Have a great weekend!!~Juan <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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we are rescheduling our final session of preparing to lead equitable schools to Monday, 5\/16, from 3:30-5:00 in the boardroom.\u00a0 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>!\u00a0 Chapters 7-10 are the assigned chapters for this meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n IPads and Summer:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/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\u2019s\u00a0site tech<\/a>\u00a0with any questions.\u00a0 Please note, all students doing summer school need to keep their iPads this summer and will not turn them in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From Lora \u2013 New ACR process update:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Historically, building principals have had the right to revoke Area Change Requests (ACR\u2019s) if they had concerns about students\u2019 grades, behavior, and\/or attendance. In reviewing our ACR policies and practices, our district leadership determined this practice is at best open to inconsistent application and at worst subject to bias. Whether students come to our schools as neighborhood residents, ACR recipients, or inter-district transfer students, they should be considered part of our student population and be treated equitably. Therefore, the district has decided to discontinue the practice of revoking (taking back after being approved) ACR\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n From Kinsey:\u00a0 District Equity Stance:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Now that each horizontal group has had time to discuss the first draft of the district Equity Stance, we\u2019d love to capture any additional feedback you\u2019re willing to offer! \u00a0 \u00a0 Draft\u00a0here<\/a>, and feedback tool\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n More from Kinsey District pronoun pins:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n We now have Bend-La Pine Schools\u2019 pronoun pins for your lanyards!\u00a0 See\u00a0this image<\/a>. These are entirely optional, for folks who want to demonstrate allyship with the LGBTQIA+ community and who feel prepared to model responding to \u2018why pronouns<\/a>\u2018 if asked about their pin (don\u2019t forget you can link that webpage in your email signature if you\u2019re interested, too).\u00a0 \u00a0 If you want one, connect with your building\u2019s LEAD Cohort rep or GSA advisor.\u00a0 We don\u2019t have enough for our entire district workforce yet, so we\u2019re starting with key leaders, to launch support and dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kinsey is popular:\u00a0 CFEE Workshop:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Coaching for Educational Equity is a truly impactful and intensive experience that will definitely change your perspective on education in Oregon.\u00a0 It\u2019s two-day version, \u201cTaking It Up,\u201d is wonderful, but the full four-day version is a pretty unique experience.\u00a0 To date, many of our administrators, and some teacher-leaders, have attended CFEE.\u00a0 We would love to see everyone attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We have two more opportunities coming up this summer\u20138:00am-3:30pm, virtual format, costs covered by district, 4 spots left for each of the following sessions: \u00a0 June 27-30, or July 19-22.\u00a0 First come first served\u2013please reply to me ASAP if you\u2019re interested in one of those dates!<\/p>\n\n\n\n From Patrick in IT:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Below is the timeline of tasks that will be completed over the summer.\u00a0 The tasks affect Synergy and our third party systems such as Clever and Canvas.\u00a0 Additionally, the timeline describes when student class assignments will be exposed and shared on ParentVue, StudentVue, Canvas and with Clever apps.\u00a0 Now that we have additional services such as Canvas and the applications through Clever, along with providing opportunities to students over the summer, the need to expose student class schedules has shifted to earlier dates.\ue740<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Much of these dates are similar to last year, however, I did add in the summer school window. Also, we are planning to have students be able to access Clever and Canvas year round, unless there is guidance that contradicts that thinking. If you have questions or concerns about this information, please contact Patrick<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Reminder from Lora re: Personal Days<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0According to our collective bargaining agreement, certified staff may 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. Additionally, remember the limit for personal days is 5% of your teaching staff.\u00a0 For most of you this is 2 teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From HR regarding ICCL hiring <\/p>\n\n\n\n Don\u2019t forget to read Candy\u2019s email from yesterday re: ICCL hiring. The goal is to have the\u00a0ICCL hiring completed by June 30, 2022.<\/strong>\u00a0 HR\u00a0 understands this is a very busy season for all of you.\u00a0 If you are not able to complete your ICCL hires by June 30, 2022,\u00a0 please just\u00a0communicate that with Candy<\/strong>\u00a0and let her know what your plan is and your estimated timeline.\u00a0 The stipend for the ICCL\u2019s begins in September.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n From last week’s blog post:<\/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\u2019t work for you, we can schedule another date and time. Let me know if you have any questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n May 15th-Complete Self-Evaluation by Midnight<\/p>\n\n\n\n May 16th-Preparing to Lead Equitable Schools-3:30pm-5:00 pm in the Board Room<\/p>\n\n\n\n May 16th-Middle School Principals Meeting-@7:30am-9:00am at Cascade Middle School<\/p>\n\n\n\n May 19-Principal Only<\/strong>\u00a0Breakfast at Original Pancake House on the West Side 7:30am-9:00am<\/p>\n\n\n\n June 2-Principal Only<\/strong>\u00a0Breakfast at Original Pancake House on the West Side 7:30am-9:00am<\/p>\n\n\n\n June 17th-Last day of school with students<\/p>\n\n\n\n August 10th<\/sup> & August 11th<\/sup> Leadership Training Academy Sessions 1 & 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Date<\/strong><\/td> Task description<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> July 8, 2022<\/td> Last day of setting the Next Year School field in Synergy.This includes Bend \u2013 La Pine Schools Online summer school extension.<\/td><\/tr> July 10 \u2013 15,2022(Sun \u2013 Fri)<\/td> Services turned off:<\/strong>Synergy (core) for all usersSynergy ParentVue and StudentVueSynergy Online EnrollmentSynergy: New year rollover final tasks, patches, new release loaded.\u00b7 All Synergy user accounts are disabled.<\/td><\/tr> July 10, 2022 through August 22, 2022<\/td> Services turned off:<\/strong>Synergy TeacherVue\/Grade BookSynergy Teacher login accountsData Services<\/u><\/strong>Student data shared with these services is \u2018frozen\u2019 (not refreshed) with 2021-22<\/strong> data.Clever (provides data to DreamBox, PEAK\/FuelEd, Lexia, etc)Canvas<\/td><\/tr> July 18, 2022<\/td> Synergy: Synergy will be set to the new year, 2022-23.Synergy core user accounts will be enabledServices turned on:Synergy (core)Online Enrollment*ParentVue and *StudentVue*The following menus\/views in PVUE and SVUE remain OFF<\/strong> as they display class schedules:AttendanceGrade Book and GradeSchedule including homeroom assignment information<\/td><\/tr> August 1 \u2013 19, 2022<\/td> Summer School<\/u><\/strong>Services turned on:<\/strong>Synergy summer school staff accounts (limited users)<\/td><\/tr> August 22, 2022<\/td> High schools and middle schools: Master scheduling tasks completeElementary schools: Class assignments complete<\/td><\/tr> August 22, 2022<\/td> ALL SCHOOLS<\/u><\/strong>Services turned on:<\/strong>Synergy teacher login accountsClass schedules are visible in Synergy TeachervueParentVue and StudentVue: Attendance, Schedule, Grade Book and Grade views. This includes turning on class schedules for all schools, including elementary schools.Data Services<\/u><\/strong>Student data shared with these services is turned on and the data will reflect 2022-23<\/strong> data. The data provided to these services will include class schedules.Clever (provides data to DreamBox, PEAK\/FuelEd, Lexia, etc)Canvas<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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