Joel’s Journal for the Week of October 28th
Hello Awbrey Park Teachers,
Friday at 4:00 This Week, Nov. 1st – I think we need to have some fun after all the the craziness of the start of the school year, so let’s plan to have a Friday at 4:00 this week. Location is Hop Valley near the Ed Center. They have excellent beer (and root beer) if you drink and some great appetizers.
Classified Meeting This Week– Classified meeting this week. PBIS team met last week and agreed that we need to review some of the hot spots outside on the play ground. This week’s classified meeting will focus mainly on the behavior on the playground.
TalentEd System Update – HR has said that TalentEd will be down through the end of the month, so don’t attempt to enter anything into the system because it may not get saved. Attached is the email principals received from HR, but it mainly just says for teachers to continue doing the steps in the Effectiveness and Growth System and to not worry about the deadlines since we can’t document anything in TalentEd right now.
Annual Hazardous Weather Conditions Memo – Attached is the 2013-14 Hazardous Weather Conditions memo from downtown. The short version is that there will be no announcement from the district unless school is delayed or cancelled and that unless you are the lead custodian, you do not need to report to work if school is cancelled. Also, you can sign-up for a text message alert if there are school cancellations by going here.
IEP Meeting Compensation – Since quite a few IEP meetings are happening now, I wanted to remind teachers that the EEA contract entitles classroom teachers to be compensated for up to four hours additional pay for attending IEP meetings. The “Non-ESS Licensed IEP Time Log” form can be found on the HR Forms section of the 4J website, though the document posted appear to have last year’s dates. In any case, I wanted to remind teachers to keep track of the dates and times you are in these meetings.
Oregon Humane Society Poster & Story Contest – The Oregon Humane Society is holding their 65th annual Be Kind to Animals poster and story contest. Each year students in Oregon are invited to either create a poster or write a short story portraying a part of the Oregon Humane Society’s mission. The deadline for entries is entries is March 19, 2014. Follow this link for details if this is something you’d like to do with your students.
Teaching Tolerance Lesson on Stopping Halloween Stereotypes – Teachers are in a great position to show students that costume fun shouldn’t supersede respect. The Teaching Tolerance lesson “What Do Halloween Costumes Say?” is a good, simple activity if this is a topic you’re interesting in doing with your class.
Eugene Arte Latino, Downtown Languages will celebrate Day of Dead on October 30.
This year’s celebration features traditional and contemporary ofrendas from community members, music by Jimmy G. Revue, poetry by Mary Sollo, food, children art & crafts with GS Hispanic Initiatives. Click on the poster to see the details and times.
Equity and Diversity Link of the Week:
This article reviews the concept of color blindness. What I like about this article is how it explains specific actions that a person can take against color blindness. Acknowledging that racism exists in our society and our classrooms is hugely important to fully supporting our students. I encourage you to take the time to read this practical and powerful article.
Schedule of Events for the Week –
October 28 (M)
8:30-9:30, Joel in Formal Observation
11:00-11:30, Joel in Goals Meeting
October 29 (T)
11:00-3:00, IT3 Meeting in Room 13
3:00-4:30, Site Council Meeting
October 30 (W)
9:00-1:15, 2nd Grade Field Trip to Northern Lights Farm, Joel on the trip.
2:00-2:45, Classified Staff Meeting in the Conference Room, All supervisors attend.
3:30- Joel to Parent Conferences at Edgewood for Lila and Solomon.
October 31 (H)
7:30-9:45- Joel at University of Oregon at Breakfast of Equity Champions
3:00-3:45, IPBS Meeting in the Conference Room
November 1 (F)
Kinder Hearing Screenings in the Music Portable all day.
2:15-3:00, Bulldog Recess
4:00- Hop Valley Friday at 4:00 Social