To Do:

• Determine if and whom you would have attend Mary Ehrenworth’s workshop during the COSA conference here in Bend.  Communicate this to Stephanie Bent no later than Oct. 13.  (Additional details below.)
• If you haven’t already, sign up for a time to have your SRO talk to your staff, at a SIW prior to Dec. 31st, regarding EPT.  (Surveymonkey and details in “Reminders.”)

This and That:

• Gary Timms pointed me in the direction of this Ted Talk – and I thought it was worth passing along to you.  In this “lollipop moments” talk, Drew Dudley emphasizes that “leadership” is not reserved for the extraordinary individual, but more closely resembles everyday moments when one person chooses to interact with another in a positive way.  Take a look at the video Everyday Leadership.
• Two reminders/heads-up from Tami Pike that related to field trips with students who require direct care nursing services.  Here is Tami’s instructions:

  When field trips are scheduled with parental volunteer transport (or bus), students requiring emergency medication (Epi-Pen, Glucagon, inhalers) need to ride with a Bend-La Pine staff person who has been trained by a school nurse on medication administration. If the staff person (teacher) does not have a type 10 license to transport students, the staff person and the student must ride in a vehicle together along with the driver (parent volunteer). If there is not enough room to accommodate all of the students and the medication administration trained staff person, a bus transport will need to be requested.

  *Epi pen and Glucagon trained staff need to be CPR/first aid certified.

  **Please remind your staff that if direct care nursing services are required for field trips, we ask that a 2 week advance notice via direct care nursing request form is completed.

• Monday is a Leadership meeting at the Ed. Center, beginning at 3:15 (unless your last name is Stancliff, then you start at 2:00).  We’ll be getting into groups for discussion and future school visits.  (These will not be the same groups you’ll be in for our forthcoming MS Horizontal PD work.)  Here are the groupings we’ll be using for Monday, feel free to find and sit with this team when you arrive:
  • Group 1:Roger, Steven S., Wendy
  • Group 2: Chris, Stephen D., Teri, Hayley
  • Group 3: Robi, Brian U., Steph
  • Group 4: Lisa, Brian M., Scott
• As you probably are aware, the annual COSA Principal’s Conference is once again coming to Bend on Oct. 23-25 at the Riverhouse Conference Center.  The district will not be paying for conference registrations this year, with one exception. Mary Ehrenworth, a co-author of Units of Study for Teaching Writing, will be providing a workshop for BLS employees on Monday afternoon.  There will be no cost for buildings to attend this training, but sub costs will be the responsibility of each school.  See this flyer for more information and the number of slots each school has received (because of the cap number of participants we’ve been given). Please be aware of the Oct. 13 deadline for submitting names of those attending from your school.

Reminders:

• You received an email from Dave VanLoo on 9/23 regarding the Gallup Student Poll.  I just wanted to highlight a few points from his email again here:
  • This survey is open now through Oct. 28 – and we’d like to get as many students taking this as possible
  • It would be good to communicate with home that students will be asked to complete this survey, as well as communicating the types of questions that will be asked.
  • There is a “Parent Consent” form, but don’t feel like you need one from each student – or even need one from a student (or parent) who does not want to take this survey. If a student chooses not to participate that is enough. But again, we want as many students as possible to complete this survey.
  • Each school has a unique URL for taking the survey.  Dave recommends providing this link to your students for taking the survey on her/his iPads, then removing the link after they have completed the questions.
• Next Wednesday is the second of our four District SIWs.  All math will be meeting at HDMS (at 1:45), ELA/SS have an optional StudySync training at the Ed Center (room 312, 1:30 – 4:00). Everyone should know this, but a reminder might not hurt.
• Friendly reminder that annual Emergency Protocol Training (EPT) needs to be completed prior to December 31^st, 2016. Please coordinate with your school SRO, Julianne Repman, or Scott Bojanowski to set up a training date for your staff. The Emergency Protocol Training focuses on “All Hazards Training” to include discussion on identifying hazards and re-fresher training on protocols and guidelines for: fire drills, room clear, evacuation, reverse evacuation, shelter, Lock Out, Lock Down, and earthquake drills.
  •  You may utilize this survey site to request your 1^st, 2^nd, & 3^rd choices for EPT training dates: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KG8PGKM