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Take a few minutes to review our district’s Remote Learning Tools<\/a> web page. This page likely looks familiar to you – it was in existence last spring – and continues to be updated. Please also share this (multiple times, in a variety of contexts) with your teachers as well. With the requirement of teachers to make recorded lesson launches available daily<\/strong>, they need to know how to use at least one of the tools suggested in section 3 (Engage Students) of this document (or another one the district supports). _________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last week you received a Return to School Survey<\/strong> link to send to your families. (Thank you for doing that!) Here is the link to the MS School Data<\/a> files with the responses from this survey. Open up your school’s data. FYI, the numbers are higher than actual due to duplicate entries. A good next step is to identify someone(s) in your building who will figure out which families have not responded yet – and then reach out to them via phone. Joanne will be hosting Webex meetings<\/a> to answer questions and provide info on how to use this data on Monday (8\/24) beginning at 9:00, 10:00, and 11:00. Each session should not last more than 30 minutes. __________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here is a new tool<\/a> that shows county metrics for opening schools to in-person learning. It will be updated every Wednesday. _________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please read this message<\/a> on students switching between Bend-La Pine Online and CDL<\/strong> (or hybrid). Ask me any questions you might have then share it with your staff. You and your staff need to know this information so you are better able to counsel students\/parents, but also so your staff are aware that they may gain additional students in her\/his classes at any point in the year (particularly when we move to hybrid). Also note<\/span>: Students who leave your building (including CDL and hybrid) and go to Bend-La Pine Online should keep their iPad<\/span>. _________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here is the link<\/a> (one more time) to the sample<\/em> MS CDL schedule<\/strong>. If you have not already, please post this schedule (or your school’s specific schedule if you have it now) to your website for parents to view. At some point prior to Sept. 14, plan on communicating to your families what your specific school schedule will be (like this one<\/a> from SVMS) – and replace the sample<\/em> MS schedule with your school specific schedule on your website. ___________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n From Paul Dean: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Building leaders, please view this CDL Building Contact Tracing Protocols – Staff to Staff <\/a>google doc. Our goal is to get these protocols up and running before Friday, August 28. THIS and THAT:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today I received this ‘inservice week”<\/a> work calendar for certified staff<\/strong> (thank you Katie!). Please share – if you haven’t already – with your staff. ________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n You may begin sharing items between school and home<\/strong>. (Some of you have asked about this, whether it is sending yearbooks home, or other school materials.) Here are the guidelines you need to follow<\/a> in order to both send or receive materials between school and home. If you can meet these guidelines then you have the green light to begin distributing and collecting materials. _____________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier this week I communicated to you that today I’d be sending you the MS Teacher Standards of Practice<\/strong>, which you would then share with your staff. Here is a link to a Google doc<\/a> that has the current\/most up to date teacher standards. Lisa will continue to update this Google doc if\/when any future updates occur. (THANK YOU Lisa!) This is a document for staff eyes only – not community. A community facing document (with less detail) will be created and shared as early as next week. It is my expectation that you not only share this document (electronically) with your staff, but that you also provide time for any\/all of your teachers to discuss, ask questions, or otherwise learn more about and debrief these new standards in a staff meeting or with you directly. Our goal in developing these standards was to provide consistency of instructional expectations and service across our schools, address some areas of concern that were voiced by our students and parents last spring, as well as highlight some of the best practices related to remote teaching. Because each of your schools had one of your teachers involved in the creation of these standards, I would encourage you to have that person involved in any forthcoming discussion that takes place with your teachers – as they are not only invested in what was produced, but also would be able to provide background on questions or concerns. _______________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many of you have had parents ask about the math by-pass process<\/strong>. Here is how we are going to move forward this fall: 1) These assessments will be given and proctored via Webex. 2) Select who will give these assessments to interested students (likely you or a math teacher); 3) This proctor will monitor students as she\/he takes both the easyCBM and paper and pencil portions of this challenge. [The paper and pencil portion will be created, by next Friday, in GoFormative – and made available to every middle school.] As soon as the pieces are ready in GoFormative you may begin this assessment process. Let me know if you have any questions. _______________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a follow-up to an item we discussed at our MS horizontal this week, I want to confirm that UPS and Fed Ex deliveries will continue to be delivered to our district warehouse. Any packages coming to your school will be delivered during your normal district mail routes. _________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n The need for<\/strong> translation (and possibly interpretation<\/strong>) is going to kick into high gear here very soon. Translation requests should be requested at least 5 days<\/span> before it is needed. Remember that communication with families at your school should be sent in both Spanish and English. Please spend a few moments reviewing this Language Access Plan<\/a> – as well as sharing it again with your staff. (The contact for interpreter and translation requests this year is Kelly Marty.) Also, here is a copy of the latest ELL Dept. Newsletter<\/a>. _________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n WebEx has some fabulous changes<\/strong> coming our way that we are hoping will be in effect Sept 1st<\/sup>. The biggest is the addition of breakout rooms<\/span>. The instructional tech team will be putting together a list of the changes along with tutorials for them. Stay tuned! __________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n I want to provide you with a bit of information about where we are headed in terms of “Limited In-Person Instruction”<\/strong> as a district. First, it will be important for you (and your team designing this opportunity) to read ODE’s guidance<\/a> around Limited In-Person Instruction. After reading through what is allowed, think about who your target audience is that you want to better serve. We will be developing a form (a type of checklist) for you to complete regarding your plan for bringing students in under this umbrella. I will then ask you to “peer review” other MS plans (likely in a triad format so you won’t have to review more than two other plans). My hope is that this will serve both to gain ideas for your building plan, as well as sharpen your eye to what might be missing in your or another MS plan. We will not open up Limited In-Person as an option until Monday, Oct. 5. Plans would need to be submitted to me (after peer review) by Sept. 18 for final approval. __________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n I wanted to provide a follow-up from our discussion on staff working from your school site and bringing their child(ren) with them. Nothing has changed in terms of what I said regarding teachers (who are assigned his\/her own classroom). Here is an update regarding classified who may ask about bringing their child(ren) with them: they may bring their child if the employee has a private office where they are in direct supervision of the child and the child is not in contact with others. ___________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n REMINDERS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n See you in my personal room on Tuesday at 2:00 for our Horizontal <\/strong>meeting! __________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n Remember (I think this is a reminder), that we are NOT advertising any school supply lists<\/strong> this fall, whether it is in stores or on your school website. If you have any questions or concerns about this, please let me know. ___________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n As you likely are already aware, new teachers<\/strong> report on Monday, Aug. 31. Different this year is that you will not<\/span> be required to attend any part of the morning portion of this day. However, please do plan on providing any new staff with some building “swag” (e.g. hat, t-shirt, face mask (go Falcons!), lanyard, etc.).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TO DO: Take a few minutes to review our district’s Remote Learning Tools web page. This page likely looks familiar to you – it was in existence last spring – and continues to be updated. Please also share this (multiple … Continue reading
I will have a webex at 2:30 pm on Monday to assist schools who have questions or need assistance. If the instructions are self-explanatory, you don’t need to attend the webex. https:\/\/bls.webex.com\/meet\/paul.dean<\/a> <\/strong> __________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n