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Capstone Project Opportunity: The Global Student Fair – for EC-5 Administrators
Previous Items
ELPA21 Change of Training Date for ESL Staff
2016 Math Relays – for Secondary Administrators
State Assessment Information, Documentation and Training Materials – for Principals, Assistant Principals and Teacher Leaders
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Capstone Project Opportunity: The Global Student Fair
From EC-5 Executive Directors
We have been made aware of an exciting opportunity for Kansas City-area students in grades 2-5 to learn about the diversity of their community, experience a wide range of cultures and perspectives, and develop global awareness and cultural competence through new experiences.
People to People International, a nearly 60-year-old international nonprofit organization based in Kansas City, is preparing Kansas City???s first Global Student Fair, to be held Wednesday, April 13, 2016, from 9 a.m. to noon at Union Station. The event will bring together internationally oriented businesses and organizations, cultural and ethnic groups, universities and academic programs, artists, and museums to showcase for elementary and students from around the KC metro just how international Kansas City is. The Global Student Fair supports a variety of instructional standards and offers a unique experience the classroom alone cannot provide.
We would like to encourage your school to participate in this event as part of the 5th grade Capstone project. The organization has worked to make it entirely cost-free for students. To that end, they are offering a transportation reimbursement of up to $200/school.
More information and registration are available online at http://bit.ly/1lUfmoJ through February 1. Due to anticipated interest and space limitations, registrations will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis and may close before February 1. Early registration is encouraged.
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ELPA21 Change of Training Date for ESL Staff
From Kristen Scott
Administrators,
The state has changed the window of the ELPA21 assessment for ESL students. The window is now February 22-April 1.
Therefore, we have had to change our training sessions for ESL staff.
We will now train ESL staff the afternoon of February 3rd. Secondary ESL staff will be trained from 12:30 to 2:00; and Elementary ESL staff from 2:30 to 4:00.
Secondary administrators, we know that this poses an issue around dismissal and such; we ask that you please work something out with your staff so we can begin that session at 12:30. If this does pose a hardship, please contact Kristen Scott through email.
2016 Math Relays
From John Scanlan
It is time to start planning for 2016 Math Relays. This year???s relays will be held on Saturday, March 5th at Wyandotte High School.
Important Dates:
Monday, Feb. 8th through Friday, Feb. 26th – Individual events conducted at the building level using STS.
By February 10th – Individuals interested in serving as a coach, proctor or judge need to submit their name using this link. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1dw0SrA-bfuhe0JLucaEtp_uUxDuGOq6iGCvfJWzaeI0/viewform
FYI: Coach compensation is covered by the district budget based on a 25:1 student to coach ratio. Additional coaches need to be paid for by the building budget.
By February 19th – Coaches should arrange for transportation.
Contact Debbie Baker in Transportation, 621-7560, to make arrangements. Let her know that the trip is for math relays so she can charge it to the district budget.
By February 26th – Names of the students who will attend the Relays need to be provided using the links below. Each school can sent up to 98 participants.
Middle School Registration https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FhdnE6eA_vzSnYn_SsiMV0HVwWCA-hD449fJZfyUHbY/edit#gid=1
High School (and Sumner 8th grade) Registration https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bro_c1SWU3_2-CgD-_AfGctlK_D4BlxxNeeMBaBcOVo/edit#gid=1
Note: The registration deadline exists to help us plan for support staff and lunches. After the registration deadline, students can be substituted, but not added.
Detailed Information regarding the Math Relays. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B0iU28ZeSkPFfmhrSmw3OXktVmVyTXgyNTNrNHhpMGtrcm81QlVHakJWQU1GUHNEZnZHUXM
I have reached out to your math aligned teacher leader to assist with communication and coordination at your building.
State Assessment Information, Documentation and Training Materials
From David Rand
Students in grades 3-8, 10 and 11 will participate in this year???s state assessment. The state assessment is part of the Kansas Assessment Program (KAP), which also includes the alternate Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) assessment as well as the ELPA-21 language proficiency assessment for ELL students. The state assessment will have two separate testing windows this year.
The first window, which is from February 16 ??? March 10, includes the Mathematics Performance Task (grades 3-8 and 10) and the Multi-Disciplinary Performance Task (MDPT ??? grades 3-8, 10 and 11). These performance tasks are shorter in time and all can be given in one testing session (Mathematics Performance Task has one 15-25 minute session and MDPT has two 20-30 minute sessions).
The second window, which is from March 16 ??? May 12, includes tests in English Language Arts (grades 3-8 and 10), Mathematics (grades 3-8 and 10), Science (grades 5, 8 and 11) and History/Government Social Studies (grades 6, 8 and 11). Approximate testing times and test administration details are included in the manuals and training materials that are accessible in both SRM as well as the DERA webpage. These materials can be distributed to staff at any time and include:
??? Spring 2016 Kansas Assessment Program (KAP) Examiner???s Manual (.pdf)
??? Spring 2016 Educator Guide to KITE Student Experience (.pdf)
??? Spring 2016 Kansas Assessment Program (KAP) Examiner???s Manual Presentation (.ppt)
??? Spring 2016 Educator Guide to KITE Student Experience Presentation (.ppt)
??? Spring 2016 State Testing Security Fact Sheet (.pdf)
??? Spring 2016 Kansas Assessment Program (KAP) Practice Test Information (.pdf)
??? Recommended Elementary Testing Session Schedules (.docx)
??? Recommended Middle School Testing Session Schedules (.docx)
??? Recommended High School Testing Session Schedules (.docx)
In SRM, the documentation is currently available and located in the folder ???Resources ??? District Resources ??? 00 Spring 2016 State Testing Information???; links will be available on the DERA webpage in the next few days. Please note our recommended testing schedules are just samples; schools are not required to pick from the options presented and have flexibility in creating their own schedule. You will see that the provided recommendations alternate between content areas for each test part in ELA and Mathematics. The reason for this is that the ELA and Mathematics tests are adaptive this year and each subsequent test part will be assigned based on the score from the previous part. There could be up to a 10 minute delay until the next test part is accessible and alternating between subjects alleviates the potential problem of students having to wait to access the next test part and lessens the chance for disruption in the testing room.
Training sessions for this year???s state assessment will be provided for principals and identified building test coordinators in late January and early February. Each school will identify a staff member to serve as the building test coordinator for the state assessment. It is recommended that schools do NOT use their Teacher Leader (TL) as building test coordinator, especially at the secondary level. The test coordinator will be responsible for ensuring all building level test administration staff participate in training, distributing applicable test administration information, turning in a calendar of testing dates and serving as the building liaison with DERA for test administration issues.
Secondary training will occur at the regularly scheduled administrative meeting on January 19 and Elementary training will occur at the regularly scheduled EC-5 administrative meeting on February 4. Principals should bring their building test coordinator to these trainings if possible. DERA will provide a recorded webinar of the state assessment training for use with staff that are unable to attend training.
Samantha Bradshaw and Dr. Doug Hager from DERA will contact the identified building test coordinators to assist in the planning of training for building level staff (please note that building level training is delivered by the building test coordinator). DERA will set up all testing sessions as well as print and distribute test ???tickets??? with student log-in information to each school. This will significantly reduce the daily duties that will need to be completed by the building test coordinator from previous years.
If you have any questions regarding the state assessment and/or any of the documentation and training materials, please do not hesitate to contact David Rand in DERA (david.rand@kckps.org). Thank you very much!!!!!