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For back-to-school health and safety updates, please visit our Safe Start, Strong Start page. This page now includes the following resources in several languages:
- Health and safety tips for students and households
- Supporting children and families during quarantine and isolation
- Reminders to keep ill students out of school
You will no longer be verbally screened for COVID-19 symptoms when you enter NWRESD buildings. Please visit the building access information page to review all of the guidelines.
DO NOT show up to school or work with any signs of illness, including cold-like symptoms.
Please note, we are no longer offering a $100 vaccination incentive to staff now that the governor has mandated vaccinations for all school staff.
The deadline to select benefits plans is this Wednesday, Sept. 15. Even if you are opting out, you are required to sign into your Oregon Educators Benefit Board (OEBB) account during open enrollment. The benefit year runs Oct. 1, 2021, through Sept. 30, 2022. If you do not sign in to OEBB to enroll in benefits by Sept. 15, you will not have benefits after Sept. 30, 2021, and you will need to go through an appeal process with OEBB to reinstate your benefits.
To review the plans, pricing and incentives available to you, visit the benefits page on the staff intranet site. OEBB offers virtual, on-demand resources, information and videos at OEBBondemand.com.
Kathy Fernandez, human resources specialist, is hosting open lab sessions during open enrollment. You are invited to drop in during the times below or email kfernandez@nwresd.k12.or.us for a one-on-one meeting.
Upcoming drop-in Zoom sessions:
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Emily Baer
Early Childhood Education Specialist
Early Learning
Columbia Service Center
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Lori Baker
Chief Financial Officer
Fiscal Services
Washington Service Center
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Ariel Brow
Speech-Language Pathologist
K-12 Special Education
South Prairie Elementary
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Elizabeth Crawford
Registered Nurse
K-12 Special Education
Tigard-Tualatin School District
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Tracy Creel
Receptionist
Human Resources
Washington Service Center
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Donita Damm
Speech-Language Pathology Assistant
K-12 Special Student Services
Astoria School District
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Erica Elledge
Occupational Therapist
K-12 Special Education
Tillamook School District
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Seth Feldman
Senior Payroll Specialist
Fiscal Services
Washington Service Center
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Kimberly Gorman
School Psychologist
K-12 Special Education
Rainier and Jewell school districts
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Lynne Griffin
Clatsop Service Center Administrator
Administration
Clatsop Service Center
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Angie Landa
Instructional Assistant
Early Learning
Hillsboro Early Learning Center
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Lisa Mellman
Speech-Language Pathologist, Augmentative Communication Specialist
K-12 Special Education
Washington Service Center
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Natalie Nelson
Speech-Language Pathologist
K-12 Special Education
Tigard-Tualatin School District
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Liliana O’Day
Instructional Assistant
K-12 Special Education
Day Treatment Program
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Michael Potter
Information Technology Security Analyst
Technology
Washington Service Center
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Katherine Sacrison
Speech-Language Pathologist
Early Learning
Hillsboro Early Childhood Center
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Debbie Simons
Chief Human Resources Officer
Human Resources
Washington Service Center
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Danielle Thompson
Registered Nurse
K-12 Special Education
Tigard-Tualatin School District
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Sara Thompson
Speech-Language Pathologist
K-12 Special Education
Tigard-Tualatin School District
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Sara VanZee
Autism Spectrum Disorder Specialist
K-12 Special Education
St. Helens and Rainier school districts
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Wendy Walsh
Early Childhood Education Specialist
Early Learning
Hillsboro Early Childhood Center
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Helen Webb
Speech-Language Pathology Assistant
K-12 Special Education
Rainier School District
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Morgan Weinstein
Speech-Language Pathologist
Early Learning
Columbia Service Center
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Jennifer Youngblood
Early Childhood Education Specialist
Early Learning
Beaverton Early Childhood Center
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Debra Atwood
Early Childhood Education Specialist
Early Learning
Hillsboro Early Childhood Center (corrected location)
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Note: We have several more staff members joining this week and next. We will announce them soon.
Lori Dyer is now an Instructional Coach
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Lori Dyer is now an Instructional Coach on the early learning team at the Clatsop Service Center. She previously worked as a speech-language pathologist, also at the Clatsop Service Center, and has worked for NWRESD since 2010. |
 Thank you to all of our educators for helping us keep our students, families and communities safe. We are so proud of our vaccination rates and we want to say thank you. We put together some NWRESD goodies to express our appreciation. By this Friday, please swing by your nearest service center to pick up your gift bag from the front desk.
In case you missed it, a mental health therapist who works at one of our social-emotional learning schools was featured in The New York Times this past July. Jillynn Garcia married her longtime partner Darla Sims Garcia on June 2 at the Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden in Portland, Oregon.
The two were previously married in San Francisco in 2004, but the California Supreme Court invalidated their marriage license six months later. Fast forward 15 years, and the women decided to tie the knot (again) on the 20th anniversary of their relationship.
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Jillynn Garcia (right) and her wife, Darla Sims Garcia, on their wedding day at the Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden. Photo by Taylor + Madye Photography.
 The front entrance of the Clatsop Service Center buiding in Seaside. Photo by Kelsey Cardwell.
The new address of the Clatsop Service Center is:
1120 Broadway
Seaside, OR 97138
The phone number is still 503-325-2862.
A reminder that our new Clatsop Service Center Administrator is Lynne Griffin. Welcome Lynne!
You can see all of our NWRESD sites on the locations and service area page of our website.
Please note: If you use NWRESD letterhead, be sure you are using the most current version with the updated Clatsop Service Center address. Letterhead is available on the communications page of the staff intranet site.
 Thank you for attending this year’s virtual convocation and inservice. You helped make it quite the energizing day with your participation! Thank you to the hundreds of staff who have already completed the feedback sessions. If you haven’t already, please take five minutes to share your thoughts with us.
Slides and materials from the day’s sessions are available in the staff resources shared drive.
 Wellness Council: The Wellness Council would like to welcome you back this school year! We know it’s challenging to remain amid so much uncertainty. We hope to bring some peace to your school year. Visiting the wellness website and participating in monthly wellness challenges and events are great ways to destress and stay connected this year. We hope to see you!
-The Wellness Council
Monthly Wellness Challenge: Our monthly wellness challenges are back! Participate in the September Monthly Challenge: Care & Connection for your chance to win one of three $25 Amazon gift cards!
Monthly Wellness Event: Based on feedback we received this past year, we are pleased to announce we plan to host a wellness event every month of the 2021-22 school year! Our first event will be Saturday, Sept. 25. Please put on your helmet and mask and join us for NWRESD Wellness bikes the Banks Vernonia Trail! Check out the details and add it to your calendar here!
Be sure you never miss an event by adding the wellness Google calendar to your personal calendar. Visit the wellness website to see how.
The NWRESD board of directors will meet tomorrow, Sept. 14 for a regular board meeting and executive session. The meeting will start at 6 p.m.
The board will recognize the Lopez family, a family from Clatsop County who has been receiving services from our migrant education program for several years. The Lopez’s recently shared their story in a video called “The Migrant Spirit.”
Superintendent Dan Goldman wrote in his invitation to the family, “We are incredibly grateful for your demonstration of vulnerability, leadership and advocacy and our board of directors would like the opportunity to thank you.”
The board will receive a superintendent’s report, departmental reports, an update on NWRESD’s COVID-19 response and an update about the Student Success Act work NWRESD is doing with districts in the region.
See the agenda, board packet and registration information.
 If you or someone you know needs child care, please visit 211info for child care resources and an online child care finder.
You can also:
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Call 211 or 1-866-698-6155
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Text "children" or "ninos" to 898211 (TXT211)
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Email children@211info.org
Your suggestions make NWRESD a better place to work. Thank you for sharing your ideas, thoughts and suggestions with us. Read our recent staff suggestions or make a suggestion of your own.
We are hiring for a number of positions. Please share these opportunities with community members who might be interested. View all of our open positions.
Highlighted positions include:
Each month, the Northwest Regional ESD Board of Directors recognizes an exemplary individual or team that is advancing our agency's mission, vision, values and/or equity policy. You can now nominate an individual or team for this monthly recognition.
Nominations will be considered on a rolling basis and selected each month. Honorees will receive: NWRESD gift items, lunch and a certificate. They will also be featured in our staff newsletter and will receive recognition before the board.
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