Resources to Support Distance Learning

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 CC4A/STEAM

OREGON CONNECTIONS NEPRIS

• Year-long 2020-2021 access to Oregon Connections NEPRIS
• High-wage, high demand career awareness and exploration
• Search for live and cataloged virtual industry tours, chats, internships and more
• Training during
  • Ed Tech Summit (Aug 11) register here https://www.soesd.k12.or.us/southern-oregon-ed-tech-summit-2020/
  • Educator Externship (July 16 and 17)
  • Fall World of Work Week: date TBD

SUMMER CAMPS

NEPRIS is providing virtual summer camp for families.

• June and July weekly for elementary, MS and HS.
• $20/week/student, contact Lisa_udall@soesd.k12.or.us to receive scholarship for funding through the CC4A/STEAM hub
• July Summer Camp in English and Spanish Flier for families

Camp Invention host sites virtually through CI Connect.

• Prospect: July 27-31
• Phoenix Elementary: Aug 3-7
• Rogue River Elementary: Aug 10-14
• If your district is not on the list but you have families interested, they can connect with Annette Phillips at aphillips@invent.org or 800.968.4332 xt. 6863
• https://www.invent.org/camp-invention-connect

Math in Real Life (MiRL)

• Teacher’s Development Group (TDG)
  • Best Practices in Math 3^rd-10^th Grades: Equitable and Mathematically Productive Engagement
  • June 18th – Aug 3^rd  
  • TDG and some local teacher leaders presenting at Ed Tech Summit on Aug 11^th register here: https://www.soesd.k12.or.us/southern-oregon-ed-tech-summit-2020/
  • Fall PLC times/dates TBD

Oregon Science Project (OSP)

• Rural Elementary and K-12 schools talking about what STEAM looks like in their atmospheres, collaborating with other rural schools, and inspiring/encouraging growth in STEAM within each of the schools involved
• Registration open, monthly meeting (2 attachments: Rural Learning Collaborative and DL Facilitation Institute)

Early Childhood

• Collaboration with Early Childhood Network and CCRN,
• Surveyed rural families in English and Spanish to determine needs for STEAM supplies/equipment and training
• Reviewed 85 surveys, preparing purchases and planning for training and delivery
• Collaborating with STEM hubs from around the state for best practices

Educator Externships

• July 13-July 21
• 32 participants
• Registration is closed

Outdoor School

• Opportunities coming soon!

Chief Science Officers:

• Summer Leadership Training Institute: August 12-13, statewide, virtually
• 32 students this year! 20 last year.
• Participating Schools 2020-2021
  • Butte Falls 8
  • Armadillo Tech 2
  • Phoenix HS 5
  • Henley HS 4
  • Mazama HS 3
  • Talent MS 3
  • The Valley School 2
  • Hidden Valley HS 4

IGNITE/Oregon Community Foundation (OCF)

• Meeting 7/10
  • Recap from fall (ACCESSIBILITY project ideas)
  • Received $10,000 for planning and tech support from OCF
  • Next steps
• July: RFP preparation seeking Regional Needs Assessment
• Next meeting TBD first week in August
• More Education and Industry Involvement welcome

Mobile Maker Space

• Target: Rural Middle Schools
• Most commonly brought to your school library and teachers can check out from there
• May have for 1 month at a time
• Check out other STEAM lending library equipment through Media Net account
• Training available

Southern Oregon Fire Ecology Education (SOFEE Pathway Project)

• Partnership with Oregon Outdoor School Program
• “Fire Works” Train the Trainer Fire Ecology
• Curriculum modification to match Southern Oregon’s landscape and environment
• Development of distance learning module and trunks

STEAM Lesson Plans ready for Distance Learning

• Talent Maker City partnering local teachers to model Elementary, MS and HS STEAM video and lesson plans
• Coming soon!

STEM Ecosystems Resource Library– The STEM Learning Ecosystems Community of Practice is offering a virtual collection of resources, webinars, and workshops intended to help teachers, administrators, and families engage learning for their children while schools and other activities are suspended. Check it out at: https://stemecosystems.org/stemathome/

Additional Resources

• National Camp Invention Connect
• STEM Week Activity Packet SPANISH
• STEM Week Activity Packet ENGLISH

For more information contact karla_clark@soesd.k12.or.us.

Learn 360

Free access to all students of SOESD-component districts. Learn360® provides access to a web-based digital education video library comprised of thousands of K-12 core-curriculum videos, video clips, newsreels, audio and video speeches, still images, and audio files.  These materials are accessible and downloadable from home or school.  Also Learn360® now has learning games, reading activities and printable fact sheets, diagrams, math activities, etc. For more information contact karen_angiolet@soesd.k12.or.us

Newsela

Free access to entire product suite through the end of the school year for teachers and administrators

• Newsela ELA, Newsela Science, Newsela Social Studies, and The Newsela Social-Emotional Learning Collection (If teachers don’t have a Newsela account, they can set one up in minutes.)

Administrators can request access and will be contacted within 24 hours for more details.

Click here for timely resources available through Newsela’s coronavirus resource center, including a remote teacher toolkit and COVID-19 educational content.

Association of Career and Technical Education – ACTE

Free Leadership courses for CTE teachers on how to deliver online coursework. CTE Learn: ACTE’s partner, MaxKnowledge, has opened up six of their paid courses that deal with learning how to teach online.  The instructions on how to access those temporarily free courses are below:

Go to Online Teachers on CTE Learn and click on Delivering Online Instruction. You’ll see the following online courses that you can access for free.

The courses are:

EL102 Online Teaching Techniques
EL103 Teaching Online: A Student-Centered Approach
EL104 Teaching and Organizing a Virtual Learning Environment
EL105 Online Language: Communicating with Students
EL108 Preparing Students to Become Good Online Learners
EL112 Workload Management Strategies for Teaching Online

For more information contact brian_robin@soesd.k12.or.us

CTE Online Resource Instructions
Online CTE Resources\

Positive Discipline/Sound Discipline

Resources for Educators and Families During School Closures and Social Distancing

• English https://www.sounddiscipline.org/homeresources/
• Spanish https://www.sounddiscipline.org/homeresources-es/

New Teacher Center

COVID-19 Resource and Community Support Hub

TEND ACADEMY

Trauma-Informed Care – Strategies to Support Those Helping Others 

For more, unless otherwise noted contact Amy Szeliga, Amy_Szeliga@soesd.k12.or.us, 541-776-8590  ex3138.

Zoom

• Best Practices – Security Settings in Zoom
• Zoom Centro de Ayuda

Suicide Awareness

• SUICIDE RISK FACTORS AND WARNING SIGNS
• Identify Risk, Prevent Suicide – Documents that are tools for Caregivers and Community Members
• PARENT HANDBOOK ON CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION
• Short Video, easy for kids and families on the topic of EMPATHY
• Suicide intervention – know the signs visual
• Risk Factors and Warning Signs of Suicide Visual

For more contact Amanda Lacy, Amanda_Lacy@soesd.k12.or.us, 541-776-8590  ex3106