Hello,
I hope you all had a great week. I apologize to those schools that I was scheduled to visit today. I was double booked today, I was in a workshop conference today. Anyway, I hope you have a great weekend.
To Do
From TLC
As the year settles in, please place a copy of your master schedule here or email to Dean Richards. This information will help TLC reach out to teachers and as we schedule our visits.
We have now hired all of the District Level ICCLs across content areas. This team will provide district level guidance on curricular questions and support other teachers in the disciplines.
In order to support this district level team we would like a list of building ICCLs Please put a list of your ICCLs here. There is a middle school and a high school tab. Please place your ICCL names in the correct tab.
Regarding STAS
We want you to be aware of some structural changes with the STAS (Student Threat Assessment System) in Bend-La Pine. STAS now falls under the umbrella of Student Services that Eric Powell, Assistant Director of Student Services, provides for our schools. Eric and Sean Reinhart are leading that work and part of the regional team.
STAS Update (from Eric Powell)
Please review and bookmark this “STAS 101” document (LINK) to help stay up-to-date on the STAS process for our district. If you have a STAS question, you can always call me directly to process and plan (541) 355-4810 [work] or (541) 639-6693 [cell].
For any new staff needing to be trained in STAS, we have sent them a calendar invite for a training on either December 1 or December 8 (from 1:30-4:30pm). If you would like to attend to get re-trained, please let me know and I can send you the invite.
Thank you!
Be on the lookout for an email tomorrow from HR This email will be very specific about the necessity of all staff to follow covid guidelines (improper mask wearing is the biggest compliance issue) and the role we have as leaders to follow through with disciplinary actions when staff are not following the guidelines. We all know the rules and we are now going to hold people accountable who don’t follow them. We just want to be sure you see the email and follow the guidance in it.
Evaluations – Here is the agreed-upon evaluation process for the 2021-22 school year. A couple of important notes:
- Both the number of observations and the evaluation domains and standards have been adjusted. Note that for certified staff “of concern,” administrators can use additional domains and standards, with proper notification to employees.
- ODE JUST provided additional guidance on SLGG’s, stating that one should be related to academic progress and one related to SEL. At the bottom of the one-pager is a link to a resource document from Dave.
- Administrators need to review the adjusted evaluation criteria and the required number of observations with their staff.
- Here is the Form
From Scott Bojanowski Thank you for showing the SRP (Standard Response Protocol) brief training video to your school staff this fall. If you forgot to document the day you reviewed the video, click here to document that. As a reminder, the following are Standard Response Protocols: Lockout, Secure, Evacuate, Shelter, and Hold. In Bend-LaPine, we use the I Love U Guys Foundation program.
We now need to provide the full one-hour training to new employees and any staff that may have missed the full training this fall, or anyone that just wants the full training as a refresher. Any new hires since January 2021 need to attend one of the training dates below, between now and May 2022. These training dates are in PD Place on the portal for sign-up and they will receive one hour of professional development for attending. Please contact your new hires and have them sign up for one of the following trainings.
WHEN: Choose one of the following dates: 11/10, 12/8, 1/12, 2/9, 3/9, 4/6, 5/11
WHEN: 3:00-4:00, one hour in-person
WHERE: Ed Center room 314
This & That
HB 3294 Very recently, we were made aware of HB3294, the Menstrual Dignity Act. You can read the details of the Act here. Maintenance will be installing feminine hygiene dispensers in a couple of your student bathrooms. I know this might cause some alarm but it is needed and is required. We have asked them to install the dispensers but not stock them quite yet. They will be empty for a while to allow students to get used to seeing them and also allow us to decide on a messaging approach. I should have gotten this information to you sooner but I thought I had some time before they were getting installed. I apologize.
From April It’s time once again to start working on leave sheets (the period is shorter this time due to the holiday week approaching). The time period that we are recording leave for is 10/18/21 – 11/07/21. Those with electronic calendars (administrators) can fill in their calendar and let me know when they are done. Everyone else (paper leave sheets) can send me their leave sheets or email me with their dates of leave and I can fill them out for you. If you did not take any leave during this period (10/18 – 11/07) just let me know and I will note it. We are required to turn in a leave sheet whether we have taken leave or not.
Reminders
From Lora Nordquist
Principals,
We probably don’t have to tell you that despite our best efforts, we are still facing shortages of subs most days of each week. We hope this situation will improve with new subs being onboarded, bonuses being offered, and decreasing COVID rates, but FOR THE TIME BEING: The district has suspended ALL school-day professional learning activities for staff who need subs. Our expectation is that staff will also not be approved for school-day professional learning provided by partners like the ESD or other private providers.
Please reach out if you have any questions.
Lora
Calendar
M.S. Horizontal Meeting Schedule
- November 7-Roll back clock!
- November 11-Veterans Day
- November 12-Potential Teacher Sub Shortage
- November 15-Horizontal Meeting 7:30-9:00 @Pilot Butte Middle School Here is the Draft Agenda
- November 22-26 No School
- December 2 Middle School Principals (only) Breakfast 7:30-9:00 @The Original Pancake House 1025 SW Donovan Ave, Bend.
- January 1st-SLGGS Due
Fish On…
