March 2nd, 2014

Week of March 3rd, 2014

Calendar of Events for the Week

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March 3 (M) Wear Red and White
PBIS Focus: Be responsible. Please take time to review how to report to adults on the playground in morning meetings or class meetings.

Dr. Seuss Week!

7:30-8:30, IEP Meeting in the Conference Room
2:00-3:00,  Joel inPhone Conference with Downtown from Office
3:30-5:00, Joel at All Admin Meeting in Auditorium at Ed Center
6:30-8:00, PTO Meeting, Joel  at the meeting by about 6:45

March 4 (T) Wear Green! Green Eggs and Ham Day

7:30-8:30,
3:00-4:00, Staff Meeting (Room 13)
1:00-2:30, District Restraint and Seclusion Committee, Meets in Room 13, 1-2:30

March 5 (W) Wacky Wednesday
8:00-9:00, Joel at District Office meeting.

March 6 (H) Dress up as your favorite Character Day
9:15, Fire Drill
3:00-4:00,  IPBS Meeting
5:30-7:00, Awbrey Park Story and PJ Night

March 7 (F)

Coffee available at 8:00 AM in Room 13.
8:30-11:30, PD Session will run in Room 13.
Professor John Lockhart from Pacific University will train staff on examining instructional materials through and equity lens. Focus will be on nonfiction text such as Scholastic News.
11:30-4:00, Teacher Planning Time and Lunch

March 8 (S)
9:45, Oregon Battle of the Books Regional Competition (Thurston HS)

Coming Up-

Study Group- March 10
PBIS Meeting- March 11
Rescheduled Site Council Meeting- March 12
Nuts and Bolts CLIC Meeting- March 13
“Compassion Music Assembly”- March 18
Added CLIC Meeting with Instructional Focus- March 18
Data Meeting Intermediate- March 19
IPBS Meeting- March 20
Professional Learning Session- March 21– Focus on Equity Work, Collaborative Work and Technology Training-AM Session & PM Planning
Spring Break Begins!- March 21 @4:00

Hi Awbrey Staff,

This week is a shorter student week with so many exciting things happening. Pace yourself and be compassionate with each other. As Melissa reminded us all last Friday “It’s not about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.” So let’s turn up the music and dance! (with Pharrell Williams)

“Taking it Up” Training Opportunity – There will be an opportunity next month for any staff member interested in attending “Taking it Up” who have not already attended. The two-day seminar will be offered April 17th and 18th. Downtown is paying all of the registration fees and I will pay for substitutes if any of you would like to attend this excellent two-day experience. Two graduate credits will also be available. For those not familiar with “Taking it Up”, it is a provocative seminar focused on helping educators, school board leaders, and community members deepen their understanding of the institutionalized racist barriers that hinder elimination of Oregon’s racial achievement gap. This focus on working from the inside-out will challenge participants to step out of their comfort zone and create new entry points for becoming aware of, understanding, and interrupting inequitable policies and practices in our schools. Please let me know by the end of the month if you would like to attend this high quality and challenging workshop.

OBOB Regional Tournament Saturday, March 8th at 9:45 – If you’d like to cheer on the Awbrey Park Team OBOB finalists at the regional competition, it will be this Saturday at Thurston High School, with the kickoff assembly starting at 9:45. Go Pie!

Title 1 Newsletter – If you’d like to know what’s happening in Title 1 from the district perspective, here is the latest Title 1 Newsletter that went out to all Title 1 Coordinators and principals. This month’s issue includes info on this year’s summer school and a good math article.

The Eugene Concert Choir Outreach Program – ECCO music education program is in its sixth year of bringing choral singing to local schools. They are available to make classroom presentations between March 4 – April 18th. At their presentation, they will teach students to sing “This Land Is Your Land” while introducing musical concepts as part of performance singing. See this letter and application for details, but if you have questions, contact ECCO at choir@eugeneconcertchoir.org or at (541) 687-6865.

Teacher Student Loan Forgiveness Program – If staff are unfamiliar with this, there is a federal program to forgive student loans for teachers/staff who have taught five consecutive years at a low-income school (30% or more students on FARM). To begin a loan forgiveness process, each individual teacher/staff member must contact their lenders directly and ask to begin the process. Staff can begin the process at the end of their fifth year of full-time employment. Here is a link to the ODE website with information about the program and here is another link to a federal website that’s a lot clearer about how the program works.

How diverse is your classroom library? – Libraries that highlight only certain kinds of beauty, protagonists or families send harmful messages to the children whose experiences they exclude. See this article and ensure that your classroom library reflects the diverse voices and perspectives that make up the world we live in. We will be spending more time on this topic on March 21st with the help of Media Specialist Jane Waite.

Staff Meeting Agenda for March 4 from 3:00-4:15

  • Connections Activity – Led by Joel
  • Presentation by the PTO on the GROW Drive.
  • Explanation of the TELL Survey and Incentive Plan
  • Technology Update
  • Site Council Report
  • A Jon Saphier Nugget from Beth and Christina
  • Music Announcements from Kenny
  • Announcements

 

I hope everyone has a great week.

 

All the best,

Joel

 

 

 

 

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