Brad Horn – social studies.<\/strong> <\/span>Brad is enroute (with family) from Wisconsin to Bend and is entering the teaching profession with a whopping 1 year of teacher under his belt BUT… hooked onto that belt are plethora of really awesome applicable skills he built in a career as a journalist (Washington Post & NPR)!
Lisa Johnson – attendance\/curriculum secretary. <\/span><\/strong>Lisa joins us from MVHS where she has been an attendance secretary AND ran the MVHS “break room” designed to help kids have a space to reset. Lisa has a TON of experience and a huge heart for kids. We are super lucky to have her. Lisa will work in the front office and is shared between RHS and Skyline!
Stephanie Harris – counseling intern.<\/span> <\/strong>Stephanie brings outdoor education, Peace Corps and lots of diversity experience to us our school. Stephanie and Alix have already attended some trainings together this summer and we look forward to having Stephanie help us support the social and emotional needs of our kids!
And lastly… Spanish! This one is offically still TBD.<\/span><\/strong> However, I am waiting for final approval from HR to OFFICIALLY offer the position to Yen-Ling Wang<\/strong><\/span> and she appears excited to accept the position. Yen Ling has been teaching at Catlin Gable School in Portland for the last 10 years in in California prior to that. She is a native Spanish speaker who group up in Argentina and brings some great experience teaching Spanish, science, and leading global student travel!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
COMPREHENSIVE DISTANCE LEARNING – DAILY SCHEDULE<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nYou can see the draft of our DAILY SCHEDULE here.<\/a><\/strong> Know that we are trying to find a balance between synchronous<\/strong> (including Webex) instructional opp’s where we can leverage the “social construction of meaning”, where we can see kids faces and give them “live feedback”, do some breakout groups etc. and asynchronous<\/strong> where many\/most students will have some degree of agency and autonomy to OWN some of their learning needs. Look first at the “student tab”, then at the staff tab. <\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/files\/2020\/08\/Untitled.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n- Office Hours<\/strong> – teachers available for student support<\/li>
- Targeted Study Groups<\/strong> – our higher needs students would be assigned to between 1 and 4 of these study groups… mostly run by SPED and other “auxiliary staff” and hopefully not by reg ed teachers. Hopefully they are groups of 3-5 students and they would be scheduled and recurring for these students. These MIGHT become possible in person!<\/li>
- 4th Tab is for your FEEDBACK<\/strong> – please feel free to drop your thoughts about this schedule here<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
MASTER SCHEDULE<\/strong> & FORECASTING LISTS<\/h3>\n\n\n\nOur Final Master Schedule – August 2020 <\/a><\/strong>for all three trimesters is in our Shared Google Drive in the 20-21 Reopening Planning Folder<\/a>. It is “mostly locked in” although there are a few places where we are still “in progress” and we are always open to improvements… just know that with any schedule, changing “just one thing” is usually not a thing… change one thing and it usually impacts at least 2 or 3 other things! <\/p>\n\n\n\nAs you probably remember, we decided to keep our 10th graders as ONE section… so it is a big class of 33-34 students! Our class lists will almost certainly change a little, although Zach and Jen have done an amazing job of trying to accurately forecast every kid into the right classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CREW STAFFING AND GROUPING SCENARIOS – NEEDS WORK ASAP!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nThis one still needs work and feedback ASAP! I have mapped out a couple of different Crew scenarios for Crew size and configuration. I hope to circle up with ZH and MH as our ICCL team as soon as possible, but in the meantime, if you are motivated to think about Crew, PLEASE feel free to take a look at these Crew scenarios ASAP and use the Comment Feature on the Google doc to share your great ideas, preferences, concerns!<\/strong> Crew Scenarios For Re-Opening<\/a>.<\/strong> We have 9 classrooms available, so if we end up with 10 Crews, one will need to meet in our Commons. I’d like to have our decision made on Crew by Wednesday August 19th!<\/p>\n\n\n\nALL THINGS CURRICULUM PLANNING…<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nFIRST – CANVAS<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span> If you have not completed your Canvas training course yet I STRONGLY recommend you do so ASAP<\/em><\/strong>. The ask for teachers across secondary placements is to have your 1st six weeks of curriculum built in Canvas before school actually starts. For courses that are “stand alone” this is a good goal\/guideline. For courses that are part of our Fired Up or Power and Privilege Expeditions, this will be a little trickier as more collaboration is likely required to actually build each individual teacher’s Canvas curriculum. So, for now, be sure to complete your Canvas training and begin buffing out your syllabus\/modules as best you can. Which brings me to…<\/p>\n\n\n\nSECOND – CURRICULUM PLANNING DAYS at RHS<\/strong>:<\/span> You may remember that at the end of June we put 18 hours of curriculum planning time on your summer time sheet. Hopefully that check has shown up and hopefully you can now join us for the planning work on 8\/25 and 8\/26. All four of the days below are optional WebEx or In Person! Please RSVP with your availability<\/a> for these two days here<\/strong>. (SPED Staff not required!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n- Thursday Aug 21st – ICCL Planning Day (10:30 – 2:30) – RW\/ZH\/MH\/SP<\/li>
- Friday August 22nd – EL Ed’n 101 for New RHS Teachers<\/strong><\/em> – RW\/SP\/etc<\/li>
- Monday August 25th – Curriculum Planning Day #1 <\/li>
- Tuesday August 26th – Curriculum Planning Day #2<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Here is the tentative schedule for Monday and Tuesday Curriculum Planning Work:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Monday 8\/24 – curriculum planning<\/strong>
- 8:30 – 10:30 – Start with a whole staff session around Canvas, remote curriculum\/instruction, expeditions etc. <\/li>
- 10:30 – 2:00 – time for Fired Up Expedition Team, Power & Privilege Expedition Team and other curriculum planning as individuals or teams<\/li>
- 2:00 – 2:30 – debrief & check out<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
- Tuesday 8\/25 – curriculum planning<\/strong>
- 8:30 – 9:30 – Start with whole staff session & mini feedback protocol<\/li>
- 9:30 – 12:30 – team and individual work time<\/li>
- 12:30 – 2:30 – feedback protocols and next steps<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
There are a LOT of little tidbits and pieces of news to share… more each day. Things like:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n- new Webex version coming mi September will have full breakout room functionality<\/li>
- new ODE guidance from yesterday may allow some limited in person<\/strong><\/em> (<10 students) instructional or SEL meetings<\/li>
- recent District guidance allows teachers to work from home but Admin and all classified staff to work on site everyday (??!!) I am getting clarification on this for S2CC and EA’s.<\/li>
- District HS team is working on “standards of practice”<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
THIRD – DISTRICT CURRICULUM PLANNING $’s STILL <\/span><\/strong>BEING OFFERED<\/strong>:<\/span> I don’t know a ton about this but Katie Legace DID tell us last week that if there are teachers still looking to design “Canvas Modules” that can be used by other teachers, then there IS STILL MONEY available. I believe that the idea is that this work gets completed prior to the “contract year” starting. <\/p>\n\n\n\nIf you are interested, please contact me ASAP and I will put you in touch with Katie<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOFFICIAL SCHOOL YEAR START<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nOur 1st official “contract days” start on Monday August 31st for NEW teachers and Tuesday September 1st for everyone else! THANKFULLY, we now have two full weeks of Inservice time before students start back on Monday September 14th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During these Inservice weeks in September I imagine a blend of ON SITE work time and FLEXIBLE work time (you choose the location). The on site work would be designed to help us build our team together and to facilitate collaborative planing in small teams. We’ll observe social distancing and masking requirements. I haven’t planned this out all the way yet, but assume we’ll spend at least a couple\/few hours each day working on site during Week 1, probably in the mornings. Afternoons would you could work from home. If you can’t make this happen for whatever reason, please reach out and we can talk!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A BIG AND WARM WELCOME TO OUR NEW STAFF! Anita Thompson – language arts. Anita has been on our radar here at Realms MS\/HS for a bunch of years and we are STOKED to finally have her on our team! Michelle, Karla and Anita were colleagues back at Marshall and most recently Anita has been teaching English Continue reading Mid August Staff Blog<\/span>
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n- Office Hours<\/strong> – teachers available for student support<\/li>
- Targeted Study Groups<\/strong> – our higher needs students would be assigned to between 1 and 4 of these study groups… mostly run by SPED and other “auxiliary staff” and hopefully not by reg ed teachers. Hopefully they are groups of 3-5 students and they would be scheduled and recurring for these students. These MIGHT become possible in person!<\/li>
- 4th Tab is for your FEEDBACK<\/strong> – please feel free to drop your thoughts about this schedule here<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
MASTER SCHEDULE<\/strong> & FORECASTING LISTS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Our Final Master Schedule – August 2020 <\/a><\/strong>for all three trimesters is in our Shared Google Drive in the 20-21 Reopening Planning Folder<\/a>. It is “mostly locked in” although there are a few places where we are still “in progress” and we are always open to improvements… just know that with any schedule, changing “just one thing” is usually not a thing… change one thing and it usually impacts at least 2 or 3 other things! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As you probably remember, we decided to keep our 10th graders as ONE section… so it is a big class of 33-34 students! Our class lists will almost certainly change a little, although Zach and Jen have done an amazing job of trying to accurately forecast every kid into the right classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CREW STAFFING AND GROUPING SCENARIOS – NEEDS WORK ASAP!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
This one still needs work and feedback ASAP! I have mapped out a couple of different Crew scenarios for Crew size and configuration. I hope to circle up with ZH and MH as our ICCL team as soon as possible, but in the meantime, if you are motivated to think about Crew, PLEASE feel free to take a look at these Crew scenarios ASAP and use the Comment Feature on the Google doc to share your great ideas, preferences, concerns!<\/strong> Crew Scenarios For Re-Opening<\/a>.<\/strong> We have 9 classrooms available, so if we end up with 10 Crews, one will need to meet in our Commons. I’d like to have our decision made on Crew by Wednesday August 19th!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ALL THINGS CURRICULUM PLANNING…<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
FIRST – CANVAS<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span> If you have not completed your Canvas training course yet I STRONGLY recommend you do so ASAP<\/em><\/strong>. The ask for teachers across secondary placements is to have your 1st six weeks of curriculum built in Canvas before school actually starts. For courses that are “stand alone” this is a good goal\/guideline. For courses that are part of our Fired Up or Power and Privilege Expeditions, this will be a little trickier as more collaboration is likely required to actually build each individual teacher’s Canvas curriculum. So, for now, be sure to complete your Canvas training and begin buffing out your syllabus\/modules as best you can. Which brings me to…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SECOND – CURRICULUM PLANNING DAYS at RHS<\/strong>:<\/span> You may remember that at the end of June we put 18 hours of curriculum planning time on your summer time sheet. Hopefully that check has shown up and hopefully you can now join us for the planning work on 8\/25 and 8\/26. All four of the days below are optional WebEx or In Person! Please RSVP with your availability<\/a> for these two days here<\/strong>. (SPED Staff not required!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Thursday Aug 21st – ICCL Planning Day (10:30 – 2:30) – RW\/ZH\/MH\/SP<\/li>
- Friday August 22nd – EL Ed’n 101 for New RHS Teachers<\/strong><\/em> – RW\/SP\/etc<\/li>
- Monday August 25th – Curriculum Planning Day #1 <\/li>
- Tuesday August 26th – Curriculum Planning Day #2<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Here is the tentative schedule for Monday and Tuesday Curriculum Planning Work:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Monday 8\/24 – curriculum planning<\/strong>
- 8:30 – 10:30 – Start with a whole staff session around Canvas, remote curriculum\/instruction, expeditions etc. <\/li>
- 10:30 – 2:00 – time for Fired Up Expedition Team, Power & Privilege Expedition Team and other curriculum planning as individuals or teams<\/li>
- 2:00 – 2:30 – debrief & check out<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
- Tuesday 8\/25 – curriculum planning<\/strong>
- 8:30 – 9:30 – Start with whole staff session & mini feedback protocol<\/li>
- 9:30 – 12:30 – team and individual work time<\/li>
- 12:30 – 2:30 – feedback protocols and next steps<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
There are a LOT of little tidbits and pieces of news to share… more each day. Things like:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
- new Webex version coming mi September will have full breakout room functionality<\/li>
- new ODE guidance from yesterday may allow some limited in person<\/strong><\/em> (<10 students) instructional or SEL meetings<\/li>
- recent District guidance allows teachers to work from home but Admin and all classified staff to work on site everyday (??!!) I am getting clarification on this for S2CC and EA’s.<\/li>
- District HS team is working on “standards of practice”<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
THIRD – DISTRICT CURRICULUM PLANNING $’s STILL <\/span><\/strong>BEING OFFERED<\/strong>:<\/span> I don’t know a ton about this but Katie Legace DID tell us last week that if there are teachers still looking to design “Canvas Modules” that can be used by other teachers, then there IS STILL MONEY available. I believe that the idea is that this work gets completed prior to the “contract year” starting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are interested, please contact me ASAP and I will put you in touch with Katie<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
OFFICIAL SCHOOL YEAR START<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Our 1st official “contract days” start on Monday August 31st for NEW teachers and Tuesday September 1st for everyone else! THANKFULLY, we now have two full weeks of Inservice time before students start back on Monday September 14th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During these Inservice weeks in September I imagine a blend of ON SITE work time and FLEXIBLE work time (you choose the location). The on site work would be designed to help us build our team together and to facilitate collaborative planing in small teams. We’ll observe social distancing and masking requirements. I haven’t planned this out all the way yet, but assume we’ll spend at least a couple\/few hours each day working on site during Week 1, probably in the mornings. Afternoons would you could work from home. If you can’t make this happen for whatever reason, please reach out and we can talk!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A BIG AND WARM WELCOME TO OUR NEW STAFF! Anita Thompson – language arts. Anita has been on our radar here at Realms MS\/HS for a bunch of years and we are STOKED to finally have her on our team! Michelle, Karla and Anita were colleagues back at Marshall and most recently Anita has been teaching English Continue reading Mid August Staff Blog<\/span>
- Targeted Study Groups<\/strong> – our higher needs students would be assigned to between 1 and 4 of these study groups… mostly run by SPED and other “auxiliary staff” and hopefully not by reg ed teachers. Hopefully they are groups of 3-5 students and they would be scheduled and recurring for these students. These MIGHT become possible in person!<\/li>