TO DO:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please verify that all of the submitted ACR forms have been processed in your building<\/strong>. Brad Henry will be providing staffing allocations for the 2019-20 school year prior to spring break – and completing the ACR changes in Synergy across the district will dictate when he provides these to schools in the next two weeks. (ACR process for middle schools includes both those students who will be in middle school next year, as well as your current 8th graders who have submitted an ACR to attend a HS other than her\/his home school.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n As you know from Shay’s email to all staff<\/a>, there have been some changes made to our upcoming conference dates<\/strong> (and LPMS end of trimester grading day) due to missed snow days<\/strong> – specifically that these have become student contact days instead (along with an additional student day at the end of the school year). Although conferences days have been changed to school days next month, it is still an expectation that parents have an opportunity to meet with their child’s teachers. In light of this, please plan on 1) Devising a plan within your school (include multiple building leaders in the discussion) for how to approach providing a conference opportunity for parents; 2) Communicate this plan to parents; 3) Please do not plan on having any conferences on Friday, April 12. This is the one planned conference day for all elementary schools; 4) If any of your conferences will require an interpreter, please utilize the normal process for making a request<\/a> for one to be present. We will not be coordinating building or level interpreter needs through the district or ESD – but rather on an individual\/teacher level. Let me know if you have any questions regarding any of these things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n THIS and THAT:<\/p>\n\n\n\n I won’t say much to direct your path on this besides to say that I have recently read this book by Dylan Wiliam and believe there is much we all could learn from his thinking. Here is a short overview of Creating the Schools Our Children Need<\/a>. Additionally, here is a quote he shared in a recent webinar that supports his beliefs: “If I had to reduce all of educational psychology to just one principle, I would say this: The most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Ascertain this and teach him [or her] accordingly.” (Ausubel, 1968 p. vi)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mid Oregon Credit Union in Partnership with KTVZ is sponsoring the One Class at a Time program<\/strong> that highlights one classroom a month that is doing something unique with our students. The teacher is rewarded with $500 to use towards a project. Consider nominating one of your teachers for this OR send this info to your staff so they can enter themselves! Here is a link for additional details<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n REMINDERS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Don’t forget to move your clocks forward<\/strong> one hour this Sunday!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The new HS principal interviews<\/strong> are this coming Monday and you have probably seen the announcement regarding the four finalists sent out earlier today. There will be a public forum that evening, beginning at 4:00pm, in the board room that you are all invited to attend. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TO DO: Please verify that all of the submitted ACR forms have been processed in your building. Brad Henry will be providing staffing allocations for the 2019-20 school year prior to spring break – and completing the ACR changes in … Continue reading