{"id":2315,"date":"2020-11-14T01:29:03","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T01:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/katie.legace\/?p=2315"},"modified":"2020-11-14T01:29:03","modified_gmt":"2020-11-14T01:29:03","slug":"november-13-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/katie.legace\/2020\/11\/14\/november-13-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"November 13, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I appreciate this video produced by Sparrow Club<\/em><\/strong>s<\/strong><\/em>. It is a wonderful message and will bring a smile<\/strong> to your face: Compassion is Greater<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Do:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have contracted with YouthTruth to conduct student surveys<\/strong> with the district in January<\/strong>. There is some \u201cpre-work\u201d that needs to begin occurring \u2013 prior to the survey window of Jan. 4 \u2013 22, 2021. At least one building administrator<\/em> at every HS<\/strong> needs to become familiar with all things YouthTruth. Today I\u2019m sharing two of the things that this administrator needs to do. First<\/strong>, here is a 20-minute kick-off Webinar <\/a>to watch. This Webinar contains important information regarding these student, staff, and family surveys. This needs to be viewed no later than Nov. 20th. Second,<\/strong> here is a survey timeline<\/a> that has been developed between YouthTruth and BLS. Please read over and become familiar with this. On Nov. 23 you will receive an email from Whitney Ivie, from YouthTruth, regarding how to access the Student Implementation Guide, so you\u2019ll have time to prepare for this survey before the window opens. Reach out to Dave Van Loo with questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Smarter Balance is still happening this spring…we think…<\/strong> Every year we need to communicate with parents regarding statewide assessments<\/strong>. It is that time of year. We are assuming that there will be statewide assessments this next spring, so we need to communicate with parents about the opportunity to opt-out of these tests. The information that needs to be communicated with your families has been added to your school webpage; all that we need you to do is let them know that it\u2019s there in your next communication with families. This information should be found within the \u201cOur School\u201d tab on your website, then the bottom right side of the page has information regarding opting out. Remember, we are trying to INCREASE<\/strong> the percentage of students taking this test. We will do our due diligence to notify parents in the manner described above and please do NOT promote this option with students and families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Grow Your Own Program<\/strong>: If you have an awesome classified staff member<\/strong> who brings diverse talents, background, and\/or expertise to our district and might be interested in becoming a certified educator in a hard-to-fill role, please reach out to them to recommend they consider attending the Info Session coming up next week.\u00a0 See this flyer for details<\/a> (this has been shared with all classified, but personal invitations go a long way). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hoping that you will not need them any time soon, but wanted you to know that STAS documents have been updated<\/strong> (some new forms, and new fillable forms!) and are now available for you to use in the staff portal<\/a>. New this year is the \u2018Level 1 Threat Response Dismissal\u2019 Form. Please use this form if there is a perceived threat but your team determines that it is not necessary to complete the Level 1 Assessment.\u00a0 Additionally,\u00a0 please notice that the last document on the Staff Portal is the \u2018Level 1 Threat Assessment Packet.\u2019 This packet includes the Level 1 Threat Assessment, Student Interview, Parent Interview, Student-Witness Interview, and Teacher Questionnaire, so there is no need to download each individual document.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And speaking of STAS, here is some training information from Misty Groom:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here you will find the STAS\u00a0Training Sign up Sheet<\/a>. To date, 14 schools have participated in the Refresh Training<\/strong> and most schools have signed up for an upcoming training.\u00a0 I have added new dates for the week of November 16-20.\u00a0 Additionally, if none of these times work for schools, alternate dates can be made available.\u00a0 Please let the admin know that they can email me to set up a time that works for their Level 1 team (admin, school counselor, school psych, and SRO). The Refresh Trainings are a part of Best Practices and Fidelity of the Student Threat Assessment System.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Today Governor Brown hosted a press conference<\/strong> to announce a two-week freeze across our state. Here is one news outlet\u2019s summary<\/a> of that announcement. Reading this summary will likely bring a number of questions to mind in terms of how these restrictions will relate to us here locally \u2013 and specifically at BLS. I do not anticipate this impacting our ability to offer LIPI or continue after school athletics, activities, and support after school, but will keep you posted as I learn more. What is more concerning is the upswing in COVID numbers for our county. If we hit the RED zone – which we are close to doing next week – we will have to CONSIDER pulling back on those in person activities. Again, I will keep you posted as I learn more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We have discussed, and no doubt you have wondered about, the timeline of students\/staff returning to school<\/strong>. Last week this was shared<\/a> with elementary administrators (as their schools will be affected first by this transition), but also want to communicate this with you. As you will see, secondary schools will move to hybrid after \u201cdemonstrated evidence of safe elementary transition.\u201d This is not defined how how long it will take to demonstrate this safety, but we do know MS\/HS will come shortly after elementary makes this transition. I can also say with great confidence that we will not meet needed metric benchmarks on Monday, Nov. 16, so the soonest possible will be Nov. 23rd. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The snow this week has brought up some questions regarding how we are viewing \u201csnow days\u201d this year.<\/strong> The answer may be complicated \u2013 based on whether we are talking about CDL or Hybrid. We are working on updating our snow day\/school closure language. Today I will provide you with an abbreviated CDL (only) plan. Checking of roads and communicating of closures will occur as they have in the past. What is different, obviously, is that instruction will continue in CDL, whether facilities are closed or not. (Teachers will teach in CDL, students will engage and learn in CDL regardless of whether schools are closed.) If a weather-related closure is called for, then transportation will not run and schools will be closed to students and families (e.g. no LIPI or grab and go lunches served). Please feel free to share this with your staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Next Wednesday is our next Excellence and Equity training with BRYT\/Courtney<\/strong>. MS groups will be meeting at SVMS again, in the same rooms you were in last time with the same facilitators! Don\u2019t forget to complete your homework<\/a> prior to our session together. And NOTE A TIME CHANGE: We will now begin at 3:00 (instead of 3:30) and end at 4:30 (instead of 5:00).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HS Administrator WebEx: Monday, November 16 @ 1:00<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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