TO DO:
I learned about this last Friday – after sending out this blog (so this may not be new information to you at this point). From Jon and HR:
We are having an extremely hard time filling all substitute requests. Last week we ask that you keep personal days to 5% in the building. This week and for the remainder of the year, we are going one step further. We will not be approving any more personal days unless a substitute can be found. If we have already approved a personal day, then we will honor that decision. Moving forward, however, if an employee, either classified or certified, asks for a personal day, we need to know that positions will be covered before okaying the request.
We also would like to remind you that we’ve made special agreements with both associations that employees will be paid for unused personal days. _________________________________________________________________________________
Please share with your PE/Health teachers: There may be a PE opening at one of our Bend-area elementary schools beginning next fall. If you are interested in the possibility of teaching PE at the elementary level, please let your principal know by May 28. [If you have anyone who expresses interest in this, please let me know.] _________________________________________________________________________________
From Chad in IT: Middle School staff will be asked to set up Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) on Monday, May 31st. This communication will come from Chad in IT. Chad will also be reaching out to you to identify 1 or 2 people in your building to set up MFA and be a support resource for others in your building. The deadline for setting up MFA will be Monday, July 26th. _________________________________________________________________________________
Please share in your next parent communication: All students who have a district-issued hotspot at their home are asked to return the hotspot and charging equipment to the school front office by June 18th. Service to all hotspots will end on June 18th. Any hotspot that has not been returned to school will cease to function beyond this date.
Related, but not for parent communication: If you learn of a student who is in need of a hotspot for summer work, a plan is being developed now to accommodate this request as best we can. _________________________________________________________________________________
Here is another message to copy/paste into your next newsletter to families –
Dear Students and Families,
Once again students will be allowed to keep their loaner iPads with them throughout the summer months. This will provide students with a device to continue learning opportunities over the summer.
If you will not be attending a Bend-La Pine Schools program or school next year, please return your iPad, charging brick and cord to your current school. Schools will be communicating their return schedule directly to families. If you will be attending a different Bend-La Pine Schools program or school next year, keep the iPad you have and take it with you to your new site in September.
Sometimes plans change during the summer. If you find yourself moving out of the area or leaving the district during the summer and need to return your iPad, please drop it off Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon at the Education Center located at 520 Wall Street, Bend. Please remember to also return your charging brick and cord at this time. The fee for a missing cord is $5 and a missing charging brick is $20. _________________________________________________________________________________
Feel free to share this free summer learning flyer with any/all on your staff. The topic is Trauma-Informed Engagement Practices through the process of continuous improvement.
THIS and THAT:
There is a new secondary science TOSA position posted. Please pass along to any teacher you think might be interested. _________________________________________________________________________________
Thank you everyone for participating in our Wednesday leadership meeting. Kinsey has provided us with this resource to help us complete our equity stance. Here are your next steps in this process:
- Complete your personal Equity Stance
- Memorize or read it aloud at least once with an individual or group. Ideas:
· Colleague from your Equity PD group
· LEAD Cohort member, community member
· ICCL team, school staff member, Latino Family Liaison, etc
3. Ask for feedback:
· What did you hear me say?
· What did you not hear me say?
By June 7, share your personal Equity Stance here (no need to have it polished/final yet, just a current draft you feel good about and can pick back up in August) as a follow-up after yesterday’s session.
REMINDERS:
We are meeting in Horizontal on Tuesday. The only agenda item is a discussion around Title VI scenarios that Kinsey will lead. PLEASE PLAN ON MEETING IN KINSEY’S ROOM at 8:00 on Tuesday. _________________________________________________________________________________
The PBMS principal hiring process will take place next Tuesday. A virtual community forum will take place from 5:00 – 6:00pm. Look for a communication from the district with directions of how to listen in. _________________________________________________________________________________
Hope to see (in-person or virtual) you all next Thursday at 2:00 at CMS or virtually in my Webex for our MS BRTY meeting.