Team,
Enjoy the wintery weather and stay cozy. Have a restful weekend.
~Juan
To Do
From Alandra Johnson
Reader Board: Principals, if you haven’t yet updated your reader board, please do so. We are asking all schools to share the message: Don’t forget to vote Nov. 8.
Veterans Day: If your school has something planned in celebration of Veterans Day (assembly, art project, letter writing, lunch visits, etc.) be sure to let Alandra know. She’s putting together a press release about these activities Monday morning, so be sure to share information by Monday at 9 a.m. (Bonus points for photos!).
From Tami Pike
Please include the below message to your families and school community. Do not just copy and paste the link. It would be best to download the document and save it to a location where parents can access.
Illness Information and Prevention
This and That
From the Safety Department
Here is a list of the number of staff at each school that are First Aid/CPR trained. The list also indicates if a school is short on trained staff. The district is currently offering a blended model for the First Aid/CPR class. The class will be done online with a hands-on skills assessment to follow. The online portion of the class should take about three (3) hours with the skills assessment to follow with a first aid/CPR trainer that will take about 20 minutes. The online course can be done to fit your schedule. Your First Aid/CPR card will not be issued until all portions of class are completed.
The process will be as follows:
- Sign up for the class in Performance Matters
- Michelle Spetic will send you a link from HSI/Medic to get started ([email protected]).
- Please check your Junk Mail if it does not appear in your regular inbox.
- After each section of the online session, there will be a one or two question quiz.
- When scheduled, the hands-on skills assessment schedule will be emailed to you to register if you have completed the online portion. You can only do the in-person skills assessment after you have completed the online portion of the class.
- The in-person skills assessment will be done in 30-minute increments.
- First Aid cards will not be sent out until both portions of the class are completed.
Please reach out to Michelle Spetic if you have any questions.
From Eric Powel
Hello Administrators!
In an effort to catch some discipline data entry errors early, we are going to recommend running quarterly discipline audits in Synergy (and don’t worry, we’ll remind you each time!). I know this may be the last thing we want to do right now, but it will save us time in June (I promise). I volunteered to fix the majority of these errors last year (to save you all the effort), but eventually this may be something we’ll need to fix at the building levels (so let’s fix them in advance!).
To run a discipline audit, follow these steps:
1. Go into Synergy
2. Find the BEN dropdown menu
3. Click on these dropdowns in order: School Reports > Discipline Incident Reports > Discipline Audits
4. Run the following report: Discipline Missing Elements (U-DIA01)
5. Fix errors listed
NOTE: It would be helpful to run all the reports listed, but for now let’s focus on this first one to see how that goes.
Please Email me if you have any questions or if you need help.
From Colleen Funderberg
During the week of November 7-11 schools throughout the country will celebrate National School Psychology Week(NSPW) to highlight the important work school psychologists do to help students thrive. This year’s theme is “Together We Shine”. The theme highlights the importance of the collective nature of recovering after adversity. Together we shine brightly, and each of our lights is only more brightly illuminated when put together with the light of those around us.
Your school psychologist has posters in Spanish and English to post in your building. Additionally, they may have some plans about incorporating activities or messaging for the week. Ask them!
From Krista Baker
This message came from Krista earlier this week. I wanted you to have it again.
We wanted to let you know that we will be offering the following CPI trainings on Feb. 2nd. (this is a work day for all staff)
INITIAL CPI
8 to 3:30
Highland Gym
This course does require a mandatory 2.5 hour online training prior to attending the class.
REFRESHER CPI
9 to 2
Juniper Elem. (old gym)
This course does require a mandatory 2.5 hour online training prior to attending the class.
Both of these courses are in Performance Matters for you to register to attend. Information regarding the on-line portion and getting your workbook will be sent out two weeks prior to the course.
Please register as soon as possible as there is a limit on both class sizes. Reach out if you have any questions.
From Kinsey Martin
Employee Resource Groups:
Just a reminder to please be sure you have shared with your entire staff the information sent by Kinsey (on Oct 20) regarding Employee Resource Groups. Thanks to those who have already done that, and to those who have signed up to participate!
Religion and the Holidays:
You might remember that religious tolerance and inclusive practices were an area that the majority of our staff rated as very low (i.e. poor experiences with this, as employees in our organization) on our DEI staff survey last year.
To improve our practices in this area, please review this information (reflection questions on page 1, guidance and resources on page 2) regarding how we can ensure inclusion and belonging for students, families, and staff of all religious and non-religious backgrounds.
Please review this with your ICCL, share with your whole staff, introduce with your PTO, and/or otherwise ensure your school/team is familiar with this guidance. If you would like to discuss this further or conduct a shared review of your practices, please reach out to Kinsey or to the LEAD Coaches team.
Linguist Link:
All staff (including administrators) have access to Linguist Link, and should make their own requests for any translation/interpretation needs. Please make sure your entire staff know how to set up and use their accounts.
A few exceptions:
- If you have an emergency (gas leak, lock-down, etc), the district Communications and Multilingual teams will support the communication and translation.
- If you need an immediate interpreter (urgent, couldn’t have been predicted in advance):
- If it’s not needed for a few hours, put it into LL and mark it urgent.
- If that doesn’t work, check whether a CAFE Program member is available,
- Ask a Family Liaison (there are times they will say No),
- Use the On-Demand form (this form is also available on the Linguist Link home page). Follow all directions on the form very carefully.
Please do NOT:
- Use a bilingual staff member who has not been trained/qualified/compensated.
- Use Google Translate or other auto-translate tools (S’mores newsletter translation, etc) at any time.
- These practices have significant legal, ethical, quality, and liability issues.
Reach out to Kinsey if you’d like thought partnership on any of these considerations or to trouble-shoot better systems for translation in your building. Using these systems is not easy when you’re crunched for time, but it is so valuable and important. We are working hard on improving and increasing options for language services, and your commitment to quality multilingual family communication is appreciated.
Middle School Credits
Please take a look at the following document. MS Credits. This doc will provide clarity on courses at the middle level that will count towards HS credits.
Calendar
November 10: Middle School Work Session Time:7:30-9:00 @Pacific Crest Middle School (I am honoring this time for our TOSAS-This will be our last 7:30 am start time)
November 16: 1st Educator Network SIW (Details coming soon)
November 18: College and Career Day
Week of November 21-25: No School-Holiday Break
November 28: Assistant Principal Professional Development 7:30-8:30 @Ed Center Boardroom
December 8: Middle School Work Session Time:3:00-4:30pm (New start time) @Pilot Butte Middle School
Fish On…
This is how I feel by the end of the week on Friday!!