Countdown to Spring Break! What fun plans do you have?
From Tammy and Karen
As we move into the staffing plan process, we want to provide school leaders with a clear and thoughtful approach to navigating this important work. Over the next few days, we will be scheduling times to visit schools to review staffing plans together. These conversations are intended to support you in reflecting on your plan, verifying key data points, asking questions, and ensuring that the documentation is complete. In some cases, Jennifer Hauth and members of the Student Services leadership team may also join these conversations if they are available. It has been wonderful to collaborate across departments on these important plans. Above you will see a cool infographic that Tammy put together using Notebook LM (p.s. if you haven’t tried out this tool, we recommend you look at it.) We hope this guide can help make this process smooth, thoughtful, and supportive for your school community.
END: Thank you all for your support last week in attending the Educator Network Days! This is just an FYI: Here is the attendance information of the Educator Network Day from last week. We don’t believe that elementary has a problem with people not attending the sessions, but it has been brought to our attention that missing END as a district has been problematic, so take a quick peek to confirm that your list is accurate.
Important Links
- March 4th Elementary TLC Update
- Please read this week’s Special EDge (March 12)
- BLS School Libraries Newsletters!
- 1-Page Student Management guide
- Dates to recognize groups
- CPI Trained Staff List (let Sara Young know if you see staff who are not at your school)
Notes from our Team:
From Jennifer in Student Wellbeing
Please see below for an opportunity here in Bend for district administrators that are helping to lead this work😊 Learn how to strengthen our Wayfinder implementation to help meet our strategic initiatives. I will be there and I think it would be great to have some of you join, especially those of you that have not attended any Wayfinder trainings in the past.
From Patrick Cook-Deegan – CEO and Founder of Wayfinder:
I’d like to personally invite you to join us for the Oregon Community Workshop on Friday, April 17 at Tetherow Resort in Bend.
This will be a focused, working session with district leaders from across Oregon on how schools are implementing Wayfinder to:
- Meet Oregon’s mandated TSEL standards
- Align with SB3 requirements
- Strengthen instruction for the Oregon Health Education Standards
More than 115 Oregon districts are already bringing this work to life with us. During the workshop, we’ll share concrete implementation strategies, lessons learned, and practical tools you can take back to your district or school site immediately.
Event Details
8:30 AM – 2:30 PM (breakfast and lunch provided)
Tetherow Resort
61240 Skyline Ranch Rd
Bend, OR 97702
This will be interactive and collaborative—not a sit-and-get session. You’ll experience Wayfinder activities firsthand and connect with peers navigating similar priorities.
From Shelby Paulson from Library Services
Thursday, May 7th is the 2nd annual School Library Symposium. This is a library-specific PD event for classified and certified school library staff in our region. This event is free of charge to remove barriers and encourage attendance.
From Marta in Superintendent’s Office
A NEW and updated Frequently Called Numbers document is available on the Portal! https://bendlapine.sharepoint.com/SitePages/Frequently-Called-Numbers-List.aspx#all-fcn-numbers
Action Items
- Fill out Excellence in Ed Nomination by 3/20
- Document Erin’s Law being taught
- Complete your initial thinking for staffing plan by end of day on March 19th
- Bookmark the new Frequently Numbers List
Important Dates
- March 18: Teacher work day (8 hours) Conferences (4 hours)
- March 18: Elementary Admin PD 8:00-11:15 a.m. Lunch provided after
- March 19: Conferences (12 hours)
- March 20: No School
- March 23-27: Spring Break!
- April 8: All Admin PD 3:00 – 4:30
- April 14: Elementary Horizontal 3:00 – 4:30 location TBD
And finally… Congratulations to our Next Duck Drawing winner Scott Edmondson!
This week’s Duck winner is Scott Edmondson, currently the Principal at Highland Magnet at Kenwood. Prior to Highland, Scott was Principal at RE Jewell, and Sky View Middle School. Scott is a beloved principal and known to be able to be the leader that struggling school communities need to bring a caring and kind culture to a school. Fun fact, if you are to google Scott, you just might get the following…and it’s all true! “Scott Edmondson, a longtime educator in Bend, Oregon, gained recognition as the ‘Worlds Strongest Principal’ around 2010. While leading Sky View Middle School, he won a world championship in powerlifting, bench-pressing over 585 pounds. He later served as principal at R.E. Jewell Elementary and was named principal at Highland Magnet at Kenwood School in 2023.” In addition, Scott can spend hours educating you on all things Sasquatch, so if you are so inclined, hit him up for some good stories. That is, when he is not spending time with his family, as he is a proud dad and grandpa as well. Congratulations Scott! Let us know your drink of choice, and we’ll send it your way.Â
