TO DO:

• Wish Susan Heberlein a “Happy Birthday” on Monday!

THIS AND THAT:

• First in a series of articles around “quality work” comes this one from EL Education and is a shoutout to our very own Roger White.  Attributes of High Quality Work is a short article outlining the three key EL Education attributes of complexity, craftsmanship and authenticity.  Staff and students at REALMS speak of these attributes often; as they design lessons, provide instruction, conduct field work and assess student work. Although REALMS is our only EL school, I believe we could all benefit from thinking about and leading with these three qualities of student work attributes in mind.
• The following is from Sean Reinhart.  Feel free to reach out to him directly if you have any questions.  (I will also be sharing this will all MS counselors early next week.)

  I am excited to let you know we have entered into an agreement with The Child Center.  The Child center is an outpatient counseling clinic that is located in Bend.  We have entered into an agreement that states the following:

  ·         BLPSD, in conjunction with parents, will make referrals to The Child Center (form attached).  Parents need to sign permission, much like with DCBH referrals.  The child would become a client of The Child Center. 

  ·         With parent permission and in coordination with school leadership, we will allow The Child Center to see their clients (our students) in our schools.  This will need to occur at a mutually beneficial time per school, parent, and therapist.  In other words, we don’t want to pull kids too much from core content. This only applies to OHP eligible students. 

  ·         They will also see OHP and Non-OHP clients in their Bend offices. 

  ·         This is mostly for students of lower acuity…WRAP referrals need to go directly through Deschutes County Behavioral Health through the ITCS referral form available on their website.

• Lastly, I wanted to give you a heads-up that I will be in Salem on Dec. 11 & 12 for a board meeting with a group called AdvancEd.  This is an entity that provides accreditation reviews (and stamp of approvals if warranted) to schools across the country (and world for that matter).  I likely won’t be able to check email during the day, but if you need something please feel free to text me and I’ll give you a call as quickly as I can.

REMINDERS:

• We will be meeting as a Leadership Team on Monday afternoon (starting at 3:15).  This will be a shorter meeting, followed by a gathering at McMenamins from 4:30 – 6:00.  Due to the discussion we will be having during Leadership, this would not be a meeting to invite an administrative intern to attend. Also, you have received this link from Jay (when he sent out the agenda earlier this week), but I wanted to pass it along again.  Your feedback is very helpful as we plan for the next round of school visits so if you haven’t completed this short survey yet, please do so in the coming days.