Team,
I hope you have a wonderful weekend! Ensure to hydrate!!
~Juan
To Do
From Kinsey Martin
June DEI lessons:
Here is a lesson on Juneteenth and a lesson for Pride Month. Just as we expect teachers to teach about topics like Hispanic Heritage Month, Lunar New Year, or the American Revolution, we similarly ask teachers to include the history and heritage related to these two topics in June (which are directly represented in state learning standards within Ethnic Studies and Health, and in line with our school board priorities for representation and belonging within curriculum and instruction).
Please share these with your teachers asap, participate in some classrooms during these conversations, and/or reach out to a LEAD/Equity Coach or to Kinsey if you’d like partnership!
From Michele Clements (Please read)
It has been an exciting year in language arts! We are so pleased to have accomplished the things we committed to you, and to your teachers. In the fall, each grade level will have its own Common District Assessment unit loaded into Canvas, accessible for download. The expectation will be that every teacher will make 3-4 weeks of room in their curriculum to guide students through this writing practice/outcome.
Each grade-level unit will have been developed by district teachers, taught by teachers at all most every site, and then carefully revised based on the collection of those experiences and critiques. The primary goal of these units: to grow every student’s writing skill. To this end: teachers:
- will be able to choose when in the year they wish to teach the unit,
- will have the freedom to add mentor texts as desired,
- will be able to alter specific lesson objectives in the event they believe their students need more of one thing or less of another
- will culminate their instruction in a three-day performance task
The CDA (Common District Assessment) is written as a workshop unit, which may prove professionally challenging to some, but we provided professional development on the workshop model during Educator Network Days this year, and we will continue to grow this pedagogical capacity throughout next year. We will also be able to offer some in-building support if members of your team are interested in engaging in a CDA/workshop studio, continuing training opportunities, as well as the opportunity to participate in a calibration scoring in the early summer of 2024.
Also, to support this new expectation, a team met throughout this year to come to alignment agreements identifying grade-level writing scope. Not only has this work been discussed by all middle school teachers who attended the April Educator Network Day, it is also work that forms the foundational goals of each CDA as well as each grade’s priority standards.
I will be at your administrator meeting on Thursday to address the above and answer your questions.
Please read: From Lora: (From last week’s Blog-5.26.2023)
This week we heard broad support from the legislature for an increase in state school funding, from 9.9 billion to 10.2 billion. With this positive news (NOTHING is final), we can approve schools moving ahead with staffing at their original allocation levels. This means that with your level leader’s approval, you may hire for all open positions. Level leaders are holding a few spots for staff who may need to be placed, etc. so there are a few positions we will not hire for at this time.
Prepare your CEL work for June! (From last week’s Blog-5.26.2023)
Here is your bridge to practice to have done before our June 22 work. NOTE: you need to talk to some teachers, so don’t wait until they are all gone! Also, your canvas (google slides that have been made for you) should be in at least a draft form for your presentations that day. You will need to share those slides which can be done by printing them or showing them on your computer. We will be at Perseverance Hall from 8:00-2:00. (original time was 9-3, but got changed). Let us know if you have any questions.
This and That
From Julianne Repman
Please review this doc for guidance on the Air Quality Index
CPR/First Aid Updates From Stephanie Bent
With summer break quickly approaching I just wanted to give an update on First Aid / CPR certification. If you would like to renew your First Aid / CPR (or take it for the first time) before school starts again in the fall, PLEASE SIGN UP THRU PERFORMANCE MATTERS BEFORE JUNE 13, 2023
HANDS ON SKILL CLASSES (20 min class) will be offered at the end of August. THERE WILL BE NO HANDS ON SKILLS CLASSES DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. They will resume again in October.
From Lora Nordquist
If your site is not meeting state ratios for CPR/First Aid, BEA members may be paid the curriculum rate and OSEA members will be paid their hourly rate to take the training. Sites can cover their time away from their worksite with subs.
From Tami Pike
Please remind your office managers/secretaries to check the orange first aid bag for supply expiration. Schools need to reorder supplies to replace those expired items in their bags and to be prepared for the return to classes in the fall. Items may include: Burn shield dressing gel, burn gel packs, instant hand sanitizer packets, first aid and burn cream packets, and eye wash.
Calendar
June 8: Middle School Admin Work Session 3:00-4:30 pm @HDMS
June 16: Last Day of School
June 19: Juneteenth Holiday. School offices Closed – be sure to communicate this with families.
June 21: BLAST end of the year lunch and celebration 11:30 @ Ed Center
June 21: Summer Solstice @7:57 AM Enjoy!!
June 22: Last day with CEL–Leading Equitable Schools 8-2 @ Perseverance Hall, Bend High
Fish On…
