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We are moving forward on launching a K-12 Literacy in our district next year. For our high schools, this looks like Disciplinary Literacy training for all of our first and second-year teachers to the district, excluding a few positions such as counselors, Athletic Directors, and School Psychs. These teachers will benefit from 6 1/2 days of training over a two year period focused on those Research Validated and Based Literacy Best Practices as highlighted in these documents: The Teaching Disciplinary Literacy to Adolescents report by Timothy and Cynthia Shanahan, the Reading Next Report, and the IES Secondary Guide.
As part of the Literacy Plan, we plan to hire a .167 HS Literacy Coach position to assist with planning the trainings and providing coaching between the training. This position will be posted internally (open to teachers in our district) by next Friday. We are looking for a current classroom HS teacher (of any endorsement area) who understands and regularly implements these practices in their own classroom, has an interest in designing and leading this training and who is willing to coach side by side with high school teachers new to our district. In addition to this release period, these teachers will be out of their classrooms additional days to coach their teachers. Dean Richards will be working directly with this individual and a MS disciplinary literacy coach to plan this training and develop a coaching plan. Please share this information with your teachers so they are aware of this opportunity.
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Thank you to Scott and McDonald and Jill Hubbard for visiting our HS Principal meeting this morning. They presented some research around Computer Science in our nation and state and spoke to the exciting work happening in our middle and high schools around CS coursework and teacher professional development. Here is the powerpoint they shared with us today. Be sure to reach out to Scott or Jill if you have questions about how to integrate more CS into your school.
Here is a link to a document from Skip that is an overview of summer events and training.
Sean shared some important information regarding our Culture of Care Project. This project provides resources for us to drive our work around providing social skills development for all our students. In the fall, our team will do some planning around guiding principles that drive our work with students and determine the training and resources necessary to support those principles. This regional grant will provide resources in professional development, coaching, and curriculum. As Sean’s letter explains, please be thinking about your school level team that can provide direction on your Culture of Care work!
In planning for fall, we have scheduled our Suicide Prevention Training for Tuesday, September 24, 7:15-11:15 which is mandatory for ALL of your Health Teachers.
Deschutes County Health Services, the partner who does this training, is looking for an 11th or 12th teacher to pilot the SOS: Second Act curriculum in their classroom. The curricula is one class period (50 minutes). Details can be found here: https://www.mindwise.org/shop/sos-second-act-preparing-for-life-beyond-high-school-1/. Interested teachers can contact Whitney Schumacher, Suicide Prevention Coordinator at 541-322-7420.
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Graduations Galore!
Monday, June 17 at 12:00 – All Administrators Barbeque