From Tammy and Karen
There is no business like snow business these days! It’s been fun seeing all the snow people and forts being crafted throughout playgrounds across our district. While out having fun, please take care to drive cautiously, walk carefully, and catch a snowflake or two on your tongue!
We are excited to start our next round of site visits. This round we will be coming together and Julie will attend ones that fit her schedule. As a reminder, we will be focusing on talking about data based on our horizontal this week. Not to worry if you were sick or out, we’ll catch you up when we are there.
State Testing: Thank you to all who were able to make the state testing meeting this week. We covered quite a bit of information and you had some amazing resources to share! Here is the folder that has been created full of things for you. Start with the checklist to check off the things you have done and see what needs to happen next! Also, please note Dave’s section below, as he highlights some important testing information as well.
Train Your Brain: Thank you to those of you who have signed up for Train Your Brain sessions to come to your school. We still have many who need to sign up. Now would be appreciated! All who are signed up by end of the day tomorrow will be in the drawing for lunch duty covered at your school!
Taking It Up: It’s not too late to sign up for the two day Taking it Up equity training. It is Feb 18-19 and there are still plenty of spaces. If interested, sign up in UKG–have questions, reach out to Kinsey.
Field Trip Tip: High Lakes learned the hard way, that when transportation reaches out for more information from your teachers about a trip, it is not “spam”. Great job to High Lakes 4th grade teachers who were very suspicious of a system that didn’t look like ours, asking for class lists and lesson plans. After great debate, they decided to report it for phishing! They were fishing alright, for more information about the trip! Be aware that it could look suspicious, but in reality, the system just needs more info. Ha-ha-ha!
Important Links
- February 5th Elementary TLC Update
- Topics of Interest/Problem of Practice–Someone is looking for a Field Trip Checklist!
- FAQs for Special Education Inclusion Topics—Keep checking in here! BEA and BLS supported
Notes from our Team:
Health Services–Tami Pike
Field Trip Reminder. To prioritize student safety, please notify the school nurse about any upcoming field trips at least two weeks in advance. Last-minute notices can create safety concerns and may interfere with the care of other students, as the nurse needs time to review health conditions and medications. This applies to both middle and high school students. There have been instances where a nurse only learns of a field trip when an announcement is made over the school intercom. 😳
Finance, Business Office–Jessica Houser
Hello Admins!This is a friendly reminder that time and leave sheet cut-off is Sunday, February 9th. All completed time and leave sheets you receive for sign off are due to the Payroll Office by Monday, February 10th.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out to [email protected] with any questions or if you need additional support. Thank you for all you do!
School Improvement- Dave VanLoo
“Testing season” is quickly approaching. Here are a few pointers and resources to help with planning and organization. Please reach out with any questions or suggestions.
- Like last year, the recommendation is for elementary schools to complete NNAT3 testing in March, OSAS ELA testing in April, and OSAS Math and Science in May.
- NNAT3 is for 2nd graders and new to district 3rd-5th graders in March. Synergy has a report for identifying new to district students at your school. Here are instructions for accessing that report. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WW8zrUU1ShqHulNh12iMxQHzm10Xq4eXuMWZeO1LGM4/edit?usp=sharing
- New this year, NNAT3 is supposed to be integrated with Clever, which would eliminate the need for students to manually log in. That functionality currently is not working, but we are in contact with Pearson and expect to get it resolved (if possible) before March. In the meantime, manual log in processes should work.
- Here is a folder including manuals and teacher scripts for NNAT3 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vBy6RnI2rYM0PPhbqsFFYO1kqLbL5zuX?usp=sharing
- Here is the updated for 2024-25 OSAS Essential Information and Planning Resources document for school test coordinators. This resource is meant to compliment ODE’s resources by and help highlight some of the most important big ideas. This document will be updated as is helpful. Please save and use as a resource https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EJzxywh4ykm_WHT7uA4pNBpQsT2csXarETHJvtXquQE/edit?usp=sharing
- I’m resending this high-level summary of 24-25 test and survey timeframes. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IQxbIzjNj6l-1KNWzsrXjEeSGJ7uVIocWEX7IOpeeRk/edit?usp=sharing
- I’m also resending this document that summarizes key purposes and scheduling considerations of many commonly used tests in the district. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I8YT25DGBaAtIgkpGc2XvzFDhY2b9s7sf-sJD_DqGGY/edit?usp=sharing
Policy, Advocacy, and Equity – Kinsey Martin
Winners! Thank you to all who participated in the Asian Family Night’s Year of the Snake drawing contest. Submissions came from: Pacific Crest, Buckingham, Lava Ridge, Ponderosa, Highland, Pine Ridge, Juniper, Bear Creek, Miller
The winners from the submissions above will be announced shortly—stay tuned!
Having some FOMO? Here’s another opportunity:
February is Black History Month. Your school’s DEI-ICCL rep should have shared with staff some teaching and learning opportunities related to this important topic. This includes our annual Door-Decorating Contest!
Please encourage your teachers (and non-teaching staff—counselors, athletics, front-office teams, principal’s office, Superintendent’s office, transportation etc) to participate! Don’t be left off the list of schools engaging in this important work of representation, belonging, equity, and celebration in what might otherwise feel like a time of fear and frustration for many students and colleagues of color in our community. Some details you can share with them here.
From Curriculum, Instruction and Systems-Julie Richards
Principals: This information will be shared with teachers Friday morning.
The Math Curriculum Review Team met on February 6th and came to consensus on Amplify Desmos for a K-5 mathematics curriculum. This recommendation will be presented to the school board on February 11th. If you would like to take some time to check out this program here is login information:
Amplify Desmos Math Sample accounts:
- Password: Amplify1-bend_lapine_sd_k-5_amplify_desmos_math
- Go to learning.amplify.com and select “Log in with Amplify”.
- UN: Teacher Logins: [email protected]
From Social Emotional Wellness – Jennifer Hauth
Care Solace is a care coordination service to help students, staff, and their families find mental health and substance use treatment matched to their needs. Care Solace’s multilingual and culturally sensitive Care CompanionTM team is available 24/7/365 to quickly connect individuals to community providers regardless of need.
Register & Login to your Care Solace Account. If you missed the registration email for your Care Solace account, reach out to Lisa McNulty. Administrators, School Counselors, Student Success Clinicians/Coordinators, School Psychologists and Nurses have accounts.
Care Solace Family and Staff Flyers
Spanish Flyer Family Version and Letter
MTSS and using Care Solace for Warm Handoffs
Care Solace Best Practices for School Site Teams:
- Integrate Messaging into Your Communications. Care Solace creates monthly mental health messaging and social media posts for you to use in your communication with your school community. Send this content to your school families and staff as a resource, share it on your social media, or share it at school events.
- Print and Distribute Flyers Around Campus. Post flyers around the school for students and staff to provide additional information about Care. Solace. You can find these flyers in the Care Community in the Resource Center.
- Configure Your Email Signature & Out-of-Office Notification. Add information about Care Solace to your email signature and out-of-office messaging. This will. promote access and ensure support outside of school hours or when staff members are away from work.
Action Items
- Start Preparing for state testing—choose your testing dates by around Feb 17!
- Sign up for Train Your Brain if you haven’t already
- Timesheets due Monday!
- Encourage Door Decorating for Black History Month!
- Check out the new math adoption recommendation
- Encourage people to sign up for a Care Solace account
Important Dates
- February 10: Admin ICCL Training on hold and will not happen today–please communicate that to your team. We will let you know of a future date.
- February 11-12: Tammy and Karen are in Salem at a COSA conference–please text before calling as we will be in sessions.
- February 17: Just a reminder that this is Presidents Day and it is a contracted BLAST day. If you are taking it off, you will need to use non-contract time. No students/staff this day
- February 19: Administrator Professional Development from 3:00 – 5:00–Perseverance Hall
- March 3-7: Better Lesson will be here to do school walk-throughs this week–if we haven’t notified you that they will come to your school, no need to note this.
- March 5: All Admin Professional Learning at Perseverance Hall, 3:00-4:30
- March 11: Horizontal Meeting 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. at Pine Ridge hosted by PRE and NSE
- March 19: Elementary Safety Cadre, 1:30-3:30–thanks Scott and Kayla for moving it for us!
- March 24-28: The long awaited Spring Break!
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