Category: Administrator Notice

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Native American Dance Ensemble – FREE – JCCC – for All Principals
Important – Action needed to renew your Health, Dental and Vision Benefits for 2016 – for All Administrators
Star Teacher Nominations – for All Administrators

Native American Dance Ensemble – FREE – JCCC

From Jodie Lin

FREE tickets and bus reimbursement

Kevin Locke Native Dance Ensemble: Drum is the Thunder, Flute is the Wind | 9:45 a.m. and noon | Nov. 20 | (all ages)

Take a journey through the colorful Lakota Sioux Indian culture with Kevin Locke and his Native Dance Ensemble. Traditional arts forms handed down through generations are presented on the flute, drums, in song and through visually compelling ritual dances.

To reserve tickets, call the Yardley Hall box office at JCCC (913-469-4445). Use the “AECOMP” code to reserve free tickets.

Email Angel Mercier, Program Director, for direction to receive transportation reimbursement.
amercier@jccc.edu

Schools are responsible to pay for substitutes.
For more information about the program: http://www.jccc.edu/performing-arts-series/events/current/kevin-locke.html

Important – Action needed to renew your Health, Dental and Vision Benefits for 2016

From Ja’Nice Mitchell
There is only one more week for Benefits open enrollment.

All benefits eligible employees must renew their benefits coverage or choose to waive benefits coverage for 2016.

Benefits enrollment is done online at: www.cbizesc.com/kckps

Employee ID: enter your employee ID number
PIN: enter your date of birth MMDDYYYY (ex. If your birthday is 10/28/1978 your PIN is 10281978).

All plan details and costs are available for reference on the enrollment site in the enrollment toolkit. Or you can watch a short video that walks you through the benefits options at (sound needed): https://www.brainshark.com/cbizillinois/KCKSD/zHvzdhN6jzNoBiz0?intk=310110785

Enrollment is open through November 13 and must be completed online.

If you need assistance or if you do not have regular access to a computer to complete your enrollment, appointments are available in the benefits office November 2 ??? 13 from 9 AM ??? 4 PM Monday through Friday. Please call (913) 279-2274 or email Ja???Nice.Mitchell@kckps.org to schedule your appointment.

If you do not enroll by November 13 you will NOT have insurance coverage in 2016. If you plan on waiving benefits in 2016 you must still go into the enrollment site and choose to waive your benefits coverage. Please contact the benefits office if you have any questions (913) 279-2274.

Star Teacher Nominations

From Gail Taylor

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

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Native American Dance Ensemble – FREE – JCCC – for All Principals

Native American Dance Ensemble – FREE – JCCC

From Jodie Lin

FREE tickets and bus reimbursement

Kevin Locke Native Dance Ensemble: Drum is the Thunder, Flute is the Wind | 9:45 a.m. and noon | Nov. 20 | (all ages)

Take a journey through the colorful Lakota Sioux Indian culture with Kevin Locke and his Native Dance Ensemble. Traditional arts forms handed down through generations are presented on the flute, drums, in song and through visually compelling ritual dances.

To reserve tickets, call the Yardley Hall box office at JCCC (913-469-4445). Use the “AECOMP” code to reserve free tickets.

Email Angel Mercier, Program Director, for direction to receive transportation reimbursement.
amercier@jccc.edu

Schools are responsible to pay for substitutes.
For more information about the program: http://www.jccc.edu/performing-arts-series/events/current/kevin-locke.html

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Native American Dance Ensemble – FREE – JCCC – for All Principals

Native American Dance Ensemble – FREE – JCCC

From Jodie Lin

FREE tickets and bus reimbursement

Kevin Locke Native Dance Ensemble: Drum is the Thunder, Flute is the Wind | 9:45 a.m. and noon | Nov. 20 | (all ages)

Take a journey through the colorful Lakota Sioux Indian culture with Kevin Locke and his Native Dance Ensemble. Traditional arts forms handed down through generations are presented on the flute, drums, in song and through visually compelling ritual dances.

To reserve tickets, call the Yardley Hall box office at JCCC (913-469-4445). Use the “AECOMP” code to reserve free tickets.

Email Angel Mercier, Program Director, for direction to receive transportation reimbursement.
amercier@jccc.edu

Schools are responsible to pay for substitutes.
For more information about the program: http://www.jccc.edu/performing-arts-series/events/current/kevin-locke.html

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Parent Access to GVC Guides – for Principals
Access to Secondary Grading Policy – for Secondary Principals

Parent Access to GVC Guides

From Alan King
Parents have access to the GVC guides through the District Home Page. Click on Parent Info tab and the Guaranteed Viable Curriculum link on the right.

Access to Secondary Grading Policy

From Alan King
The grading policy for secondary schools (which has remained unchanged for the past three years) can be accessed through the District’s Intranet, then the blue Curriculum and Instruction Department link, then the red “Secondary Grading Policy” link.

Here is an update on the Evaluation forms in iObservation.?? As I mentioned earlier in the week, the Evaluation tab is on the iObservation website; however, after further review it is evident that the form is not in the correct format for us to use.?? It will also be necessary to provide more training for all of us on how to use this form correctly.?? With that being said, we will not use the Evaluation form for the first and second year teachers evaluations that are due on November 6.?? We will continue to use the format that we used last year.?? I have provided directions on how to proceed with the November 6 evaluations below.?? If you have any questions after you have read through this entire document, please contact your HR Director.

Steps for completing the First and Second Year Teacher Evaluations due November 6

?? The evaluation may be completed in one of two ways:

1. You may use the observation form that is in iObservation and complete the evaluation as a goal status for the teacher.?? This form has the comments section for each element.?? At the bottom of the form is the ???Overall Comments??? section.?? This would be the place you would add your final comments about their progress towards their goals in their growth plan and note any concerns.?? You should use the same language from the growth plans and the evaluation model for teachers in this section as well.?? You would have the teacher sign this form and then upload it into Talent Ed where it will be signed by both of you again to confirm it is the evaluation form,

OR

2. You may use the goal status form that we have used in the past and complete the evaluation on this form.?? You need to make sure that you include the goals that are in the growth plan and the elements they have listed.?? You need to provide comments on each of the elements.?? You will also do an overall comments section at the end of the evaluation that summarizes your overall comments.?? You will have the teacher sign the form either in the system or, if you have done it on paper, you will need to have it uploaded into Talent Ed and then signed electronically by the teacher.

?? You should continue to document all observations in the iObservation system.?? This will be the documentation for the process.?? When the form is ready all of the information will go over into the evaluation form so all of your time and efforts are not done in vain.?? Even though we are not using the iObservation evaluation form for this evaluation cycle, you will still need to continue to complete the required walk throughs, informal observations and formal observations.

?? Please review the sample evaluations that were shared in professional development in August.?? If you have any questions or need guidance on a teacher???s evaluation, please contact your HR director for assistance.