Team,
Take some time to unplug and reenergize your batteries this weekend. Remember, the work we do is a marathon and not a sprint.
Here are the latest updated 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
From Tami Pike
Please inform your staff the importance of letting their school nurse know at least 2 weeks in advance of a scheduled field trip. This is for student safety. This time allows for the school nurse to assess and prepare for the medical needs of the students attending the trip, and train staff who may need to administer medication. If the nurse is given short notice they end up scrambling to gather the needed student medical information as well as train a staff person to safely administer medication. This practice is not safe for students or staff. To avoid unnecessary field trip delays or cancellations, please develop a practice that will help ensure that school nurses are notified (at least 2 weeks in advance) of a scheduled field trip.
Oregon School Law Conference
Take a look at the flyer. If your schedule allows and you believe this is a worthy conference to consider, you might want to attend. Let me know if you want to go.
This and That
UKG Project Update
UKG Weekly Training: This week’s training How To Submit a Leave Request in UKG.mp4 (3 minutes) is ready for viewing with your staff at an upcoming meeting. Please remind them that:
- All current and past UKG materials may be found in the Staff Portal>Human Resources>UKG or via this link
- Leave accruals within UKG are NOT accurate as we are still in the UKG testing platform
- Employees should enter a BLS Help Desk Ticket if they encounters a problem logging in
Upcoming trainings will be:
- Timekeeper/Admin approval/deny/change of employee leave requests (November 4th)
- Staff member submission of extra time worked (November 11)
- Staff member submission of monthly leave/time sheets (November 11)
- Timekeeper/Admin approval/denial/change to monthly leave/time sheets (November 18)
From Stephen Duval
November 18th is College and Career Day in Bend-La Pine Schools. This year we are looking to draw attention to the multitude of pathways available to students after they graduate high school. Here are a few things you could do at your site to make the day a success.
- Dress as a professional
- Encourage students and staff to dress up as someone from a career they are interested in. Remember there are a lot of great careers out there!
- Wear college colors
- Encourage students to wear the colors of a favorite college. Remember, college can mean community college, trade school, 4-year university, etc. Be careful with wording here as college brand clothing can be expensive and prevent students from feeling like they can participate. Colors are more inclusionary. As much as we know about the Ducks and Beavers, let’s expand our students’ awareness to what’s out there.
- Consider incorporating videos or lessons bringing awareness to careers and colleges.
- Here is a great resource from the State of Oregon on Career Journeys. There are videos, lesson plans and other activities.
- Here is a great resource full of college videos. Students could scroll through and watch short videos on all kinds of colleges.
- Consider inviting parents from the community in to talk about their careers.
- This could be done in a variety of ways from assemblies, to advisory, to lunch. You could also ask parents to submit a short video of them talking about their jobs and stitch them together for students. Remember our visitor and volunteer requirements if you decide to invite parents in.
If you do decide to take it up a notch with college and career activities, please be sure to let Stephen and Alandra know.
From Tami Pike
STOP THE BLEED TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR BLS EMPLOYEES
Bend Fire and Rescue
| Wednesday, November 2 3-4pm Mountain View High School Auditorium | Wednesday, November 8 430-530pm Bend High School Black Box Theatre Room |
Maximum number 75
Staff must sign up on Performance Matters to reserve a spot.
Can’t make any of these dates? We will send out future training information when the details are set.
From Chamber of Commerce
A Smile for Kids has a very exciting opportunity to help underserved youth in the tri-county area receive free braces. Pacific Source has funds that need to be spent by the end of the year and has partnered with ASK to provide braces for FREE through the A Smile For Kids program. Please see the attached Press Release and help spread the word. Kids must be scheduled to see an Orthodontist by November 15! These kids must have a strong medical and esthetic need for braces. Please forward the press release to whoever you think might know of a child needing assistance ie., Chamber email, schools etc.
Appointments can be booked by calling or texting Smile Central Oregon at 541-771-1765 and leaving a message or emailing smilecentraloregon.com, additional information regarding the campaign and the ASK program can be found by calling 541-233-7607.
Calendar
October 31: Halloween
November 2: Center for Educational Leadership Embedded Sessions 8:00-2:30 @La Pine Middle Here is the Agenda
November 10: Middle School Work Session Time:7:30-9:00 @Pacific Crest Middle School
Week of November 21: No School-Holiday Break
November 28: Assistant Principal Professional Development 7:30-8:30 @Ed Center Boardroom
December 8: Middle School Work Session Time:7:30-9:00 @Pilot Butte Middle School
Fish On…
