Team,
I know you are in the middle of running your buildings and working on your staffing plans at the same time. It reminds me of having one foot in this year while starting to place the other in next year. Please take a look at your classified staffing plan. April has updated some information that will make you happy.
I look forward to seeing you on Monday, April 11 at 9:00 am in the board room. Here is our agenda:
Transfer process
Student Advisory Council
Advisory
Summer School Selection List
Please be on the look out for an email from Paul Dean around postings. Let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you~Juan
To Do
From Scott Bojanowski
It has been brought to our attention that some schools have their secure vestibule unsecured and propped open. We need to ensure that schools are meeting the expectation that their school entries are locked and that vestibules are being secured properly.
It is unacceptable to prop doors open or left unlocked for the sake of convenience. Safety must be a priority at all times. The district works hard to create a culture of safety and we appreciate your attention to this important detail.
From Level Leaders
We know you are all looking at your staffing plans and working hard to create configurations that work for your students and teachers. We understand this is a stressful task so please don’t hesitate to reach out and use me as a thought partner. I may not have the answers but sometimes it just helps to talk things through.
The Level Leaders (Katie, Skip, Tammy, and I) have a meeting with Paul today to discuss the transfer process so we are all following the same process.
After that meeting, we will ask you to send out the survey Ryan sent to you on Tuesday for your review. The purpose of the survey is to get input from teachers about their level of interest in transferring or staying put. Hopes for next year
Our intention is for teachers to be where they choose to be. We may not be able to meet this goal for every individual, but that is our plan. We want people to be where they want to be.
Reach out with questions.
LEAD Cohort in from Lora
The LEAD Cohort is part of our district’s key strategies to support staff in promoting dialogue on equity and anti-racism, so that teachers can facilitate positive and safe critical conversations in all classrooms. We cannot wait for bias incidents to occur to communicate our values of inclusion and equity: we must be proactive and intentional in ongoing work, and in normalizing conversations about tough stuff before incidents occur-or better yet, to prevent them happening at all.
Please ensure that teachers in your building clearly see your explicit support for their implementation of LEAD Cohort strategies. They will know you expect them to engage in this work when you…
- are familiar with the LEAD website strategies and resources yourself,
- share those resources with them directly,
- encourage peer sharing and engagement with district LEAD Cohort representatives,
- look for the strategies in practice during mini-observations, and
- reflect alongside your teachers and ask questions about LEAD strategies during debrief conversations.
The resources on the LEAD website are constantly changing and being updated. (Coming soon: more video examples of the lessons, and specific Ethnic Studies, Language, Health, and other standards identified throughout the links and descriptions.) Check it out here, and consider bookmarking and/or sharing via your own staff blogs.
Job Fair
Just a reminder that the job fair will be April 11 from 12:00 – 6:00 pm, with lunch provided for administrators. We will be meeting with candidates from 1:00 – 6:00 and are continuing the past practice of asking all administrators to be present to interview candidates for a two-and-a-half hour shift. Buildings with two or more administrators need to have at least one admin present at all times during the event.
This and That
From Dean Richards-Secondary Instruction Blog
Do you and your students get high anxiety this time of year due to end of the year summative assessments? If so, read on about ideas that can be used in your classroom to help reframe and reduce that anxiety.
Linda Adams, Mathematics TOSA, shares a personal story about how she helped her students excel when the pressure was high.
Supporting Students During High Stakes Testing
From Josh Mark
re: Home Bound Tutoring – Teachers, if you are interested in making a few extra dollars this spring, or long term we are in desperate need for Home Instructor/Tutors. If you have any interest or questions, please reach out to Josh Marks via email or phone for specific details. [email protected] or 541-355-1060.”
Calendar
- April 11th-Middle School Staffing/Placements/Transfers Principals only 9:00-10:30 pm Location; Board Room
- April 11-Central Oregon Job Fair 12:00-6:00 @Redmond Fair Grounds
- April 15th, 18th &19th -Juan out of office (available by phone or text-limited email)
- Aril 26th-Middle School Horizontal Meeting @La Pine MS@7:30-9:00 am
- May 9th-Preparing to Lead Equitable Schools– Principals only 3:30-5:00 location TBD
June 20th & June 21 Leadership Training AcademyThese dates are no longer on the books. The training will happen in August. The dates will be decided soon! So, there is no Leadership Training happening in June!
Fish On…
