From Sean Reinhart:
Hello Friends,
Next week will be our last SPED edge for this school year. Waking up this morning to the smell of Petrichor (look it up, it’s a great and descriptive word!) gave me a sense of freshness and hope. I hope you all get a chance to enjoy the spring/summer-like weather we are having this weekend.
Please read this important letter that was sent to families with students attending ESY this summer.
Thank you
From Colleen Funderburg:
Guidelines for Electronic Signatures
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ot1t4KtxXV_iti9bwewIWX6z3EQeoJ_7l6r88YyDpc0/edit?usp=sharing
From the Behavior Coaches:
TRAUMA-INFORMED EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
Save the Date: August 20-21, 2020
Join Jim Sporleder in Bend, Oregon, to learn how to develop a trauma-informed & relationship-centered culture in your building. Jim Sporleder is the former principal from Paper Tigers Documentary More details and registration link available in early June at High Desert Education Service District.
Bruce Perry Office Hours Webinar
“Any time we are presented with change, our stress response is activated.” – Bruce Perry
Join Bruce Perry during his office hours (New hours starting June 1, check website for more info.) to learn more about Trauma and the Neurosequential Model in Education. A thought provoking journey through Virtual Education.
Bend LaPine Schools District PBIS Blog
Don’t forget to check the PBIS Blog for behavior support tips and tools.
Behavior Coaching Tools for Parents & Families
This document is designed as a tool for teachers, staff and behavior coaches to support parents and caregivers who are experiencing challenging behavior in the home setting.
Bend LaPine Schools District Website: Student Mental Health and Families in Need
Office Hours:
The Behavior Coaches will be hosting office hours through WebEx on Mondays and Wednesdays from 11:00 – 12:00 PM until the end of the school year. Feel free to drop in for problem solving or with questions. Link
From Shannon Watters:
Assistive Technology Equipment checked out to Students:
The ESD has decided on a process for determining where Assistive Technology equipment currently checked out to students will be located during the summer. If you are a Case Manager with student who has equipment checked out to them, you will receive an email from the ESD with a collective list of all the equipment checked out to any student on your case load. This list will include ALL equipment regardless of who brought/checked out the equipment to the student (i.e., OT, PT, AT Specialist, etc.). Please complete the spreadsheet that will be sent out as to where the equipment is located, following the instructions that will be sent with it.
Location Situations:
- If the equipment is at home with the student: equipment will remain at home over the summer.
- If the equipment is at the school: equipment will remain at the school. The ESD is asking that equipment be located and collected to one central location, i.e. your classroom.
- If you know that a student will not be returning to Bend La Pine next year, please have parents return equipment to their current school, and keep the equipment in your classroom.
- If the student is transitioning to a different school, equipment will remain where it is currently located, either at home or at school, and will be transitioned in the fall.
Please communicate with your parents that have equipment at home, that it will remain at home for the duration of the summer. Also please communicate that if a family moves over the summer, the family needs to contact the Special Programs office at 541-355-1060 to schedule a drop of equipment at the Education Center. This is the same process that has been communicated to families regarding the return of iPads checked out.
If you have questions, please either contact the ESD specialist you work with or myself. Thank you, Shannon Watters.