Category: Administrator Notice

Contents

Star Teacher Nominations – for All Administrators
ESL MAP Testing – for Secondary Administrators
ESL December Professional Learning – for EC5 Administrators

Star Teacher Nominations

From Gail Taylor

Hi All! ~STAR Teacher Nominations~

Please find attached the letter outlining the process for STAR Teacher. (You can download it here.) Please note the letter provides a suggested process to nominate a teacher.

The only thing required on December 10th is the name of the teacher please e-mail the teacher???s name to me.

The packet is attached for your reference, however, it is not due until January 14, 2016.

Requirements for STAR Teacher:

The teacher must have a minimum of five years of teaching experience, strong pedagogy, should have professional affiliations and be involved in the community through service or volunteer programs.

The teacher should be exceptionally skilled, dedicated, and inspire students of all backgrounds and abilities to learn.

The candidate should have the respect and admiration of students, parents, and colleagues and should play an active and useful role in the community as well as in the school.

The award carries with it a number of public appearances; therefore, the nominee should be poised, articulate, and possess the energy to with stand a busy schedule.

The nominee must be committed to serving as a leader in efforts to improve schools, student performance, and the teaching profession in Kansas.

The state nominees must be classroom teachers; however, the district STAR teachers can be licensed professionals covered by the teachers bargaining unit (such as librarians, counselors, school nurses, speech language pathologists, school psychologists, occupational therapists, etc.).

ESL MAP Testing

From Kristen Scott
Secondary administrators,

Please allow your ESL teachers to give the winter MAP to their classes so they may have data to monitor their building plan.
If you have any questions or concerns please let me know. Thank you.

ESL December Professional Learning

From Kristen Scott
We will pull the EC5 ESL staff on Wednesday afternoon, December 16th from 1:00 to 3:30 here at the Central Office. This will allow the ESL staff to remain with their building on December 18th.
Please forward this information to your ESL staff. Thank you.

Contents

Star Teacher Nominations – for All Administrators

Star Teacher Nominations

From Gail Taylor

Hi All! ~STAR Teacher Nominations~

Please find attached the letter outlining the process for STAR Teacher. (You can download it here.) Please note the letter provides a suggested process to nominate a teacher.

The only thing required on December 10th is the name of the teacher please e-mail the teacher???s name to me.

The packet is attached for your reference, however, it is not due until January 14, 2016.

Requirements for STAR Teacher:

The teacher must have a minimum of five years of teaching experience, strong pedagogy, should have professional affiliations and be involved in the community through service or volunteer programs.

The teacher should be exceptionally skilled, dedicated, and inspire students of all backgrounds and abilities to learn.

The candidate should have the respect and admiration of students, parents, and colleagues and should play an active and useful role in the community as well as in the school.

The award carries with it a number of public appearances; therefore, the nominee should be poised, articulate, and possess the energy to with stand a busy schedule.

The nominee must be committed to serving as a leader in efforts to improve schools, student performance, and the teaching profession in Kansas.

The state nominees must be classroom teachers; however, the district STAR teachers can be licensed professionals covered by the teachers bargaining unit (such as librarians, counselors, school nurses, speech language pathologists, school psychologists, occupational therapists, etc.).

 

Contents

Star Teacher Nominations – for All Administrators
Mileage Reimbursement Form – for All Administrators

Star Teacher Nominations

From Gail Taylor

Hi All! ~STAR Teacher Nominations~

Please find attached the letter outlining the process for STAR Teacher. (You can download it here.) Please note the letter provides a suggested process to nominate a teacher.

The only thing required on December 10th is the name of the teacher please e-mail the teacher???s name to me.

The packet is attached for your reference, however, it is not due until January 14, 2016.

Requirements for STAR Teacher:

The teacher must have a minimum of five years of teaching experience, strong pedagogy, should have professional affiliations and be involved in the community through service or volunteer programs.

The teacher should be exceptionally skilled, dedicated, and inspire students of all backgrounds and abilities to learn.

The candidate should have the respect and admiration of students, parents, and colleagues and should play an active and useful role in the community as well as in the school.

The award carries with it a number of public appearances; therefore, the nominee should be poised, articulate, and possess the energy to with stand a busy schedule.

The nominee must be committed to serving as a leader in efforts to improve schools, student performance, and the teaching profession in Kansas.

The state nominees must be classroom teachers; however, the district STAR teachers can be licensed professionals covered by the teachers bargaining unit (such as librarians, counselors, school nurses, speech language pathologists, school psychologists, occupational therapists, etc.).

 

Mileage Reimbursement Form

From Bob Young
For those applying for In-District Mileage Reimbursement

If you are using your own vehicle for in-district travel required by your position responsibilities, you will need to use the form provided by the district to report that mileage. This is the required reporting form beginning in October 2015. This form can be found here.

Instructions are provided on the cover of the form, which includes the use of the most recent version of Acrobat Reader. Instructions on how to download this software are on the cover page. This form is self-calculating and allows for multiple pages of reporting.

This should be submitted monthly and be reported by the calendar month. Again, forms must be submitted within 60 calendar days of the oldest date on the report to be considered for reimbursement. Addresses of destinations not on the register of district facilities must be clearly identified.

Please make sure that any employees that are under your direction are aware of this requirement. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Contents

Star Teacher Nominations – for All Administrators

Star Teacher Nominations

From Gail Taylor

Hi All! ~STAR Teacher Nominations~

Please find attached the letter outlining the process for STAR Teacher. (You can download it here.) Please note the letter provides a suggested process to nominate a teacher.

The only thing required on December 10th is the name of the teacher please e-mail the teacher???s name to me.

The packet is attached for your reference, however, it is not due until January 14, 2016.

Requirements for STAR Teacher:

The teacher must have a minimum of five years of teaching experience, strong pedagogy, should have professional affiliations and be involved in the community through service or volunteer programs.

The teacher should be exceptionally skilled, dedicated, and inspire students of all backgrounds and abilities to learn.

The candidate should have the respect and admiration of students, parents, and colleagues and should play an active and useful role in the community as well as in the school.

The award carries with it a number of public appearances; therefore, the nominee should be poised, articulate, and possess the energy to with stand a busy schedule.

The nominee must be committed to serving as a leader in efforts to improve schools, student performance, and the teaching profession in Kansas.

The state nominees must be classroom teachers; however, the district STAR teachers can be licensed professionals covered by the teachers bargaining unit (such as librarians, counselors, school nurses, speech language pathologists, school psychologists, occupational therapists, etc.).

 

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Star Teacher Nominations – for All Administrators

Star Teacher Nominations

From Gail Taylor

Hi All!

We are starting the process to determine who the District would like to nominate as:

Elementary ??? Kansas Teacher of the Year and
Secondary ??? Kansas Teacher of the Year

We will use the STAR teacher process and the timeline listed below:

STAR Teacher Timeline for announcements and events coming up:

November 10th ??? Email sent to principals soliciting names of nominees and suggesting a voting process
December 10th ??? Deadline for principals to submit the name of their selected building nominee
December 14th ??? Notification email will be sent to the selected nominees to provide the application materials and timeline
January 4th ??? Email reminder sent to nominees reminding them of the Nomination Packet submission deadline
January 14th ??? Completed Nomination packet due by 4:00 p.m.
January 21st ??? Selection Committee Meeting
Mid to Late January ??? Photo schedule email will be sent out to candidates once arranged with Tammy/David in Communications
March 30 ??? STAR Teacher Award Ceremony