{"id":1221,"date":"2018-11-16T19:32:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T19:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/?p=1221"},"modified":"2018-11-16T21:39:56","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T21:39:56","slug":"11-16-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/2018\/11\/16\/11-16-18\/","title":{"rendered":"11.16.18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>To Do:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I know that a few of you are working on <strong>lowering your chronic absenteeism rate<\/strong>, but may not know all of our MS that have this as a focus. If you are working on strategies to lower your chronic absenteeism rate, please let me know. If you haven&#8217;t started working on this yet, but are interested in tackling this issue also let me know. There are some funds available around this work and I&#8217;d love to tell you more about it!<\/li>\n<li>[I know I sent this one to you last week also, but thought it was worth sending again!] Would you share this PD opportunity with your science teachers &#8211; or better yet, let a few of them know that you&#8217;d like to pay for them to attend? The Oregon Science Teacher Association is hosting an introduction to <strong>Argument-Driven Inquiry (ADI) instructional model<\/strong> on Nov. 30 at Redmond HS from 8:00 &#8211; 3:00.\u00a0 The cost is only $160 per teacher. <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Z7e-eANGWwIPTP0LMJmuACzlu5dwyqfr\/view?usp=sharing\">Check out this flyer<\/a> for more information on this great opportunity!<\/li>\n<li>[This is also a repeat from last week, but I am adding a heads-up now that <em>I&#8217;ll be asking at our Horizontal on Dec. 10 whom &#8211; if any &#8211; from your building will be attending this training<\/em>.]\u00a0Please mark your calendar for an upcoming\u00a0<strong>CONNECT training from 1:15 \u2013 3:15 on both Dec. 18 &amp; 19<\/strong>. The intended audience is MS building admin and counselors.\u00a0 I hope to have one MS admin and counselor attend from each building.\u00a0 Here is more of what this training will be about: Engage and build capacity for key members of our school community to respond to suicide. The goal of suicide postvention training is to promote healing and reduce risk of future suicides. Participants will become competent and confident to respond to suicidal incidents across the lifespan. They will use a community-based approach for early recognition, skill-building, and to promote healing and reduce risk after a suicide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>This and that:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This week I wanted to share a short article with you that was written by a local teacher (last year taught at COIC in Bend, this year is at a school in Crook County) and featured in\u00a0<em>Teaching Tolerance<\/em>. This was published as part of their &#8220;<strong>Why I Teach<\/strong>&#8221; series in which educators are provided an opportunity to share their personal story behind why they teach. I believe we grow in empathy when we hear another&#8217;s story. I also believe it is a gift we receive when others are willing to share their personal story with us. One that we can return when we become vulnerable ourselves, letting others see the unpolished side of what makes us who we are. This article is entitled: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1emodu0zl3SFq6Ei_oMDyJD5vxOy9_UyZ\/view?usp=sharing\">When a Student Picks up a Book<\/a>.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The first Central Oregon regional cohort of\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schoolretool.org\/\">School Retool <\/a>(Stanford&#8217;s d.school fellowship) occurred last year and we&#8217;re gearing up for cohort 2. The cost of the fellowship is $2500\/administrator. We have secured funds to cover $1000 of that cost. Bend-La Pine School District will cover $1000 (for up to 10 participants). This leaves an approximate cost of $500\/participant remaining for the principals to cover from their building budgets. This is a great price for a very worthwhile PD opportunity. Here is additional information on <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1PHXPRbPAQ1xs3Q2Iuosl0luPpo3IH-kn\/view?usp=sharing\">what School Retool is all about<\/a> if you are interested. <em>Applications are due no later than Sunday, November 25th<\/em>. If interested, apply\u00a0<a style=\"font-size: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSf1IF1SJPA6GqiFzX8k4sJ2CThHqPVNpx7SXf3JiImvxTbchA\/viewform\">HERE<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1em\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Have you ever thought of utilizing a <strong>Co-Teaching model of instruction<\/strong> at your school? Would you like to know more about how you might get started or what is necessary to make this happen?\u00a0 If you are wanting to learn more, <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1mH9SH9jRfQygqXl33rzrOEsEF7N8iwh3\/view?usp=sharing\">here is some information<\/a> regarding a PD opportunity for you and\/or teams of teachers from your building to attend. (The initial meeting\/informational session will be held on Dec. 11.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reminders:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>No school next week<\/strong>. (You knew this, right?!) Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends. Safe travels if you&#8217;ll be on the road. My mom used to tell Christie and I that she&#8217;d prefer that we arrive late and safe, than try and push against the natural or human elements in getting to their house quickly &#8211; and I hope the same for you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To Do: I know that a few of you are working on lowering your chronic absenteeism rate, but may not know all of our MS that have this as a focus. 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