To Do:
Messaging to families about ninth grade orientations: Please use this template to send home a communication to your families about your Ninth Grade Orientation Event March 6. Please customize the information to your school by filling in the times in the first paragraph and the school name in the second. We are including a similar item in the March 1 Family Spotlight. We plan to say that the event begins at 6:00pm unless you tell Scott otherwise.
Information:
CEL Days at Schools – Our Center for Educational Leadership cohort culture walk for HS principals is coming up Tuesday, March 7, 8:00-2:00 at MVHS.
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From Alandra – Principals, please share information about serving on the school board in your next communication home with families (note: This is for an information session Thursday, March 2). Learn About Serving on the School Board
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From Jennifer Hauth – The state is looking for feedback on the draft SEL standards and framework. There will be three listening sessions: Zoom Link: https://www.zoomgov.com/j/16160293174
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From Tami Pike re: Home/Welfare Visits – Due to safety concerns, school nurses are not permitted to do any type of home/site visit unless prior approval has been obtained by their direct supervisor.
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From Andrea – The 2023-24 calendars can be accessed here. The 2024-25 major dates calendar should be completed in the next couple of weeks.
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UKG Update
- Our Time and Leave Team continues to work on backend issues that are causing some leave accruals to be inaccurate. This issue is actively being addressed and won’t cease until the data displayed within UKG matches our paper payroll records.
- Employees are instructed to only access UKG by signing into our internal UKG link with their BLS username and password. Staff who attempt to login via the external BLS jobs link will be locked out of UKG. To be unlocked, staff will need to submit a request through the IT Web Help Desk. BLS employees are to follow these instructions when applying for other BLS openings.
- We are in the process of updating the time-off choices with Frontline Absence Management/Aesop to match the choices within UKG. Next week, we will provide a cheat sheet to assist staff in selecting the correct drop-down option.
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If you haven’t had the opportunity to explore Chat GPT you should. This Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool is both fascinating and scary. Its use as a classroom tool and as a productivity tool for work deserves our attention. If you’re interested, here are some resources from Education Week on this AI tool.
Calendar:
February 27: Assistant Principals and Deans PD 7:30-8:30 @ Ed Center/Board room
February 28: HS Administrators Work Session 8:00-9:30 @ Realms HS
March 2: 8th Grade FlyUp Day!
March 3: HS Principal Breakfast 7:30 @ Original Pancake House in Bend
March 7: Embedded school session with CEL; Principals only; 8:00-4:00 @MVHS
March 13: Principal Professional Development 3:00-4:30 @ Ed Center/Board Room
March 14: HS Administrators Work Session 8:00-9:30
March 15: Priority Standards SIW designated for LA, SS, Sci, Math, WL; virtual meeting
March 20: Assistant Principals and Deans PD 7:30-8:30 @ Ed Center/Wall Street Lab
March 21 and 22: Priority Standards collaboration/PD with Anne McCarty Perez; teacher reps attend; virtual training
CTE programming at LPHS was highlighted in our local media this week. Check out the link.