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As you know, Area Change Request (ACR) <\/strong>forms are due on March 1. What you may not know is there is now (as of this week) an electronic application that parents can complete using Google form.<\/span> Here is the link <\/a>to the district website where parents can access the form, complete a fillable form (that needs to be turned in to the home school), and the new electronic form (no physical form needs to be turned in). This letter (Spanish<\/a> and English<\/a>) will be provided to all families (starting at 10:00 Friday morning) with a student(s) in grades 5 – 11 regarding this ACR process. I’ve added this topic to our Horizontal agenda for Tuesday morning to discuss details of processing these after March 1. _________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n If and when you have a positive case at your school then a letter of communicating this to your families is required<\/strong> (as you know). You may or may not have thought about the timing of this notification to you. Our experience, thus far, is that these notifications tend to not occur until after hours. Therefore, please have a plan ready, before you need one, in terms of who will be emailing this letter home to your families. Also, make sure you have access to these various letters so you can personalize them for your school before sending home. (The requirement is to send a letter home within 24 hours of being notified – but in most cases, you’ll want to send it much sooner than this.). _________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n The next round of vaccinations (for those that received the Moderna type) is the weekend of Feb. 20 & 21<\/strong>. This means that there may be some staff who have a reaction that does not allow them to come to work on Monday, Feb. 22. (This is also the first day that Redmond students will be returning to school.) As of now, we are planning on requesting and securing subs (from HDESD) now for that day. We hope to have at least 25 subs (in addition to our roaming subs). If you have a staff member who is not able to report to work that day, please follow the regular sub request process as we want to hold on to our roaming subs for late or emergency needs on this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n THIS and THAT:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Following is an important piece of information regarding “essential visitors” and Raptor<\/strong> sign-in: <\/p>\n\n\n\n While visitors and volunteers are still not allowed in schools and facilities, there may be some situations where essential visitors are allowed. If there are essential visitors entering our facilities, they will need to sign in on the Raptor system and wear a badge while in our schools (in accordance with district visitor\/volunteer policies).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Project HELP update<\/strong>:\u00a0 Mara Stephens will be leaving our district later this month.\u00a0 Sandy Schmidt, a longtime FAN Advocate, will be taking over for Mara.\u00a0 Please welcome her to this new role when you see her at your school.\u00a0 _________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n Following are two items from Paul. One is new info and the second is a follow-up from a discussion we had at Horizontal earlier this week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you remember way back to pre-COVID days, the classified rubric was updated last school year and you can find the new forms in this folder<\/a>. On Monday, Feb. 22, HR will be sending you a list of employees that you are slated to evaluate during the 2020-21 school year – along with instructions on how to complete them before May 1, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n School Safety Team<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n RSSL requires that schools Create a simple process that allows for named and anonymous sharing of concerns that can be reviewed on a daily and weekly basis by the designated RSSL building point-person. Example: Anonymous survey form or suggestion box where at least weekly submissions and resolutions are shared in some format.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Each school’s safety team is required to identify either a digital or physical method for staff to submit COVID related concerns. The safety team will publicize the method for submissions and communicate the team\u2019s problem-solving resolutions to the staff at least on a weekly basis. _________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n You may not have been asking for this yet, but here it is! Next year’s district calendar<\/strong> will soon be loaded on our website – or you can find it here<\/a> if you want a sneak peek. (I sure hope it will look and feel like a more traditional year.). _________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n The following article came out of a recent Marshall Memo. The title caught my attention. Then the opening paragraph hooked me – I wanted to know more. What I walk away with is a reminder of how often I (we) can think I am doing a good job at something… until a courageous person who believes I can do better calls me out. Some people, like this teacher, will self-reflect and make a change. However, many won’t (and maybe even think they did.) This is where you come in. Here are some ideas of observation look fors and questions you could ask<\/a> (or I could ask of you) to gain a better perspective of how we are “really” doing (in serving ELL students, for example).<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this Edutopia<\/em> article, veteran middle-school teacher Jay Wamsted says he was \u201cstung\u201d when his African-American principal said there were problems with the ways he engaged with black boys in his classes. Wamsted decided to monitor how he, as a white educator, interacted with students of color in five specific areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n After a month jotting notes, Wamsted concluded that the principal was absolutely right: there was unmistakable bias against certain students and favoritism toward others. The data \u201cgave me something to work on,\u201d he says, \u201ca plan to make, and an action item to fix. I know it\u2019s only scratching the surface of the work, but it gave me a place to begin. I don\u2019t doubt that it will do the same for you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA Simple Way to Self-Monitor for Bias\u201d<\/a> by Jay Wamsted in Edutopia<\/em>, January 22, 2021. _________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n REMINDERS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Horizontal<\/strong> meets next Tuesday at 8:00am. _________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n You no doubt already know that our next Leadership Equity PD is on the afternoon of Feb. 17<\/strong> at PCMS starting at 3:30. One of our focus points is to review and discuss your equity goals (that you documented prior to the holidays). You may want to take a look at this spreadsheet <\/a>to make sure: 1) you wrote down your three goals, 2) make sure you have responded to someone else’s goals, and 3) see if you want to modify any of your goals. We will likely be asking that you share and dig deeper into your stretch goal when we meet on the 17th. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TO DO: As you know, Area Change Request (ACR) forms are due on March 1. What you may not know is there is now (as of this week) an electronic application that parents can complete using Google form. Here is … Continue reading
We have added a contact tracing capability to Raptor for those essential visitors signing in. They will answer the required contact tracing questions through Raptor and will not need to fill out the QR or paper logs for contact tracing when signing in through Raptor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The IT techs are working this week on getting all the Raptor kiosks updated with the new contact tracing function at each of our schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please continue to advocate for remote meetings with visitors through telephone or video conferencing. Building administrators have the discretion to determine if a visitor is essential and can meet in person at the school, ensuring all RSSL safety protocols are being followed.\u00a0
Examples of essential visitors – DHS worker conducting an investigation, fire marshal or law enforcement on official business, student’s medical service dog conducting mandatory training, etc. _________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\nClassified Evaluations<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
A Teacher Monitors Unconscious Bias<\/h1>\n\n\n\n