Diario Camino del Río

Week of February 13

Ruby Bridges is an African-American activist best known for being the first Black to attend an all-white elementary school in the New Orleans, Louisiana. She was 6 years old in 1960. Here is a famous picture of her being escorted into the school by US marshals. What have you studied this month on black history?

Hello Estrellitas Brillantes,

This last weekend several of our teachers attend the OALA Conference. This conference is about inspiration and courage of Latino Educators and their allies around the state.  There were several quality presentations given by experts in the field.  Two of the educators are our own, Jennifer Harris (counselor) and Briana Stiller, our amazing behavior consultant.  Their presentation on Supporting Gender Diversity in our Schools was well received. In addition, I was so proud to see our teachers speaking up in sessions and networking with other educators in our state. We are making a good name for our selves and inspiring others to be great educators. Once again, our staff is making me so proud.  Excellence is contagious and you are spreading it!

• 2017-2018 Staffing Survey, Due Wednesday – If you haven’t already, all staff should complete a short survey, on this linked Google Form All answers will be kept confidential. So far I have 9 responses of 45 employees.

•NOW is still a good time to pack (Don’t procrastinate): As I mentioned last week, you can never be too early to get rid of items you no longer use in your classroom.  Remember that you will have about 60 cubic feet less storage in your room.  Space will be at a premium. It is time to thin down materials you have. The recycling bins are ready for your use and they have been underutilized so far….  If you have books to discard, please bring them to the library in a box.  We will be sending them to a book repository.  Please do not put any books in the recycling bin.

•AIM4S3 Focus and Schedule:  The final meeting with Lisa Meyers will be about looking ahead.  I will allocate 3 substitutes for teachers the whole day.  It will be like data team schedule but a bit longer. Each team will get to meet with Lisa for 1:30 or 1:40 minutes.  I will publish the schedule in email and your boxes this week.

• Demolition Day:  The district is in the early stages of planning the demolition of our building. However, the date has been set. July 11 will be the day when the building will actually be taken down. The ten days before that will be used for asbestos abatement.  June 26 will most likely be the last day for any staff to enter the old River Road building.  In addition, this begins to set the stage for planning the opening of the new building in the fall. Brooke Wagner, Dexter Rummel, and myself will begin to do work on the roll out of important dates and times for the Fall. Our timeline is tighter than  Howard’s and we want to make sure there is a plan for student registration in August and September so students and parents can get in the building to access office staff. 

•Technology PD postponed for a couple of weeks.  We will resume Technology PD with Misty in March.  We need to get the new projector installed in Room 18 for practice.  Misty Erin and I will be communicating with you the topics.  We will be scheduling these for Wednesday for Primary and Intermediate for the remainder of the year.

• New Care Team Release Form & February Referrals – Linked here is an updated Care Team Release of Information Form (this one you can electronically edit if you open the file with Adobe Acrobat Reader) for the Student Care Team. Please remember to have the parent/guardian initial Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol if they wish for that information to be disclosed. There is also now a button at the top of the second page to add additional providers we may be inviting to the table just once for a specific family. This reduces the need for multiple releases.

Our February Care Team Meeting will be in two weeks on Wednesday, February 22nd, so referrals to the team are be due to me by Friday, February 17th. Referrals can be for families seeking or needing help in most any area, but who do not know where to get that help. The broad goal of the Care Team is to prevent student and family situations from slipping through the social service cracks. Food assistance, incarcerated parents, counseling/mental health needs, parenting resources, transportation assistance, clothing needs, financial assistance, and any other situation where a family is looking for help. Try to get a parent/guardian signature on the release form, but know that you can also refer “hypothetical” situations.

• Updated PE/Music Schedule – There were a few changes made to the PE and Music Schedule (those effected already know), but linked here is the updated master schedule. Let me know if anything on here looks incorrect.

• Instructional Minutes Info – Oregon K-8 students are required to have 900 hours of instruction each school year and it’s come to light after all of our snow days when downtown began counting instructional hours at all schools that all 4J elementary schools are short on hours. To address this, one thing being looked at by downtown for next year is aligning the start and end times and amount of time for recess and lunch so all students receive the same instructional hours.

• Eugene Math Festival – See the linked Flier (English and Spanish) for an event on February 18, Crater Lakes Room, EMU, where students ages 5-14, who like math and share a passion for games, problem solving, and hands-on math activities, to come to the first annual math festival. This year they are offering free admission without prior registration. Parents are required to accompany the youngest participants (grades 1 – 3).

• Emergency Radios Training Video – I shared this once before, but principals were asked to share again if you are someone who uses a school radio and you haven’t watched this video yet, please take 5 min of your time to view the linked 4J radio training video. Be sure to sign in to your 4J Google account to access the video.

• Argumentation in Mathematics Course, Grades K-2 Teacher Opportunity – For grades K-2 teachers, there is a $250 stipend for completing an online course from the University of Washington about Argumentation in Mathematics. The course will begin mid-March and will include one “break week” in the spring. Coursework is likely to take 1-3 hours to complete each week. This can be completed at any point in the week that works for you. Teachers should email Susan Wilson <susan.wilson@state.or.us> if you’re interested.

• Risk Management Field Trip Info – Teachers, please review the following Risk Management Field Trip webpage. Take special note of the Field Trip forms link and the 4J Code of Conduct for Trip Chaperones document, which you could share with field trip chaperones as you see necessary. On a related note, starting next year 4J is planning to have all volunteers who fill out the online criminal background check complete a short online training for volunteer expectations.

Teaching Emerging Bilinguals in a Classroom:

My Name, My Identity Resource page https://www.mynamemyidentity.org/resources .

Calendar of Events for our School and District:

February 13 (M)

Regular Day

Several informal observations

Rescheduled Fire Drill- 12:30 PM

February 14 (Tu)

10:30-12:00, The Friendship and Family Lunch– See the special schedule for lunches in your mailboxes from B Loftis.  teachers please expect an extra ten minute delay on recess.  It will take more time to get families through the line. 

2:00, Joel to Roscoe Caron’s Class to discuss  social class in schools.

February 15 (W)

9:00-11:00,  Joel at construction meeting.

1:45-2:45, PLC Time, Please arrive on time to meet with your team.  Focus: Math/ Science Support

2:45-4:45, Title 1 Reading Model Discussion Integrated/ Designated Walk to Read?- PLT El Camino Del Rio Rescheduled- 2 hours.

February 16 (Th)

Informal observations  in the building some of the day.

David and Aline will need to run the awards assembly.

8:00-8:30, Joel meeting with Cheryl Linder (Nursing Dept. Placement in new building)

8:30-9:30, Parent Cafecito with Alicia and Joel

2:45-3:45, El Camino Equity Meeting  (Conference Room)

February 17 (F)

Regular Day

Informal observations

2:00, Joel meeting with UO Professor about visuals in the new building, inclusive and diverse infographics. (At UO)

February 20 (M)

President’s Day- No School

CFEE Training

February 21 (Tu)

CFEE Training

8:00-4:00, AIM4S3 Final Visit from Lisa Meyer: Areas of focus, formative assessment, adapting an Investigations unit built with the AIM4S3 framework for LearnZillion materials.

12:00-1:00, School Choice Tour

3:00-5:00, 2 hour staff meeting- Lisa will share ideas and review materials for AIM4S3.

February 22 (W)

CFEE Training

AIM4S3 Final Visit from Lisa Meyer

9:00-11:00- Joel at construction meeting.

11:00, Staffing Allocation Meeting for Elementary Principals

1:45-2:45, PLC Time, Please arrive on time to meet with your team.  Focus:Dreambox  implementation and Webinar.

6:00-7:00, School Choice Presentation Meeting at our School.

February 23 (Th)

CFEE Training

2:45-3:45, Mod Squad

February 24 (F)

CFEE Training

February 27 (M)

2:00, Joel Leaves at 2:00 to Ed Center

2:00-5:30, Joel at All Admin Meeting

February 28 (Tu)

8:30-2:30, IIPM Data Team All Day in Room 17

1:45-2:45, PLC Time, Please arrive on time to meet with your team.  Focus: Assessment- Math/ Science support

March 1 (W)

6:00-7:30, Dr. Seuss Night

1:45-2:45, PLC Time, Please arrive on time to meet with your team.  Focus: Assessment- Math/ 

March 2 (Th)

Joel and Jennifer in several attendance support meetings.

March 3 (F)

8:30-10:00, Attendance Support Leader Meeting at El Camino del Río (Conference Room)

March 6 (M)

Priority Schools Tour with Mike Garling  – Visit sometime in the morning from Mike and a small team to our school to observe promising practices.

March 7 (Tu)

10:30, Fire Drill

3:00-5:00, 2 hour Staff Meeting with Edward Olivos and Audrey Lucero on Biliteracy

March 8 (W)– Science  LEL B Visit – We need 6 teacher to be observed teaching science. (We need 5 more volunteers.)

1:45-2:45, PLC Time, Please arrive on time to meet with your team.  Focus: Assessment- Math/ Planning

March 9 (Th)

3:00-3:45, Mod Squad Meeting

March 10 (F)

Joel and Jennifer in attendance Support Meetings 

March 15 (W)- Staffing spreadsheets are due to Human Resources by midnight.

March 27-31– Spring Break

That is all for the week.

Thanks for doing what you do.

Saludos cordiales,

Joel Lavin

 

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