TO DO:
Dean Richards (aka “Mr Other Duties as Assigned”) is taking the lead on getting our new, HS and MS Literacy Coaches “coached up” and ready to support your first and second-year teachers to the district! We hired Jackie Greenwood (teacher at SHS) for HS and Alex Child (teacher at SVMS) for MS. Dean, Jackie, and Alex will design three 1/2 day Disciplinary Literacy Training sessions this year (and three more next year) and provide side by side coaching in between sessions.
Dean has been working to develop the LIST OF NEW TEACHERS who will be involved in this opportunity. Please review the list for your school. The criteria are year 1 and year 2 regardless of prior experience (we did not include music, ELD, world language, and SPED teachers). Contact Dean with questions or concerns because we want to make sure that the disciplinary literacy content works for each of the teachers on this list.
Information:
We will be offering StudySync training for all of your staff members that might be using this program and need a refresher. The training will be from 12:30-3:00 on September 11th and buildings will need to pay for subs.
Here is an important message from Julianne: Please be sure your staff is training up on FIRST STEP AND SAFE OREGON protocols and be aware that THIS INFO will be on the back of student ID’s this year.
Here is an important message from Lora: Our safety team has created signs to provide information for visitors/volunteers. It is my understanding that these are being sent directly to your schools. There has been a delay in processing the Spanish-language versions, so I am asking all of you to WAIT to post signs until you have both English and Spanish-language posters. Thanks!
As you work through organizing your evaluation system for the year, here is the Building Administrator Roles in evaluating our Itinerant staff this year.
Collaborative Problem Solving training is being offered locally at no cost to staff. You will need to cover the cost of subs, however. Consider sending staff to the next CPS Tier One training in October. Submit the names of interested folks (3 per building) to Denise in Special Programs.
Here is the LINK to applying for the district GED program. Jim sent this info out to your counselors this week but I wanted you to have it as well. We will offer our district GED program at MHS and through Bend Online at LUNA (4-7). Michelle Oliver and Steph Bennett will do the intake counseling for Bend-La Pine Online’s GED Option kids. Jaime Gunter at MHS will continue to do the intake counseling for the MHS program. COIC still offers a GED program which is also available to serve our students. We encourage you to have students access our district program but the most important factor in determining the best placement is helping students to successfully graduate and be ready for their futures! Student needs come first! If the GED program at COIC works best for the student, then send them to that program.
Calendar:
9/16-HS Admin Meeting 7:00-8:15 – LPHS
9/16 – Leadership Team Meeting – Board Room @3:15
9/27-HS Principals Meeting 7:00-8:30 Jackson’s Corner eastside
10/8-Future Ready Work Team – all Principals 8:00-9:00 @Bend Chamber Conf Rm