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 April 3, 2023
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New Employees
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Denise Davis
Director of Elem. Education Content
Elementary Ed
Elem/Early Learning & Fed. Prgms
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Jackie McDonald
Apportionment Program Manager
School Apportionment
Chief Financial Office
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Evan Picton
Senior Data Analyst
Student Information
Assessment & Student Information
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Outgoing Employees
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Jeff Booth |
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Lisa Brownell |
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Nicole Czubin |
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Devin Noel-Harrison |
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Didie Richter |
Join the upcoming OSPI Masterclass on creative writing! You will have the opportunity to learn about poetry and creative nonfiction as genres, read and analyze a poem, and write your own creative work. This is an optional lunch-and-learn session, so please drop in if you are interested and available.
When: Wednesday, April 12, 12-1 pm
Where: Zoom link here
Presented by: Chelsea Embree
About Our Presenter: Chelsea Embree, Director of Publications and Engagement Strategy at OSPI, has more than a decade of professional experience as a writer. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Creative Writing from Knox College, where she also wrote for and edited the college’s student-run weekly newspaper. Chelsea then served for three years as a reporter for The Lewiston Tribune, a daily newspaper that covers north central Idaho and southeastern Washington. More recently, Chelsea earned a Master of Arts degree in Literature and Cultural Theory after successfully defending her thesis about Cheryl Strayed’s memoir, Wild. In her free time, Chelsea enjoys rock climbing, hiking, practicing yoga, participating in ballet classes, and binge-watching TV shows.
About OSPI Masterclass: These lunch-and-learns are created with the purpose of learning and sharing information not strictly related to work. These monthly one-hour sessions will be facilitated by a staff member and will provide the opportunity to meet other staff members, build relationships and trust, and learn something new!
If you would like to facilitate an OSPI Masterclass, or have ideas or questions, please contact Angela Araque.
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Learn how to create, manage, and submit a clock hour proposal and/or event on pdEnroller, or refresh your knowledge during this one-hour course, April 4, at 1 pm.
Contact Kari Tally if you are interested in attending or learn more on Inside OSPI.
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Technology Support Center (TSC) has updated its ticketing links on the intranet!
See more information on the intranet page about this topic!
The OSPI Videography Style Guide is intended to be a direction manual for Communication & Digital Media and other OSPI staff, as well as professional photographers and videographers doing work on OSPI’s behalf. It includes tools to direct your visual content production processes and ensure we connect with audiences through the same creative lens.
Please review the guide to ensure you are fully aware of OSPI’s preferred video production methods, specifications, and outcomes. By applying these practices, we can align our creative approach and produce videos that are compelling and on-brand.
If you have any questions not answered in the guide, please contact the Communication & Digital Media Department.
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April is Celebrate Diversity Month! Diversity's literal definition is, "the state of being diverse, variety, and a range of different things." In addition to ones' skin color, gender or sexuality, ability and veteran status, diversity is also the places we have lived, the families we love, and the traditions we hold dear. This month we are challenging OSPI to find its diversity! Please visit this Diversity Board as we will continue to share resources and activities that promote diversity through the month of April!
April is also National Autism Awareness Month. We encourage you to celebrate, support, and bring awareness around Autism. You can learn more about Autism by visiting Autism Society. Also, learn about some famous people who are on the Autism Spectrum: Famous People on the Autism Spectrum.
See the intranet page here for more resources and links! STRIDE will add more resources to share during the month!
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In celebration our Public Records Office (PRO) will focusing the newsletter blurbs and communications around records management throughout the month. Please take some time in April to review the Records Management Intranet page, review our current records management policy, and schedule/block out additional time to review and disposition your records (especially your emails).
Exciting things to come: the PRO is waiting on final approval for a complete revamp of the Records Management Policy. More to come!
Contact the Public Records Office if you need anything.
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From the Style Guide:
When introducing it, provide its full, proper name description.
On first reference: Title V, Part A - Innovative Programs
On second reference: Title V, Part A
Consider the reader when referencing; the reader may not be familiar with Title V but know Every Student Succeeds Act.
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April is:
- Arab-American Heritage Month
- Autism Awareness Month
- Celebrate Diversity Month
- Earth Month
- Genocide Awareness Month
- National Child Abuse Prevention Month
- National Volunteer Month
April 2 – World Autism Awareness Day
April 2 – Palm Sunday (Christian)
April 6 to April 13 – Passover (Jewish)
April 7 – Good Friday (Christian)
April 9 – Easter
Do you feel any observance was missed? Email Human Resources and let us know.
The Earth Day Market Ride, Saturday, April 22 (EARTH DAY) is the Kick-Off event for the 36th Annual Bicycle Community Challenge, and a great way to celebrate Earth Day (plus, your rides this day will count toward your Bicycle Community Challenge total in May).
Meet neighbors, enjoy a Saturday bike ride to town, and support our local growers, makers and bakers at the Olympia Farmers Market!
Stay tuned on the Intercity BCC website here for updates and ride starting points and times. Helmet and leader-provided Liability Waiver required, rules of the road observed, and we ride rain or shine!
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A collection of puzzles, riddles, problems, and games!
If you have any ideas for the Fun Zone, please send them to CommTeam@k12.wa.us.
THIS WEEK: WAMBLE
Wamble, from "word" and "scramble," is a portmanteau I just made up!
Can you decode the following portmanteaus? Try it below!
TLEOM DEOPM
CRBNUH IICPBO
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This Week
pdEnroller Training
When: 4/4, 1 pm
Contact: Kari Tally
Upcoming
OSPI Masterclass: Creative Writing
When: 4/12, 12-1 pm
Where: Zoom
Presenter: Chelsea Embree
Contact: Angela Araque
WA State Employee Night with the Mariners
When: 5/6, 6:40 pm
Where: T-Mobile Park
Versus: Houston Astros
Price: $32 main, $16 view
Contact: (206) 346-4504; website here
Gov't-to-Gov't: Office of Indian Affairs
When:
May 8
June 5
Where: DES, 1500 Jefferson St SE, Olympia, WA 98501. Check in at front desk.
Register: Learning Center. Submit your External Training form located on the Training intranet page ($220 per person)
Contact: DES Training Information
Note: This training does NOT count for certificate renewal.
Public Service Recognition Week
Olympia: 5/10, 11 am-1pm
Spokane: 5/10, 11:30 am-1 pm
Tri-cities: 5/11, 5:30-7:30 pm
Info: Website here
Contact: OFM Planning
OSPI DEI Summit
When: 5/25, 8:30 am
Where: OSPI
Contact: Juwariyah Sou
To Zac Murphy, Chelsea Embree, Ker Malkin Gesulga, and Katy Payne, from Doua Kha
“Ua tsaug (thank you) to Zac, Chelsea, Ker, and Katy for stepping up and helping the Healthy Youth Survey (HYS) Planning Committee prepare for our 2023 Kick-Off. Your creative expertise not only lead to the creation of an informative blog post and a powerful video for our audience to learn more about the survey, but you were able to also highlight the amazing ways school leaders are using the HYS to make data-informed decisions to improve schools. We could not have done this without you and owe you an immense amount of gratitude!”
Agency Intranet Calendar
Share what's happening in your department, division, or office!
Everyone is able to add items to the agency calendar on the intranet home page. See here for more information.
SEL Smartsheet
The Social Emotional Learning (SEL) team has created a Smartsheet for those at OSPI to add SEL-related topics, webinars, training, workshops, committees, etc. Use this link to request access.
Reach out to Debra Parker with any questions.
Pet of the Week
Do you have a pet who deserves the spotlight? Contact the Comm Team with a picture of your animal, along with fun facts, good stories, or any other details about them! We will spotlight them on the internal TVs!
Our State Fiscal Year (FY) ends Friday, June 30, 2023. All goods and services using State FY 2023 funds must be received by our agency on or before June 30. The following are cutoff dates established by Purchasing:
Correctional Industries (CI)
- Standard orders greater than $100,000, any custom products: Feb. 28
- Standard orders under $100,000: Mar. 31
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Fast Fulfillment: Jun. 1
IT Equipment
- Synchronous Tech: May 1
- DELL: May 5
- Items needing an exception request: May 13
- Zones: Software: Jun. 13
- Other: May 16
Office Supplies
- Office Depot: Jun. 15
- Amazon: Jun. 15
- All Other Vendors: May 31
Keep in mind, if the purchase requires additional processing, or requires a quote, additional time must be factored in.
Submit questions to Purchasing.
Facts, Stories, and Musings
Email Ada Foote with comments or questions.
THIS WEEK: Go Ask Alice About Luggage
The word portmanteau comes from the French—porte meaning "carry" and manteau meaning "cloak" or “coat.” Originally, this referred to a large suitcase that came open at the middle into two even halves.
Then Alice came along.
The English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, under the pen name Lewis Carroll, released Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in 1865. This is a story of a young girl who follows a rabbit down a hole into a strange and magical world. Carroll’s characters use many words that were either entirely made-up or applied in unexpected ways.
This same off-kilter style continues in the 1871 sequel, Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There. This novel contains many words created by combining two words together, like "mimsy" (miserable and flimsy). As the character Humpty Dumpty puts it in the book: "You see it's like a portmanteau—there are two meanings packed up into one word." The luggage is used as a simile for the art of slamming together two halves to create something whole.
Carroll's use of a suitcase as an analogy changed the meaning of the word portmanteau forever. Today, in most contexts, a portmanteau refers to a word made out of multiple pre-existing words. Popular portmanteaus include "smog" (smoke and fog), "spork" (spoon and fork), and "liger" (lion and tiger). Many mixed dog breeds are titled by way of portmanteau, “Labradoodle” (Labrador and Poodle) being a notable example. The use of portmanteau to refer to luggage is all but extinct.
The moral of our story today is, be careful when falling down any rabbit holes. You just might alter an obscure piece of language in the process.
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ALL STUDENTS PREPARED FOR POST-SECONDARY PATHWAYS, CAREERS, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
Led by State Superintendent Chris Reykdal, OSPI oversees K-12 public education in Washington state. Our mission is to provide funding, resources, tools, data and technical assistance that enable educators to ensure students succeed in our public schools, are prepared to access post-secondary training and education, and are equipped to thrive in their careers and lives.
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