{"id":692,"date":"2021-03-30T02:32:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T02:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/?p=692"},"modified":"2021-03-30T03:46:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T03:46:50","slug":"3-19-21-staff-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/2021\/03\/30\/3-19-21-staff-update\/","title":{"rendered":"3-19-21 STAFF UPDATE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>NEW 10th GRADE STUDENT STARTING IN B COHORT!!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Please roll out the welcome mat (red carpet?!) for Norma Parker.\u00a0<\/strong>Norma is<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>coming from Hood River HS. Moved to Bend. Nice kid&#8230; she toured at end of 2nd trimester. Has been out of school since end of 1st semester and has struggled a little since the pandemic but solid academically before that.\u00a0<strong><em>Into skateboarding! Seems to have good family support. Seems to be more interested in a small school<\/em><\/strong>.<\/li><li>Her schedule is here<\/li><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"657\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-28-at-8.11.12-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-28-at-8.11.12-PM.png 657w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-28-at-8.11.12-PM-300x111.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">STAFF MEETINGS THIS WEEK<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday afternoon this week I have received <em><strong>no less than 4 conflicting messages<\/strong><\/em> from District leadership (2 from Jim Boen and 2 from Katie Legace) about teachers working from school vs home on the next two Wednesdays! To be clear, we are NOT offering WebEx office hours and no after school clubs on the next two Wednesdays. <strong>The most recent messaging I have is that I am to <em>encourage<\/em> you to work on site as the PURPOSE of the next two Wednesdays is to give our staffs time (alone? together?) to &#8220;prepare for all in&#8221; including preparing ROOMS.<\/strong> Interestingly curriculum planning is not named as a task&#8230; assuming they just think we &#8220;push a button&#8221; to transition our already perfectly crafter Hybrid curriculum  to all in?!?!?!!!?!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SO &#8211; In my best attempt to be inline with with what is kind of MURKY, I am <strong><em>ENCOURAGING<\/em><\/strong> all of us to work from school this Wednesday and next. This will allow us to properly prepare classrooms with adequate furniture and spacing (this is an IN PERSON TASK) AND to provide you good access to each other for curriculum planning support and collaboration, AND lastly to allow me to better address your <strong><em>concerns,  and gather your solutions, ideas and suggestions<\/em><\/strong> around the return to &#8220;all in&#8221; <strong>so that the process is as SMOOTH and positive as it can be for YOU, our teachers and for our students!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NORMALLY we have our bi-monthly Students of Concern meeting scheduled for THIS Wednesday. I would actually PREFER to use that time to tackle other &#8220;more pressing&#8221; issues related to both our upcoming new administrator hire AND the return to &#8220;all in&#8221; <strong>so, here is my plan for THIS WEDNESDAY&#8230; <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"color:#a30003\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Replace our normal (and union approved) 8:00 &#8211; 8:40 SOC meeting this Wednesday with an <strong>8:00 &#8211; 9:00 all staff meeting<\/strong> dedicated to the new administrator hire and answering your &#8220;return to all in&#8221; questions as well as gathering your suggestions and recommendations!<\/span> I will END at 9:00AM SHARP or before!<\/li><li>Use one of the 2 dedicated April SIW hours THIS Wednesday afternoon <strong>from 1:30PM &#8211; 2:30PM for all staff SIW.<\/strong> The agenda is connected to some of the work our ILT has been planning around supporting great teaching that invites and encourages High Quality Student Work!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ALL IN &#8220;CONSIDERATIONS&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"color:#a30003\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Bell schedule<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; here is our <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1kjb8sthFliR1CZSu6uVJtXu_CyLC3Nn9zO25M_mHRg8\/edit#gid=2056803538\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>DRAFT for our bell schedule<\/strong><\/a> during all in. I am working with Mike Franklin to make sure the RHS and SLHS lunches do not overlap with each other. So far it looks like he is willing to flex their schedule to allow us a <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"color:#a30003\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Room Configuration<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; based on the District&#8217;s square footage measurements of our classrooms and the 35 sq ft per student rule that was in place with 6&#8242; distancing, we IN THEORY have official capacity for 22-25 students per room, as long as &#8220;teacher furniture&#8221; is minimized and place against a wall. Now that we are going to <strong>3&#8242;<\/strong> (and the 35 sq ft rule is gone) we SHOULD (again, IN THEORY) have PLENTY space to accommodate all of our students&#8230; however, we do have 3 classes that are 25 and 29 students <strong>AND<\/strong>&#8230;<strong> I know that the REALITY of how this will FEEL to students (and teachers) especially at first, is NOT SO SIMPLE as measurements and square footage. Please know we will work through this TOGETHER and look for creative solutions to make everyone as comfortable as we can&#8230; even though we will not succeed in making this transition &#8220;worry free&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"color:#a30003\" class=\"has-inline-color\">RHS CDL Students<\/span><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Madi C &#8211; COMING BACK T O IN PERSON STARTING THURSDAY!! \ud83d\ude42<\/li><li>Ash N &#8211; NOT coming back &#8211; going Bend LaPine Online. Hopefully will return for senior year<\/li><li>Milan A &#8211; NOT likely coming back on campus, I am going to recommend BLPO.<\/li><li>Carson T &#8211; he is excited to get back to campus. Mom is confident he can be back on campus by <strong>May 1st <\/strong>(but that was 1 day prior to &#8220;all in&#8221; announcement)<\/li><li><span style=\"color:#a30003\" class=\"has-inline-color\">I will be calling Milan and Carson&#8217;s parents <strong>again<\/strong> THIS week (Tuesday) to make a plan but unless they can be back on campus NO LATER than May 1st I am going to tell them to go Bend LaPine Online. I am not feeling that there is clear support among the teachers of these students to support their continued &#8220;stretch&#8221; nor do I think it is a great fit for the students!!<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>INFO FROM JENNIFER ON SICK or PERSONAL LEAVE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I&#8217;d like to remind everyone of the steps to follow to request a personal day.<br>STEP 1 &#8211; FORMS &amp; APPROVAL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Certified Staff: Please complete the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/portal.bend.k12.or.us\/system\/files\/certified_application_for_personal_leave_rev_06-09.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Certified Application for Personal Leave<\/a>, ideally with 2 weeks notice before the requested day off.\u00a0 Please deliver the completed form to Jennifer for RW&#8217;s approval and also approval from HR.\u00a0It is possible to request personal leave with less than 2 weeks notice, but advanced notice is preferred.<\/li><li>Classified Staff: Please notify Jennifer with the dates you are requesting. No form is required, but I will need to get approval from RW prior to confirming the dates.\u00a0<\/li><li><strong><em>We are only allowed to have 10% of our staff out on personal leave on any given day. With such a small staff, this really only allows for 1 person. Planning ahead is best!\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>STEP 2 &#8211; GUEST TEACHERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>If you need a guest teacher to cover your on campus classes, you have two options.&nbsp; I can enter the absence in Aesop and see who accepts the job&nbsp;<strong>OR&nbsp;<\/strong>if you have someone in particular you would like to use, please reach out and coordinate with them.&nbsp; When you have confirmation they will cover the job, let me know the guest teacher&#8217;s name and I will enter the job in Aesop, assigning the teacher you would like to use.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>STEP 3 &#8211; LESSON PLANS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Prior to leaving the day before your absence, please have detailed lesson plans completed, printed out and on your desk.&nbsp; A description of your day (along with any additional duties) will be helpful as well.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>I will provide all guest teachers with a folder which will contain our daily bell schedule, paper copies of attendance, the guest wifi password, Covid &amp; safety protocols, etc.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>An extra copy of your sub plans sent to my email address is always appreciated, but not required.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>MAKING YOUR CANVAS PAGE PUBLIC SO SUB CAN ACCESS IT<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the course, go to the settings page and change the Visibility to Public. I believe this allows anyone with the URL to access the course but limits to view-only (can&#8217;t participate) and it also strips out any other participant information. You could provide the URL for the course or the specific pages involved to the sub. I don&#8217;t know why I didn&#8217;t think of this before and I hope it works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"82\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/files\/2021\/03\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/files\/2021\/03\/image.png 730w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/files\/2021\/03\/image-300x34.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I might recommend to remove the public option after the sub has left. But it probably isn&#8217;t totally necessary. Let me know if you need help with any of these steps to try it out and I&#8217;d love to know the results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW 10th GRADE STUDENT STARTING IN B COHORT!! Please roll out the welcome mat (red carpet?!) for Norma Parker.\u00a0Norma is\u00a0coming from Hood River HS. Moved to Bend. Nice kid&#8230; she toured at end of 2nd trimester. Has been out of school since end of 1st semester and has struggled a little since the pandemic but solid academically <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/2021\/03\/30\/3-19-21-staff-update\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  3-19-21 STAFF UPDATE<\/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":[67279],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hs-staff-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692","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=692"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":725,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692\/revisions\/725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/roger.white\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}