{"id":5539,"date":"2022-09-22T09:11:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T16:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/katie.legace\/?p=5539"},"modified":"2022-09-23T08:29:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T15:29:04","slug":"september-22-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/katie.legace\/2022\/09\/22\/september-22-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"September 22, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From Scott in District Safety: <\/strong>I wanted to take a moment to send out a reminder on our drill procedures. Your Safety Administrator should have been granted access to the District Safety Site Representatives \u2013 Drills<\/a> Google Drive. Be sure you record your drills for each month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inside the \u201cDrills\u201d Google Drive, you should see a folder titled: \u201cDrill and Evaluation Forms (Schools).\u201d There is a folder for each school inside that folder. This is where you can drop your BLS Drill and Emergency Incident Evaluation Form<\/em> once you complete your drills (this is the form you use to email to Marsh Baro after your school completed a drill).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will also find pdf files of our district Safety Drills Guidelines 2022-23<\/em> which has information on the required drills by Oregon law and district expectations on completing those drills each month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, you will see the BLS Emergency Drills SY 22-23<\/em> Google Sheet that you will use to enter the dates each month that your school completes your emergency drills (Marsha use to track this for us as well).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please reach out with any questions or issues with access to any of the documents in this folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Tina in Transportation: <\/strong> It is time for students to be trained in bus evacuation drills. We will use a video for the state mandated training. Students who ride the bus will receive additional training from their driver in the very near future. Please have your home room or advisory teachers show the video (here<\/a>) to their students. After all classes have viewed the video, complete the doc here<\/a> and return to Justin Kohler, Training Coordinator at justin.kohler@bend.k12.or.us<\/a> , transportation@bend.k12.or.us<\/a> , or to me. We would greatly appreciate it this could be finished no later than Friday, October 14th<\/sup>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Stephen and Jennifer: Feedback requested on Life and Career Readiness vision: <\/strong> Thank you for taking the time to learn about the Life and Career Readiness initiative at our last work session. \u00a0Stephen and Jennifer are looking for feedback on the\u00a0river document<\/a>\u00a0they showed you. \u00a0Please take a moment to fill out this\u00a0survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Paul in HR:<\/strong> UKG Project Update<\/u><\/strong>: Please include\u00a0the UKG Project on a faculty\/department meeting agenda within the next two weeks and show one of the videos to be certain that all staff are exposed to this work.<\/em>..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week\u2019s UKG training includes directions for the following three tasks or you can view\u00a0this video<\/a>\u00a0instead. How To Login To UKG<\/a>You’ll need to have already set up multi-factor authentication.\u00a0 If you haven’t done so, please follow\u00a0these instructions<\/a>.Use (and bookmark) this\u00a0BLS UKG link<\/a>\u00a0Once you\u2019ve received the Congratulatory message that you\u2019ve successfully logged into UKG, you may logout.UKG Tech SupportFor the launch of phase one of the Time & Leave module, support will be in three easy steps:We ask people to fully read and follow the training docs\/videos which are housed in our\u00a0HR UKG Suite Implementation<\/a>\u00a0website within teh staff portal\u00a0Reach out to your office manager for assistanceSubmit a Help Desk ticket\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0and choose UKG from the first drop down menu. Access the UKG Smart Phone AppFollow\u00a0these instructions<\/a>\u00a0or the ones at the end of\u00a0this video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Alandra: Principals \u2013 please share this blurb in your next parent communication, so long as it is before October 10:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Community Invited to Apply to Vacant Board Seat<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Applications due October 11; appointee to fill term through June 2023<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bend-La Pine Schools\u2019 Board of Directors is seeking applicants to fill a vacant seat, Zone 7 at large. Applicants must reside within a Deschutes County voting precinct, have resided within a Deschutes County voting precinct for at least one year, reside within Bend-La Pine Schools\u2019 attendance area and be registered to vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Applications are due October 11 at 4 p.m. Visit the Board of Directors\u2019 webpage<\/a> for details on how to apply (applicants must share a resume, residency attestation form from the webpage and a letter of interest following the prompt on the website.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finalists will be selected Nov. 8 and a final appointee will be sworn in Dec. 13. The individual will be appointed to serve through June 20, 2023 (the appointee may choose to file for the May 2023 election.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Se invita a la comunidad a postularse para un puesto vacante en la junta directiva<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Las s<\/em>olicitudes se vencen<\/em> el 11 de octubre; la <\/em>persona nombrada ocupara<\/em> el t<\/em>\u00e9<\/em>rmino hasta junio de 2023<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

La Junta Directiva de las Escuelas de Bend-La Pine est\u00e1 buscando candidatos para ocupar un puesto vacante, la Zona 7 en general.  Los solicitantes deben residir dentro de un recinto electoral del condado de Deschutes, haber residido dentro de un recinto electoral del condado de Deschutes durante al menos un a\u00f1o, residir dentro del \u00e1rea de asistencia de las escuelas de Bend-La Pine y estar registrados para votar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Las solicitudes deben presentarse antes de el 11 de octubre a las 4 p.m. Visite la p\u00e1gina web de la Junta Directiva<\/a> para obtener detalles sobre c\u00f3mo presentar una solicitud (los solicitantes deben compartir un curr\u00edculum vitae, un formulario de certificaci\u00f3n de residencia de la p\u00e1gina web y una carta de inter\u00e9s siguiendo el aviso en el sitio web).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Los finalistas ser\u00e1n seleccionados el 8 de noviembre y la persona nombrada prestar\u00e1 juramento el 13 de diciembre. El individuo ser\u00e1 designado para servir hasta el 20 de junio de 2023 (la persona nombrada puede optar por presentar una solicitud para las elecciones de mayo de 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

From Colleen Behrens, Linda Adams and Monica Freeman<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data is a part of our daily decisions and in all careers. Standards in Math, Science and Social Science are adding more data literacy starting with elementary grades. But what is data?  How do we teach students to create and understand the stories data can present?  What does it mean to be a data literate citizen?  The Science, Math and Social Science Instructional Coaches are offering a Data Literacy Series for secondary teachers.<\/strong> We encourage cohorts from the same school and across disciplines to participate in the series, but individuals are welcome too.  Please share <\/strong>this informational flyer<\/strong><\/a> with your teachers. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Scott and Julianne:<\/strong> Here are the Safety Slides<\/a> for you to use with staff and students as helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Jennifer Hauth: Family Engagement: A Meaningful Back-to-School Night<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imagine walking into your child\u2019s back-to-school night and experiencing an event that builds meaningful connections between parents, students, educators, and staff. A back-to-school night filled with warm greetings, open discussion, and the creation of a shared vision. Too often these events, in the spirit of expediency, miss important opportunities to catalyze a sense of belonging and authentic partnership between schools and families. But family partnerships are especially important this year to drive recovery, and we can leverage SEL to create a better back-to-school night<\/strong><\/a> that fosters real relationships: by personally welcoming families as they enter the building, ensuring that parents actually get to know each other as well as the school staff during the event, and concluding in a way that leaves participants feeling encouraged to stay in partnership. Parents already support SEL<\/strong><\/a> in school; now let\u2019s utilize it to strengthen family engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Impressions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can you welcome families as they enter your building and set a tone of student-centered welcome, support, collaboration, and joy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         Consider how to incorporate young people\u2019s voices, either in person as greeters and guides, as performers (such as the school band or dance group performing as people enter), through artwork or messages on the wall, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         Before the event, ask students what they want to share and celebrate most about their school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting to Know One Another While We Get to Know Your School<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can you ensure that families not only learn about the school curriculum, but also get to know the school staff and each other?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         Have name tags available for families <\/strong>where they can share their name and \u201cI have a child in x grade\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         Begin classroom or whole-school presentations with a warm welcome <\/strong>that allows for connections between caregivers. This may be a brief turn-and-talk about something caregivers are looking forward to during the year ahead or an activity such as a \u201craise your hand if you \u2026 (have multiple students in this school, remember being nervous for a first day of school, attended this school yourself, tried something new or traveled outside of our state this summer, etc.)\u201d Find more ideas in our 3 Signature Practices Playbook<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         Ensure that staff members introduce themselves<\/strong>, their vision as educators, and their hopes for the year, in addition to the schedules, curriculum overview, and logistics of their classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         Include an overview of the ways that the school is explicitly building community at the school and classroom level<\/strong>, any SEL curricula you are using, and ways that student supports are integrated into the classroom experience. Create opportunities for caregivers to share how they are supporting their students\u2019 holistic development at home as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         Consider having interactive opportunities <\/strong>rather than just telling caregivers about the curricula. It can be powerful to use examples that tie to the community or experiences that showcase how your curriculum helps prepare students for their daily lives and futures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         Create bi-directional learning<\/strong>. Consider having caregivers sit in a circle to encourage sharing and equity of voice. Classroom gatherings may also be a time to get feedback on what caregivers may have learned about their students during remote learning or how the teacher and school can best meet their students\u2019 needs (verbally or through a quick written survey).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         In schools with homerooms, consider having sticky notes inside each student\u2019s desk <\/strong>where caregivers can leave \u201clove notes\u201d for their students. For students whose caregivers are unable to attend, offer opportunities to email notes or have peers also leave notes for one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         Collaborate to build deeper connections to the local community.<\/strong> For example:
\u2014 Organize community\/neighborhood tours. Create opportunities for parents and caregivers to identify the places they\u2019d like school staff to see to better understand their interests and needs.
\u2014 Use the night to schedule visits to homes and community centers or ask for upcoming events that staff and caregivers can enjoy together.
\u2014 Partner with the local library to explore local history together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Optimistic Close<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can you end your time together in a way that leaves participants feeling connected and encouraged to stay in partnership with school staff and one another?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

End your back-to-school night by inviting caregivers to share something positive they have heard this year from their student or something they are curious to learn more about in the coming months. Share opportunities for caregivers to sign up for newsletters, roundtables, and volunteer opportunities and to partner with you on the design of these experiences and resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just as we hope that SEL and academic growth are intertwined throughout our students\u2019 school experiences, we see back-to-school nights as opportunities to model those connections for caregivers as well. Wishing you all a beautiful year ahead!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Paul in HR:<\/strong> Here is the second installment of our weekly UKG project update.\u00a0\u00a0This video<\/a>\u00a0will provide a 3-minute overview of our implementation and training schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Multifactor Authentication(MFA)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staff who have not set up MFA, will not be able to login to UKG and therefore won’t be able to request leaves, submit timesheets and perform other critical tasks.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is documentation on setting up\u00a0multi-factor authentication\u00a0<\/a>(MFA).\u00a0 If you encounter problems, you may reach out to the IT Help Desk support (x1200).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

September 26: Assistant Principal\/Dean Work Session\u00a0<\/strong>7:30-8:30 at Ed Center rom 314<\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 26<\/strong>:\u00a0District Safety Team meeting<\/strong>\u00a08:30-9:30 (Safety leads required to attend) at Ed Center room 314<\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 27: Principal Work Session<\/strong>\u00a08:00-10:00 @ Ed Center room 203 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 4: ICCL\/Administrator Work Session<\/strong>\u00a04-6pm @ BSHS in Perseverance Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 7: <\/strong> Principal Breakfast<\/strong>@ Original Pancake House 7:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 10: Principal PD <\/strong>3:00-4:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 11: HS Administrator Work Session<\/strong> 8:00-9:30 @MVHS Library<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 14:<\/strong> SIF and HSS Discretionary budgets due.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 14:<\/strong> Bias Incident <\/strong>student lesson should have been taught by school staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 19: Stats I Training<\/strong> 12-4 @ HDESD building in Redmond. This training is required for all administrators and Deans. Contact Eric Powell to sign up or if you have questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 24: <\/strong>Assistant Principal\/Dean Work Session <\/strong>7:30-8:30 at Ed Center in Board Room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 25:\u00a0HS Administrator Work Session<\/strong>\u00a08:00-9:30 @Realms. Prep for meeting: Read Chapters 1-4 in Equitable Grading<\/em> by Joe Feldman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out this video made by Caldera’s Leadership for the Frosh Assembly: Go Wolfpack!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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