{"id":2120,"date":"2020-10-09T23:49:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T23:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/katie.legace\/?p=2120"},"modified":"2020-10-11T23:22:32","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T23:22:32","slug":"october-9-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/katie.legace\/2020\/10\/09\/october-9-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"October 9, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Attendance: <\/strong> At our HS horizontal team meeting last week we landed on a NEW plan for taking attendance and agreed to make the change beginning Monday, October 26. We may have an even more simple way<\/strong> to achieve this necessary task. More to come next week, after we have a chance to discuss this Monday afternoon. Thanks to everyone for putting their heads together to problem solve how best to improve this task!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attendance:<\/strong> We have been in conversations with Becky in regards to LIPI attendance and contact tracing<\/strong>. Depending on your situation (what day you bring students in on, how many students come for LIPI, etc.), there are quite a few variables. Please follow this guidance for any LIPI student (when they are on-site)<\/strong>. This is likely new information and also possible that it is different than your plan \u2013 so communicate to all who need to know this.<\/strong> Please call me or Becky if you have any questions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students should have the PV absence code<\/strong> removed when they are onsite<\/strong>.  The absence code should be blank (indicating the student is present and onsite).  The students are onsite at the most, 2 hours.  Remove the PV absence code on\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middle and high schools<\/strong>: The section(s) and\/or teacher associated with the visit OR<\/strong> the section(s) that is closest to the time the student is onsite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your teachers can remove the PV code.  If you want your teachers to remove it, please let them know.  The PV codes populate during the Mass Change Attendance process, early in the morning.  Removing the PV absence code ahead of time is not an option right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More LIPI students onsite in the future?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, probably.  LIPI may broaden to help additional students.  We will work on a process to help with the attendance piece for these students as well.  Stay tuned!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A blank absence code = Student is present and onsite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tamarack and Transition Co-op students at the Education Center:<\/u><\/strong>  We will begin to use the Groups with Mass Change Attendance as planned for the hybrid schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Send me the LIPI plan for your building! <\/strong> (got it – LPHS and BTA@MHS!). Sean and his team have developed a MTSS focused district plan to guide how you prioritize which students to serve in LIPI which is reflected in this document<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Please share this with your teachers (from Scott McDonald)<\/strong>: There will be a big change coming with how WebEx is set up that will improve security for teachers using WebEx <\/strong>with their students.  This change has not occurred yet, but it is expected within the next week. These changes should help with managing unintended or inappropriate student visitors <\/strong>to your Webex meetings. The students will log in to Webex in a similar fashion to how teachers log into WebEx. The teachers will have \u201chost\u201d accounts.  These accounts allow them to schedule and create sessions. The students will have \u201cattendee\u201d accounts. These accounts will only allow them to attend sessions. Users from outside the district will not be able to attend WebEx sessions that are created by teachers. Look for new instructions for how students will join WebEx meetings in the next few days.  By the way, the next update of WebEx will also have the most requested item by teachers\u2026 a mute button that students can\u2019t unmute! [And a special shout out to Vince Valenti<\/strong> for doing the behind-the-scenes heavy lifting to make sure these changes work!].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is a page on our district website<\/a> that would be a nice one to bookmark and share with your staff.<\/strong> Recently added to this page is a very simple and clear metric chart<\/strong> that highlights the individual metrics per week, as well as the potential first day we could return in a Hybrid format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Be sure to SIGN UP for STAS Level 1-2 Training – 11\/17-18 – Registration Link<\/a><\/strong>. Reach out to Misty Groom if you have questions about the training and to see if you should register.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ODE has recently shared guidance regarding Educator Evaluations for 2020-21<\/strong>. Here is a copy of this guidance<\/a>. As a reminder, the district is going to pull a team of teachers, BEA, building and district administrators together to discuss any modifications that may be in place for us this year. Thank you to Michael McDonald <\/strong>for being our HS admin rep!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We have decided to not follow the original plan (pre-COVID) for fall conferences.<\/strong> This change mostly impacts elementary and middle schools because those days were originally non instructional days. Those dates will now be student instruction days. Due to the change in fall conferences, our district\u2019s calendar has been updated<\/strong>. Here is a copy<\/a> of the calendar, with this change indicated. It will also be posted on the website soon, if not already.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As you are aware, the special invitation ODE meeting earlier this week <\/strong>didn\u2019t reveal any new changes to state metrics or ODE guidance related to schools opening<\/strong>. There is interest in reviewing the metrics. In the PortlandTribune (Oct. 7, 2020), Governor Brown<\/strong> was quoted as saying: \u201cOur Oregon health experts together with school administrators will be reevaluating our school metrics in the coming weeks, and we\u2019ll have an update for you on that very soon.\u201d Asked if \u201creevaluating\u201d meant lowering the benchmarks for schools to reopen, Brown indicated the answer is yes: \u201cWe\u2019re still exploring this issue, but I think it\u2019s fair to say that the statewide metric, frankly, is quite challenging for communities around the state. And my top priority is to make sure that we get our kids back into school safely.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Calendar:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HS Administrator WebEx Meeting:<\/strong> Tuesday, Oct 13 at 2:00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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