The Secondary Blog 9/20/24

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From Kinsey – Policy, Advocacy, Equity:

Advertising Practices: *Action Needed*

We are offering two options for dates to attend a workshop related to approving and accepting funds for advertisements.  (This includes ‘donations’ that come in exchange for any form of publicity for the donor.)  This training will help you feel clear and supported in determining whether and how to accept money from local companies or individuals, and is a chance to align across schools in accordance with the updated advertising policy and a few other related policies.

Principals/Office Teams: Please invite relevant staff (sample message here)–note the sign-up sheet there, for each of your team members to confirm attendance.  

Each school should ensure the following roles in your building are trained: Administrator, athletic director, activities director, yearbook advisor, music/drama teachers, any additional or support staff who are involved in receiving or approving advertisement requests and funds.  

Holidays and dates:

You received a reminder again this year about protecting some significant religious observance fall dates from any special events.  Please check your school calendar now and ensure there are no special/one-time student/family meetings or events scheduled on these days:  

Rosh Hashanah: Evening of Wed Oct 2 to evening of Fri Oct 4

Yom Kippur: Sat Oct 12

Within the next few weeks, you will receive a calendar with key dates like these over the next few years, so you can plan further ahead—stay tuned.  

If your school is allowing any costumes for around Halloween, here are some lessons to discuss with students: K-5, 6-12, Poster.  Equity Coaches can support these conversations if needed. 

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Please share this with your teachers, and students: Judy Campbell with Discovery West has arranged for Dr. Ellen Ochoa, first Hispanic Female Astronaut to go into space, to speak.  Please contact Judy to include your students and staff in this presentation. Judy’s contact information is 541-410-9113.

​Dr. Ellen Ochoa, is a former director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, an American engineer, astronaut, and the first Hispanic woman to go to space and has logged close to 1000 hours in space after four space flights.

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From Scott in IT:

Please review Managed Apple ID with your staff:

Do you know about Managed Apple ID’s?

Every student and staff member in Bend-La Pine Schools has a Managed Apple ID.   

Your Apple ID sign in is your Bend-La Pine Schools email address.

To enhance the security of our digital environment and protect sensitive information, we strongly encourage all staff to use their Managed Apple IDs on their school-issued devices instead of personal Apple IDs.

Why Use Your Managed Apple ID?

  • Enhanced Security: Managed Apple IDs are specifically designed for educational environments, providing an extra layer of security and management capabilities.
  • Data Protection: Using your Managed Apple ID helps prevent sensitive school data from being inadvertently stored in personal accounts, reducing the risk of data breaches or leaks.
  • Seamless Access: Managed Apple IDs provide streamlined access to school resources, apps, and services, ensuring you have everything you need for your role.
  • 200Gb of storage! All users can take advantage of 200GB of iCloud storage and access it from any of their school issued devices.
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If you need assistance in making this change, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our IT Client Services team or our help desk.

Note: Nearly 300 Bend-La Pine Schools computers are currently using personal Apple ID’s. Beginning October, users on these devices will periodically receive a message discouraging this practice.

Thank you for your cooperation and for helping us keep our school’s information safe and secure.

Action Areas/Reminders

From Dave in TLC:

The Oregon Student Heath Survey (SHS) will take place again this fall. SHS is given to all 6th, 8th, and 11th grade students. While we have yet to settle on an exact window for administration, we likely will aim for a roughly 2-week period sometime between late October and November. The survey should take students about 30 minutes to complete, and parents and students can opt-out. For those who have done this before, the process is basically the same as previous years. Schools and districts will receive reports in the spring. 

Going forward, SHS will become an annual requirement as is specified in House Bill 2656. 

Be on the lookout for more detailed information in the coming weeks and let us know if there are weeks that may be problematic for scheduling the SHS.

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From Kinsey: Bias Incident student lessons:

The Bias Incident student lessons are ready ahead of schedule, and a handful of schools want them to review with teachers this week, so I’m sending now instead of in Friday blogs:  

One hallmark of a thriving culture is that everyone knows how to identify, address, and repair harm when it happens in the community.  This lesson provides the chance to ​have that conversation openly as a school community.  Thank you for your active leadership in ensuring this is taught consistently across your building prior to Oct 25. 

Consider forwarding this email to your ICCL team to support implementation.  If you have questions or would like additional support, please reach out to me or any of the Equity Coaches (copied in this message).  Thanks!

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24-25 Bias Incident Lessons:

Family Letter.  Please hyperlink in the letter the lesson that corresponds to your grade level and send to families several days in advance of teaching the lesson.

Equity Coaches.  This team is available to help your staff prepare or rehearse (they can attend your SIW or provide drop-in support before/after school), or co-teach with particular teachers open to partnership.  

Required Lessons.  This folder has the grade-specific required lesson for 24-25, as well as printable teacher notes for each lesson.  This lesson takes about 60 minutes, or two 30-minute advisory periods.

Suggested Wayfinder Sequence.  This sheet suggests Wayfinder lessons to create context and dialogue skills on which to anchor the Bias Incident Lesson.  

Information from Departments

New Course Descriptions for 25-26 are DUE by November 7. Use this LINK to make your request.

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From Paul in Operations: Here is the latest COO Ops blog

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Here is an updated version of the certified evaluation plan for 24-25. This includes Teacher Librarians. Just a reminder that your Deans should be assigned mini observations and evaluations to complete. Please call if you have questions.

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From Sean:

Required: CPI de-escalation training:

We have cancelled the CPI de-escalation training for Sept. 24th due to very low enrollment.  I am sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you.  Further, in addition to the other 4 available dates, we have added an additional training date for December 3rd, which is now viewable in UKG. 

For admin, please review the CPI spreadsheet to see how many folks need to be trained at your site to meet the SB 283 standard.  Currently, we have 29 people (out of 129 total needed) enrolled for all available trainings.  Thanks

Below is the updated schedule:

5 half day sessions.

Hungerford Online:

In the next few days, you will be receiving a personalized notice (see below) inviting you to Hungerford Online.  The Hungerford law firm has been a state leader in supporting districts with SPED/504 legal issues.  When you receive the email, set you password and take a peek!   These are IEP/504 training videos that you can use for your own learning or with your staff.  Your SPED team members will be receiving this access as well, and we will discuss the use at their upcoming general supervision training.  Further, we will be offering some facilitated training opportunities for you this year and will be utilizing this resource.

High School Only

From Jess: We are thrilled to be hosting our district-wide School Counseling Family Night, taking place next week! This event, hosted by BLS School Counseling, will focus on college application support and resources.

High Schools: Please ensure that communication regarding this important event has been shared with your families. Example communication is listed here. Your support in promoting this initiative is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Middle School Only

TAG ICCL: Just a reminder that we are hoping to move forward quickly with the hiring of our TAG ICCL members.  These folks will attend four district trainings and then integrate with your ICCL team to meet their time obligations.  The four meeting dates are 10/14, 1/13, 3/10, and 5/19 from 3:45 to 5:45 in the board room.  We would also like to have your administrator in charge of TAG attend these meetings.  If you have any questions, please contact Stephen DuVal.

October Meetings: Time to sign up for October visits. Please choose two dates over the course of the month. Here is my Calendly link or you can use Outlook directly.

Calendar

September 18: Teacher Work SIW – NO ADMIN MEETING

September 24: High School Principal Horizontal – 8:00-10:00 @ Realms

September 26: Middle School Horizontal – 3:00 @ Cascade

October 1: Admin/ICCL Session – 4:15 – 6:15 – Location TBD

October 8: HS admin and counseling work session- 8:00-10:00 @ Ed Center in boardroom

Where in the World

This week we are highlighting Scott Olszewski and his Happy Place! Scott shared: “ANYWHERE with my boys, but especially at the Coast.” 

Share YOUR happy place next week! Email a picture and brief description to Katie or Stephen!