Our EME Focus
- Tier 1 Instruction
- Belonging
- Define what it means to be an Art Focused School
Thought of the Week
Upcoming Details
MONDAY
- Admin Meeting 6:45-7:15
- Staff Meeting/Sibling Match-up 2:30-3:10
TUESDAY:
- Office Staff Meeting 10:00-10:30
- ICCL Meeting 2:30-3:10
WEDNESDAY:
- EA Meeting 8:15-8:45
- Tier 3 Meeting 9:00-10:00
- SIW – Ed Network @ EME Library
THURSDAY:
- MTSS/PLC – 2:30-3:10
FRIDAY:
- EME SpEd Meeting 2:30-3:15
UPCOMING DATES
- Fire Drill – October 17 @ 1:30
- Earthquake Drill – October 24 @ 1:30
- No School/Conferences October 25-26
- Camille’s Birthday! – October 26
- Melissa Landolt’s Birthday! – October 31
Updates from Downtown
WAYFINDER Are there any classrooms/grade levels who feel they are using Wayfinder regularly and are interested in being a showcase classroom. The Wayfinder team will be in Bend on the 24th of October and would like to see this work in action and they need 8-10 classrooms to visit.
From Student Services (Colleen, Josh, and Sean) We are very excited to share that we are partnering with The National Resource Center for Paraeducators, NRCP, to provide monthly professional development opportunities for all Inclusion Educational Assistants. These trainings are designed to help deepen the understanding of their roles and responsibilities. Please read more about these trainings HERE.
We are offering additional CPI training. An initial CPI training is scheduled for Thursday, October 26. This is a non-workday for elementary and middle school inclusion EAs due to conferences. If your inclusion EA has not been trained and chooses to attend, the student services department will pay for the timesheet. This training should be in UKG soon! Upcoming CPI refresher and initial training will be scheduled on February 2, 2024.
DHS Training Video: Please watch this 6 minute video as it is important learning for you regarding the state’s process in investigating child abuse in schools (that is when there is a question about something that has happened at school or on our buses). There were several of these investigations last year in our elementary schools. This will help you better understand the process should it happen at your school.
Recommendations for students for private schools: We recently received a question from one of our local K-12 private schools about policies prohibiting teachers from writing recommendations for students to attend private schools. BLS does not have such a policy. On the other hand, staff should feel NO PRESSURE to complete these types of recommendations. Our only suggestion is that in order to avoid bias, staff do not “pick and choose” who they write recommendations for…either they are willing to complete a recommendation whenever asked or as a matter of practice they politely decline.
Fire Inspection FYI from Dan Dummit: Dan has been making the rounds with the new fire inspector recently. He wanted to be sure that you all have this document, (created by Portland Fire and Rescue) which outlines the expectations for our classrooms when it comes to fire safety. To highlight a few things that we want to draw your attention to because they are common problems, please refer to #4, #8, #9. Also, while you notice there are some things on this sheet that, if done correctly can be used, they go against our sustainability practices and should be avoided, #10 and #18 for example.