TO DO:
THANK YOU for completing your: Initial SLGGS for YOU and EVERY TEACHER, as well as YOUR self evaluation. You should have scheduled in/be close to completing your MID YEAR SLGG meetings. Your two Formal Observations for all Temps and Probs should be completed AND three Mini Observations for every teacher. Keep up with the great work! Need help with tracking all of this? Let me know…
I sent the Perkins Allocations to each building CTE administrator on Monday of this week. As a reminder, please have the building administrator who oversees CTE in your building bring your site allocation plan to our April 15, 3:00 meeting in room 329. Part of this process will include a meeting with your CTE teachers to design that plan. At this April 15 meeting, we will determine the final allocations.
In addition to these allocations, each CTE teacher or teams of teachers can apply for a Program Enhancement Grant. The total amount available is $26,984. I ask that the building CTE administrators bring grant requests to our meeting on May 6 at 3:00 in room 329. Here are the docs related to our Perkins allocation process including the Program Enhancement Grants and the related scoring guide. We will evaluate this process in the fall and your input will be important as we continue to improve. My goal is that we have a transparent, equitable process for allocating funds. Please reach out if you have questions!
Please familiarize your team with the changes to this AR related to Transporting in Private Vehicles, so you are aware of the changes. Here is the NEW Field Trip Permission Slip form. Please use THIS form for all trips, from now on. I will send you the clean one soon! Here is the new AR related to Volunteers.
Information:
With the deadline for applications past, here are the “next steps” in our process related to our Choice High Schools. There are still spots available in all three of our choice schools so we will not do a lottery. Here is the timeline related to confirming the students for next year and our ACR process:
- Week of Feb 11– email out acceptance letter to families who submitted an application – all schools will all use the same letter.
- Schedule Q and A nights to provide opportunities for parents/students to get additional information: Skyline HS and REALMS HS – Feb 26, MHS – Feb 27
- Week of Feb 18 – reopen application process: first come first serve accepted, then each school will begin a waiting list.
- Thursday, Feb 28 – deadline for parents to confirm (online) their school choice.
- Friday, March 1 – Office Managers compile lists of confirmed students for Hicks, McDonald, Reese to use when reviewing ACR’s next week. Confirmed students entered into Synergy.
- Monday, March 4, by 9:00 student lists sent to Hicks, McDonald, Reese. ACR’s approved and entered into Synergy
Thank you to the CTE administrators who made the COPA meeting at the HDESD last week. There are a handful of these meetings scheduled and facilitated by Brook and Ryan each year and they provide helpful information and networking for our region. Here are the minutes from the COPA meeting last week. Brook and Ryan shared the articulated credits and courses from 16-17 and 17-18 as well as the Perkins Alliance Inventory worksheet and the Travel Expense Reimbursement Guidelines.
Here is an important message from Leslie at the HDESD regarding CTE testing!
It is the Technical Skills Assessment (TSA) registration time again!
Please disseminate the attached form to your CTE Program Teachers, accumulate the lists and send one combined list per school to Ryan Beard. This information is due to Ryan Beard by Feb. 28, as we need time to coordinate test scheduling with CTECS. Thank you for your understanding! 🙂 Please remember:
o Test juniors and seniors who have completed at least one credit in a given program
o Program teachers are responsible for selecting students who will complete the assessment (15 – 20 students is a good rule of thumb)
o The testing window will be open for one month, beginning April 15 and ending May 15
o Send registration forms to Ryan, [email protected], no later than Feb. 28
(1 registration form per school, please – all programs included)
o Proctor needed. Instructors cannot administer their own program’s assessment
o Assessment results are sent to both teachers and administrators
Here is an opportunity for students from Deschutes County: “The substance abuse prevention team at Deschutes County Health Services is looking to interview middle school and high school students about prescription drug misuse/abuse. These interviews are part of a federal grant awarded to Deschutes County that aims to investigate prescription drug misuse/abuse in 12-25-year-olds throughout the county. Students will not be asked about personal prescription drug misuse/abuse but rather what their and their peer’s perceptions are around this topic. Further, when the data is analyzed from interviews, any information that would allow others to identify the students, individuals that they may identify in the interview or locations mentioned will be removed. Interviews take around 30-45 minutes and students will receive a Dutch Bros gift card for their time. If interested in participating, please reach out to the project coordinator, Cassidy Brewin, at [email protected] or at 541-388-6606.”
Being part of an Accreditation Team is great PD! There are a few reasons why: it broadens your perspective to see how other school administrators handle similar questions and challenges in their schools! It allows the opportunity to network with other administrators around the state. Lastly, each high school in Oregon is required to go through accreditation every 5-6 years. It is quite an involved process and it is helpful to be a participant in an evaluation of another school prior to preparing for your own! There are several schools needing team members this year – here is the list if you are interested! Let Jim Boen or I know if this piques your interest.
Calendar:
am I am out of the office today and tomorrow and will be checking email. Also, I available by cell in the case of an emergency.
Monday, Feb 25: HS ADMIN meeting @ MHS 3:15
Monday, Feb 25: HS Principal posting closes
Friday, March 1: HS Principal meeting @ Jackson’s Corner – eastside, 3:15