{"id":275,"date":"2016-09-02T22:46:41","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T22:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/?p=275"},"modified":"2016-09-02T22:46:41","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T22:46:41","slug":"9-2-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/2016\/09\/02\/9-2-16\/","title":{"rendered":"9.2.16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This and That:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As promised in my last blog posting, I want to provide you with an update on some duties you will have need for this year that have been reassigned here at the Ed Center:\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>Stephanie Bent<\/em><\/span>: In addition to what you have come to expect from Stephanie, she has also added <strong>TAG<\/strong> and <strong>First Aid\/CPR<\/strong> responsibilities. \u00a0If you have a question about either of these two items please feel free to contact her.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>Heather Cornett<\/em><\/span>: Heather is the new Office Manager for STRIVE (formerly working at Summit and BLPSO) and will be taking on all <strong>discipline issues<\/strong>, including scheduling <strong>expulsion hearings<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0(Sal will oversee K-12 discipline this year but if you have a question you may call me first and I can check with Sal if I don&#8217;t have a ready answer.)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>Jody McBride<\/em><\/span>: (The new Chris Huff) Will be in charge of <strong>translation<\/strong> and <strong>interpreter<\/strong> needs, <strong>risk screens<\/strong> (send her your paperwork), <strong>safe school assessments<\/strong>, collect monthly <strong>leave records<\/strong> from principals, receive any <strong>child abuse report forms<\/strong>, and update\u00a0<strong>confidential pocket directory<\/strong> (admin cell numbers).<\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Charissa Gilmer<\/span><\/em>: In addition to checking ID upon entrance to the building, Charissa will also\u00a0<strong>reserve a room at the Ed Center<\/strong> if you have need for one.<\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Marsha Baro<\/span><\/em>: Marsha will continue to be the <strong>District insurance<\/strong>, <strong>incident report<\/strong>,\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>emergency drill\u00a0<\/strong>liaison, so continue to send questions or paperwork related to these topics her way. \u00a0The biggest change in her role this year comes\u00a0as the District&#8217;s <strong>risk assessment and management<\/strong>\u00a0specialist &#8211; meaning she will work side-by-side with you\u00a0to proactively\u00a0reduce or eliminate risks\u00a0(and\u00a0visit schools)\u00a0to\u00a0help\u00a0creating a safe learning environment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>A very early heads-up that there will be a crunch at conference times this year for interpreters. \u00a0In October all elementary and middle schools (except LPMS) will likely be conferencing on the 26th and 27th, with a likely interpreter need during the evenings on these dates. \u00a0The April conferences will be even a bit more tricky as Crook County schools will also be conferencing on the same dates as our elementary and middle schools (and we use the same pool of interpreters). \u00a0Our middle schools were thoughtful in making some adjustments at last spring&#8217;s\u00a0conferences in terms of the structure and timing of when interpreters were requested &#8211; which really made a positive difference in\u00a0interpreter availability, and hopefully still provided the support your parents needed. \u00a0Thank you in advance for thinking creatively on how you might structure this year&#8217;s conferences to again best provide interpreters when needed.<\/li>\n<li>And speaking of interpreters, here is a general rule of thumb when requesting translation services (through Jody): <em><strong>Interpreters<\/strong> should be requested 2\u00a0weeks in advance<\/em>. \u00a0<em><strong>Translation<\/strong> services<\/em> (e.g. newsletters) should be requested <em>3-5 days in advance and the document should be sent in it&#8217;s original format (no PDF please).<\/em><\/li>\n<li>You may have also recently received <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/a\/gapps.bend.k12.or.us\/file\/d\/0BwH82Aoi_UKTNmF6X28zcW8yMXc\/view?usp=sharing\">Phagan&#8217;s Hair Cut Passes<\/a>\u00a0in an email, but if not, feel free to print and hand out these free coupons to any students that may need one.<\/li>\n<li>MindUP is a Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum\u00a0that all of our middle schools will be provided materials\u00a0and training for this year through a generous partnership with Deschutes County Health Services. \u00a0Last year a few buildings in\u00a0our district, including LPMS and PCMS, piloted this curriculum in their schools. \u00a0At our September 12 Leadership meeting you will be provided with curriculum for your teachers (if you haven&#8217;t already received it) and a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">3.5 hour<\/span> training will take place at the Ed. Center on Sept. 22 for one person on your staff. \u00a0Please read through this <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/a\/gapps.bend.k12.or.us\/file\/d\/0BwH82Aoi_UKTb1VCeFNHRE5xS0U\/view?usp=sharing\">MindUP document<\/a>\u00a0for an overview of the program and to help you decide, if you are interested,\u00a0whom from your staff should attend this training. A couple of highlights from the linked document include the fact that the County is going to pay for the\u00a0half-day sub (have our office manager\u00a0&#8220;bill Deschutes County&#8221;) if you send someone to the training, and the training will likely last 3.5 hours, not the 3 hours noted in the overview sheet.<\/li>\n<li>If you haven&#8217;t heard, we will be going to a standard district photo ID badge this year. \u00a0When your staff members have their picture taken by Life Touch, on student picture day in your building, a district badge will also be created for her\/him at that time. \u00a0Please have all of your staff wear these badges. \u00a0However, a different lanyard or clip can be worn with the badge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reminders:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Last May (TRIBE, 5.27.16 edition) I notified you of Dean Richard&#8217;s availability to work with your school to support your efforts around EBISS. \u00a0The expectation was for each school to contact Dean (email or call @ ext. 1078) and set up a time to have him come to you and discuss your current state of EBISS affairs. \u00a0The bonus opportunity &#8211; although not required &#8211; is to also have Dean observe a live EBISS meeting at your site (wether this is all staff, grade level or other configuration). \u00a0 The timeline is for Dean to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">complete these site visits by Thanksgiving<\/span>. \u00a0With the limited hours we have Dean as a consultant, he will then work with a few schools (who have both a desire and a need for his support)\u00a0during the rest of this year. \u00a0Let me know if you have any questions regarding this.<\/li>\n<li>As I have emailed you already (late last week), all middle schools will have\u00a0Synervoice attendance calls go out beginning at 10:30am this year. \u00a0What this means is that any unexcused absences in Synergy at 10:00am any day of the week will generate an automatic call to that child&#8217;s parent\/guardian notifying of their child&#8217;s absence that day. \u00a0Obviously, it will be important for your attendance secretary to have accurate attendance entered (which your teachers also plan an important role in) by this 10:00am timeframe. \u00a0Additionally, it\u00a0also means any unexcused absence that initially occurs after 10:00am (student was present in the morning, but not in the afternoon) will not be reported via automatic phone call &#8211; but will rely on your staff to catch and report to you or manually call about.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This and That: As promised in my last blog posting, I want to provide you with an update on some duties you will have need for this year that have been reassigned here at the Ed Center: Stephanie Bent: In &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/2016\/09\/02\/9-2-16\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3852],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-middle-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/281"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":305,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions\/305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}