To Do
Survey for future Admin/ICCL sessions: Please share the following survey with your staff.
In an effort to best plan our future professional development, please take a moment to fill out our Standards Based Grading PD Request survey. This survey is a follow up from the survey many of you filled out after the August 28th training at Pacific Crest.
From the Departments:
From Lisa (also emailed on 10/31):
Hi everyone,
We are about to begin our optional Admin PD trainings based on a variety of topics that you indicated in September that were of interest for you. These trainings will be delivered on Thursdays, either in the morning from 8-10 or in the afternoon from 2-4. These are voluntary- but you must sign up by the Friday before at 12 to confirm. That way, if no one signs up, the presenter doesn’t have to create an entire training for no customers. You will be notified about the location in an e-mail from your presenter the Monday of your training week.
Please sign up using the link next to each training (by the Friday before the training) and remember, this is our first attempt at this. We look forward to providing some just-in-time to match your needs. If you have ideas for topics or other information that you’d like me to know, please contact me directly. I am always interested in feedback and how we can help you feel the most prepared for the work you are doing each day. Thanks in advance for jumping in alongside us!
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From Jennifer:
Hello,
I hope the 2024-2025 school year has started smoothly and successfully for your team and students. Patrick Cook-Deegan, Founder + CEO of Wayfinder who lives in Bend would be honored to spend some time at your school. His goal is to deepen his understanding of how the Wayfinder product and implementation is impacting your school community.
He is eager to learn firsthand about what’s working well and where there may be areas for improvement. Patrick would welcome conversations with anyone on your team—whether a principal, counselor, teacher, or even a student—who can provide authentic insights on both the strengths and challenges of the Wayfinder experience.
Attached is a sign-up sheet for Patrick’s visit. Please select a date and time that works best with your school schedule.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions.
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From Sean:
Substitute EA update:
We have been engaged with the HDESD regarding the difficulty with filling substitute EA needs. The HDESD have been very helpful, and we developed several strategies that you should know.
1. The HDESD has increase the hourly wage for classified/EA subs based on the vacancy and job type. Formerly, all classified/EA subs were paid $17 per hour. This will be accompanied by a new Enhanced Recruitment Efforts which will involveSocial Media Campaigns, Inter-District Parent Communication, and Community Outreach.
| EA I – $18/hour | EA II – $20/hour | EA III – $20/hour |
| Alternative Ed | Behavior Support | Inclusion |
| Regular Instruction | Student Success | |
| ELL | Office Staff |
2. Cross-Role Flexibility:
We have granted the HDESD the authority to automatically place licensed substitutes (paid at the higher licensed rate) in the EA 2 and EA 3 category (see above) if a sub request is still unfilled the day before the vacancy. This will remainder in place until the end of the year. If the request id for a long-term sub, then a licensed sub can fill an EA 2 or EA 3 position for 1 week at a time, while a non-licensed sub is recruited.
3. Incentive pay structure for high-demand days:
We are currently working on an incentive pay structure for the 30 most high demand days of the year. Non-licensed subs that accept sub positions on these days will receive a $25 bonus for the day. Further, we are under current discussion to extend and modify this as needed.
The HDESD will send up monthly reports so we can monitor if these measures are increasing our sub fill rates. Thanks for your patience and understanding.
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From Jennifer and Jess:
It’s that time of year again. November 21st is College and Career Day in Bend-La Pine Schools. As with last year, we are looking to draw attention to the multitude of pathways available to students after they graduate high school. This is a K-12 day! We want all students to be dreaming about what options they have after they leave our schools.
Here are a few things you could do at your site to make the day a success. It would be great if classrooms or advisories could look to do something for just 10-15 minutes this day.
- Dress as a professional
- Encourage students and staff to dress up as someone from a career they are interested in. Remember there are a lot of great careers out there!
- Wear college colors
- Encourage students to wear the colors of a favorite college. Remember, college can mean community college, trade school, 4-year university, etc. Be careful with wording here as college brand clothing can be expensive and prevent students from feeling like they can participate. Colors are more inclusionary.
- Consider incorporating videos or lessons bringing awareness to careers and colleges.
- Our 6-12 sites could lean into some of the activities in SchooLinks. All secondary students have required activities to complete through BLS School Counseling curriculum and to complete their Educational Plan and Profile, so this would be a perfect opportunity to complete one of these required activities. Consider onboarding all your students if you haven’t already done so. Students are required to take a “Find your Path” assessment when first logging in that will jumpstart the college and career exploration process.
- Wayfinder also has some great resources, especially their integration with Roadtrip Nation and their Future Ready Collection K-12. For middle school, these have been added for the week of November 18th as potential advisory lessons in our scope and sequence.
- Here is a great website from the State of Oregon called Career Journeys. There are amazing short videos, lesson plans and other activities any teacher could do.
- Also available is the Career Connected Learning Central Oregon website which allows exploration of career paths close to home.
- Consider inviting parents from the community in to talk about their careers.
- This could be done in a variety of ways from assemblies, to advisory, to lunch. You could also ask parents to submit a short video of them talking about their jobs and stitch them together for students. Remember our visitor and volunteer requirements if you decide to invite parents in.
We hope you’ll join in the celebration. Please send pictures of your participation to Becca Burda.
Middle School Only
November Meetings: If you haven’t already done so, please sign up for a November visit with Stephen. Just one time this month. Please choose a date over the course of the month. Here is my Calendly link or you can use Outlook directly.
Calendar
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 25-29: Thanksgiving Break
Where in the World
This week we are highlighting Gabe Pagano, Principal at Cascade Middle School. Gabe says, “I love spending time on a river with family and friends. Most of the time, I do not fall out of the boat! 5:00am, an overnight river trip, making a pot of coffee, with my binoculars in hand.”
