From the desk of Sean Reinhart:
Please take a moment to read this segment celebrating Oregon’s Teacher of the Year. Mercedes Munuz is a special education teacher at Franklin High School in Portland. So many great messages in this segment, but this one is my favorite: “Special education students are general education students first — they belong to all of us,” Muñoz said. “How do they learn to be together in society when they leave high school if the whole time, throughout their whole education, they are separated and siloed?” You all know this and live this work everyday. It’s nice to have one of our own in the bully pulpit. Have a great weekend!
https://www.opb.org/news/article/special-education-oregon-teacher-of-the-year-mercedes-munoz/?utm_source=OrEdNews+%7C+Oregon%27s+Education+News+Connection&utm_campaign=94f406d001-+&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4cbba54a4b-94f406d001-158147465
From the Desk of Tami Pike:
Meet Ann Hollenberg, School Nurse at Elk Meadow and Pine Ridge Elementary
Meet Hannah Steiner, School Nurse at Cascade Middle School
Meet Sarah Finney, School Nurse at Buckingham and Ponderosa Elementary
Elementary Teachers
The last two SIW’s will be a repeat of the same sessions from November. Dates: Feb 5 and Mar 4. 2-3:30p.
Please log in to Performance Matters and sign up for a different session for February and March. The options are 1) Step up Plans/Reduced Days 2) Behavior Data Collection 3) Board Maker 4) Assistive Technology 5) OT-Sensory 6) Social Stories
Middle School Teachers
On February 12th, 2:30p-4p CMS, HDMS, LPMS, TRS, BIS will attend a session on writing transition IEP’s in the board room at the education (required to attend on this date). Please sign up in performance Matters. All other middle school teachers please sign up for one of the following in performance matters 1) Board maker 2) OT Sensory 3)Social Stories 4)Top 10 coaching tools for behavior 5) We are modifying, Next Steps.
On March 11th, 2:30p-4p PCMS, SVMS, PBMS, REALMS, WVMS will attend a session on writing transition IEP’s in room 312 at the education center (required to attend on this date). Please sign up in performance Matters. All other middle school teachers please sign up for one of the following in performance matters 1) Board maker 2) OT Sensory 3)Social Stories 4)Top 10 coaching tools for behavior 5) We are modifying, Next Steps.
High School Teachers
All high school teachers will sign up for (in performance matters) and attend one of the following sessions on both February 12th and March 11th, 2:30p-4p.
The sessions will be the same for both dates, so you can attend multiple sessions over the two dates. The sessions will be: 1) Board maker 2) OT Sensory 3)Social Stories 4)Top 10 coaching tools for behavior 5) We are modifying, Next Steps.
From the desks of our Behavior Coaches
Their link to their blog page: http://blogs.bend.k12.or.us/tier1andmore/
Staffing Needs Assessment form links, Life Skills and ERC/SRC
Life Skills: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSezXke3JOidelnEAx_Xf3slaC_rjYJ1mcjpqjLpegpt_Klkug/viewform?usp=sf_link