Reach out to a Math Curriculum Review Team member if you have any questions about the programs: Amplify Math with Desmos, StemScopes Math, and Experience Math.

From Jennifer Hauth regarding Wayfinder and EL Integration:

To see completion rates of lessons for teachers in Wayfinder, you need to set the core lessons as the featured content. Here is a tutorial on how administrators can set up featured content for their sites (make sure to scroll down to “For Principals + School Admin”). Check out this document that links EL Module 1 with Wayfinder’s 20 Minute lessons that teach the skills students need that was shared with teachers this week.

From Scott and Becca in Communications: Help us celebrate the veterans throughout Bend-La Pine Schools on Monday, November 11! We would love to say “thank you for your service” on social media and include faces throughout the district. If you have a veteran (or more than one) in your building or department, please ask them if they would like to be included in a social media “thank you.” If the answer is yes, take their photo and email it to [email protected], along with the staff member’s name.

From McScott in Technology: YouTube Access for K-8 Students – Trial of “Allow List” Solution. As you know, we are currently blocking all YouTube content for students in grades K-8. Starting next week, we will be implementing a trial of an “allow list” solution, which will enable students to access a curated set of videos. At present, nearly 1,000 YouTube videos necessary for the SchoolLinks curriculum have been added to this allow list.

Why is this important? If this trial proves successful, we can explore expanding the allow list to include additional teacher-requested YouTube content.

We understand that limiting access to non-essential YouTube content remains a high priority for our staff, and this allow list solution is designed to support that goal without diverting from it.

From Dave VanLoo in School Improvement: Accessing OSAS test scores and ODE Individual Student Reports (ISRs) in Synerg during conferences.

Please share the following information with any staff who may need it, particularly teachers who may want to discuss OSAS during conferences.

We have been working for some time to enhance access to OSAS state test results across multiple Synergy applications. Here is a folder with brief instructions for staff, parents, and students to access OSAS state test scores in a variety of ways. All these groups can view and download the one-page ISRs that ODE creates each year. Teachers also can view lists of OSAS scores for their classes in TeacherVue. ISRs from spring 2024 testing have been loaded in English and Spanish ISRs should be there next week. Whether Spanish ISRs are loaded for a student is based on the ‘resolved’ language in Synergy.

ODE requires schools to report OSAS results to parents annually. In the past this process has been time and resource intensive and involved downloading, printing, and sorting thousands of pieces of paper. With ISRs available in both ParentVue and StudentVue, users can now access OSAS results on-demand in Synergy. This will significantly reduce the number of printed copies that end up in trash or recycling. Schools still should plan to print an ISR for any parents who request it and may continue to print ISRs as makes sense.

During conferences, teachers who want to use ISRs now have the option to quickly pull them up in real time and display them on any screens that are available to them.

Please reach out to Dave VanLoo with any questions about accessing OSAS results in Synergy.

From our Amazing Bus Drivers and Transportation Department! Please share this flyer with your families, (in your newsletters and/or posted at conferences) as our transportation department is holding their very own trunk or treat for our students at the bus garage! This event is something that the drivers are doing to show the kids how much they love them. Pass it on!

Important Dates

• Conferences: Oct 29–3:15-7:15, Oct 30–3:15-7:15, Oct 31–7:15-3:15
• October 30: Certified work day, 7:15-3:15
• October 30: Administrator EL training–Ensworth Elementary, 8:00-2:30—lunch provided!
• October 31: Safe School Trainings need to be done by today
• November 4: Karen Rush’s first official day!!! (Maybe sooner if we are lucky!)
• November 8: Safety Cadre Meets at the Ed Center Boardroom, 1:30-3:30
• November 11: Veteran’s Day–No School
• November 13: All Admin Meeting at Perseverance Hall, 3:00-4:30
• November 19: Horizontal meeting, @ Bear Creek, hosted by BCE and Miller, 3:00-5:00

Our EME Focus

• Tier 1 Instruction
• Belonging
• Define what it means to be an Integrated Arts School

Thoughts of the Week

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The Coming Week

• Monday
  • Committee Meetings 2:30-3:15

• Tuesday
  • Care Teams 7:00-8:00
  • Office Staff Meeting 10:00
  • ICCL Meeting 2:30-3:15

• Wednesday
  • EA Meeting 1:00-1:30
  • SIW Teacher Prep for Conferences 1:00-2:30

• Thursday
  • Earthquake Drill 1:30

• Friday
  • EET Weekly Meeting 8:00-9:00\
  • Fall Dance 6:00-7:30\\
• Saturday
  • Camille White’s Birthday!
  • Joelle Pearson’s Birthday!

UPCOMING DATES:

• October 29 – Office Staff Meeting 10:00
• October 29 – Conferences 3:15-7:15
• October 30 – Teacher Prep 7:15-3:15 
• October 30 – Ben and Amanda out 8:00-4:00 for Training
• October 30 –  Conferences 3:15-7:15 
• October 31 –  Conferences 7:15-3:15 
• October 31 – Melissa Landolt’s Birthday!
• October 31 – Pam Bradbuty’s Birthday!

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Updates from Downtown

From Tammy

Wayfinder: For those of you interested in using Waypoints as a measure for your belonging or SEL School Design work, the window to take the assessment is extended to November 15. There are some great ideas on how to use this assessment and I’ve been talking with people at site visits if you are interested.

Also, just a freindly reminder that Wayfinder is our core curriculum for SEL and this year there is the expectation that teachers are teaching the skill lessons (only 20 lessons total, so 1 a week for 20 weeks). Log into your Wayfinder Dashboard to see who is using the system and how you can best support the use of this program. Reach out to your coaches or Jennifer Hauth for ideas for PD!

Notes from our Team:

From Kinsey – Policy, Advocacy, Equity:

Upcoming events and key dates: Please mark your calendars for these events:

• District-wide 7th annual Latino Family Night:
  • Thursday, November 21st  5:30-7:30pm at MVHS
  • The Woodburn High School student mariachi band will be performing!  Come grab some dinner, check out their performance, and connect with families, students, and staff for some games and fun!
  • Invitation here.  Family Liaisons and Latino Family Advisory members will provide you with some copies, but feel free to share in staff and family newsletters.
• MAC Survey Day: This will happen sometime the week of Nov 11.  Please make sure your FAN Advocate can get in front of staff ahead of that week, to introduce themselves and remind about procedures.  Also, thank you for prioritizing your own time to claim an activity that day if at all possible.  Without you doing that, we can’t afford to have FAN Advocates in our schools (eek).

From Becca Burda in Communications:

Celebrate a successful start to the school year at Educators’ Night Out at the High Desert Museum! It is Thursday, October 24, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

• New this year – join the HDM for a special presentation for school administrators! We’ll share about upcoming grant opportunities and projects. Administrators will also have their own opportunity to win a raffle (we’ll even give you more tickets for each educator from your school you bring with you!)
• Delicious snacks from the one of the best chefs in Central Oregon – Luckey’s Woodsman
• Fabulous door prizes from local businesses like Bar Rio, Bend Pet Express, Greg’s Grill, Mountain Supply, and so many more!
• Register by October 22 here!

Important Dates

• October 23: All Admin PD at Perseverance Hall (Bend High) 3:00-4:30
• October 24: Educators Night Out at the High Desert Museum, 6:00-8:00
• Conferences: Oct 29–3:15-7:15, Oct 30–3:15-7:15, Oct 31–7:15-3:15
• October 30: Certified work day, 7:15-3:15
• October 30: Administrator EL training–Ensworth Elementary, 8:00-2:30—lunch provided!
• October 31: Safe School Trainings need to be done by today
• November 4: Karen Rush’s first official day!!! (Maybe sooner if we are lucky!)
• November 8: Safety Cadre Meets at the Ed Center Boardroom, 1:30-3:30
• November 11: Veteran’s Day–No School
• November 13: All Admin Meeting at Perseverance Hall, 3:00-4:30
• November 19: Horizontal meeting, @ Bear Creek, hosted by BCE and Miller, 3:00-5:00

Our EME Focus

• Tier 1 Instruction
• Belonging
• Define what it means to be an Integrated Arts School

Thoughts of the Week

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The Coming Week

• Monday
  • Union Meeting 2:30-3:00

• Tuesday
  • Picture Day!
  • Office Staff Meeting 10:00
  • Elementary Admin Meeting @ LaPine Elementary 3:00-5:00

• Wednesday
  • SIW EL Planning Follow Up 1:00-2:30

• Thursday
  • BAM Meeting 3:30-4:45

• Friday
  • EET Weekly Meeting 8:00-9:00

UPCOMING DATES:

• October 21 – Committee Meetings 2:30-3:15
• October 22 – Care Teams 7:00-8:00
• October 22 – Office Staff Meeting 10:00
• October 22 – ICCL Meeting 2:30-3:15
• October 23 – EA Meeting 1:00-1:30
• October 23 – SIW Teacher Prep for Conferences 1:00-2:30
• October 24 – Earthquake Drill 1:30
• October 25 – EET Weekly Meeting 8:00-9:00
• October 25 – Halloween Dance 6:00-7:30
• October 26 – Camille White’s Birthday!
• October 26 – Joelle Pearson’s Birthday!
• October 29 – Office Staff Meeting 10:00
• October 29 – Conferences 3:15-7:15
• October 30 – Teacher Prep 7:15-3:15 
• October 30 – Ben and Amanda out 8:00-4:00 for Training
• October 30 –  Conferences 3:15-7:15 
• October 31 –  Conferences 7:15-3:15 
• October 31 – Melissa Landolt’s Birthday!
• October 31 – Pam Bradbuty’s Birthday!

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Updates from Downtown

From Tammy

Title 1 Compacts for Conferences: Title schools only—here is a folder with this year’s Title 1 compacts. There are compacts for 3 languages: English, Spanish, and Chinese (Simplified).

Safety Cadre day has moved! Mark your calendars if you are the safety rep at your school. The Safety Cadre meeting has moved to Friday, November 8, 1:30-3:30 in the boardroom!

Important Links

• October 9th Elementary TLC Update
• Topics of Interest/Problem of Practice–list them here! (Check out what your colleagues are doing or not doing for Halloween festivities)

Notes from our Team:

From Kinsey – Policy, Advocacy, Equity:

Family-teacher conferences: Please ensure you coordinate and submit requests for interpreters ASAP.  Your Language Specialist and Family Liaison can help advise and coordinate this with your office team.

Policy training resources: Thanks for attending the policy training this week!  Here is follow-up–please share with your staff and PTA/Booster Club leaders:

• Advertising:  AP and AR
• Other topics: Holidays/”Do Not Schedule” Dates 
• Linguist Link (translation/interpretation request) account set-up for all staff
• Crown Act info and poster

From Scott Maben in Communications:

Bookmark our Staff Portal for quick access to updates and staff resources

A great way to keep up on employee news, announcements, resources and tools is to check our STAFF PORTAL regularly. We are posting updates to the Portal almost every day.

We encourage all staff to bookmark the Portal on your browser. Better yet, you can designate it as one of your browser startup pages so it’s always right there. Here’s how to do that using Google Chrome:

• 1. In your Chrome browser window, click on the three vertical dots (for “More”) in the top right corner
• 2. Go down the list to “Settings” and click that
• 3. On the left, click “On startup”
• 4. Select “Open a specific page or set of pages” then “Add a new page”
• 5. Paste the site URL into the window and hit “Add” The URL for our Staff Portal is this: https://bendlapine.sharepoint.com/

You can add other startup pages as well, such as our District website (https://www.bend.k12.or.us/district) and your school website.

The “Quick Links” on the Staff Portal is a go-to resource for many of us. And keep an eye on the featured news items, which provides a mix of local news headlines and timely information we are sharing with you and our community.

From the Secretary of State: The countdown is on – checking in and hoping you’ll have participating 5^th grade classes for the upcoming 2025 Oregon Kid Governor .. the clock is ticking for candidate video submissions, they’re due at 10am on October 25^th and more information can be found here. In addition to the vital learning components, my ongoing engagement with past participants confirm the reverberating effects and experience of participating in this program are remarkable.

We’d be thrilled if you’d alert your 5^th grade teachers of the impending due date for candidates and that alternately their classroom may choose a “voting only” status, without submitting a candidate. Please feel free to reach out to Nikki Fisher at [email protected] with any questions and we look forward to the most exciting ORKG campaign season yet!

From Kim, Tina, and Chris in Transportation : Just a friendly reminder: Classroom chaperones are not allowed to bring other children with them on the bus for field trips. We have had a couple of instances already this year, and it puts our driver in a difficult position to deny them a ride. Thank you!

From McScott in IT. To ensure the safety, quality, and compatibility of our technology, ALL tech-related purchases must be approved and processed through our IT department.

If the answer is “yes” to any of these questions, the purchase must go through IT:

• Is it a computer, tablet, or related device?
• Does it connect to or charge one of our devices?
• Does it connect to our networks or get installed on a device?

Why is this important? While it may be tempting to purchase cheaper options from websites like Amazon, our district maintains strict standards to ensure all devices are safe, reliable, and compatible with our systems. Unsafe or substandard devices can:

• Fail to work properly within our network environment
• Pose risks such as electrical shock or fire
• Introduce security threats like malware

Action Items

• Wrap up bias lessons
• Want to apply to be on the District Admin Advisory Team? Sign up here by 10/16

Important Dates

• October 15: Horizontal Meeting at La Pine Elementary, 3:00-5:00 (La Pine and Juniper host) Please allow extra time for travel, depending on where you are located it could take 45 min to get there. Please do your best to be on time.
• October 23: All Admin PD at Perseverance Hall (Bend High) 3:00-4:30
• Conferences: Oct 29–3:15-7:15, Oct 30–3:15-7:15, Oct 31–7:15-3:15
• Work Day: October 30, 7:15-3:15
• October 30: Administrator EL training–all day, Ensworth Elementary, 8:00-2:30—lunch provided!
• October 31: Safe School Trainings need to be done by today
• November 11: Veteran’s Day–No School

And finally…

Registration is free for all attendees, but space is limited, so we recommend registering ASAP. This event is for partners and Wayfinder-curious leaders across Oregon.

What to Expect:

• Support your Staff and Students with Re-Aligning to their Purpose 
• Learn from a panel of Wayfinder partners across Oregon (80+ districts) 
• Learn How to Align with ODE TSEL Standards
• Understand Barriers to SEL Implementation
• Learn What’s to Come with Wayfinder Product Roadmapping 
• Address Buy-In Issues
• Networking Time

Hot breakfast, coffee, and a hot lunch will be provided. Feel free to share with colleagues, all are welcome!—> REGISTER HERE

Our EME Focus

• Tier 1 Instruction
• Belonging
• Define what it means to be an Integrated Arts School

Thoughts of the Week

The Coming Week

• Monday
  • Reading groups begin
  • Staff Meeting 2:30-3:15

• Tuesday
  • Care Teams 7:00-8:00
  • Kindergarten Field Trip
  • Office Staff Meeting 10:00

• Wednesday
  • Mary Dean’s Birthday!
  • SIW Ed Network Focus on EL Planning 1:00-1:30

• Thursday
  • None

• Friday
  • EET Weekly Meeting 8:00-9:00

UPCOMING DATES:

• October 14 – Union Meeting 2:30-3:00
• October 15 – Picture Day!
• October 15 – Office Staff Meeting 10:00
• October 15 – Elementary Admin Meeting @ LaPine Elementary 3:00-5:00
• October 16 – SIW EL Planning Follow Up 1:00-2:30
• October 17 – BAM Meeting 3:30-4:45
• October 18 – EET Weekly Meeting 8:00-9:00
• October 21 – Committee Meetings 2:30-3:15
• October 22 – Care Teams 7:00-8:00
• October 22 – Office Staff Meeting 10:00
• October 22 – ICCL Meeting 2:30-3:15
• October 23 – EA Meeting 1:00-1:30
• October 23 – SIW Teacher Prep for Conferences 1:00-2:30
• October 24 – Earthquake Drill 1:30
• October 25 – EET Weekly Meeting 8:00-9:00
• October 25 – Halloween Dance 6:00-7:30
• October 26 – Camille White’s Birthday!
• October 26 – Joelle Pearson’s Birthday!
• October 29 – Office Staff Meeting 10:00
• October 29 – Conferences 3:15-7:15
• October 30 – Teacher Prep 7:15-3:15 
• October 30 – Ben and Amanda out 8:00-4:00 for Training
• October 30 –  Conferences 3:15-7:15 
• October 31 –  Conferences 7:15-3:15 
• October 31 – Melissa Landolt’s Birthday!
• October 31 – Pam Bradbuty’s Birthday!

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Updates from Downtown

From Tammy

Conferences Time Frames: After consultation with BEA two years ago, we have landed on the following information regarding length of a conference.  If a teacher has 25 or less students, their conferences need to be between 25-30 minutes to accommodate for transition times as needed (25 min  gives time for a quick restroom break, time in case one goes longer, etc.).  If a teacher has 26 or more students, their conferences can be 20 minutes, giving the teacher the ability to have a few longer ones as well as building in transition times if needed.  

Important Links

• September 25th Elementary TLC Update

Notes from our Team:

Tracy Howk in Instructional Technology: Digital Citizenship week is October 14-18, an annual campaign to promote healthy, balanced, and positive approach to media and tech use among young people. Here are some handy resources. 

Visit our Instructional Technology blog for more, including resources for families 

Common Sense Education: Digital Citizenship lessons

Wayfinder: Digital Citizenship lessons found in Activities Library, filter to grade level   

Digital Citizenship Kahoot! or search and filter to find one that best fits your needs 

From Kerry Morton, Math Instructional Coach: The Math Curriculum Review Team will need to share the pros and cons of each Field Test as we progress through the year. These will probably only be 10-20 minutes depending on how many questions your staff has about each program. These are the date ranges of when the team will need some time:

November 8-22 Amplify with Desmos

December 12-January 10 StemScopes

January 31-February 7 Experience Math

From Ryan in HR: I’d like to remind you of the importance of having all staff record all absences in Red Rover, not just those requiring substitute coverage.

Please share with your teams that every absence, regardless of whether a substitute is needed, must be logged in Red Rover. This streamlined process allows clerical and administrative staff to plan efficiently for any gaps throughout the day and helps us better manage school operations.

I appreciate your attention to this small but important ask. Your support in communicating this expectation to your staff will help ensure consistency and efficiency across the board. If you have any questions or need clarification, don’t hesitate to reach out. Thank you for your cooperation!

From Andrea in HR: We are excited to introduce Canopy, Bend-La Pine Schools new Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provider!

Canopy EAP services include mental health support, counseling, behavioral coaching, digital tools, and resources to help navigate life and work – from financial coaching to gym and pet insurance discounts – Canopy’s mission is to create happier and healthier lives for employees.

Canopy services are free, confidential, and available to ALL district employees and their family members.  Learn more about Canopy and how to access their services on our district’s Benefits website.

From Scott Mc in IT: Regarding the Cybersecurity Awareness Training-

First of all, thank you all for supporting our Cyber October effort. Especially for your help to promoting the Cybersecurity Awareness Training.  We will have another automated message sharing the link to the training early next week.  It would be very helpful if you could communicate with your buildings the 30 minutes you are setting aside for the completion of the training.    Now that this training is required, it will be a module in our “Safe Schools” effort moving forward.

From the Spotlight: New advisory committees to give employees a voice in District-level discussions

In an effort to bring Bend-La Pine Schools staff and leaders together in dialogue on District initiatives, Superintendent Steven Cook is forming advisory committees for Classified, Certified, Administrative, and South County employee groups. Each District Advisory Committees will meet four times during the school year, giving employees an opportunity to be a voice for their community. The purpose of each meeting will be to:

• Hear from leadership on the state of the District, Legislative updates, District initiatives and issues before the School Board
• Have a dialogue on these issues
• Provide feedback on areas of focus
• Share current and emerging issues from the field

The advisory meetings will begin in November at the Education Center, 520 NW Wall St. in Bend. The South County committee meetings will be in La Pine. Classified Committee members will be paid for their time. Certified Committee members will be provided with a half-day substitute.

We are planning for up to 15 members per committee with representation from schools, levels, and operational groups. Depending on the number of applicants, a lottery or other selection process may be used to select committee members.

Applications are due Wednesday, October 16. Applicants will be notified on Monday, October 21. To see the meeting schedule and submit your application, please use THIS FORM.

Important Dates

• October 9. PE minutes documented in main schedule due
• October 7. Advertising training in the boardroom 10:00-11:30 (at least 1 admin and Office Manager)
• October 15: Horizontal Meeting at La Pine Elementary, 3:00-5:00 (La Pine and Juniper host) Please allow extra time for travel, depending on where you are located it could take 45 min to get there. Please do your best to be on time.
• Conferences: Oct 29–3:15-7:15, Oct 30–3:15-7:15, Oct 31–7:15-3:15
• Work Day: October 30, 7:15-3:15
• October 30: Administrator EL training–all day, exact time and location TBD
• October 31: Safe School Trainings need to be done by today
• November 11: Veteran’s Day–No School

And finally…

Here is the link for the site!