{"id":1227,"date":"2018-12-14T15:24:48","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T15:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/?p=1227"},"modified":"2018-12-14T15:31:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T15:31:24","slug":"12-14-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/2018\/12\/14\/12-14-18\/","title":{"rendered":"12.14.18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>To Do:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Actually, this is going to be a &#8220;no need to do right now&#8221; item. <strong>At our next MS Horizontal meeting (Jan. 28) we will not be discussing chapters 7 &#8211; 8 of\u00a0<em>The Culture Code<\/em><\/strong>, so you do not need to read that section quite yet. Instead, we will be spending that time processing the information that Austin James collected from you during a site visit in the past number of weeks. Remember Tony Hsieh (downtown Los Vegas project from chapter 5)? He was quoted as saying: &#8220;I try to help things happen organically. If you set things up right, the connection happens.&#8221; (p. 64) He is also the one that spoke about the power of &#8220;collisions&#8221; &#8211; the belief that: &#8220;Serendipitous personal encounters are the key driver of creativity, community, and cohesion.&#8221; (p. 66) Well, we are going to attempt to set up the conversation at our next Horizontal to provide an opportunity for you to &#8220;collide&#8221; with one another!<\/li>\n<li>You might want to add this to your calendar and begin spreading the word&#8230; <strong>Dr. Ross Greene<\/strong>, author of books that include:\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">The Explosive Child<\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Lost at School<\/span>, and\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Raising Human Beings<\/span> <strong>is coming to Bend on May 17, 2019<\/strong>. I have not personally heard Dr. Greene speak, but know a few who have and they cannot stop saying great things about him and his philosophy around working with children\/youth. No price for this training has been confirmed, but I know it is important for the organizers that people\/schools can afford to send a number of folks to hear him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>This and that:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As you know, we have recently asked staff to weigh in on <strong>three options around their start time<\/strong> for next year. At a District Leadership Team (made up of classified, certified and administrative employees) meeting earlier this week we took a first look at the results and reviewed all of the comments. <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1z7a7WCE4S41DIexQ7OfQG7U_VakCfKGH\/view?usp=sharing\">Here are the survey results<\/a>\u00a0from middle school staff that we reviewed. You are welcome to discuss and\/or share with others at this point, but know that no decision has been made yet. If all goes well, a recommendation will go to Shay by the end of January. One thing that stuck out to me was that the option receiving the most votes has staff finishing her\/his work day only 5 minutes after students are dismissed. This is difficult for me to believe is a viable option because this does not seem to be enough time between kids and staff leaving. However, I believe the message is strong (especially considering the second-highest work time option) that MS folks would like a longer work time prior to student arrival each day. [If you&#8217;d like to see what the elementary or high school staff had to say just let me know and I&#8217;ll send you their results.]<\/li>\n<li>As you have likely read by now, Governor Kate Brown has released her recommended budget. This year the Governor&#8217;s Recommended Budget includes clear priorities to better fund k-12 schools. Still a long way from being approved, it is nonetheless welcome news to have funding Oregon schools closer to the national average (QEM) than it ever has been in recent memory. <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1BgSDpEFfQa53YCdn1GvrYtX7WuU-cw3-\/view?usp=sharing\">Here are some highlights of the Governor&#8217;s Recommended Budget<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Here is a gut-checker that I recently read in a newsletter that Kimberly Strong sent out (ESD Chronic Absenteeism):\u00a0One major driver for chronic absenteeism is disengagement from school. In fact, the <em>Chronic Absenteeism Report<\/em> put out by the Chief Education Office in 2017 noted that<strong> when asked if they could change \u201cjust one thing\u201d about school, 75% of students interviewed said they wanted improved relationships with teachers. \u00a0(Stevens and Kim-Gervey 2017).\u00a0<\/strong>I don&#8217;t like reading things like this &#8211; because I know this is something that can be fixed if\/when we become aware of it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mini Observations-<\/strong>\u00a0We are fast approaching the first \u201cdeadline\u201d for mini observations. Please remember that by winter break you need to have the following completed:\n<ul>\n<li>Probationary: 2 observations (one formal)<\/li>\n<li>Contract teachers on evaluation year: 2 mini observations<\/li>\n<li>Contract teachers not on evaluation year: 1 mini observation<\/li>\n<li>In addition to completing these, please be sure you are recording them in Talent Ed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reminders:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gary Timms may seem like a mild-mannered, easy-going, &#8220;nothing rattles him&#8221; kind of guy.\u00a0 That is what I used to think about him too. But, this <strong>student shadowing activity challenge<\/strong> has him on the edge. He is very concerned that MS building admin will have a higher percentage of &#8220;shadowers&#8221; than his elementary folks so he is really laying it on thick with them. I think he is even using crying emojis in his recruiting efforts! Here is a reminder of what you need to know to be involved on the winning team: a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/16ECgfvuby3GmUEjeDKzMyvi4BEspAuyN\/view?usp=sharing\">description of the parameters<\/a>\u00a0for participating, some\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1EdE37I_-AqUAhq5maTT2HeiAOmcXkW9z\/view?usp=sharing\">interview questions<\/a>, and a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/FuiGwT\">Google form for your reflections<\/a>. As a reminder, here is the deal:\u00a0the level with the highest percentage of building admin participation will receive a hosted happy hour at McMenamins.\u00a0So let\u2019s show others we at the MS level are empathetic and concerned about student equity by spending some time shadowing a student!<\/li>\n<li><strong>District SIW is next Wednesday<\/strong>, Dec. 19.<\/li>\n<li>Those attending the <strong>CONNECT training<\/strong> &#8211; it is both Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, starting at 1:15 at PCMS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To Do: Actually, this is going to be a &#8220;no need to do right now&#8221; item. 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