To Do:
From Jenn: Wayfinder Leads in school are asked to complete this SURVEY by June 18. This will help us know what Wayfinder materials to order for your school.
Just a reminder that we adopted Wayfinder as our Tier 1 curriculum to address the TSEL standards implementation required by the state beginning July 24.
Principal support looks like:
- Supporting your Wayfinder lead administrator completes this survey by June 18.
- Ensuring appropriate staff attend the training requirements listed at the end of the email
Here is the message in the survey:
Welcome to Year 2 of Wayfinder implementation, our Life and Career Readiness Curriculum.
As of July 2024, the state is requiring that we all teach the Transformation Social, Emotional Learning (TSEL) standards in our schools. See this LINK for more information on the requirements. Wayfinder is our adopted curriculum for meeting this requirement and for fostering a sense of belonging and purpose in our schools which leads to a positive culture and climate and is tied to Board End Goal 3: Students, families, and staff experience wellness, inclusion, and belonging in our schools as measured by the following, overall and for historically underserved subgroups. 3.3:
Students at all three levels will implement Wayfinder curriculum, which aims to increase belonging and purpose by improving relationships and connections at all levels.
Jennifer and Diana (Wayfinder Implementation Manager) will be training staff the week of August 26th during your building discretion time.
- On August 26th we will train new teachers on creating their accounts and accessing the Activity Library.
- On August 28th, we will training school counselors on the new MTSS dashboard and implementing Tier 2 and 3 curriculum.
- We will hold an optional training on the 28th for Learning Specialists, School Psychs, Student Success and Speech Paths on using Wayfinder for Tier 2 and 3.
If you have questions, please reach out!
Reminders/Action items:
- Complete evaluations: Please review these guidelines for certified evaluations.
- Close out expenditures: carry over up to 20%
- Prepare for a smooth check-out process for staff – make sure grades are 100% completed by 4:00 on Thursday, June 20.
- Roger White support: Want to help? Click this link
- From Culture of Care: Check out our latest news and workshop offerings!
- ICCL Hiring: Please refer to this document on ICCL posting/hiring.
- Tentative BEA Agreement can be found HERE
- Lewis and Clark Admin Cohort: If you know of anyone who is interested in starting their administrative (Principal) licensure program this next fall please share the flyer below with them. Flier for more information.
Information:
Compass program in Bend: Our Compass work crew has been extremely successful, providing the opportunity for 15 students to practice future read skills through work based experiences and earned academic credits towards their diploma, in a non traditional setting. Under the supervision and guidance of their teacher, Todd LaFrenz, these students have earned 20 credits over the year.
Next year, the Compass program will move to La Pine High School with Todd LaFrenz continuing as the teacher. We anticipate the same level of success for our south county students.
Thank you to Todd LaFrenz and Josh Lagalo, from COIC, for being amazing partners as we continue to create non traditional pathways for students to earn their high school diplomas!
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Here is the LINK for our HS work session this week focusing providing input on the K-12 Student Handbook to be implemented next school year AND the Learning Environment (Article 18) discussion. You are encouraged to continue to review the contents and provide feedback to Eric by June 20.
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From Kinsey:
Houselessness and de-escalation:
Our region is fortunate to have Ryan Dowd join us for a workshop. Ryan runs a large homeless shelter in Chicago. He will present on houselessness, de-escalation, the teenage brain and substance use, and effective communication with people in crisis.
Friday, September 13th at the Fairgrounds, all day. Sponsored by Central Oregon Health Council, the HDESD, FAN, and Bend-La Pine Schools.
I have 15 seats reserved for our administrators. Please email me if you would like to attend.
Racial equity:
Our district’s intention is that all staff—prioritizing our leadership—participate in Coaching for Educational Equity (CFEE, a week-long intensive workshop) and/or the two-day Taking It Up. Many of our leaders are already CFEE graduates, so we’re well on our way.
CFEE and TIU are valuable ways to engage in the ongoing journey of understanding oppression in Oregon’s history and education system, as well as to develop shared language as a leadership team.
If you have not yet participated in CFEE and don’t anticipate being able to do so in the next couple years, please sign up for Taking It Up this August 20-21. Sign up ASAP via UKG.
**If you’re a CFEE grad willing to serve as a table facilitator, please email me.
Please consider reiterating the value and importance of Taking It Up with your staff and encouraging them to sign up.
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From Jenn and Stephen: This CTE Memo was sent to administrators, counselors and registrars this week. It applies to programs that use heavy equipment that can cause bodily harm. A short list would be: Construction, Manufacturing Technology, Automotive. It may not be limited to these examples, however. If there is a specific instance, feel free to reach out.
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From Jackie:
Summer Energy Conservation and SOP
Here is the Holiday SOP as a reminder about shutting down the schools when the last of the staff and students depart for the summer holiday. Completing building walk-throughs, we have seen high participation in closing schools over the breaks which is translating into savings. Here is an alternative reminder for staff and a checklist that can be shared.
Schools are going into unoccupied mode on June 24th. The morning purge is still active to try and get the schools down to 70 but the AC will be off. Please try to be cognizant of lighting and open windows and doors in schools to try and keep it cool.
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From IT: This is a friendly reminder that Ted Holten and Jason Westmoreland are available to assist with any Discipline data entry into Synergy for which you may be struggling. If you need assistance, please feel free to email both of us and we will attempt to get back to you ASAP.
ALL 23-24 school year discipline resulting in an ISS/OSS, Expulsion, or IAES need to be entered into Synergy prior to staff leaving on Friday 6/21/24.
Please run your audits and admin reports to make sure everything is entered as you want it to be. Eric Powell, Ted & Jason will be reviewing the data and attempting to contact you regarding any issues prior to Friday.
To run your audits, using Synergy, navigate using the PAD Tree to:
BEN > School Reports > Discipline Incident Reports > Discipline Audits (make sure the arrow points DOWN to expose the audits)
Run each audit and verify the data is entered as desired.
Also, navigate to:
Synergy SIS > System > User > Admin Reports (or just type Admin Reports in the Quick Launch)
Change the Group Name to “Discipline” reports, and review the following reports:
- DI504: Incomplete Violations
- DI505: Incomplete Dispositions
- DI506: Discipline Data Entry Summary
If you have any questions about the issues identified in these reports, please let us know.
NOTE: Ted & Jason will be running additional reports and reviewing ODE audits next week. If there are any additional issues that arise from that review process, we will reach out to let you know – and work with you to resolve those issues. Additionally, Eric Powell will be reviewing sensitive incidents and may reach out directly to discuss State/Federal Reporting consequences of how data was entered to make sure you are reporting what you intended.
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We know you’re counting down the days left in the school year but we are already hard at work on the Welcome Back program on Tuesday, August 27. This year’s virtual presentation will have a direct feed to every building! That means your school community will have a moment to stand out and shine. Throughout the program, we’ll go live to each school for 20 seconds. Find a unique way to say HELLO to all of Bend-La Pine Schools across the district. There will be prizes to the most creative greetings. Let the idea buzz around your head this summer and be ready to offer ideas to your school when you return in August.
Calendar:
LINK to the SIW Calendar and HS administrator work sessions and agendas for 23-24.
Here is the link to the Inservice Week Certified work calendar for 24-25
Here is our Professional Development Calendar for August
Here is the 24-25 Student Services Professional Learning Plan
Here is the SIW Calendar for 24-25
June 15-16: Juneteenth Community Celebration in Drake Park
June 20: BLAST end of the year luncheon 11:30-1:30 @ Ed Center
June 21: HS End of the Year Planning 8:00-10:00 @ La Pine High School
The month of July: Rest and relaxation!!
August 5 and 6: K-12 Administrator District Welcome Back
August 8: HS Kick Off Gathering 8-4 @ Caldera
August 19: BLS SIRC & STAS Administrator Training 8:30-12:30 @ Ed Center: Board Room
This week, we were reminded during a graduation speech by Interim Principal Zach Harju at REALMS, of an inspiring story, heard long ago, about lessons we can learn from geese. As you watch the video below, reflect on lessons you learned this year as a leader, how you supported others, who was there to lift you up, and what lessons we still want to continue to work on in 24-25 together as a flock.