Monday Message
September 23, 2019. WLWV Student Services. We Got This!
Leading for All: Improvement Goals for 2019-20
This year, in alignment with the format and process each school building has used for goals and work plan, we developed goals in the following areas:
- All students leading their own learning, with all students served by special education or meaningfully involved in their IEP meeting
- All educators in the district develop an understanding of how Universal Design for Learning (UDL) can help bring the 5 Dimensions of Teaching and Learning accessible for all students
- All co-teaching and co-planning partnerships use UDL as a structure for collaboration
- Advance implementation of the WWEA/WLWV Partnership North Star Recommendations around positive school culture and behavior support.
Student Perspectives
Analyzing Data from Different Stakeholders
Different Experiences
Understanding Anxiety: School Counselors & Social Workers Collaborate on this Topic
- It is occurring a lot and particularly with situations that don’t seem to warrant it
- Feels very intense
- Is upsetting or causing distress
- Is keeping someone from doing things they want to do
Social workers Sarah Hiatt and Brittany Bucholz shared an overview of the parent education nights they provide, including Anxiety 101, Anxiety 102, and Creating Calm, Connection and Resilience for Our Children. These nights have been an important way of partnering with parents to better support children. (Note: Stafford Primary is hosting Creating Calm, Connection and Resilience for Our Children on Thursday, Sept. 26th from 6:00-7:30.)
School Counselors used a World Cafe to then dig into scenarios, case studies, and specific questions about best ways to support students who are struggling with anxiety. On exit tickets, counselors really valued this time to dig into this topic in differentiated learning groups.
Looking for some resources on the subject? Check with your School Counselor or Social Worker, or check out this website: https://anxietycanada.com/learn-about-anxiety/anxiety-in-youth/
Quote of the week: “How we talk about kids is a reflection of how we think about kids and how we think about kids determines how we work with kids.” —Zach Deets
Resources to Learn More About Supporting Student Behavior
The link is listed below. To log in, your user name is the school name--one word, all lowercase. The password is 321insight. Please DO NOT share this information with folks who do not work in our district, as that would be a violation of our licensing agreement. Here are the list of user names:
boeckmancreek
bolton
boonesferry
cedaroakpark
lowrie
stafford
sunset
trilliumcreek
willamette
atheycreek
meridiancreek
rosemontridge
wood
arttech
wilsonvillehs
westlinnhs
ParaEducator Professional Development Workshops
We are excited to offer professional learning opportunities for Paraeducators on Professional Growth Wednesdays again this year.
As with previous years, these workshops are intended to supplement the professional learning that principals and teacher teams are leading in schools. Paraeducators (PE's) should check with their principals and SPED teams to determine the best plan for their time on Professional Growth Wednesdays. Sometimes it may be best for PE's to stay in their school for building-level professional learning. Other times it may makes sense for them to come to the District Office for broader professional learning opportunities.
This month's workshop will focus on:
- The role of a paraeducator in an inclusive classroom
- Introduction to the Paraeducator Handbook
- Promoting Independence
- Levels of Prompting
- Peer Supports
- (Much of the content will be similar to the New Paraeducator Orientation from August)
This month's workshop will be from 12:30-2:30, so it will be geared toward Primary School.
See the schedule below for Paraeducator Workshops for Primary, Middle and High levels. Many of the topics we discuss will be similar across all levels. So it would be fine for a paraeducator to come to a session that is aimed at another level. In particular, Art Tech/Adult Transition PE's are welcome to come to the 2:00-4:00 sessions because that would work better for their schedule.
September 25 - 12:30-2:30 - Primary focus
October 23 - 1:30-3:30 - HS focus
December 4 - 2:00-4:00 - MS focus
January 15 - 12:30-2:30 - Primary focus
February 5 - 1:30-3:30 - HS focus
March 18 - 12:30-2:30 - Primary focus
April 22 - 2:00-4:00 - MS focus
May 13 - 1:30-3:30 - HS focus
All of these workshops are scheduled for the District Office Board Room
These workshops are open to all paraeducators, not just those funded through student services. I don't have an email group for PE's who are not funded by student services. Principals, can you please pass this information on to your general ed funded paraeducators.
Comments? Ideas? Questions? Deep Thoughts? REACH OUT
Email: Spencerj@wlwv.k12.or.us
Website: https://www.wlwv.k12.or.us/domain/43
Location: 22210 Southwest Stafford Road, Tualatin, OR, USA
Phone: 503-673-7026
Twitter: @jsiiams