{"id":1312,"date":"2022-05-06T18:53:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T18:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/juan.cuadros\/?p=1312"},"modified":"2022-05-06T18:55:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T18:55:00","slug":"5-6-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/juan.cuadros\/2022\/05\/06\/5-6-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"5.6.2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Team,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is that time of year for evaluations. Please go into your TalentEd and complete your self-evaluation by Sunday (Midnight) May 15. Soon thereafter I will have April Jorgenson reach out to you to calendar an appointment with you. After May 15th we can keep our regular scheduled meeting to complete your evaluation. If that time or date doesn’t work for you, we can schedule another date and time. Let me know if you have any questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope you have a wonderful weekend, and I wish you all a great Mother’s Day!! ~Juan <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To Do<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From Lora Nordquist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Principals,\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to our collective bargaining agreement, certified staff my NOT take personal leave the last two weeks of school (June 6-17), unless there are \u201cunusual or highly extenuating circumstances.\u201d If you have a certified staff member request personal leave during that time, PLEASE MAKE SURE to forward the request to HR. We want to be consistent about what is approved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, on a subbing note, once seniors have graduated, teachers of all-senior classes can be assigned to cover classes if subs are needed. As long as a teacher retains their normal prep period, these assignments do not need to be compensated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lora<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Candy Gelatt (Also refer to her email sent on 5\/5\/22)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those new to ICCL hiring, here are few things that will help you better understand the process.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. All ICCL positions are two year positions.<\/li>
  2. If a teacher has completed their two year term they may apply for subsequent terms, but will be subject to the hiring process.<\/li>
  3. You will need to communicate to all of your certified staff that you have open ICCL positions and that they will need to submit an application if they are interested. The ICCL position will be posted on the district jobs page under Internal Applicants. <\/li>
  4. Column G on the spreadsheet shows the number of district paid ICCL positions at each school.<\/li>
  5. If you decide to hire more ICCL\u2019s than what the district has allocated, those positions will be paid for out of your school improvement funds.  This will still be a two year contract.<\/li>
  6. If you have an open district paid position and have an ICCL leader being paid out of SIF funds, instead of hiring to fill that open position, you can choose to move the SIF paid ICCL leader into the district paid position and leave the SIF paid position open, saving you money in your SIF account.  You just need to notify hr-certified@bend.k12.or.us<\/a> so that the change can be processed.<\/li>
  7. Once you have completed the screening process and conducted interviews, you will make the request to hire through Frontline Recruit\/Hire.  <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    New Changes to the ICCL Hiring Process<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Interested teachers will submit an application through Frontline Recruit\/Hire.  This is a one page application that should only take them a few minutes to complete.  https:\/\/www.applitrack.com\/bend\/onlineapp\/<\/a><\/li>
    2. A colleague recommendation form will no longer be required.<\/li>
    3. Paper applications will not be accepted.  Applicants must apply through Frontline Recruit\/Hire.<\/li>
    4. There will be an option for applicants to upload a cover letter, resume and letter of recommendation, but this will not be required.  <\/li>
    5. Once they start their application they will be able to select what school they are applying to.<\/li>
    6. If you need help navigating the large pool posting to only see the applicants for your school, please watch these instructional videos on how to access, sort and filter pooled postings (part I<\/a> and part II<\/a>).<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Here is the ICCL Master List<\/a> (It is also under the HR Tab)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      This and That <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      From Lora re: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Equitable Schools Training \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0On May 9th<\/sup>, a special gathering has been planned by other groups for our graduating seniors entering the military. Steve, Katie, and I, along with many of our high school principals, really want to attend this important event.\u00a0 SO\u2026we are\u00a0rescheduling our final session of preparing to lead equitable schools until Monday, 5\/16, from 3:30-5:00 in the board room<\/strong>. I understand this may cause conflicts for some of you. Just let your level leader know if you will be unable to attend. Otherwise, we\u2019ll see the rest of you on the 16th<\/sup>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      From Rachel Mavis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      ATTENDANCE ADVISORY TEAM MEMBERS Looking for building admins, office staff, and teachers to participate in a Bend-La Pine Schools Attendance Advisory Team.A group of 28 BLS secondary staff members met on 4\/27 to collaborate on attendance practices and policies. Changes at the District level were discussed, thus realizing that this group needs to expand to include elementary representation.
      Facilitating (not leading) is James Colestock who has 10 years of teaching experience, working within three of the nation\u2019s largest school districts; Patrick Elliott who has 25 years of experience teaching and Student Information Systems as well as facilitating Springfield SD Attendance advisory team; Rachel Mavis 16 years BLS, knowledge of Oregon Attendance laws\/policies and BLS attendance history.
      Changes in attendance practices and policies must be driven by the people who are in the schools. We need YOU to take the lead.
      Our next meeting is May 11 at 2:30 EDU Wall St lab.\u00a0\u00a0Due to the end of the year, meetings will resume next school year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      From Tracy Howk:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The\u00a0End-of-Year iPad Checklist<\/a>\u00a0has been added to the\u00a0BLS Summer iPad Plan<\/a>. Ideally a staff member at each school will be given time to walk students through these end-of-year steps to clean up storage and update the iOS. As always, reach out to\u00a0instructional technology<\/a>\u00a0or your school’s\u00a0site tech<\/a>\u00a0with any questions.\ud83d\udca1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      From Jennifer Hauth <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Hello MS Admin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      We are having our culminating school counselor meeting\/celebration for middle school counselors on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      June 8th<\/sup>  from 2:00-4:30 at High Desert MS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The counselors are looking forward to coming together one last time before the school year ends to celebrate the year and begin the process of planning for the next year.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Draft Agenda:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      First:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Celebration Power Point<\/a> The slide will allow schools to showcase either a Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 intervention\/program that they are excited about or that was successful. See slide deck for examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Second:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Review Tiered interventions<\/a> currently being implemented by school counselors at their site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Third:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Annual Calendars for collaborative work around tiered programming at each site<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      From Austin James:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The time to request new instructional tools (both physical and digital) for next year is here! We currently plan to send each teacher an email on Monday, May 9 outlining their classes for the current year and tools that have been inventoried.  As shown below, the email will include links to request new resources for next year via Google Form.  There will also be a link to request instructional tools for new classes.  As requests are received, we will evaluate each request using updated criteria<\/a>.  It is our sincere hope that we provide a response for every request before teachers leave for the summer.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      A few scenarios and questions might arise.  Here are a few we have thought about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n