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The Weekly Memo

Southern Oregon Child & Family Council, Head Start, Early Head Start, LISTO & Preschool Promise

2017-2018, Issue 20 - January 29, 2018 - Editors: Valerie Blade & Linda Bettis

Meetings and Trainings

Jan. 29—Monday

○ Fiscal Team Meeting, Fiscal Office, 9:30-10:00

○ Drug Committee, Admin., 3:30-4:00

Jan. 30—Tuesday

○ PP Budget Meeting, Library, 11:00-12:00

○ Management Team, Blue Bldg. Conf. Rm., 1:00-4:00

○ PC Exec Committee, Admin., 5:00-6:00

Jan. 31—Wednesday ○ Health Dept. Meeting, Library, 1:00-2:30

○ Directors, Admin., 1:30-3:30

Feb. 1—Thursday ○ PFCE Dept. Meeting, PFCE Office, 9:00-12:00

○ Reflective Supervision Cohort 2, Admin., 10:00-11:30

○ Facilities Committee Meeting, EHS-Berlin, 5:30-7:00

Feb. 2—Friday ○ ED Planning at Centers, 8:00-10:00

○ CPR Recertification, Library, 8:00-8:30

○ EHS Center Meeting at Centers, 9:00-10:30

○ Center Meetings at Centers, 10:15-12:15

○ Teacher Training—Anxiety, Blue Bldg. Conf. Rm., 12:00-2:00

○ ACE Interface Master trainers, Admin., 12:00-2:00

○ EHS-ED Planning/Debrief at Centers, 12:30-2:00

○ Annual Picnic Committee Meeting, 2:00-3:00

Feb. 5—Monday ○ Fiscal/Ops, Admin., 9:00-9:30

○ Fiscal Team Meeting, Fiscal Office, 9:30-10:00

○ Local 2619 Meeting, Blue Bldg. Conf. Rm., 5:30-8:00

INSIDE Pg. 2—The MO, it’s more than just pretty place!!! Pg. 2—Electrical Safety Issues Pg. 3—News from IT/Did you Know?/Free Classified Ads/ Free Dental Days Flyers in Eng. & Spanish Pg. 4—Roads, Rivers and Rails (OHL News)/Kudos to Crater High School volunteers/Thank You from the Enrollment Team/PreService 2018 Pg. 5—Office Safety

Mission Statement Southern Oregon Head Start prepares children and their

families for success in school and throughout life.

The Weekly Memo Submission Deadline is Friday at noon.

Please send your articles, pictures (love those pictures!) and news

items to Linda Bettis/Valerie Blade.

Community Assessment Survey We Need Staff Input!

The Community Needs Assessment is a very important part of our agency program planning process. We need as many staff, parents and community partners to an-swer these questions as possible. The survey takes less than 10 minutes to complete. It asks about needs and strengths in the community and what types of Head Start and Early Head Start services are most needed by families.

If you have not yet answered the survey, please click one of the links below (English or Spanish) and give us your input.

Thank you!

Blair Johnson, Early Head Start Director

Here are the Links: http://www.socfc.org/community-strengths-survey-spanish/

http://www.socfc.org/community-strengths-survey-english/

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After almost 20 years, the MO was due for a facelift. The recent changes at the main office are part of the ongoing work to create a trauma-informed care culture in our agency.

The five core principles are safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration, and empowerment.

The Main office changes are specific to the principle of safety which includes both physical and emotional safety. A few of the ways this is trauma-informed:

It’s welcoming – every person receives eye contact and a warm greeting as they enter the building.

It’s inviting - a clean and comfortable environment where families can get a sense of what school will be like as the play area has toys and playthings that will be found in classrooms.

It is safer – children and their caregivers can now sit and play together while waiting for their enrollment inter-views. People check in at the desk so it is known who is in the building, and that they get to where they need to go.

There are better work areas– the computer lab is more comfortable for applicants and current staff. The mail cubbies have been moved to make it safer for staff and children, removing the trip hazards and making

it less cluttered and more welcoming and inviting too.

Thanks to everyone who works on committees, responds to requests for input for committees and who work to im-plement the changes as we move towards our goal to create a culture of trauma-informed care at SOCFC.

The MO, it’s more than just a pretty place!!!

Submitted by Dr. Michelle Homer-Anderson, HS Director

Electrical Safety Issues

We recently had a piece of equipment, that was stored for a while in a center with the cord wrapped around it, short out and arc flash when plugged in. The bend in the cord, at the unit, wore out and exposed the wires.

Please inspect all equipment that has been stored before using, to ensure the electrical cords are in good shape. They should not be cracked, split, hard and brittle, kinked, melted, burned, frayed or discolored. The plug must be secure to the wire, not loose. The wires in the cord must not be exposed.

If it just doesn’t look good, it probably isn’t. Contact Facilities Management.

Submitted by: Chuck Ljungberg, Safety Compliance Officer

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News from IT From the Staff Zone on our website, you will find some training videos for the new Skype for Business app we are currently rolling out.

http://www.socfc.org/staff-zone/it-trainings/ Submitted by Chad Burcham, IT Dept.

Call if you Can, Text if you Can’t

Jackson and Josephine counties accept text messages to 911 in an emergency. Check out the FCC link for more infor-mation

https://transition.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/text-to-911-consumer-guide.pdf

Submitted by Chuck Ljungberg, Safety Compliance Officer, SOHS

FOR SALE

New wood burning stove, never installed or used, $700. Used Jet 18” professional woodworking Bandsaw, excellent condition, $700.

Please call/text Chuck Ljungberg at 541 208-589-0198 to discuss.

FOR SALE

Fit Bit Charge 2, like new, limited

edition with Lavender band. $120

or Best Offer ($180 new). Contact

Jonnie at jonnie.cox@socfc.org.

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Roads, Rivers, and Rails!

KWL charts, dictation, and objectives to tell the families what our students are learning! Great work AM and PM teaching teams at OH! Our families and students are lucky to have Dylan, Sandra, Jennifer, Debbie, and April to help guide our young learners!

Submitted by Stephanie Finch, Area Manager

Kudos to Crater High School Volunteers

A big thank you to our two high school volunteers from Crater High School, who created and donated a new planter box for our center, as part of their classroom project at their school, and then planted with the students. We love our volunteers!

Submitted by the Central Point Head Start Staff

Submitted by

Andrea Silvey

Enrollment SAA

PreService 2018

We have a tentative date for PreService. It will be Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at the Smullin Center.

Kathy Stassi, PHR, SHRM-CP

Human Resources Director

1/29/2018 5 Submitted by Amber Weathers, Safety Rep. for Alan S. Berlin #B HS Center