Here is a link to a folder<\/a> where you can drop your 5th grade forecasting video (of your school),<\/strong> if you have one. You can always access this folder from the BLS Docs folder within the Collective folder. _________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n All administrators are INVITED (not required) to attend a virtual leadership team meeting<\/strong> in Lora\u2019s Webex room on Friday, 1\/15, at 1:00<\/span> for updates on returning to school. _________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please make note of this needed communication with transportation regarding LIPI<\/strong>… As you know, the last day for LIPI transportation is Jan. 29. As you also know, we are planning to start asynchronous teaching on Jan. 25. If you are going to continue LIPI during the week of Jan. 25, you do not need to communicate anything to transportation (as they are planning on picking up kids through that week). If you are planning on NOT having LIPI during the week of Jan. 25, then please notify both your LIPI families AND transportation of your new end date for LIPI. [NOTE: it would be best to either fully have LIPI the week of Jan. 25, or fully not have LIPI that week – in other words, do not have some LIPI students come in and others not attend that week.] ________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please communicate with your staff (certified and classified) that they all need to report back to your building no later than Monday, Jan. 25th<\/strong>. This is the first day of asynchronous teaching and two weeks before Hybrid starts. Feel free, if it helps take any heat off of you, to say that “you’ve been asked\/told” to share this information (from me). (HS staff will be asked to report back on this same day, while elementary will return starting next week.). _________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are a couple of important items from Lora: <\/p>\n\n\n\n You currently do not have a square foot measurement or maximum individuals count for your gym<\/strong> – like you do for your other school spaces. I found out today that this will occur. I don’t have a timeline, but I assume it will happen in the coming weeks. _________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are a few items from Paul:<\/p>\n\n\n\n COVID Update<\/span>: An administrator\u00a0cheat sheet<\/a>\u00a0has been created to assist building leaders in planning for in-person learning<\/strong>.\u00a0 I’m still waiting for a link to the cleaning protocol and will let you know when that is ready.\u00a0 I hope this helps consolidate your thinking with a task-orientated checklist.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n HR Update<\/span>: A letter is going out to all classified staff to determine their return to work intent<\/strong> now that the K-12 phased-in plan has been communicated.\u00a0 OSEA is reviewing the draft letter and we’ll copy you on the email to classified staff either this afternoon or early Monday when it is sent out.\u00a0 As a reminder, please be actively reaching out to both your certified and classified staff as we transition in-person education so that you can respond to any workforce issues of people taking a Leave of Absence. We will not be holding people to 60 days of prior notice due to these unique times.\u00a0 We encourage administrators\/supervisors to post anticipated open positions ASAP for HR approval.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some of you are involved in the “alternative to suspension” work connected to Deschutes County. They just announced that they have a new name (tagline) for this program, and it is now called: “UpShift – changing responses to youth substance use.”<\/strong> Please begin using this new tagline (UpShift) when referring to this program (alt. to suspension, treatment, or counseling sessions via this program). _________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n SEL EA positions are posted on our website<\/strong> (as of 1\/6\/21). These postings are “open till filled” and we need to wait at least five days before screening for interviews… which means you can begin screening next Wednesday, Jan. 13, and interviewing after that. Remember, you always need to interview at least two candidates for any position. These are temporary positions for this year and the job responsibilities (hopefully for this year only) will also include some Covid-related tracking\/processing at your site. _________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n An important document to have up to date is this Covid Checklist<\/a>. As you update it\/make changes, please make sure you send Amy Stafford a copy of your updates so she can then update your plan on our district’s webpage. This will be reviewed at your site visit with Paul (and I).<\/p>\n\n\n\n See you all next Tuesday at 2:00 for our MS Horizontal<\/strong> (my room). A good chunk of our time will be spent talking about what asynchronous teaching and Wednesday teaching will look like. _________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n Don’t forget to comment on your peer’s equity goals<\/strong> within this spreadsheet<\/a> in the coming days – prior to our next Excellence and Equity PD on Jan. 20. Modeling has been provided to you by our friends at SVMS. _________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n Third-year probationary letters<\/strong> are due to HR by Jan. 22. Please reach out to Jon with any questions related to these. _________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n YouthTruth Survey window <\/strong>is open until Jan. 22. _________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n Principals, please plan on completing your SLGGs in TalentEd no later than Monday, Feb. 1<\/strong>. Assistant Principals, please work with your principal to determine when yours are due.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TO DO: Here is a link to a folder where you can drop your 5th grade forecasting video (of your school), if you have one. You can always access this folder from the BLS Docs folder within the Collective folder. … Continue reading THIS and THAT:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Return To School Email:<\/span> I’ll be crafting a Return To School email next week <\/strong>to address some of the most popular topics around meals in school, ventilation, masking, and cleaning protocols.\u00a0 Expect that the all-staff email to be sent mid-week.\u00a0 ________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\nREMINDERS:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n