From Dr. Cook – Oregon Statewide Educator Survey: deadline extended! – The deadline to complete the educator survey has been extended to Friday, March 24th. This extension will allow Oregon educators additional time to share their experience and provide essential feedback that will be used to help inform local and state school improvements. Please pass this information onto your staff and try to provide them with the time to complete it.
New Oregon TAG Rules from Kelle Hildebrandt – In January 2022, the Oregon State Board of Education adopted new TAG identification rules that are intended to uproot a system of prescribed inequitable outcomes. These newly designed and adopted rules have created new learning curves for districts and educators throughout Oregon. I have taken on some leadership to help evaluate our current TAG systems in BLS and assimilate these new rules. We have gathered a TAG advisory team that is currently working on a Core Beliefs document and learning about the new rules. Next year, the team will recommend changes to our assessment, identification, and instructional services. For this year, our systems will look the same as in previous school years. Please reach out to Kelle for any TAG questions or support.
Recorder Money – we’ve heard of a couple instances in which music teachers are asking students for money to purchase recorders. This is just like asking students to bring in supplies or money for supplies – a practice we do not do. Please ensure that your music teachers are not asking students to bring money in for this purpose. A music room should be equipped with a class set of recorders and an approved sanitizing station. Thank you!
From the Safety Team – click here for updates and information from our Safety Team. Included in this update are slides from the recent meeting, upcoming meeting dates, training opportunities, and links to teaching resources.
The Red Zone – Things to definitely do or share
From Dan Dummit – check out this document for information on common safety violations found in classrooms and what the Fire Marshal looks for during inspections. There is a new Fire Marshall at some of your buildings and we need to be on point with following these guidelines.
From Tami Pike re: Notifying Nurses of Field Trips – There have been instances this school year where nurses have not been notified of field trips in a reasonable amount of time. Currently, nurses should be notified at least 2 weeks in advance of a field trip to allow time to ensure that staff are appropriately trained in medication administration in both scheduled and emergent situations. Additionally, this time will also permit the nurse to make certain that medications are labeled and secure, and to identify any student health conditions.
It seems as though this is something that we remind teachers about every year. And yet, there continues to be instances where the school nurse is either notified on the day of the field trip or not notified at all. This is a big safety concern.
As we slowly start moving toward warmer weather and possibly more field trips, please remind your teachers about this critical step in the planning process.
Calendar
- March 3 CEL work @ Silver Rail (cohort 2)
- March 8, 9 Skip out at Central Office Admin Training
- March 9, 10 Tammy and Julie out at TDG math conference
- March 13. Monthly Principal PD in the boardroom 3:00-4:30
- March 14 Horizontal Meeting—Ensworth 3:00-4:30
- March 15. Season 3 of Ted Lasso begins!
- March 21, 22, 23 – Skip out
- March 23–Central Oregon Educator job fair—new venue—Eaglecrest
- March 27-31–Spring Break!
And Finally…
Season 3 is almost here!
March 15 – time to Believe!