Have a great weekend!!~Juan
To Do
A reminder from Lora
we are rescheduling our final session of preparing to lead equitable schools to Monday, 5/16, from 3:30-5:00 in the boardroom. This may cause conflicts for some of you. Just let your level leader know if you will be unable to attend. Otherwise, we’ll see the rest of you on the 16th! Chapters 7-10 are the assigned chapters for this meeting.
IPads and Summer:
The End-of-Year iPad Checklist has been added to the BLS Summer iPad Plan. Ideally a staff member at each school will be given time to walk students through these end-of-year steps to clean up storage and update the iOS. As always, reach out to instructional technology or your school’s site tech with any questions. Please note, all students doing summer school need to keep their iPads this summer and will not turn them in.
This and That
From Lora – New ACR process update:
Historically, building principals have had the right to revoke Area Change Requests (ACR’s) if they had concerns about students’ grades, behavior, and/or attendance. In reviewing our ACR policies and practices, our district leadership determined this practice is at best open to inconsistent application and at worst subject to bias. Whether students come to our schools as neighborhood residents, ACR recipients, or inter-district transfer students, they should be considered part of our student population and be treated equitably. Therefore, the district has decided to discontinue the practice of revoking (taking back after being approved) ACR’s.
From Kinsey: District Equity Stance:
Now that each horizontal group has had time to discuss the first draft of the district Equity Stance, we’d love to capture any additional feedback you’re willing to offer! Draft here, and feedback tool here.
More from Kinsey District pronoun pins:
We now have Bend-La Pine Schools’ pronoun pins for your lanyards! See this image. These are entirely optional, for folks who want to demonstrate allyship with the LGBTQIA+ community and who feel prepared to model responding to ‘why pronouns‘ if asked about their pin (don’t forget you can link that webpage in your email signature if you’re interested, too). If you want one, connect with your building’s LEAD Cohort rep or GSA advisor. We don’t have enough for our entire district workforce yet, so we’re starting with key leaders, to launch support and dialogue.
Kinsey is popular: CFEE Workshop:
Coaching for Educational Equity is a truly impactful and intensive experience that will definitely change your perspective on education in Oregon. It’s two-day version, “Taking It Up,” is wonderful, but the full four-day version is a pretty unique experience. To date, many of our administrators, and some teacher-leaders, have attended CFEE. We would love to see everyone attend.
We have two more opportunities coming up this summer–8:00am-3:30pm, virtual format, costs covered by district, 4 spots left for each of the following sessions: June 27-30, or July 19-22. First come first served–please reply to me ASAP if you’re interested in one of those dates!
From Patrick in IT:
Below is the timeline of tasks that will be completed over the summer. The tasks affect Synergy and our third party systems such as Clever and Canvas. Additionally, the timeline describes when student class assignments will be exposed and shared on ParentVue, StudentVue, Canvas and with Clever apps. Now that we have additional services such as Canvas and the applications through Clever, along with providing opportunities to students over the summer, the need to expose student class schedules has shifted to earlier dates.
| Date | Task description |
| July 8, 2022 | Last day of setting the Next Year School field in Synergy.This includes Bend – La Pine Schools Online summer school extension. |
| July 10 – 15,2022(Sun – Fri) | Services turned off:Synergy (core) for all usersSynergy ParentVue and StudentVueSynergy Online EnrollmentSynergy: New year rollover final tasks, patches, new release loaded.· All Synergy user accounts are disabled. |
| July 10, 2022 through August 22, 2022 | Services turned off:Synergy TeacherVue/Grade BookSynergy Teacher login accountsData ServicesStudent data shared with these services is ‘frozen’ (not refreshed) with 2021-22 data.Clever (provides data to DreamBox, PEAK/FuelEd, Lexia, etc)Canvas |
| July 18, 2022 | Synergy: Synergy will be set to the new year, 2022-23.Synergy core user accounts will be enabledServices turned on:Synergy (core)Online Enrollment*ParentVue and *StudentVue*The following menus/views in PVUE and SVUE remain OFF as they display class schedules:AttendanceGrade Book and GradeSchedule including homeroom assignment information |
| August 1 – 19, 2022 | Summer SchoolServices turned on:Synergy summer school staff accounts (limited users) |
| August 22, 2022 | High schools and middle schools: Master scheduling tasks completeElementary schools: Class assignments complete |
| August 22, 2022 | ALL SCHOOLSServices turned on:Synergy teacher login accountsClass schedules are visible in Synergy TeachervueParentVue and StudentVue: Attendance, Schedule, Grade Book and Grade views. This includes turning on class schedules for all schools, including elementary schools.Data ServicesStudent data shared with these services is turned on and the data will reflect 2022-23 data. The data provided to these services will include class schedules.Clever (provides data to DreamBox, PEAK/FuelEd, Lexia, etc)Canvas |
Much of these dates are similar to last year, however, I did add in the summer school window. Also, we are planning to have students be able to access Clever and Canvas year round, unless there is guidance that contradicts that thinking. If you have questions or concerns about this information, please contact Patrick
Reminder
A Reminder from Lora re: Personal Days
According to our collective bargaining agreement, certified staff may NOT take personal leave the last two weeks of school (June 6-17), unless there are “unusual or highly extenuating circumstances.” If you have a certified staff member request personal leave during that time, PLEASE MAKE SURE to forward the request to HR. We want to be consistent about what is approved. Additionally, remember the limit for personal days is 5% of your teaching staff. For most of you this is 2 teachers.
From HR regarding ICCL hiring
Don’t forget to read Candy’s email from yesterday re: ICCL hiring. The goal is to have the ICCL hiring completed by June 30, 2022. HR understands this is a very busy season for all of you. If you are not able to complete your ICCL hires by June 30, 2022, please just communicate that with Candy and let her know what your plan is and your estimated timeline. The stipend for the ICCL’s begins in September.
From last week’s blog post:
It is that time of year for evaluations. Please go into your TalentEd and complete your self-evaluation by Sunday (Midnight) May 15. Soon thereafter I will have April Jorgenson reach out to you to calendar an appointment with you. After May 15th we can keep our regular scheduled meeting to complete your evaluation. If that time or date doesn’t work for you, we can schedule another date and time. Let me know if you have any questions.
Calendar
May 15th-Complete Self-Evaluation by Midnight
May 16th-Preparing to Lead Equitable Schools-3:30pm-5:00 pm in the Board Room
May 16th-Middle School Principals Meeting-@7:30am-9:00am at Cascade Middle School
May 19-Principal Only Breakfast at Original Pancake House on the West Side 7:30am-9:00am
June 2-Principal Only Breakfast at Original Pancake House on the West Side 7:30am-9:00am
June 17th-Last day of school with students
August 10th & August 11th Leadership Training Academy Sessions 1 & 2
Fish On…
I want to thank Chad Lowe for sharing this music video. I totally feel this way about this year!!