THE SWAG’s (staff week-at-a-glance)
THE PLACE to know what is going on!
If you notice an UPDATE button (see below)on the slide for the week, DO UPDATE IT! It means that there has been an update made to the sheet that feeds these slides and you need to refresh the slide to see most up to date info
Nuts & Bolts…
- VISITOR WIFI: please do not give ANY students the Visitor WIFI password! It is unfiltered and unrestricted and is designed as a way for adult guests/visitors to access the web, NOT students
- WHENEVER YOU NEED A SUB, PLEASE… Our office managers request that if you need a sub please reach out to them with an email, a phone call or a text RATHER than going directly to Subfinder yourself. For those of you newer to Realms, this might be a change in practice! There are several reasons for this… one of which is that we like to try and target certain higher quality subs and our office managers can do that easily. Thank you! Jennifer and Kelly are both up for receiving texts prior to 10:30PM at night and after 6:15AM in the morning. Weekends are OK! Jennifer’s cell: 541-815-8362 and Kelly’s: 541-825-8023
Committees, Clubs, Extra Duty Stipends!
- EQUITY TEAM & SUNSHINE TEAM OUTREACH: Interested? Get signed up: Outreach for Equity Team, Sunshine Committee
- AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS & TUTORING: I would LOVE to offer some clubs to our students, both academic and non-academic! We have what are called “Luna Hours” accessible to us from the District to pay staff members running after (or before) school tutoring clubs!! Are you interested in offering a weekly math tutoring group? a weekly writing club? a weekly homework support session? How about a chess club? A fitness club? A green team? The sky is the limit, and you can partner with another staff member as well!! We have offered many things in the past and can always keep creating!! See the list below of ideas! Please indicate your interest in supporting a club here.
| Leadership – MS | Dance/Social/Prom – HS | GSA |
| Green Teams (MS & HS) | Chess Club | Equity & Diversity Club |
| Magic The Gathering (MS) | Board Games Club | Student Government? |
| Drama (MS or HS) | Knitting | Homework Club (MS &/or HS) |
| Math Support Sessions (MS or HS) | Fitness/Sports/Archery | AND WAY MORE!! |
- EXTRA DUTY STIPENDS:
| JOB/ROLE | STAFF MEMBER |
| Activities Director MS: job description being developed | Caleb |
| Activities Director HS: primarily using this role to coordinate Intensives. Need to consider role of dances and prom here. | Yen Ling |
| After School Coordinator MS: coordinates any/all after school clubs and usually runs one as well | Eric |
| Possible: Intramural Supervisor HS – help develop lunch time activities for students on campus (and after school?). Possibly dances? | OPEN |
| Possible: Yearbook Advisor MS or HS – responsible for coordinating all things yearbook | OPEN |
| Possible: After School Coordinator HS: coordinates any/all after school clubs and usually runs one as well | OPEN |
WANT TO APPLY FOR ONE OF THESE POSSIBLE OPENINGS?
LET ME KNOW HERE ASAP AND I WILL WORK WITH THE DISTRICT TO GET PERMISSION TO POST THESE AS OPENINGS!
MTSS Mtg For All Teachers Wed AM
This week we will host All Teaching Staff from 8:00-8:30 for an orientation to our MTSS systems and practices in the middle commons. Starting the following week we will drop into our EOW HS-then-MS rotation of targeted Students of Concern oriented intervention meetings.
Thursday’s Fire Drill
Here is our IN PROCESS “Emergency Procedures” Guide for Brinson. We will review this briefly in our Monday AM meeting.
Updated Student Management-Discipline Doc
Updated 6-12 Student Management & Discipline Response Document
Zach will be dropping a paper copy of this into your mailboxes as well. This includes links to the Behavior Reporting Forms and Staff Concern Form.
District BIAS Lesson and Reporting Form
As you all know, our District is doubling down on efforts to improve our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion practices! There are several efforts underway, and ONE of them is around helping our students understand and interrupt BIAS related incidents including (but not limited to) race, gender, and sexuality related bias in our schools.
This is IMPORTANT work that we at Realms believe is critical to our mission and to our students! So, our ask is:
- Review the lesson individually and check in at your grade level crew meeting about it. what is your comfort level with teaching this lesson? How can you help each other?
- Read the Family Letter we will be sending out in advance of this lesson
- Teach the lesson in your Crew during the week of Sept 26th or October 3rd?? Can we be ready for week of Sept 26th?
- We will post these BIAS REPORTING posters as soon as the lesson has been taught!
OTHER USEFUL DEI RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS
EL Education National Conference: 12/7-12/9
We have up to 6 total slots for RMS/RHS team members to attend this year’s National Conference in Chicago!! We will be travelling on Tuesday and returning Friday evening.
This is the 1st EL Education National in a few years, so it is exciting… and it is hard to know how it will feel different after the pandemic!
Let me know here if you are interested and available to represent our staff at this conference. Travel, daily meal stipend, and sub coverage provided! Your commitment is to have fun, learn lots and prepare some sharing (materials and/or presentation) with our team after you return!
We need to get this decided quickly so folks can get registered ASAP and flights booked before they get crazy expensive! Interest deadline: Wednesday September 21st.
Classified folks can definitely sign up however depending on interest level, priority will go to certified teachers.
Education Foundation Grants Open
$2000 available per application! Due October 14th. If you are planning to submit, please let RW/ or ZH know… we can submit more than one application but it is indicated that if we do so, we should “prioritize”.
FUNDING PRIORITIES:
- Support for art, music and wellness project/program/tool needs
- Support for STEM/STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) project/program/tool needs
- Support for creative and innovative curricula and tools to increase educational opportunities for students with a strong connection to BLS curriculum goals
- Priority for requests from Title 1 schools and those with a high percentage of students on Free and Reduced meals
GRANT DESCRIPTION AND PRIORITIES:
Oregon Student Health Survey – Week of Nov 7th
- It’s back and state/district required for 6th, 8th, and 11th. We will be sending out a letter to all families to inform them and allow them to opt out.
- it takes 30 min, happens on the ipads, and will be administered in crew during the week of November 7th. Please add this to your Crew Planning Calendars and RW will provide more details as it gets closer!!
- you will be responsible for trying to track “make ups” so might be best to make it a canvas assignment