{"id":2336,"date":"2020-11-20T23:52:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T23:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/katie.legace\/?p=2336"},"modified":"2020-11-21T00:21:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T00:21:46","slug":"november-20-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/katie.legace\/2020\/11\/20\/november-20-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"November 20, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kathy Nagel Hood, Dave Hood’s wife and a counselor in the community shared this statement <\/a>about how adults can help our children navigate during the pandemic. She gave me permission to share it with others. I find wisdom in her words. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Grading Practices and revised CDL schedule: <\/strong> I appreciate the quality conversations you are having with teachers about equitable grading practices<\/strong> and how best to revise the CDL schedule<\/strong> to address the needs of our students who are currently and have been historically unsuccessful in school. HERE <\/a>is the equitable grading document we will be sending out to staff. I will be working with Lora on how best to communicate with parents about these changes. This document outlines the two equitable grading changes we are implementing at the high schools and emphasizes the importance of continuing conversations at the building level to select one or two other practices to adopt at your schools. These conversations focus on both short term and long term improvements in grading practices that are long overdue. Thank you for your courageous leadership in this important work!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is the link to the Return to School <\/a>page on our website. Check it out, as it allows easy access for staff to important COVID information, including the metrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Please remind your staff to stay home if they are not feeling well<\/strong> – even if they have the sniffles. Tami and her nursing team are facing some challenging situations related to folks NOT doing this, then testing positive after symptoms develop. I know staying if you are bit under the weather seems extreme, but in our current scenario it is necessary to protect others around you!
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LIPI during the Governor\u2019s \u201ctwo-week pause\u201d <\/strong>we are not adding additional students to LIPI. We are, however, continuing to offer LIPI to those students who have been participating. You can continue to work on lists and processes for adding additional students so you are ready to go when LIPI expansion<\/strong> is once again given the green light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sub availability:<\/strong> This is a not today or tomorrow \u201cto do\u201d item, but one that I wanted to get on your radar. Our elementary schools have gone through a process of contacting subs<\/strong> they have used in the past in order to gauge their availability during Hybrid (and even in-person) instruction. As you know, we are using very few subs during CDL, but our need will drastically change beginning with Hybrid. You may want to begin having your Office Manager (or other) reach out to subs you have used (or possibly expanding that list) in the past to inquire about their availability. Our elementary schools found their sub interest\/availability is dramatically reduced \u2013 even from the fall of last year. Reach out to me if you\u2019d like to process this further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A reminder about YouthTruth:<\/strong> I included this information in last week’s blog, but wanted to remind you about the readiness work to do in preparation for the YouthTruth student surveys<\/strong> prior to the survey window of Jan. 4 \u2013 22, 2021. \u00a0At least one building administrator\u00a0at every HS needs to become familiar with all things YouthTruth. Today I\u2019m sharing two of the things that this administrator needs to do. First, here is a\u00a020-minute kick-off Webinar\u00a0<\/a>to watch. This Webinar contains important information regarding these student, staff, and family surveys. This needs to be viewed no later than THIS WEEK.\u00a0Second, here is a\u00a0survey timeline<\/a>\u00a0that has been developed between YouthTruth and BLS. Please read over and become familiar with this. Third, on\u00a0Nov. 23\u00a0you 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Here is some information from Amy Tarnow<\/strong> that is both timely and informative\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n


WebEx Security Updates<\/strong>
Just a reminder that our WebEx instance will be upgraded to be more secure on Monday, November 30th.\u00a0\u00a0At that time, students who are logged in will be able to go directly to their teacher\u2019s WebEx room, whereas those who are not logged in will be in the waiting room until they are let in by their teacher.\u00a0\u00a0We are recommending that teachers have all students login to WebEx before that date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hot Spots<\/strong>
Leaders, we have passed out more than 1000 hot spots for internet access and have once again run out of inventory.  Of the 1000 devices that have been distributed, about 200 have never been used or are not currently active.  Could you please help us get those back so they can be distributed to families who need them?  A note in your parent communication would be great.  Something to the effect of \u201cIf your family has a wireless hot spot that is not being used, please return it to our school office so we can redistribute it to families in need.  It has become increasingly hard to get these devices and our inventory is limited so your help with this is appreciated!\u201d
One more reminder about hot spots:  Please know that these are NOT intended for staff, as staff can work on site.  If they have been distributed to staff members we appreciate your getting them back so they can go to students and families in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grade Guardian <\/strong>
We are excited to start our implementation of Grade Guardian in early December. The vendor will be offering two options for live, synchronous training for \u201cAdvisors and Allies\u201d which include administrators, counselors, grad coaches and student success instructors on December 3rd and 4th.  Both sessions are at 1 PM.  The \u201cAdvisors and Allies\u201d live sessions and Canvas course are for staff who are not tied to any individual course sections in Synergy.<\/em>Please register by using this form: <\/strong>https:\/\/forms.gle\/ZDwv2sTsoGkPfB569<\/a>
For those that would like to start their learning ahead of these vendor-led sessions, you can enroll in a Canvas \u201cGrade Guardian 101 \u2013 Advisors\u201d course by clicking this link:  https:\/\/bls.instructure.com\/enroll\/LCL76A<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will need a Canvas account to access both the Grade Guardian 101 course, and Grade Guardian itself.\u00a0\u00a0If you don\u2019t yet have an account, please request one by filling out this form:\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfWl16wzrdMgviSumkOq5e5lUkC-H2-i_bkI4WWaSK0KsfAhw\/viewform<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please note that training for teachers, ELL staff, SPED staff (and others as needed) will happen after these initial sessions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After School Specials<\/strong>
And finally, here is some information regarding a few available technology training for staff, or \u201cAfter School Specials<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Professional Development focused on remote teaching<\/strong>: Stanford is offering a free course for MS\/HS teachers around \u201cHow to Teach Online\u201d that will be offered on November 21 & 22. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As you may recall, our district, due to what we believe are privacy issues, do not place a copy of STAS documents<\/strong> in a student\u2019s permanent record. However, we do upload and keep a record of these documents hidden (accessible by admin and whoever enters discipline incidents at the building) within Synergy. This video<\/a> is of Amy Stafford describing (and showing) how an admin can access STAS documents within Synergy. If you have an incident at your school that requires a STAS process, please continue to inter-district mail (or BLSend) these documents to Amy who will keep an original copy, as well as upload it into Synergy. Also, STAS documents have been updated on the Portal<\/a> \u2013 so please use this version rather than any you might have saved on your computer or in a file drawer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019ve been a part of a few conversations around students not having cameras on during Webex instruction.<\/strong> As you know, this is not a mandate (that all students have cameras on) \u2013 and also can be very frustrating to the teacher. Here is an article<\/a> that I just found in the Marshall Memo that had what I thought was both good philosophy and ideas regarding better student engagement in this area. It is a one-page read, so I hope you all take a few minutes to check it out! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is a flyer<\/a> that outlines some best practices for schools that have social media accounts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

HS Administrator WebEx<\/strong>: Thursday, December 3 @ 1:00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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