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Admin\/ICCL Follow Up: <\/strong>A couple of follow ups from our training on Tuesday. First, we want you to know that we shared the wrong ICCL job description. It was an older version and was not up to date with a few things (hours of work for the year for example should be 60). Here is the current job description<\/a>. Also, here is the main presentation link<\/a>, which has links to everything and the link to Julie’s presentation<\/a> that your team will present on 10\/11 SIW. In addition, here is the link to the google drive <\/a>where you will find your school folder with your school design template. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of your school design template, we are giving you until Wednesday, November 15 to have your design plans completed. In the meantime, we will be checking in with you at site visits about the work you and your ICCL team are doing, and how we may be of help. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

WAYFINDER HELP.<\/strong> Please connect with Lisa and Tammy about any classrooms\/grade levels you feel are using Wayfinder regularly and interested in being a showcase classroom. The Wayfinder team will be in Bend on the 24th of October and would like to see this work in action and we need 8-10 classrooms to visit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Scott B and Kayla in Safety:<\/strong> Schools are off to a great start with their safety training to staff and students and completing their first fire drill and lockdown drill of the school year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A reminder, please ensure that once your school has completed your drill(s) for the month, to update the\u00a0drill tracker<\/a>\u00a0with the date you completed your drill, and the\u00a0drill evaluation form<\/a>\u00a0and save the form in your schools google safety resources\u00a0folder<\/a>. Please reach out to Scott or Kayla with any questions. Thanks for keeping our schools safe!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Student Services (Colleen, Josh, and Sean) <\/strong> We are very excited to share that we are partnering with\u00a0The National Resource Center for Paraeducators,<\/em> NRCP, to provide monthly professional development opportunities for all Inclusion Educational Assistants.<\/strong> These trainings are designed to help deepen the understanding of their roles and responsibilities. Please read more about these trainings\u00a0HERE.<\/a>\u00a0Your learning specialists and inclusion EAs were provided this information earlier this week in our Special EDge.\u00a0 For additional questions please contact Krista Hought and Stephanie Smith.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are offering additional CPI training<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 An initial CPI training is scheduled for Thursday, October 26.\u00a0 This is a non-workday for elementary and middle school inclusion EAs due to conferences.\u00a0 If your inclusion EA has not been trained and chooses to attend, the student services department will pay for the timesheet.\u00a0 This training should be in UKG soon!\u00a0 Upcoming CPI refresher and initial training will be scheduled on February 2, 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our team of eight Student Services Coaches<\/strong> is incredible and we are fortunate to have so much expertise and specialized skill sets. \u00a0Because they are so amazing, they are often requested to support in ways that are not aligned with their roles and responsibilities. They have three domains of focus:<\/strong> Staff Development, Leadership\/Contribution to Learning, and Working with Teams. Please familiarize yourself\u00a0HERE<\/a>\u00a0to read more about expectations and how they can support you and your special education teams. If you have any additional questions about how your student services coach can support your school and teams, please contact Colleen or Josh. \u00a0Additionally, if you need a quick reference for who is assigned to support your site, check out our \u20182023\/2034-Who is Where Quick Guide\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Paul in HR: <\/strong>Performance Evaluation Module<\/span>: After some internal discussion with administrative staff who oversee the UKG Suite of Products, we\u2019ve decided to pause the launch of the Performance module for two reasons: (1) we have some people\/supervisors mismatched and want to avoid workflows of goal setting and observations forms from landing in an incorrect To Do mailbox, and (2) we\u2019ll be meeting with district leadership on Wednesday, October 25th and will be providing a more extensive overview of the module functionality and answer your questions at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please continue your mini\/formal observations as you\u2019ve been doing and we\u2019ll provide you with information on the 25th about how to enter that data into the Performance module.  For those administrators who are preparing to work with their staff on creating student learning growth goals (SLGGs) during the month of October, you may have staff use this google form<\/a>. Staff can either make a digital copy to complete or they can print and fill out a hard copy.  On the 25th, we\u2019ll review the method that certified staff will use to upload the goal setting form into the Performance module.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those creating school wide or team SLGGs for non academic areas, I came across SLG Goals for Social Emotional Learning & Engagement<\/a> that I think is a great resource.  Here are two more resources that I think will be particularly helpful:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. State SLGG Guidance<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Teacher and Administrator Evaluation & Support Systems: Frequently Asked Questions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    UKG Data Check – Reminder.<\/span> We are asking building leaders to confirm that their staff assignments in UKG are correct.\u00a0 You may navigate to your My Team tab, then go to My Saved Reports and Staff Assignments to view your people and positions.\u00a0 If you see something that isn\u2019t accurate, please use\u00a0this google form<\/a>\u00a0to identify the corrections needed at your site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    DHS Training Video: <\/strong> Please watch this 6 minute video<\/a> as it is important learning for you regarding the state’s process in investigating child abuse in schools (that is when there is a question about something that has happened at school or on our buses). There were several of these investigations last year in our elementary schools. This will help you better understand the process should it happen at your school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Bargaining: <\/strong>Some of you are being asked questions about bargaining from staff or families. Please know that any discussion\/update on the bargaining process in this context could be considered an unfair labor practice. Instead of trying to respond with information, here\u2019s an example of what you could say (to staff): \u201cI am not involved in this process. Your building rep\/association leaders would be good people to check with if you have questions\u201d; (to parents) \u201cI am not involved in this process. If the district has new information to share about the process, it will be part of our family newsletter.\u201d Thanks for navigating these conversations with care. In the meantime, Steve Cook or Steve Herron will continue to provide updates for administrators only at our monthly meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Recommendations for students for private schools<\/strong>: We recently received a question from one of our local K-12 private schools about policies prohibiting teachers from writing recommendations for students to attend private schools. BLS does not have such a policy. On the other hand, staff should feel NO PRESSURE to complete these types of recommendations. Our only suggestion is that in order to avoid bias, staff do not \u201cpick and choose\u201d who they write recommendations for\u2026either they are willing to complete a recommendation whenever asked or as a matter of practice they politely decline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Elementary TAG Coordinators–from Lora:<\/strong> Our meeting Tuesday, October 9th<\/sup>, will begin at 4:00 instead of 3:30, so that it doesn\u2019t interfere with 504 training some of you may be attending. I will send out a link to all elementary admin as soon as I figure out Teams\u00a0\u2639\u00a0, but only TAG coordinators need to \u201cattend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Fire Inspection FYI from Dan Dummit<\/strong>: Dan has been making the rounds with the new fire inspector recently. He wanted to be sure that you all have this document<\/a>, (created by Portland Fire and Rescue) which outlines the expectations for our classrooms when it comes to fire safety. To highlight a few things that we want to draw your attention to because they are common problems, please refer to #4, #8, #9. Also, while you notice there are some things on this sheet that, if done correctly can be used, they go against our sustainability practices and should be avoided, #10 and #18 for example. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Curriculum, Instruction, and Systems Updates from Julie: <\/strong> Seesaw<\/span>: Representatives from most schools attended a Seesaw training last week and learned about some of the fantastic features this platform provides for family engagement.  Please invite your representative(s) to share at an upcoming staff meeting.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Upcoming Professional Learning:<\/span> You may have a few teachers out next week because they will be participating in some important professional learning.  Instructional coaches may not be in your buildings during these trainings because they are supporting teachers from each of your schools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n