Thinking about our practice…
We know that integrating social-emotional health and wellness with academics is key to learning. This research article titled Integrating Social, Emotional and Academic Development: An Action Guide for School Leadership Teams is worth reading as we think about how best to make this a reality in our schools.
To-Do Reminders:
Complete by October 31: Civil Rights Training:
Please make a record here when you’ve completed the Civil Rights training with staff at your site? This should be done by the end of October.
As you engage in this conversation with staff, if you find format tweaks to make this more meaningful or effective, please share your ideas!
Here are the slides and notes/talking points. Here is the Trivia Sheet.
New: here is a poster/handout to print and make available for easy reference for reporting (and/or, bookmark the form link). Either you (if you’ll collect and report each incident) or your staff (if you have teachers report incidents themselves) should have this readily available.
Reminder: this reporting tool is for staff use only at this time.
Contact Kinsey and/or Steve Herron if you would like support with this presentation.
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Complete by October 31: Standard Response Protocol training: Please make sure that your staff reviews this doc by the end of Oct 31: updated video and that your students watch this student video
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To Do:
A note from Lora about assuring your staff have money for classroom supplies: It’s absolutely critical that site administrators are providing teachers with the funds they need to purchase the supplies they need.
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Providing classroom materials tied to a grade in a class: Speaking of not requiring students to pay for classroom supplies which are required to be successful in a class, if your math teachers are requiring students to use a T81 or T84 calculator – at an estimated cost of $80-$125 bucks each, you should purchase several using your discretionary money from your building budget. Your teachers or students can then check them out of the library, just as a student would check out a text book or a library book. This is NOT a request that FAN is expected to fill. This is something that should come out of building budget funds.
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Information from Amy Tarnow: Please share this with your teachers! Here is a consolidated list of the resources our team has been asked for the most this week:
Bend La Pine Canvas Expectations
21-22 Canvas and Synergy Grade Setup
Canvas Beginning and End of Year Checklist
How do I copy content from another Canvas course using the Course Import tool?
We are working to update all dashboards and access in Grade Guardian. As a reminder, this is the tool that lets staff visually see how students are doing and identify those who are at risk of failing. If you have specific access requests or dashboard requests for your site, please send them to Laura Clark.
If you or anyone on your staff needs a review of Grade Guardian, here are the enrollment codes for some self-paced tutorials:
Grade Guardian 101 for Advisors click here to enroll (https://bls.instructure.com/enroll/LCL76A)
Grade Guardian 101 for Teachers click here to enroll (https://bls.instructure.com/enroll/B4P3CF)
This fall, Canvas is offering FREE virtual 1:1 sessions for teachers to review and refine their Canvas courses with an edtech and instruction design expert. This is such a cool opportunity! “Panda Pro’s” are prepared to give advice ranging from best practices with modules to accessibility, functionality of included tools like speedgrader or the rich text editor, and course design. Teachers can learn more and schedule their own 1:1 session from this link: https://www.instructure.com/canvas/resources/articles/get-free-instructional-design-coaching-support-with-the-panda-pros
Information:
A note from Walt Norris: Here is some updated information about cleaning protocols: School Cleaning Protocols
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April Jorgenson is the keeper of related docs and your contact for questions related to these topics:
- DHS/Child Abuse Reports
- Student Threat Assessment Forms
- Suicide Risk Screens
- Expulsions
Administrators and approved staff can access the records by doing the following:
- Focus to the school appropriate for the student, then navigate to:
- Synergy SIS > Discipline Incident > Student Incidents
- Search for the student in question, and select the Discipline History tab.
- Click show detail on the incident you are inquiring about.
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SIW is 90 minutes: This question came up from a few schools this week. To confirm, we have traditionally used 90 minutes as the scheduled length of SIW activities, though it is not specifically addressed in the CBA.
Occasionally, school leaders HAVE scheduled longer activities, due to special training or speakers, but these have been done as “trades” for early release for staff on the next Wednesday, for example. Please reach out if you have questions.
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An important note from Sean and Jennifer about requests for tele-counseling: It appears that some parents are requesting that their students have telehealth counseling appointments during the school day in outbuildings. This does not include our partners The Child Center and Trillium, which would be permissible. We are advising against this for these reasons:
1. Kids have medical and counseling appointments during the school day already. Parents check them out and then check them back into school in these instances. Therefore, during the Dr. appointment, they are under the supervision of their parents. We don’t want a student getting a counseling appointment at school while under our supervision. The exception would be if it is an entity that we have an MOU with, like The Child Center or Trillium.
2. School would have to provide a quiet environment for this. That would now be an administrative challenge.
3. What if the student is triggered and has an emotional break? Who puts that back together?
We propose that parents can come and check their students in and out of school for these types of appointments. If you want to discuss a specific scenario, please contact Jennifer or Sean.
Calendar:
HERE is the calendar for meetings for the year: You will notice we will be in schools on Thursday afternoons for learning walks. Lora and Dean, as well as our secondary TOSA’s may be joining us on those days. The goal is to get into schools/classrooms most Tuesdays and Thursdays.
September 21 – HS Admin meeting @ Summit HS 8:00-9:30
September 22 – SIW (SIW schedule)
September 28 – MS/HS Admin School Design Work Session 9:00-10:00@ the Ed Center
October 1 – Open Period Letters collected from parents/filed with their counselor
October 31 – Civil Rights Training completed with staff and recorded here
October 31 – SRP videos must be viewed by staff and students.
Reminder: complete your work calendars. If you need assistance please contact April Jorgenson.
Mark your calendars for June 20 and 21, 2022 for our Leadership Training Academy.