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From Student Services Leadership

Check-in with Health Teachers, Counselors, Sources of Strength Teams, and School Newsletters – Coordinated Suicide Prevention Efforts in Nov and Dec

We are aiming to coordinate a multi-pronged approach to prevent student suicides over the holiday breaks.  Please check-in with these individuals or support your Public Health Specialist to organize a School Health Team meeting to coordinate these efforts. 

• Health Teachers – Deliver their suicide prevention lessons and present these Help Resources for Students slides before the holiday breaks, in coordination with their counselors to assure any students with follow up needs are identified, assessed, and connected with help resources before breaks.  See the full message here. 
• Sources of Strength Peer Leaders (by way of your buildings trained Adult Advisors) – Promote crisis helplines and engage peers in identifying who they can go to for help over breaks and what Strengths they can use to cope with challenges over breaks.  See the full message here. 
• Counselors – Coordinate with Health teachers so that there’s a clear way to identify, assess, and connect students who need mental health support to help resources.  Counselors may need your help to protect their time so that they’re able to follow up with students who need help before holiday breaks. 
• School Newsletters – Include two suicide prevention messages in your school newsletters: one in November before break and one in December before break.  These messages will also go out in the district Family Spotlight and will be forwarded from your Public Health Specialist to you (or the person you’ve designated to compile your school newsletters) with a request to publish them.  

From Departments

From Kinsey – Policy, Advocacy, & Equity:

Post-Election Resources:

As the presidential elections wrap up, we should anticipate and prepare to support the strong reactions, emotions, and conversations our staff, students, and families will experience.  As leaders, it is our responsibility to ensure our staff are informed, equipped, and supported regarding 1) the expectations for navigating this significant moment in time in a professional manner, 2) the resources available to them as employees, and 3) the strategies for supporting students through their own processing.

Here is a message for staff—I highly recommended you send this to your staff soon.  You are welcome to copy and paste this message verbatim, modify it to reflect your voice/style, or send something else.  Just don’t be silent on this topic!

Equity Stance Brochures:

I am going to re-print the brochure versions of our district Equity Stance.  (You received one at our August administrator launch.)  If you would like some for your school (ICCL team? PTA? A stack for the staff lounge?), please let me know by Nov 8th how many you need.  

Holidays:

Here is our policy on religion and holidays in schools.  Here is our “Do not schedule” dates document.  Here is a team reflection and guidance tool on holidays.  Consider reviewing these at an ICCL meeting, and/or sharing with all staff.  

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From Becca in Communications:

Did you see the latest Family Spotlight? The newsletter is solely devoted to safety and includes a message from Dr. Cook, resources for safe firearm storage, information about SafeOregon, crisis and care resources, details about our latest safety improvements and more. It can be a go-to resource when families have questions about safety in our district. Bookmark the October 30 Family Spotlight and have it at the ready!

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From Triz delaRosa, our new Director of Human Resources – Workforce Relations:

Here is the updated certified evaluation document for 2024-25

Probationary and temporary certified staff: 6 observations (Goals, 2 formals and 3 minis)

Attached you will find two documents to help you initiate the process with your staff.  Staff should be receiving notifications regarding goal setting in UKG.  There will be an option for you to review their goals once they have been completed in UKG.  You should also be working toward completing one (1) formal observation by the end of November and a second formal observation by end of January (both to be completed in UKG).

Please note that you will also be completing your mini  (3) observations throughout the year in UKG.

Contract staff ON & OFF evaluation cycle year: 3 observations

• One goal setting (by December 1)
• Two instructional/non-instructional mini-observations (by May 15)

Contract staff ON evaluation cycle year (in addition to above):

• Self-Evaluation (by May 15)
• Summative Evaluation (by June 15)

There will be additional information coming to you, as we plan to have ongoing instruction on how to complete all the necessary steps timely, and how we can support you in UKG.

Again, I appreciate your grace and patience as we work through the development and refinement of the evaluation process.  I know this information is coming out late and creating a crunch, but we are focused on having this information out to you all much sooner next year.

Please let me know if you have any additional questions.

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From Paul in Operations:

Building leaders are to pause any program expansion proposals (academic, athletic and extra duty) that will impact your site/facility until further notice.  We are in the process of creating internal procedures that will identify that necessary steps that will need to be taken in order to ensure compliance with regulations (i.e. Title IX, permitting, accounting), district policies, contracts and address departmental impacts.

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From Scott and Kayla in Safety:

Scott and Kayla will be out of town next week, November 4^th through November 7^th at a conference. We will continue to monitor our emails, cell phones, and text messages to support as best as we can while out of the office. If you have any emergencies that require immediate attention, please reach out to our Chief Operations Officer, Paul Dean for immediate support.

We are happy to announce that we are not staffed at 8 School Resource Officers in the district. Our newest SRO is Officer James Ragland, who will be working out of Pilot Butte Middle School. Please use the updated SRO point of contact roster to see who your current SRO is for your school, and to reach out to any members of the SRO team for support.

Middle School Only

November Meetings: Time to sign up for a November visit. Just one time this month.  Please choose a date over the course of the month. FYI: Stephen will be out November 6-8 at a conference.  Here is my Calendly link or you can use Outlook directly.

High School Only

Thank you for welcoming our Internship Coordinators, Sarah, who serves LPHS and Renee, who serves our Bend schools, to your building! Please support them in onboarding our juniors and seniors into internship opportunities.

Calendar:

November 5: MS and HS Administrator work session – 8:00-10:00 @ Cascade MS

November 6-8: Katie and Stephen at Synergy Conference

November 7: New Course Proposals Due

November 11: Veterans Day

November 19: HS Assistant Principals work session – 8:00-10:00 @ BTA

November 21: MS Horizontal – 3:00-5:00 @ Pilot Butte MS

November 23-27: Thanksgiving Break

December 10: HS Administrators and Counselors work session – 8:00-10:00 @MVHS

December 23 – January 3: Winter Break

January 3 – Choice Options Schools/Area Change Requests open for 25-26 school year

Where in the World

This week we are highlighting Chris Boyd, Principal at Caldera High School. Chris shared, “while my normal happy place is disappearing in the woods on a remote hike, floating a river, or climbing a local volcano on skis in the snow, dancing with my Central Oregon Stars was so much fun. 

My dance crew is near and dear to my heart. Love my dance peeps! We helped raised 107K for the Sparrow Foundation in Central Oregon.” Check out the Fresh Funky Fly Girls and a Boy!

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From Becca in Communications:

Help us celebrate the veterans throughout Bend-La Pine Schools on Monday, November 11! We would love to say “thank you for your service” on social media and include faces throughout the district. If you have a veteran (or more than one) in your building or department, please ask them if they would like to be included in a social media “thank you.” If the answer is yes, take their photo and email it to [email protected], along with the staff member’s name. 

Thank you for your help!

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From Dave VanLoo:

Accessing OSAS test scores and ODE Individual Student Reports (ISRs) in Synergy

Please share the following information with any staff who may need it, particularly teachers who may want to discuss OSAS during conferences.

We have been working for some time to enhance access to OSAS state test results across multiple Synergy applications. Here is a folder with brief instructions for staff, parents, and students to access OSAS state test scores in a variety of ways. All these groups can view and download the one-page ISRs that ODE creates each year. Teachers also can view lists of OSAS scores for their classes in TeacherVue. ISRs from spring 2024 testing have been loaded in English and Spanish ISRs should be there next week. Whether Spanish ISRs are loaded for a student is based on the ‘resolved’ language in Synergy. 

ODE requires schools to report OSAS results to parents annually. In the past this process has been time and resource intensive and involved downloading, printing, and sorting thousands of pieces of paper. With ISRs available in both ParentVue and StudentVue, users can now access OSAS results on-demand in Synergy. This will significantly reduce the number of printed copies that end up in trash or recycling. Schools still should plan to print an ISR for any parents who request it and may continue to print ISRs as makes sense.

During conferences, teachers who want to use ISRs now have the option to quickly pull them up in real time and display them on any screens that are available to them. 

Please reach out to Dave VanLoo with any questions about accessing OSAS results in Synergy.

From the Departments:

From Kinsey – Policy, Advocacy, & Equity (repeat):

Upcoming events and key dates:

Please mark your calendars for these events:

Reminder: 3 years’ worth of Holidays/”Do Not Schedule” Dates 

District-wide 7th annual Latino Family Night:

Thursday, November 21st  5:30-7:30pm at MVHS

The Woodburn High School student mariachi band will be performing!  Come grab some dinner, check out their performance, and connect with families, students, and staff for some games and fun!

Invitation here.  Family Liaisons and Latino Family Advisory members will provide you with some copies, but feel free to share in staff and family newsletters.

MAC Survey Day: This will happen sometime the week of Nov 11.  Please make sure your FAN Advocate can get in front of staff ahead of that week, to introduce themselves and remind about procedures.  Also, thank you for prioritizing your own time to claim an activity that day if at all possible.  Without you doing that, we can’t afford to have FAN Advocates in our schools (eek).

LGBTQIA2S+ Alliance principal conversation:

Our Alliance group would love to connect with principals (or an administrator from each school) for some conversation and to learn about what you’re proud of at your school, as far as LGBTQ student/family supports, resources, and experiences they can seek out.  

Please plan to join us Tuesday, January 21st.  (I’ll remind you later—just mark you calendar 🙂)

Reminder: 3 years’ worth of Holidays/”Do Not Schedule” Dates 

Middle School Only

YouTube Access for K-8 Students – Trial of “Allow List” Solution

As you know, we are currently blocking all YouTube content for students in grades K-8. Starting next week, we will be implementing a trial of an “allow list” solution, which will enable students to access a curated set of videos. At present, nearly 1,000 YouTube videos necessary for the SchoolLinks curriculum have been added to this allow list.

Why is this important?
If this trial proves successful, we can explore expanding the allow list to include additional teacher-requested YouTube content.

We understand that limiting access to non-essential YouTube content remains a high priority for our staff, and this allow list solution is designed to support that goal without diverting from it.

High School Only

From Stephanie Bent: We have created a school TAG report for the high school level.  If you would like access to your school’s report, please contact Stephanie and she will share the document with you. 

Support our Internship Specialists!

Through our contract with East Cascade Works, we have partnered with COIC to hire two Internship Specialists this year.  Sarah Cochran oversees the district program and focuses her time developing internships with youth in La Pine.  Renee Skjersaa facilitates internships with our six high schools in Bend.  

Their goal is to interface with businesses in Bend and La Pine to connect students with job shadows and internships.  We do have the ability to pay students for internships through a grant recently secured with COIC.  

Sarah and Renee have both passed the volunteer background check and have non-staff badges, so they do not need to check in through the Raptor kiosk.  They are approved be in our schools regularly to connect with our students and will be working out of our Future Centers.  We are grateful to have Sarah and Renee working on behalf of our students!  Please read on to learn more about them:

“Sarah Cochran, YCC Program Coordinator and La Pine Internship Specialist, is a Green Bay Packers fan who loves rescue dogs and has 25 years of classroom teaching experience. She is happy to continue working with staff and students through the unique partnership COIC has with the Central OR school districts. Specifically, she is excited to continue working with the Bend La Pine School District, supporting youth and serving as another resource in their development and quest to learn more about themselves. Finding meaningful and local work-based experiences for our collective youth, whether these are job shadows, internships, or working on a resume, Sarah believes it is a real privilege to connect with BLP students and support other COIC/Youth Career Connect staff in our region.

Renee Skjersaa, YCC Bend Internship Specialist, is an avid dog enthusiast who enjoys outdoor beauty of Central OR and has over 20 years of classroom teaching experience. She is new to COIC/Youth Career Connect as of just less than a month ago! Renee brings enthusiasm to learning about the many layers involved with creating a work-based experience for students to access and has been actively pursuing local business opportunities to bring to BLP’s youth. She looks forward to helping students gain a better understanding of what it takes to put their best foot forward when seeking either a first job, or preparing for an interview, and then landing a great work-based experience!  Being back in the schools and supporting youth is something that excites Renee about her role with YCC and you will find her bustling about the 6 Bend high schools Monday-Thursday.”

Calendar

October 29-31: Middle School Conferences

November 5: MS and HS Administrator work session – 8:00-10:00 @ Cascade MS

November 7: New Course Proposals Due

November 11: Veterans Day

November 19: HS Assistant Principals work session – 8:00-10:00 @ BTA

November 21: MS Horizontal – 3:00-5:00 @ Pilot Butte MS

Where in the World

This week we are highlighting Leah Boon, Dean of Students at Cascade. Leah states that her place is Hood River/The Gorge. “You can’t beat the beauty! Isn’t it weird how you don’t truly appreciate a place’s beauty growing up but later can’t get enough?”

To Do

From Kinsey – Policy, Advocacy, & Equity:

Attendance policy:

Last call for any feedback on content as we update the attendance policy.  Reminders from our conversation at your recent horizontal meeting:

• The draft linked above includes all language from both OSBA’s sample and our current version.  We’ll weave them into one coherent policy, but we left all the language from both in order for you to review and give input on preferences regarding any/all of it.  
• Please share with relevant office staff and ask for their insights.
• Feedback we’re looking for:
  • Anything in this language that contradicts our preferred practices, or anything missing that we should add to capture current processes working well in your buildings;
  • Requests for training or procedural support related to this policy topic;
  • Please don’t make specific red-line edits—I’m just looking for your general thoughts on what’s helpful for you to codify in policy.
• Send your team’s feedback to Kinsey via email or phone call, by October 25
• Related to attendance: We’ll be offering an admin PD group to dig into best practices for home visits.  More on that soon!

Upcoming events and key dates:

Please mark your calendars for these events:

• District-wide 7th annual Latino Family Night:
  • Thursday, November 21st  5:30-7:30pm at MVHS
  • The Woodburn High School student mariachi band will be performing!  Come grab some dinner, check out their performance, and connect with families, students, and staff for some games and fun!
  • Invitation here.  Family Liaisons and Latino Family Advisory members will provide you with some copies, but feel free to share in staff and family newsletters.
• MAC Survey Day: This will happen sometime the week of Nov 11.  Please make sure your FAN Advocate can get in front of staff ahead of that week, to introduce themselves and remind about procedures.  Also, thank you for prioritizing your own time to claim an activity that day if at all possible.  Without you doing that, we can’t afford to have FAN Advocates in our schools (eek).
• LGBTQIA2S+ Alliance principal conversation:
  • Our Alliance group would love to connect with principals (or an administrator from each school) for some conversation and to learn about what you’re proud of at your school, as far as LGBTQ student/family supports, resources, and experiences they can seek out.  
  • Please plan to join us Tuesday, January 21st.  (I’ll remind you later—just mark you calendar 🙂)
• Reminder: 3 years’ worth of Holidays/”Do Not Schedule” Dates 

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From Scott and Kayla in Safety:

Please review the updated  AQI protocols on our staff portal. We have updated the AQI map resources for administrators to use to make real-time decisions on AQI readings near your schools. We will now be using the EPA Air Now Smoke and Fire Map or the Watch Duty AQI Smoke and Fire Map applications that provide real-time AQI readings.

We will also be forming a stakeholder committee to review the AQI thresholds for cancellation of outdoor recess, sports, and activities. We will use the feedback from that committee to make future decisions and potential updates to our AQI threshold levels.

The public facing district website AQI page will be updated with this information in the next few days.

Departments

From Becca in Communications:

Celebrate a successful start to the school year at Educators’ Night Out at the High Desert Museum!

Thursday, October 24, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

• New this year – join us for a special presentation for school administrators! We’ll share about upcoming grant opportunities and projects. Administrators will also have their own opportunity to win a raffle (we’ll even give you more tickets for each educator from your school you bring with you!)
• Delicious snacks from the one of the best chefs in Central Oregon – Luckey’s Woodsman
• Fabulous door prizes from local businesses like Bar Rio, Bend Pet Express, Greg’s Grill, Mountain Supply, and so many more!
• Register by October 22 here!

Middle School only

Horizontals: Based on your feedback we will be moving to one two-hour meeting a month on a Thursday from 3-5 starting in November. Additionally, the majority preferred walkthroughs for our additional time together. Stephen will be updating calendars and reaching out with details soon.

High School only

Upshift: Just a reminder to enter your data!

Calendar

October 22: HS Principal work session – 8:00-10:00 @ Summit HS

October 23: All Administrators Training – EWS training @ 3:00-4:30 BSHS Perseverance Hall

October 24: MS Horizontal – 3:00 @ Pacific Crest

October 29-31: Middle School Conferences

November 5: MS and HS Administrator work session – 8:00-10:00 @ Cascade MS

November 7: New Course Proposals Due

November 19: HS Assistant Principals work session – 8:00-10:00 @ BTA

Where in the world

This week we are highlighting Matt Kitchen, Assistant Principal at Mountain View High School and his Happy Place! Matt shared:  my happy place is on the water.  Fishing, boating, or just watching.  But the honest answer is that my happy place is who I am with.  This is a picture of me and my girls at a camp this past spring.  Being with people that I love and enjoy is my happy place.  

To Do

From Lisa in the Superintendent’s Office (repeat):

Consider applying to be on the district’s administrator advisory team. See this week’s Staff Spotlight for more specific information. The deadline is October 16.

From Jennifer in Student Services: Jennifer has created goal setting documents for School Counselors and Student Success Certified staff to be used as part of the evaluation process. These documents have been shared with staff and district coaches will use PLC time this month to support certified staff in the usage of these goal setting documents. Staff can save this document as a PDF and uploaded it directly to UKG. We will set aside time at our next PLC to review and begin work on these documents. 

School Counselor: One document for each goal:

TIER 1 BLS School Counseling SMARTIE GOALS for 2024-25

Tier 2 BLS School Counseling SMARTIE GOALS for 2024-25

Student Success Goal Setting Document

Reminders/Action items:

From Sean in Student Services: Please look at our practice guidance for those staff that teach suicide prevention standards.  This document has been reviewed and shared with health teachers and school counselors.  Thanks

BLS suicide prevention education practice guidance

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From Kinsey – Policy, Advocacy, Equity:

Family-teacher conferences:

Please ensure you coordinate and submit requests for interpreters ASAP.  Your Language Specialist and Family Liaison can help advise and coordinate this with your office team.

Policy training resources:

Thanks for attending the policy training this week!  Here is follow-up–please share with your staff and PTA/Booster Club leaders:

Advertising: 

 AP and AR

Other topics:

    Holidays/”Do Not Schedule” Dates 

    Linguist Link (translation/interpretation request) account set-up for all staff

    Crown Act info and poster

Bias incident student lessons:

As you wrap up the teaching of those lessons across all classrooms in the upcoming days, can you please share a celebration with Kinsey about something that your building did well with these lessons?  Did you have a teacher successfully incorporate student voice?  A team who was creative with implementation?  Presence from the equity coaches that was helpful?  Please let me know what your school did well!

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From Scott in IT:

To ensure the safety, quality, and compatibility of our technology, ALL tech-related purchases must be approved and processed through our IT department. 

If the answer is “yes” to any of these questions, the purchase must go through IT:

• Is it a computer, tablet, or related device?

•     Does it connect to or charge one of our devices?

• Does it connect to our networks or get installed on a device?

Why is this important?

While it may be tempting to purchase cheaper options from websites like Amazon, our district maintains strict standards to ensure all devices are safe, reliable, and compatible with our systems. Unsafe or substandard devices can:

• Pose risks such as electrical shock or fire
• Introduce security threats like malware
• Fail to work properly within our network environment

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From Scott in Communications:

Bookmark our Staff Portal for quick access to updates and staff resources 

A great way to keep up on employee news, announcements, resources and tools is to check our STAFF PORTAL regularly. We are posting updates to the Portal almost every day. 

We encourage all staff to bookmark the Portal on your browser. Better yet, you can designate it as one of your browser startup pages so it’s always right there. Here’s how to do that using Google Chrome: 

1. In your Chrome browser window, click on the three vertical dots (for “More”) in the top right corner 

2. Go down the list to “Settings” and click that 

3. On the left, click “On startup” 

4. Select “Open a specific page or set of pages” then “Add a new page” 

5. Paste the site URL into the window and hit “Add” The URL for our Staff Portal is this: https://bendlapine.sharepoint.com/ 

You can add other startup pages as well, such as our District website (https://www.bend.k12.or.us/district) and your school website. 

The “Quick Links” on the Staff Portal is a go-to resource for many of us. And keep an eye on the featured news items, which provides a mix of local news headlines and timely information we are sharing with you and our community.

Middle School Only

Quarter Classes: Be sure you are providing an extra half day of grading time to your teachers who have quarter classes.

High School Only

Financial Aid Night: Our BLS Financial Aid Information Night is coming up! We will have one event in Bend at MVHS and one in La Pine the following week at LPHS.  

Please share with all your 12^th grade families.

Here is communication in both Spanish and English that you can use to spread the word via newsletters and post on your socials.  

****Once again, there there will be a separate Spanish Speaking Financial Aid night later this fall that is planned in conjunction with Kinsey and her team.  This is noted in the communication linked above****

Calendar

October 14: TAG Admin/ICCL Meeting – 3:45 – 5:45 – Board Room

October 22: HS Principal work session – 8:00-10:00 @ Summit HS

October 24: MS Horizontal – 3:00 @ Pacific Crest

October 29-31: Middle School Conferences

November 5: MS and HS Administrator work session – 8:00-10:00 @ Cascade MS

November 7: New Course Proposals Due

Where in the World

This week we are highlighting Dave McKae, Dean at High Desert and his Happy Place! Dave shared: Ever since we took our boys on their first vacation, we were itching to go back and visit our family roots in Scotland. We spent a year planning and part of the trip included driving to the Cairngorms to go on a hike with reindeer! Fun fact: that’s less than one year of growth on its head as they lose and regrow new antlers each year. Planning big trips and taking our kids on new adventures is something that brings us great joy.

To Do

From Dean in Teaching and Learning

Our first Educator Network Day of the year is this Wednesday, October 9. Administrators are required to attend and support two of the four sessions. Please ensure attendance is taken at the session. Here is the LINK for information. Here is the LINK to taking attendance.

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From Lisa in the Superintendent’s Office

Consider applying to be on the district’s administrator advisory team. See this week’s Staff Spotlight for more specific information. The deadline is October 16.

Reminders/Action items:

From Jessica Houser in the Business Office:

This is a reminder that the deadline for submitting information regarding employees who missed work due to being in a level two or three evacuation zone between September 9^th and 17^th is tomorrow, Friday, October 4^th at 12pm.

If you have not filled out the Google From, please do so at your earliest convenance to ensure we have all the necessary information. Your input is important for us to determine the next steps for those affected. There is no need for your employees to submit additional forms at this time.

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

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Reminder: All staff will receive a link to our annual cybersecurity training and are required to complete this mandatory training by November 30. It will take approximately 30 minutes to complete and is crucial in helping to protect both personal and district data from cyberattacks. Principals, plan to provide one staff meeting between now and November for staff to complete this training.

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Lesson Design Cycle (LDC): (LDC sites only) As a reminder, we’ve flushed out the LDC calendar for first and second semester. Dates can also be found here. The sites that have opted into this practice need to work to identify staff for participation. Here is the interest form. We are limited to 8 folks per session so it will come down to one or two teachers from participating sites. Please reach out to Dean, Katie, or Stephen with questions.

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From Sean in Student Services:

Many of you have been asking about dates for the “Full” CPI trainings and refresher options for this fall.  A few things to note:

• These trainings are for those that need to be trained to implement holds in a restraint/seclusion scenario.  You should have a team of folks at you building with this level of training.
• These trainings are different than the “De-escalation only” trainings that are being offered for secondary staff and in-house for elementary staff.  All CPI trainings will count toward you buildings 1:50 ratio required by SB 283
• You can still use this CPI trained spreadsheet to see who has the “full” training in your building.  Note: at this time, any person listed on the spreadsheet has the full training w/holds
• Folks can sign up for the “full” courses in UKG.  They are titled “CPI initial” and “CPI refresher”

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From Dave Van Loo:

2024 Student Health Survey

Remember to pick a date between 11/4 and 11/22 to administer the survey to all of your 8th and 11th graders. Then, plan to send parent notifications out a couple of weeks before that date. Here is a folder containing all the information and resources schools need to administer the SHS, including survey links, parent notification/opt-out forms, survey previews, and instructions for teachers proctoring the survey. Let me know what questions you have or what support you may need. Thanks.

2024 Student Health Survey Resources   

Information from Departments

From Jenn in Student Services: School Counselors, Student Success, and Principals

I hope the school year is going well! On October 9th, we will be adding an additional Student Safe training before Educator Network Day (END) at 2:45 pm. For the week of October 7th, please work with your building admin to adjust your prep and case management time accordingly over the course of next week to allow for you to leave the building early, including travel time. Caldera will have dismissal at 2:15 so please plan to arrive by 2:10 pm.

2:15 – 2:45           Student Safe Training in Caldera Auditorium

2:45 – 4:00           SIW/END Caldera Auditorium

Timesheets are available for elementary SSCs and counselors from 3:15 to 4 pm and it is optional for you to stay past your contract hours. SSIs, Jen Goodman has communicated a separate plan with you about your training for the day. Please reach out with any questions.

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From Tracy in Instructional Technology

Digital Citizenship week is October 14-18, an annual campaign to promote healthy, balanced, and positive approach to media and tech use among young people. Here are some handy resources. 

• Common Sense Education: Digital Citizenship lessons and Teen Voices short videos
• Wayfinder: Digital Citizenship lessons found in Activities Library, filter to grade level   
• Digital Citizenship Kahoot! or search and filter to find one that best fits your needs 
• Visit our Instructional Technology blog for more, including resources for families 

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From Jess Calbreath in Teaching and Learning

Our BLS Financial Aid Information Night is coming up in two weeks! We will have one event in Bend at MVHS and one in La Pine the following week at LPHS. 

Please share with all your 12^th grade families.

Here is communication in both Spanish and English that you can use to spread the word via newsletters and post on your socials. 

****Once again, there there will be a separate Spanish Speaking Financial Aid night later this fall that is planned in conjunction with Kinsey and her team.  This is noted in the communication linked above****

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From Becca in Communications

We are excited to introduce Canopy, Bend-La Pine Schools new Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provider!

Canopy EAP services include mental health support, counseling, behavioral coaching, digital tools, and resources to help navigate life and work – from financial coaching to gym and pet insurance discounts – Canopy’s mission is to create happier and healthier lives for employees.

Canopy services are free, confidential, and available to ALL district employees and their family members. 

Learn more about Canopy and how to access their services on our district’s Benefits website.

Middle School Only

Conferences: As a reminder, the schedule for conferences this fall is: Wednesday 10/23 – Teacher Work SIW (planning for Tuesday 10/29 conferences), Tuesday 10/29 – School day & evening conferences after school (4 hours), Wednesday 10/30 – Teacher work day (8 hours) and conferences in the evening (4 hours), Thursday 10/31 – all day conferences (8 hours), no evening conferences, Friday 11/1 – Non-work day.

Please let Stephen know if you have any questions.

Calendar

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

October 9: Educator Network SIW Here is the LINK for information.

October 10: MS Horizontal – 3:00 – 4:30 – High Desert MS

October 14: TAG Admin/ICCL Meeting – 3:45 – 5:45 – Board Room

October 22: HS Principal work session – 8:00-10:00 @ Summit HS

November 5: MS and HS Administrator work session – 8:00-10:00 @ Cascade MS

November 7: New Course Proposals Due

Where in the World

This week we are highlighting Jessica Gambee and her Happy Place! Jessica shared: My happy place would be any summer adventure, particularly near or on the water. I love camping and exploring new places with my family. This is a picture of my kids paddle boarding on Elk Lake, in a rare moment of getting along.