This and That:
Art Workshops: After talking with several of you, we will not have art workshops this spring as we have a lot on our plates between now and the end of the school year. We WILL have them two times next school year, so start those creative juices flowing now so you will feel ready when the time arrives.
BLS 2023-2024 Calendars (From HR): The 2023-24 calendars can be accessed here. The 2024-25 major dates calendar should be completed in the next few weeks.
Erin’s Law (From TLC): Follow this link for the lessons and other information for teaching the required Erin’s Law Child Sexual Abuse and Prevention lessons this April. Our 3/13 staff meeting will focus on reviewing these materials as a staff and provide time to work with your team to prepare. The office will send an EME version of this linked parent letter to all families by 3/10 in English and Spanish.
UKG Update (From HR):
- Our Time and Leave Team continues to work on backend issues that are causing some leave accruals to be inaccurate. This issue is actively being addressed and won’t cease until the data displayed within UKG matches our paper payroll records.
- When applying for other BLS openings, employees are instructed to only access UKG by signing into our internal UKG link with their BLS username and password. Staff who attempt to log in via the external BLS jobs link will be locked out of UKG. To be unlocked, staff must submit a request through the IT Web Help Desk. BLS employees are to follow these instructions when applying for other BLS openings.
- We are in the process of updating the time-off choices with Frontline Absence Management/Aesop to match the choices within UKG. Next week, we will provide a cheat sheet to assist staff in selecting the correct drop-down option.
EME Safety Concern Link: The EME Safety Concern link has been added to the links at the top of the Eagle Essentials newsletter.
Monday Staff Meeting Agenda: Use this time to take the Oregon Statewide Educator Survey. Please see Kelle’s email sent on 2/19 with a direct link and access token to take the survey.
Focus on Excellence and Equity:
Math Curriculum Review Team Update (From Kerry Morton): The Math Curriculum Review Team finished listening sessions with staff and parents. Here is a brochure with some highlights from the data we collected.
TLC Update: Here is a link to the 2/15 TLC Update. This is the same as last week.
Coaching Support: Here is a link to schedule support from Anna.
To Do:
EET Website: Please share the new EET (PTO) Website in your weekly communication with families.
Spring Spirit Days: Please share our spring spirit days in your weekly newsletters.
Staffing Preference Survey: Thank you to everyone who completed the staffing preference survey. If you haven’t yet completed it, please have it done by this Thursday, March 2nd. ALL POSITIONS – please take a couple of moments to complete this staffing preferences survey before March 2nd. Thank you.
Parent Volunteers: Before a volunteer can begin, you must get official confirmation from Nicole or Chris that the parent has passed the background check. Once they say yes, you will need to add them to this weekly google document letting us know who to expect each day.
Important Dates:
- Wednesday: Specialist C Week, SIW= team time, ICCL retreat postponed, Grade 4 music program in the evening
- Thursday: Kelle at CEL training all day, Fire Drill in the PM
- Friday: Kelle at ODE TAG training all day
SIW Schedule:
- 3/1 School Discretion/ Team Time
- 3/8 Teacher Prep
- 3/15 School Discretion/ Team Time
- 3/22 School Discretion/ Team Time
- 3/29 Spring Vacation