BRYT Admin Lead <\/strong> As part of our BRYT program launch, we would like to have one administrator identified at each site that we can collaborate\/support and train in terms of supporting the Student Success\/BRYT implementation. If you could please identify that person and add it to this document here<\/a>, that would be great. We have just a few so far at the elementary level, so even if you think you have already done so, please check the link to make sure. Thank you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Approved Volunteers<\/strong> Approved volunteers provide a service to students during the school day. New as of today–no approved volunteers until the district has a system to document the vaccination status of all volunteers. We hope to have this up and running in the coming weeks. The only exceptions to this are Teaching Candidates and their supervisors from OSU Cascades and George Fox, volunteers with Friends of the Children who need access to the students they support, and Camp Tamarack, who will provide \u201coutdoor school\u201d on sites this fall. Sorry for this inconvenience. (volunteers who will be approved once the documentation is in place will be: Commute Options, Bend Science Station, OSU Nutrition program, Dental screening)<\/p>\n\n\n\n At this time, after school programs, not run by the school or happening during the school day, like Raices, Camp Fire, Good News, LEGO Robotics, and others can take place in the school if they have put in a room reservation form and agree to follow and enforce the guidelines of wearing a mask and social distancing (3 feet unless eating which is 6 feet).<\/p>\n\n\n\n DIBELs teams are hired by the ESD and are approved to be there during the day as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dreambox and Lexia <\/strong>– During the first couple weeks of the school year please ask teachers and teams to communicate with you with implementation plans for each of these programs. It\u2019s important that we start off the year using these programs and don\u2019t wait several weeks before getting them started. Access a coach for assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n First Week Visits<\/strong> Next week, during the first three days of school, Dr. Cook and Dr. Nordquist (ok, Steve and Lora) as well as some school board members may be stopping by for a quick hello and to celebrate the start of the year. They do not want you to stop what you are doing to entertain them, but rather a quick check in and how\u2019s it going. Skip and Tammy will also be doing the same. But for us, we like you to stop whatever you are doing and give us 100% undivided attention (just kidding).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Links to Covid 19 Safety Posters. <\/strong>Your Office Manager and School nurse already have these posters. Check with them about how you will use them in your building. Poster 1<\/a>, Poster 2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Shared Google Drive<\/strong> This week we received lots of requests to share permissions with your teachers for documents in our Elementary Leaders Shared Drive. Out of precaution, and because we will be sharing things in the drive for your eyes only, we are not granting these sharing requests. If there are documents you want to share with your staff please make a copy of the document and share it. If you are still confused by all things google drive, Christie Boen is an amazing Google Drive trainer! <\/p>\n\n\n\n FERPA<\/strong> This is just a friendly reminder to remember our FERPA guidelines. FERPA is the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. This means that we should not be emailing personal student information directly to others. If you need to reference a student in an email, emails may only use one qualifier when describing a student. For example, Last name only or their school ID only. When using a student\u2019s last name and teacher name, that is too much information. If you want to share student records or documents with people, using google docs or BLS Send is the best way to assure that the guidelines are followed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Department News\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n FAN Advocate Update<\/strong> Here is the link<\/a> to the most current FAN Advocate update. If you are a school who is currently without an advocate, the link lets you know who will be covering your school. It is also a good heads up for those of you who have advocates who have additional schools to support. Please spread the word that we have two positions to hire for if you know of anyone who may be a great candidate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Family Liaison Team:<\/strong> Civil Rights Training:<\/strong> This week’s goal was to keep the weekly update as short as possible\u2026. We failed – again! (at least we’re consistent)<\/p>\n\n\n\n From Tami Pike re: Contact tracing<\/strong>– Please let your teachers know that if there is a positive case in their class, middle and high schools will be receiving an email from a contact tracer or nurse requesting information about whether masks were worn consistently during the class and they will be requesting a seating chart to identify any close contacts. The expectation is that teachers will respond to emails asap (we understand that they are teaching classes) – ideally before 5pm on the same day. If we do not receive a reply by 10am the next day, we will assume that students consistently wore masks and were at least 3 feet apart. We do not have the capacity to track teachers down to get this information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n *Elementary schools will be a bit different and we will more than likely be doing in-person interviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Standard Response Protocols (SRP) <\/strong>SRP training for the SY 21-22 has been updated to include the HOLD and SECURE protocols. The Secure protocol replaced the term Lockout from the previous SRP protocols. The protocols to conduct a Secure have not changed from the Lockout protocols, only the terminology as Lockout and Lockdown were often confused as protocols. The current posters that you should use to replace the outdated ones in your school are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In lieu of Scott Bojanowski, Julianne Repman, and the SRO coming out to schools and going over the protocols during a one-hour in person training this school year, we ask that you have your staff watch the SRP 2021 What\u2019s New video<\/a> (6 minutes in length) that discusses the SRP protocols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please have staff complete watching the video by October 31, 2021<\/strong> and type in your school name and the date you watched it here<\/a><\/strong> <\/a>when you are done. If after you watch the video and want Scott, Julianne, and the SRO to come visit and answer any questions, they would be happy to come for a visit–just reach out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From Scott McDonald re: <\/strong>Hotspots – <\/strong>We will again be prepared to support families who do not have internet <\/strong>by providing mobile hotspots. Our team in IT has made some significant improvements that should be known before we start connecting families with hotspots. Some of the improvements include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Distribution of Hot Spots<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n At this time, we plan to support only those families without internet access <\/strong>who are either involved in Targeted Remote Learning programs or referred by a FAN advocate or building principal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The check-out process is more formal than last year but is also straightforward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We will have active hotspots available beginning September 21st. As we get close to that date, I will send both our Loan Agreement Forms<\/strong><\/a> and set up instructions to principals and our FAN team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last year’s hotspots \ud83d\ude41 – <\/strong>We are still looking for over 500 hotspots that were not turned into schools last spring (500 is not a typo). These hotspots are not active and not of any use to students. Please continue to message that we need to collect hotspots so that they can be reactivated and put to use by our families who need them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n iPad Insurance and AUP – <\/strong>Here are the English versions of the iPad insurance<\/a> form and the AUP<\/a>. We submitted both for translation but as of today we haven\u2019t received them back. As soon as those come in we will send them out in a separate email. Please remember, purchasing iPad insurance is not mandatory for a child to receive an iPad. However, if a family doesn\u2019t want to pay the high cost of iPad repair due to damage or loss, purchasing the Bend-La Pine Schools\u2019 iPad insurance<\/a> will be in their best interest. The AUP<\/a> should be distributed to 3rd grade, 6th grade, and 9th grade students as well as new students to your school. Cross your fingers that we have a digital solution for the AUP next year. This is a priority for the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From Julie Walker – <\/strong>Just a reminder to spend some time reading and reviewing the TLC update that comes out each week. There\u2019s some very useful links contained in each week\u2019s update. Here is last week\u2019s update<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From Dean Richards<\/strong> – Last week\u2019s Innovative Teaching Conference was a huge success. Thanks to all of the teachers and administrators who came to engage in lifelong learning. Here is the Google Folder that participants can access information from the presenters. ITC Participant Folder<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Good Stuff from Alandra – District FAQ page for you to cut and paste–Spanish and English<\/strong> Here is a link<\/a> that has been created for Admins to use to get information that has been vetted for accuracy and translated into Spanish. You may find some good information to put into your parent newsletters and on your websites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A reminder from Lora<\/strong> – Because we have families making inquiries, I thought it would be helpful for you to remind all administrators of state requirements regarding the Pledge of Allegiance. Please share this language in your blogs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n ORS 339.875 Procurement, display and salute of flags.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n (1) Each district school board shall:<\/p>\n\n\n\n (b) Provide students with the opportunity to salute the United States flag at least once each week of the school year by reciting: “I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n (2) Students who do not participate in the salute provided for by this section must maintain a respectful silence during the salute. [Formerly 332.100 and then 336.045 and then 336.630; 1999 c.137 \u00a71] <\/p>\n\n\n\n Calendar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Your Calendars<\/strong> – if you have a couple free moments in the upcoming days or weeks please complete your work calendar. Remember, this is your best guess at the days you will work and take off. It can be adjusted throughout the year. Tammy and I would like calendars completed by the end of September. If you need assistance please contact April Jorgenson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And for you obsessive compulsive people<\/strong> – we are currently targeting June 20 and 21, 2022 for our Leadership Training Academy<\/p>\n\n\n\n And Finally\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Next week I\u2019ll share with you the pic of Tammy on the last day of school. It\u2019s a winner!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The goal this week was to keep this weekly update as short as possible\u2026. We failed again! (but at least we are consistent) IMPORTANT!\u00a0 For your webpage: \u00a0Reminder that we are asking schools to share their school meal plans on Continue reading September 2, 2021<\/span>
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We have an amazing team of Family Liaisons to support both our staff and our culturally- and lingustically-diverse community. Although hiring is not quite complete, I want to share the information I do<\/em> have at this time: – What do Liaisons do:<\/em><\/strong>
See some examples here<\/a>.
<\/em><\/strong>– Which Liaison supports me:<\/em><\/strong>Please see this list<\/a> for the Family Liaison who will support your school community. We will put out a family-facing communication about our team soon–for now, this list is just to support your office team. (Disclaimer: I tried to minimize changes, but it was not possible everywhere…and there could be small tweaks in the upcoming weeks.)– When will they be in my building:<\/em><\/strong>Next week they will flood support for Transportation and grades K, 6, and 9. Regular weekly schedules in your buildings will begin Sept 13–more info coming soon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are<\/a> the slides for the abbreviated version of the training we are required to cover with all staff.
Remember, there are talking points in the Notes section under each slide. If you would like additional support, contact Kinsey and\/or Steve Herron–we’re happy to co-facilitate with you.
Here<\/a> is the Trivia Sheet referenced in the training, and (new!) here is<\/a> a poster\/handout <\/strong>you can print and make available for easy reference for reporting (and\/or, bookmark the form link).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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