for the Elementary Administrators of Bend-La Pine Schools
Focus on Excellence and Equity… “We now have the opportunity not to just reimagine schooling or try to reform injustice but to start over. Starting over is hard but not impossible; we now have a skeleton of a playbook. It Continue reading August 26, 2021
The blog is out on Thursday! We’ll strive to make Thursday happen regularly but as you know things happen so don’t be surprised if it comes out on a Friday or some random Saturday. Department News… Office of Safety–Safety Resources Continue reading August 19, 2021
August 13, 2021 Well so much for making goals. One of my goals was to ease up on the Weekly Note and make it much easier for you to digest. I have already failed! This is a long one folks! Continue reading August 13, 2021
This is the last Weekly Update of the 2020-21 school year. It’s probably the shortest one of the year – my final gift to you! Have a great weekend. Focus on Excellence and Equity… Just a reminder to complete your Continue reading June 18, 2021
Happy last Friday of the school year! This week’s blog was fairly easy to put together. It consists mainly of department updates and reminders. As I communicated last week, we will not have any Horizontal meetings for the remainder of Continue reading June 11, 2021
Focus on Excellence and Equity… Just a reminder to complete your equity stance by June 7th. Kinsey has provided us with this resource to help us complete our equity stance. Here are your next steps in this process: Complete your Continue reading June 4, 2021
Have a great 3 day weekend! Focus on Excellence and Equity… As we begin hiring please remember the anti-bias training we recently received. Here is a cheat sheet on anti-bias practices in your hiring process. Also, here is the video Continue reading May 28, 2021
Everyone – The next big thing on your plates is hiring and the good news is that the staffing log jam is clearing up. BLPO teachers and instructional coaches are being identified and hired this week and next and I Continue reading May 21, 2021
Focus on Excellence and Equity… CFEE Training in June: The Bend-La Pine spaces for the late-July CFEE have all been filled by members of our leadership team, but there are a couple spaces left in the June session (6/28-7/1, entirely Continue reading April 14, 2021
Everyone – I am not trying to get out of our May visit but the last thing I want to do is add stress to your day, week, and final month of the year. For that reason I am going Continue reading May 7, 2021