8A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL MAY 2, 2018
TELL survey shows little mentorship,
a positive teacher outlook at SLSD
By Caitlyn May
cmay@cgsentinel.com
New teachers at South Lane
School District fall behind state
averages in regards to mentor-
ship but the majority of edu-
cators in the area plan to con-
tinue teaching at their current
schools. This, according to the
2018 TELL survey released ear-
lier this week.
The survey, which stands for
Teaching, Empowering, Lead-
ing and Learning, is nation-
ally recognized and attempts
to quantify the experiences
of educators at a local level.
In South Lane, 76 percent of
teachers took part in the survey
compared to 54 percent overall
across the state.
The survey is broken into
several subjects including new
teacher support, instructional
practices and school leadership.
According to the data, South
Lane measures up nearly exact-
ly with responses from across
the state—SLSD and the state
average for years the respon-
dents spent as an educator were
37 percent—but it differs on a
handful of issues.
When asked if they felt they
needed more professional de-
velopment for English language
learners, 59 percent of SLSD
educators gave an affi rmative
answer. The statewide average
was 49 percent. Educators at
SLSD also felt they needed ad-
Board moves in on
interim super
By Zach Silva
zsilva@cgsentinel.com
At Monday night’s school-
board meeting, the board grew
one step closer to hiring an inter-
im superintendent for the South
Lane School District.
“Since the last meeting, Tam-
my (Hodgkinson) and I made
the phone calls to the reference
checks and received very posi-
tive responses for the candidate
we’re considering,” said board
chair Alan Baas. “We are now
moving into the contract negoti-
ation with that candidate and we
will formally announce that at the
next meeting.”
The board has settled on one
candidate they are interested in
and had plans to negotiate the
contract on Monday April 30.
In the open session of the
meeting, the board discussed
the various details of the inter-
im superintendent contract. The
board reached an agreement on a
contract that has been run by the
board’s lawyers and South Lane
Director of Human Resources
Brian McCasline. The board dis-
cussed various ranges to provide
and agreed on salary falling be-
tween $130,000-$135,000 with
between 10 and 15 vacation days.
“We’re not going to be able to
hire a superintendent next year
for this much money. We’re go-
ing to have to be in the $150,000s
or $160,000s. So, this might seem
like a bargain in a year,” said Vice
Chair Sherry Duerst-Higgins.
Steve Kelley, the Oregon
School Board Association mem-
ber that has helped the district
through the interim process, not-
ed that according to his numbers,
this is in line with the salary of
superintendents of similar sizes.
“For what it’s worth, I’m very
excited about your choice, about
your possibilities,” said Kelley.
The interim superintendent is
scheduled to begin work offi cial-
ly in August, but the board ex-
pressed interest in inviting their
candidate to local events within
the district as soon as next week
if contract negotiations go well.
The board also got into discus-
sions about the process of hiring
their long-term superintendent.
The initial plan was to have
community discussions about
qualities and qualifi cations in
the spring but, under the recom-
mendation of Kelley, the board
agreed to move those to October.
“Being the end of school I al-
ways worry (about participation).
And I would love to get people’s
attention in October and saying,
okay, we’re starting this process
and we want you to be involved
and we want you to be involved
all along the way,” said Kelley.
The tentative plan is to have
conversations next fall with com-
munity members, staff, adminis-
trators and “key communicators
in the city” at various times to
include as many people in the
conversation as possible.
ditional development for “cul-
turally responsive curriculum,”
(53 percent) while the state av-
erage was 47 percent.
While the survey lists 26 per-
cent of the 76 percent of respon-
dents as teachers in their fi rst
two years of teaching, less than
half said they were formally as-
signed a mentor (47 percent).
Statewide, 79 percent of new
teachers said they were assigned
mentors.
South Lane teachers think
their classroom sizes are man-
ageable, according to the data
and that the district minimizes
routine paperwork for its staff.
They also note that they have
time to collaborate with col-
leagues (53 percent agree with
the statement) but when asked
how much time is permitted for
collaboration during the school
day, 60 percent of SLSD staff
said it was less than an hour. At
Cottage Grove High School, 80
percent of respondents said they
also spent less than an hour on
collaboration. Statewide it was
46 percent.
When asked if their immedi-
ate plans for the future included
continuing to teach at their cur-
rent school, stay in the district at
a different school, move to an-
other district or leave education,
89 percent of SLSD faculty said
they planned to continue at their
current school.
For complete results of the
survey, visit telloregon.org.
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