{"id":2469,"date":"2023-09-17T21:54:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T21:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/?p=2469"},"modified":"2023-09-17T21:54:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T21:54:15","slug":"staff-blog-week-of-sept-18th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/2023\/09\/17\/staff-blog-week-of-sept-18th\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Blog &#8211; Week of Sept 18th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-background\" style=\"background-color:#38daf3c7\">BIG UPS!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Heidi &amp; Greg &amp; Anita<\/strong> &#8211; AWESOME kick off and immersion experience for our 9th graders! The day seemed well-balanced, and it was very cool to see students getting excited by building fires and shelters&#8230; way to go!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dante<\/strong> &#8211; new role as shared staff and making a real commitment to participate in the Confluence activities at BOTH schools AND keep teaching his math classes at both schools &#8211; thank you!!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Eric <\/strong>&#8211; thank you for communicating so beautifully to your grade level families around the upcoming fieldwork outings (purpose, practicalities etc.) AND for communicating all of the logistics around the back home schedules to the rest of the team!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Welcome to Sommer and Ian!<\/strong> &#8211; We are STOKED to have you aboard! Thanks for jumping right in this week amidst all of the start-of-year craziness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-background\" style=\"background-color:#38daf3c7\">THE OUTLOOK CAL &#8211; All You Need To Know!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reminder on our <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/2023\/09\/10\/staff-blog-week-of-sept-11\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/2023\/09\/10\/staff-blog-week-of-sept-11\/\">&#8220;Outlook Use Guidelines&#8221; from last week&#8217;s blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AND, A HEADS UP FOR THIS WEEK (all on Outlook!):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tuesday &#8211; Fire Drill 11:10 AM (more info below)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wednesday &#8211; Open House 5:30-7:00 (more info below)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thursday &#8211; Picture Day (more details to come)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thursday &#8211; Tentative 10th gr Power &amp; Privilege F\/W<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>COMING UP NEXT WEEK (all on Outlook!)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>RHS Leadership Backpacking Trip &#8211; All week<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuesday &#8211; 8th gr Tumalo F\/W<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wednesday &#8211; Lock Down Drill 1:25<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thursday &#8211; 8th gr Tumalo F\/W<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friday &#8211; 8A Tumalo F\/W<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-background\" style=\"background-color:#38daf3c7\">FIRE DRILL THIS WEEK &amp; LINKS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are required to have our first fire drill of the year within the first 10 school days, so we are holding ours this coming <strong>Tuesday at 11:10 AM.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1sghDVi3p7fr7bD0MUUMDB85swbFe4ExWo50Uq_x0S_k\/edit\">Here is a link to our drill\/evacuation plan<\/a>.<\/strong> Please do review it, as <strong>we have made some edits to evacuation zones<\/strong>. For this drill (as for most of our drills) we will not be actually pulling the alarm<strong> <\/strong>&#8211; we will talk through the process over the intercom instead. Your<strong> <\/strong>updated class lists are being completed by the office staff and will arrive to you soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdf0AA9cV0K5agsN5WtuDsg19wokM8dITHx1fh8altcRHhUOg\/viewform?usp=sf_link\">Staff Safety Concern Form<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; Our official Campus Safety Team consists of Zach, Jennifer, and Caleb. However, we ALL notice safety issues! If you would like to let us know of a safety concern anonymously, you are welcome to use the linked form, which will send a notice to Zach. This form is also accessible through the QR codes in the front office staff bathroom and the middle school staff area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-background\" style=\"background-color:#38daf3c7\">EL NATIONAL CONFERENCE INTEREST FORM<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a reminder to teaching staff to complete the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScPxWkbHmXuMYOJql4WuOtsb1VX8wLlucMtDdNBcOosokjcIg\/viewform?usp=sf_link\">ELNC Interest Survey <\/a><\/strong>(mentioned at last week&#8217;s SIW). Many of you have already completed this, but if you haven&#8217;t, please respond <strong>by end of day Tuesday<\/strong> so we can make sure the right people get signed up in time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-background\" style=\"background-color:#38daf3c7\">OPEN HOUSE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Wednesday is our Fall Open House. In response to feedback from last year, we have simplified the plan. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1oEjBruSGd1P7bgDBumGjXgKymJFwDJ-sml6guAwnCYY\/edit\">Here is the link to this year&#8217;s agenda document<\/a><\/strong>. Note that we are advertising this as a Program Orientation event for new families only &#8211; 6th, 9th, and others new-to-Realms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We are in need of a few teacher &#8220;volunteers&#8221; to help run this night.<\/strong> Here is what that commitment looks like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Arrive 5:15, leave 7:15<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2.5 hours of timesheet<\/strong> to account for 30 mins prep to get dialed on slides etc<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plus OK to leave early Wednesday (2:30) if you want<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Please sign up ASAP on the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1oEjBruSGd1P7bgDBumGjXgKymJFwDJ-sml6guAwnCYY\/edit\">agenda document<\/a> if you are available to help with this event!<\/strong><\/em> Roger and Zach will be updating the linked slide decks over the next day or two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Even if you can&#8217;t make it, please do freshen up your classrooms and nearby common spaces before Wednesday evening!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-background\" style=\"background-color:#38daf3c7\">CONFLUENCE (PHOTOS &amp; PLUS DELTAS)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DROP YOUR PHOTOS FROM 1ST 2 WEEKS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/3SC5zdoGs7AsEakT6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RMS 1st&nbsp;2 WKS &#8211; 2023<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/THo5qg77vrTR6LUp9\" target=\"_blank\">RHS 1st\u00a02 WKS &#8211; 2023<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ADD TO THE PLUS\/DELTA DOCUMENTS FOR CONFLUENCE <\/strong>Thanks to Laurie for getting one started for RMS! Please add to these docs so we can improve each year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1vyxyZ_cA1TuM7RyhKv6ETlKN1JF6uP7xEjClTO_AHwk\/edit\">RMS Confluence Plus\/Delta<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1FUYpC2NqqJu9hX58HQOFY5f6hxymvlExiid4HNTzb78\/edit\">RHS Confluence Plus\/Delta<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-background\" style=\"background-color:#38daf3c7\">GRADEBOOK SET UP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RMS Teachers<\/strong> &#8211; If you haven&#8217;t already started adding grades to your gradebook, please remember to get those up and running this week as per the faculty grading guide<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/12Bm9UVweeKVMndO_IycVeFxGcf0A052IPsMn-lQn0t8\/edit\"> linked here<\/a><\/strong> (also linked on the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1dPV6GOchI-QT1j8DoUOIExL6WXcUn2ao7-SEJ0JEEqo\/edit#heading=h.js26tqju74kq\">Staff Handbook<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RHS Synergy Issue<\/strong> &#8211; RHS teachers are still unable to edit\/add Objectives&#8230; <em>Ugh! <\/em> Zach has been in regular communication with the tech department about this, who is working with Edupoint to get the issue resolved. We will let you know as soon as we hear anything!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-background\" style=\"background-color:#38daf3c7\">RHS &#8211; COLLEGE REC LETTERS GUIDANCE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jen Rule has created <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1BEDAleB5075j76IBIbULxxHQLH4tVScyBXOFqIBvFPk\/edit\"><strong>a simplified guidance doc <\/strong><\/a>for teachers who are asked to write letters of recommendation (these will all be going through SchooLinks app this year). This is now linked on our <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1dPV6GOchI-QT1j8DoUOIExL6WXcUn2ao7-SEJ0JEEqo\/edit\">Staff Handbook<\/a> for future reference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-background\" style=\"background-color:#38daf3c7\">OTHER DISTRICT INFO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>link to <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1o48SWMKlYm4Wmg4dLM6Edhim2jQeB_PX\/edit\">SAT proctor opportunity<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>link to <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1zBsAWilgTzDBPKC8QCp3VziVnE7uS7vjmeBxPxkSjVc\/edit\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1zBsAWilgTzDBPKC8QCp3VziVnE7uS7vjmeBxPxkSjVc\/edit\">Employee Resource Groups opportunity<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIG UPS! THE OUTLOOK CAL &#8211; All You Need To Know! Reminder on our &#8220;Outlook Use Guidelines&#8221; from last week&#8217;s blog. AND, A HEADS UP FOR THIS WEEK (all on Outlook!): COMING UP NEXT WEEK (all on Outlook!) FIRE DRILL THIS WEEK &amp; LINKS We are required to have our first fire drill of the year within <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/2023\/09\/17\/staff-blog-week-of-sept-18th\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Staff Blog &#8211; Week of Sept 18th<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":535,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67846],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-onerealms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/535"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2469"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2481,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469\/revisions\/2481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}