Team,
Have a great weekend!
Below are updated pages on the blog. Enjoy the bear viewing!
Here are the latest links of information:
- Fun
- SLGG Guidance (They are coming soon!)
- School Board Goals & District Policies
- Safety
- Standard Response Protocol
- Certified Professional Growth and Performance Manual
- Middle School Running Minutes 2022-2023
- Meeting Agendas
- Instruction
~Juan
To Do
Parent Communication on Digital Citizenship
(Admin – please include the following message in your next family newsletter/communication. Thank you!)
October is Digital Citizenship Month. Bend La Pine Schools uses Common Sense Education to guide students through grade appropriate lessons on safe and effective use of digital tools and platforms. If you’d like to work with your student on digital citizenship at home, these Teen Voices videos, Social Media Test Drive, and Parent’s Ultimate Guides are all excellent resources.
From Dave
By Friday 10/21 schools need to determine their primary contact and coordinator for YouthTruth surveys in January. Please enter the coordinator’s information in columns AF-AI in the spreadsheet linked here, or email their name to Dave VanLoo. Last year’s coordinator, if submitted to YouthTruth, is already populated in the file. If the coordinator cells are blank, the principal will be the survey coordinator for YouthTruth.
From Alandra
Principals, in your next communication to families, please be sure to share the attached flyer that provides an overview of the bond (this is similar to the large poster you should have displayed in your lobby) and/or please copy and paste this bilingual information in text form into your next communication. (I know parent communication may take different forms – which is why you have both text and PDF/image options here.) We ask that this information be shared by October 19. If you have any questions or would like any additional information, please let me know.
Here are the flyers.
Overview District. Bilingual version of flyer below
From April Jorgenson
Due to the confidential nature of the child abuse reports, suicide risk screens and student threat assessments, these items need to be sent to me via BLSend instead of through traditional email. Hard copies may also be sent to me through inter-district mail. Please make sure to mark the envelope “confidential”.
There are also a variety of old child abuse reports circulating out there. The newest version of this reporting form is out on the staff portal but is also attached here. Please let me know if you have any questions.
This and That
A request from Scott McDonald in IT
Please use one of your dedicated 30 minute staffing times to give your staff time to complete their cyber security training. Soon they will receive an email with a link about this training. It is best for teachers to conduct the training on their own like they do with safe schools as there is a quiz at the end of it. The level leaders are in full support of Scott in this request because this training is very important to keeping our network and data secure. Here’s some proof of how important the training is. Please ensure your teachers complete this training before they leave for winter break
From HR
UKG Project Update
HR will no longer be sending UKG updates to All BLS Staff since school sites will be incorporating the weekly UKG communications/videos into regularly scheduled staff meetings. All of our communications will be coming to you via blogs and posted on the HR’s UKG website,
All BLS staff are encouraged to bookmark HR’s UKG website for project updates and for old videos/documents. This week’s video is about how the digital leave request processes will mirror our paper processes after December 5th.
Below is our updated training plan leading up to the December 5th Go-Live plan:
- October 21st: Digital leave request process for those positions that require substitutes: Enter through Frontline
- October 28th: Digital leave request process for those positions that DO NOT require substitutes: Enter through UKG
- November 4th: Conceptual understanding of electronic timesheet submissions
- November 10th: How to make a timesheet submission within UKG
Members of our UKG Implementation Team will be visiting sites that request it during the next 5 weeks by entering a date/time on this spreadsheet.
Please remember that what you view within the UKG portal is our testing environment and does not accurately reflect employee information.
From Michele Clements & Tori Withers
Thank you again for your time this morning (10/13/2022)! As you return to your buildings and consider your language arts team members best suited to this year’s needs, I thought a little more information about the Common District Assessment might be helpful.
For those teachers who choose to join the pilot team, we will provide them with a three-week curriculum module built into Canvas. The module is designed as a writing workshop. This does not mean that piloting teachers need to have already been workshop-trained, but they need to be “game,” as much of their training will happen via this curriculum they are delivering. Their pilot experience will be preceded by a one-day training and planning/ preparation event with the full grade-level pilot team.
The grade-level outcomes are as follows:
Grade 6: descriptive writing – 2.5 weeks of descriptive writing skill-building and fun practice exercises culminating in a three-day performance task writing blog posts
Grade 7: informative writing – 2.5 weeks of a variety of note-taking and summary work, anchored in Socratic discussions, culminating in a three-day performance task identifying the evidence worth considering in evaluating whether young teens should use smart phones.
Grade 8: argumentative writing – 2.5 weeks of utilizing summary and paraphrasing skills in all aspects of evidence use and presentation, culminating in a three-dat performance task composing a multi-source literary essay
Please let Torie and I know as other questions arise. We looking forward to working with this year’s teams!
Upshift
Upshift
Thank you for prioritizing the district-wide roll out of Upshift. Most schools have identified folks to deliver all of the roles of Upshift. There will be another training offered on Oct. 18th from 9:00am-11:30am at [location tbd]. If you or other staff at your school need to be trained, please contact [email protected].
There will be an optional virtual Upshift Networking/Troubleshooting call scheduled on Nov. 2nd at 3:00pm-4:00pm. This is an opportunity for you to ask questions, troubleshoot situations, and request support as it relates to Upshift.
The first couple of Upshift trainings this year instructed admin or Upshift Coordinators to upload the Upshift parent/guardian consent form into the forms/document tab in synergy. CORRECTION – We are not going to be uploading any documents into synergy for Upshift at the moment. Schools should keep all parent/guardian consent forms for Upshift in the student’s working file or disciplinary file. Any other other materials such as the screening tool and exercise handouts are not required to be kept but can stay with the student file as well.
From Stephen Duval
Thank you so much for taking the time to learn about our Life and Career Readiness initiative. As promised, here is the link to provide feedback on our LCR river graphic. Additionally, here is the slideshow from Thursday.
From Tami Pike
Reminder to administrators regarding AQI.
Please make sure all of your administrators are aware of the tools available to assess whether or not students can be outside/participate in outdoor activities. Additionally, the air quality can rapidly change and what may have been an acceptable AQI number at 8 could change to an unacceptable number at 9. This should be taken into consideration with field trips.
Download the Oregon Air app. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/oregonair/id1330462330
| OregonAir on the App StoreOregonAir The data displayed in this application was acquired from air quality monitoring stations operated by Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Lane Regional Air Protection Agency. The data displayed are the most current available. All readings are preliminary and subject to change du…apps.apple.com |
Another tool that can be used is the 5-3-1 Index.
Estimating visibility using the 5-3-1 Index
Determine the limit of your visual range by looking for distant targets or familiar landmarks such as mountains, mesas, hills, or buildings at known distances (miles). The visual range is that point at which these targets are no longer visible. As a general rule of thumb: if you can clearly see the outlines of individual trees on the horizon it is generally less than five miles away.
Ideally, the viewing of any distance targets should be made with the sun behind you. Looking into the sun or at an angle increases the ability of sunlight to reflect off of the smoke, and thus making the visibility estimate less reliable.
Once distance has been determined, follow this simple guide:
- If visibility is well over five miles, the air quality is generally good.
- Even if visibility is five miles away but generally hazy, air quality is moderate and beginning to deteriorate, and is generally healthy, except possibly for smoke sensitive persons. The general public should avoid prolonged exposure if conditions are smoky to the point where visibility is closer to the 5-mile range.
- If under five miles, the air quality is unhealthy for young children, adults over age 65, pregnant women, and people with heart and/or lung disease, asthma or other respiratory illness. These people should minimize outdoor activity.
- If under three miles, the air quality is unhealthy for everyone. Young children, adults over age 65, pregnant women, and people with heart and/or lung disease, asthma or other respiratory illness. These people should minimize outdoor activity.
- If under one mile, the air quality is unhealthy for everyone. Everyone should avoid all outdoor activities.
Using the 5-3-1 Visibility Index
| Distance you can see* | You are: | OR | You have | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An adultA teenagerAn older child | Age 65 and overPregnantA young child | AsthmaRespiratory illnessLung or heart disease | ||
| 5 miles | check visibility | minimize outdoor activity | minimize outdoor activity | |
| 3 miles | minimize outdoor activity | stay inside | stay inside | |
| 1 mile | stay inside | stay inside | stay inside |
From Scott B.
Just a reminder that when conducting your fire drills, please contact the Central Station center to let them know you are conducting a fire drill. We had a recent incident where a school forgot to call Central Station and the fire department rolled out when the alarm went off for the fire drill, assuming it was a real-world call and not a drill. Please let me know if you have any questions about how to contact Central Station, or any questions other questions about your emergency drills.
2022-23 Safety Training & Drills. 2022-2023 Alarm Codes
Calendar
October 13: Middle School Work Session 7:30-9:00 @High Desert Middle School
October 14: Middle School Assistant Principals Breakfast at 7:00-8:30 @Jackson’s Corner (West Side)
October 18: Middle School Principal Breakfast (optional) 7:30-9:00 @Original Pancake House 1025 SW Donovan, Ave (West Side)
October 20 & 21: Juan out of office. If you need admin assistance please call Dean Richards, or Katie Legace, or Stephen Duval. I will be available by phone or text. I will have limited email.
October 24: Assistant Principal Professional Development 7:30-8:30 @Ed Center Boardroom
October 27: Middle School Work Session 7:30-9:00 @La Pine Middle School
October 31: Halloween
November 1: Middle School Principal Breakfast (optional) 7:30-9:00 @Original Pancake House 1025 SW Donovan, Ave (West Side)
November 2: Center for Educational Leadership Embedded Sessions 8:00-2:30 @La Pine Middle
November 10: Middle School Work Session 7:30-9:00 @Pacific Crest Middle School
November 15: Middle School Principal Breakfast (optional) 7:30-9:00 @Original Pancake House 1025 SW Donovan, Ave (West Side)
Fish On…
