{"id":767,"date":"2017-12-08T16:37:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T16:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/?p=767"},"modified":"2017-12-08T16:37:43","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T16:37:43","slug":"12-8-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/2017\/12\/08\/12-8-17\/","title":{"rendered":"12.8.17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TO DO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you, or someone else in your building (e.g. counselor, school psych) has not attended a <strong>STATS training<\/strong> (the new Student Threat Assessment process), there will be one more opportunity to do so this year.\u00a0 It will occur on Jan. 31, from 1:00 &#8211; 4:00 at the HDESD.\u00a0 Please have anyone attending email Misty Groom so she will have a head count for materials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>THIS AND THAT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I remember Steve Kerr as a NBA player, before he was a championship coach.\u00a0 The thing I remember about Kerr (the player), besides his ability to knock down wide open long-range jumpers, was his constant movement on the floor.\u00a0 Steve was not blessed with great quickness, so when on offense he would run around the floor &#8211; between and off of screens from his teammates to get open and his shot off.\u00a0 There was a well designed plan for what Steve was going to accomplish well in advance of actually getting the opportunity to demonstrate what he was good at. To me, student feedback is similar to this. (Stick with me, as I attempt to connect these dots.) If a teacher only provides a score\/ grade on an assignment, then moves on to the next thing he\/she must teach, I would argue that student learning was not optimized.\u00a0 [Sure, Kerr the player beat his defender off of the dribble a few times, but there were no plays set up for him to go 0ne-on-one because everyone knew that was not his strength.] However, if a teacher spends time planning not only on the lesson that will be delivered, but also the tasks students will be asked to complete, as well as the type of timely feedback each will receive, student learning becomes more tailored to the student, maximizing growth potential. Dylan Wiliam is an expert on how to design <strong>quality student feedback<\/strong>. His article, <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/a\/gapps.bend.k12.or.us\/file\/d\/0BwH82Aoi_UKTbmZYWHVmRUlpVHM\/view?usp=sharing\">The Secret of Effective Feedback<\/a>, highlights his thinking while also providing some very practical examples of how to strengthen the quality of student work.<\/li>\n<li>As you likely are aware, each of our elementary schools are now implementing the <strong>Raptor system for parent\/community check-in<\/strong> at the front office.\u00a0 A couple of our middle schools have also implemented.\u00a0 If any of you would also like to begin using Raptor after the start of January please let Julianne know &#8211; this is an option.\u00a0 Otherwise, be aware that the plan is to have all secondary schools implement and use Raptor in the fall of 2018.<\/li>\n<li>Here is an update relating to long-term subs and overtime pay&#8230;\u00a0 In an email I received this week from Paul Andrews at the HDESD and a BOLI representative, it has been determined that, by statute, <strong>long-term substitute teachers are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">not<\/span> eligible for overtime<\/strong>. (This is great news!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>REMINDERS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As I mentioned last week, <strong>I will be in Salem on Monday and Tuesday<\/strong> for an AdvancEd board meeting.\u00a0 If you need to reach me, please send a text and I will call you as soon I have a break to do so.<\/li>\n<li>In order to <strong>stay on track with your required certified observations<\/strong> this year, you should have completed two before you leave for the winter break.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t forget that your follow-up conversation needs to happen within 72 hours after your mini and not all need to be direct observation of instruction and that you need to log your observations in TalentEd.<\/li>\n<li>One last reminder (I promise) to complete the 4-question (and one short response if you&#8217;d like) <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdv-ENvkN3NGT5CfVIyiRyXeiQfBmNbI3hjAfU9fB5PeyOIFQ\/viewform?usp=sf_link\">survey regarding your Round 1 Site Visits<\/a> and process we used to set those up.\u00a0 The feedback thus far has been insightful and will be used as we prepare for our next round. [Thank you to all that have already completed the survey!]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TO DO: If you, or someone else in your building (e.g. counselor, school psych) has not attended a STATS training (the new Student Threat Assessment process), there will be one more opportunity to do so this year.\u00a0 It will occur &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/2017\/12\/08\/12-8-17\/\">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-767","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\/767","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=767"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":937,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767\/revisions\/937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}