Postings- As you know, we have posted our generic teaching positions both in Bend and S. County. The transfer interviews will fulfill our contractual obligation to provide interviews for in district candidates. Please let me know ASAP if you can attend the interviews. Thanks to those who have already told me.
We will soon be posting elementary counselor positions for both Bend and S. County. I will work closely with those hiring counselors to create a process for interviewing as there may be a limited number available and sharing might be a necessity.
We are in the process of creating a job title/description for the certified behavior support personnel so that we can post. As with counselors, we will work together to ensure a fair process. I anticipate quite a bit of interest so am thinking of one posting with a process somewhat similar to transfer interviews- in hopes of saving you and applicants time and heartache and ensuring a fair process for all. Nothing has been decided so please don’t hesitate to call and chat about how you see this possibly unfolding. I’ll take all the input and work with Jon and Janelle to create the best process we can.
BRYT- I appreciate all the feedback and input I’ve received regarding working with BRYT to provide a framework, some PD and support for creating our systems with the behavioral support that is coming our way. The feedback has been almost all positive. We are still working with BRYT to figure out costs and what supports might be possible. In the meantime, I continue to welcome any thoughts you might have and I will keep you posted as things develop.
Office Referrals- Please take a look at a couple of changes that have been made to the school Office Referral Form. We’ve added a “Vaping” violation, as well as added “marijuana” under Drugs. These changes were made in an effort to collect better data connected to these two violations. An updated Office Referral Form can be found on the Portal now, and Synergy will be updated on Monday to reflect these changes. Hopefully, elementary won’t have to think about this too often, but we know we do from time to time.
Chinese Exchange Teacher- As many/most of you are aware, each year we have a wonderful opportunity to host teachers from China (to teach Chinese in our schools), as well as send some of our BLS teachers to China to teach English. One of the teachers we are hosting, William, is teaching at Bend Sr. High School and is in need of a host family between March and the end of this school year. The host family would get a $200 stipend per month to help with food costs. BLS can provide a bus ticket for his transportation – the host family does not need to provide William with a car or transport him each day unless it works for them to do so.
If you know of someone – BLS employee or not, please have them get in touch with Louise Markland at [email protected]
From Julianne- Please read and make adjustments in your visitor/volunteer processes, if any are warranted… We are hearing of unfortunate visitor/volunteer management inconsistencies between schools, which is causing great grief for some of our office managers/staff who are trying to enforce the rules with fidelity.
Scott and I really need your help to ensure that this policy is followed with integrity and consistency. Not only do we fall into possible profiling when we do not follow our policies consistency, but we also find ourselves set up for legal issues.
Upcoming Events
February 24- MAC Survey
March 3- Transfer Interviews
March 16- Horizontal Meeting- 3:15 @ Juniper
March 22-26- Spring Break