Thank you for another outstanding week, Building Leaders:<\/p>\n
I had the opportunity to attend the iNACOL conference<\/strong> this week.\u00a0 The focus for the conference was innovation in high schools<\/strong> and here are several “takeaways” happening around our great nation:<\/p>\n To Do:<\/strong><\/p>\n *Principals, I am proposing to align the ACR and Choice Schools<\/strong> processes so we complete both prior to forecasting beginning in March.\u00a0 For this to happen, we would need to schedule all of our 8th grade orientation nights in January.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, we will continue to schedule each of the Bend area HS orientations on separate nights<\/strong> and that includes Marshall, Skyline and REALMS.\u00a0\u00a0 I am presenting the proposal to cabinet on Monday afternoon.\u00a0 Here is the proposal<\/a>, if you would like to weigh in.<\/p>\n Information<\/strong>:<\/p>\n *At the high school level, we have been “flexible” in recent years, in regards to expecting our teachers to attend District SIW’s.\u00a0 I would like your help in changing that dynamic<\/strong>.\u00a0 We have a key structure in place to facilitate teacher collaboration through our District SIW time, now we need them to show up!\u00a0 I want your help getting our high school teachers to attend those trainings\/meetings outlined for their subject areas.<\/strong>\u00a0 The next District SIW is Dec. 19.<\/strong><\/p>\n *Principals, during our one-on-one conversation this month<\/strong> we will be visting about your school report card, budgets and I would like to do a walk through of 2-3 LA classrooms.\u00a0 Here are our scheduled times:<\/p>\n *I have added a standing agenda item to our HS Principals meetings related to our three Choice Schools.<\/strong>\u00a0 The purpose is to have an open discussion about myths\/rumors\/questions related to programming and students accessing our Choice Schools.<\/strong>\u00a0 The intention is for us to work together to clear these up and make sure our processes are transparent.<\/p>\n *Here is a note from our ELL expert, Kinsey:\u00a0<\/strong> We are gearing up for our second year of STAMP testing, which is a language proficiency test.\u00a0 Newcomers, and\/or\u00a0ELL students who might be at-risk or credit-deficient, can potentially earn fine arts\/elective credits\u00a0for their\u00a0native language proficiency.\u00a0 We offer this opportunity twice a year: November and April and the district will pay for a student to take the test once.\u00a0 Last year, 65 students participated, and\u00a0an average of 3.4 credits was awarded per student!<\/p>\n The ELL specialist\u00a0is the primary point person for coordinating and administering this assessment in each building.\u00a0 They will work with your counselors,\u00a0grad coaches, and Latino Liaisons to identify students and record credits earned.\u00a0 ELL specialists might reach out to your building’s test coordinator if they need support.\u00a0 But mostly, this is just to inform you about this opportunity that will be happening in your buildings next month.\u00a0 If you have questions, your ELL specialist has more details, and I’m happy to help as well.<\/p>\n *The Health Advisory Committee is in need of members<\/strong>. Skip Offenhauser needs at least one admin and one teacher from each level<\/strong> to help screen and recommend supplementary materials for Health instruction. Here is the potential commitment for this year:<\/p>\n That is the tentative schedule for this year.\u00a0 For future years the predicted schedule would be to have three meetings:<\/p>\n Please let Skip Offenhauser<\/strong> know if you are interested<\/strong> in being part of this committee and\/or if you have any teachers at your school who would like to be part of this committee. Teachers will timesheet their time after school and TLC will pick up the cost of any subs that might be needed.<\/p>\n Reminders:<\/strong><\/p>\n Calendar:<\/strong><\/p>\n Thank you for another outstanding week, Building Leaders: I had the opportunity to attend the iNACOL conference this week.\u00a0 The focus for the conference was innovation in high schools and here are several “takeaways” happening around our great nation: Many … Continue reading \n
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