QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

Please consider this: Humans around our globe are under great stress right now, some more than others…so at times like this it is imperative that we engage with kindness, grace and humanity. Toward ourselves and others.

“Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best of our own students. What better book can there be than the book of humanity?” ~ Cesar Chavez

TO DOS:

• When sending an email to family/student, please put school initials (e.g. HDMS) and course title (e.g. ELA 7, Math 8) in the subject line. This will help alleviate some of the anxiety around learning from home.
• If you become concerned about a students health, well-being or engagement in remote learning, please fill out an Observation Form as usual.  Most of the fields are not needed so feel free to skip over them.
  • We have another database to track student concerns to make sure that a staff member is responding to their needs.  You can view the other database here.  It is also linked on the right hand side of the blog.

• As we are all being potentially overloaded right now with information from a variety of sources. I encourage us all to work to complete the below items by Friday.
  • Connect with our students
  • Share a brief over view with your students of what learning in your class will look like for the next week or so.
  • Connect with your content team and set up regular meetings (daily, weekly) to process and support. Work smarter, not harder.

BITS AND BOBS

• The following was posted in the Student Google Classroom:

If you need help with iPad passcodes, please email Mrs. Anderson at [email protected] If you are having other iPad issues or question, please call 541-355-8700.

• I plan to hold Admin office hours daily on Web Ex at 3:00 pm
  • https://bendk12.webex.com/meet/wendy.mcculloch
  • Everyone is invited, attendance is not required.
    • Paul/Nole will take meeting notes which will be posted on the blog for those not attending the virtual office hours.
    • When joining a WebEx meeting, consider the following to help the meeting run smoothly and be productive:
      • Mute your sound when you’re not speaking (this avoids background noise bleeding into the meeting)
        • Have the chat open and type questions/comments to avoid talking over others

• Other ways that I am working to be available to support to folks. Email or call (541.598.5993)
• Here is the Google doc with office hours that can support staff in coordination.
• If families are having issues or question specific to iPads…please have them call 541-355-8700.
• Here is the document that was complied from all of the meetings I had yesterday and today. My hope with this document is to capture questions, answer them and support transparent communication so that everyone has the same information.
• In order to support our all of our families, please continue to use LinguistLinks (linked under “Other Docs” on the right side of the blog) for document translations that aren’t urgent. For shorter messages you are sending home for parents, you can email Veronica so that she can translate them.
• Oregon Extended Closure Guide can be viewed here
• Here is a document outlining distance learning for all.
• Here is a document that could support tracking which students are engaging with the remote learning.
• Here is our staff classroom extension list.

WebEx Information

Webex helpful hints in the link below

• https://app.sparkmailapp.com/web-share/lddwQKlE2SXoe8ig5MC0z3iH9tlfDeM1E_KJRYxj

• https://www.webex.com/webexremoteessentials.html#webex-meetings

Virtual Learning/Teaching Live + Recorded Classes:

• https://help.webex.com/landing/onlineclasses/upcomingClass/Working-Remotely#Getting-Started-with-Virtual-Education

Transition to Virtual Learning/Teaching Resources:

• https://www.webex.com/webexremoteedu.html