{"id":450,"date":"2017-03-17T20:33:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T20:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/?p=450"},"modified":"2017-03-17T20:33:59","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T20:33:59","slug":"3-17-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/2017\/03\/17\/3-17-17\/","title":{"rendered":"3.17.17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>To Do:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consider attending an information event at PCMS on Monday evening from 6:00 &#8211; 7:00pm. It is being called <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/a\/gapps.bend.k12.or.us\/file\/d\/0BwH82Aoi_UKTZ3JST2NoM1BuOG8\/view?usp=sharing\">The Learning Brain<\/a> and the presenter will be none other than Dr. Lara Boyd, Chris&#8217; sister! Come\u00a0learn more about &#8220;The science that keeps the brain healthy, reduces anxiety and helps learning&#8221; (excerpt taken from the brochure). I&#8217;ve watched Dr. Boyd speak\u00a0on a Ted Talk video and can guarantee that those in attendance Monday will leave with new learning\/understanding of how our brain works.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>This and That:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An article that was recently passed along to me (thank you Brian U!) definitely made me pause and think. This is an article about poverty. \u00a0One of the four district priorities (along with math, ELL and graduation rates). \u00a0Much has been said and written about poverty and how educators can help compensate\/support students who come from a low SES background. Rutger Bregman, author of: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2017\/mar\/06\/utopian-thinking-poverty-universal-basic-income?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1\">Utopian thinking: the easy way to eradicate poverty<\/a>, presents a case &#8211; a self-described &#8220;easy way&#8221; &#8211; for ending poverty that I have not heard of before. And notice that the idea is to <em>end poverty<\/em>, not to support kids within their life of poverty. \u00a0&#8220;Easy&#8221; huh&#8230; read and see what you think! [The questions I would ask you to consider, as school leaders, is a slightly different iteration of the author&#8217;s plan: How can you accomplish this &#8220;easy fix&#8221; within your school walls? \u00a0Is it possible? \u00a0What might be a first step? Could this step help not only students in poverty, but other underserved\/under-achieving students at your school as well?]<\/li>\n<li>I will be in Portland all day next Thursday. \u00a0I will have my cell phone so feel free to call or text me if you need anything. \u00a0I will also have my computer for email access, but checking of email may be more sporadic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reminders:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We have a Horizontal meeting scheduled for Monday at 3:15. \u00a0We&#8217;ll be meeting at CMS. \u00a0Two things to note about this meeting: Sean will be presenting on K-12 Behavior Support and we&#8217;ll be done by 4:15 (instead of 4:45) due to another meeting a few of us need to attend.<\/li>\n<li>There is some confusion, no doubt, around MS leadership teams that are supposed to schedule meetings together. \u00a0There are two such groups &#8211; which lead to the confusion. \u00a0I&#8217;ll try and clearly outline\u00a0these two and functions of each:\n<ul>\n<li>SDP Groups: Principals and APs are not together. One more round of school visits should be scheduled this year. [The next &#8220;reminder&#8221; bullet will outline\/review what this visit should center around.] There is no April Leadership meeting in order to help off-set the need to meet with your SDP group. The groups are: Roger, Steve, Wendy&#8230; Robi, Brian U., Steph&#8230; Chris, Stephen, Teri, Hayley&#8230; Lisa, Brian C., Scott<\/li>\n<li>MS PD Groups: Principals and APs are together. These groups were formed to meet and discuss issues or PD ideas. Most groups started with brainstorming\/discussing &#8220;progress monitoring&#8221; ideas. These groups are: Robi, Roger, Brian C., Wendy, Colleen&#8230; Chris, Lisa, Steve, Teri&#8230; Scott, Brian U., Steph, Stephen, Hayley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The focus of\u00a0our Feb. 6 Leadership meeting was School Design and <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/a\/gapps.bend.k12.or.us\/file\/d\/0BwH82Aoi_UKTNHYyUUs2MGFGdWs\/view?usp=sharing\">priorities for the second round of school visits<\/a>. \u00a0Some of you may have already scheduled and\/or conducted your second round visits, but if not, the following\u00a0is a reminder of what the discussion and visit at each site should center around. In summary, here is what we&#8217;ve asked you all to do:\n<ol>\n<li>During each of your school visits we&#8217;re asking that you discuss a &#8220;design ascent&#8221; (a success &#8211; or two) and &#8220;design hurdle&#8221; (what is keeping the work from moving forward &#8211; and what steps\/actions might take place for a step to be taken?).<\/li>\n<li>For the &#8220;design evidence,&#8221; you are to send Alandra a photo, with a one or two sentence description, that captures one of your design successes this year. (This can be done during your host visit &#8211; with input from your team &#8211; or can be done at any other time.) This is due to Alandra by May 26.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, the <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/a\/gapps.bend.k12.or.us\/file\/d\/0BwH82Aoi_UKTNHYyUUs2MGFGdWs\/view?usp=sharing\">Site Visit #2 handout<\/a>\u00a0also includes some process questions at the bottom of the page.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To Do: Consider attending an information event at PCMS on Monday evening from 6:00 &#8211; 7:00pm. It is being called The Learning Brain and the presenter will be none other than Dr. Lara Boyd, Chris&#8217; sister! 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