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Reminder Re: Photography for Graduation – for Secondary Principals
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REMINDER- School Websites – for All Principals
Federal Reserve Summer Teacher Professional Development Workshop Series – for All Principals and Teachers
HR Update: Recommending Candidates for Hire – for Hiring Managers
Important Summer School Information – for All Administrators
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Reminder Re: Photography for Graduation
from Melissa Fears
The KCKPS Communications Department will have a representative at each graduation this year. This representative will be taking photos for the district???s website and social media accounts to be used for marketing and journalistic purposes. As a reminder, the Communications Department will not be taking individual graduation photos for students and cannot, as the department does not have the equipment or extra personnel to properly do so.
As before, secondary principals are responsible for hiring and arranging for individual students??? graduation photos.
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REMINDER – School Websites
from Melissa Fears
This is a final reminder re: school website updates.
By May 31, all schools will have an active, up-to-date website.
In order to expedite this (as there are 48-49 school websites that have to be up-to-date and with matching website themes) , all schools must either update their existing sites (assuming that you or your school webmaster(s) have access to your existing site), OR send Mike Keener a Word Document with all requested information/data (and any necessary photos) no later than Thursday, May 16, 2019.
When you’ve finished updating your website, email Mike Keener once you have updated your existing site, so he knows it’s ready to go live with the new design.
Attached here is a Word Document outlining what we need for each school’s website, in case you have not yet received it.
If you are having issues with adding pages/content to your existing site, feel free to contact Mike Keener and send him what you need to be added to your site.
Lastly, thank you to the schools that have already sent their information/data.
Federal Reserve Summer Teacher Professional Development Workshop Series
from Matthew Andersen
JUNE ??? JULY 2019
Join the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City for this summer???s professional development workshop series, free to K-16. These full-day workshops, hosted in partnership with the University of Missouri-Kansas City Office of Financial Literacy and the Center for Economic Education at Emporia State University, include demonstrations of classroom resources, visits to local businesses and updates from subject matter experts on hot topics tied to economics and personal finance. A graduate credit option from Emporia State University, complimentary meals and onsite parking are available. There is no cost to teachers to attend, but advance registration is required at TeacherPD.kcfed.org. Please see flier for more information on the available workshops.
HR Update: Recommending Candidates for Hire
from Amy Jo Troyer
The busy hiring season is upon us! As a reminder, to recommend a candidate for hire, please be sure to follow these steps:
1. Forward back to the appropriate HR Advisor the Talent Ed email you received notifying you of the candidate application
2. Delete the entire subject of the email and change the subject to ???PLEASE HIRE???
3. In the body of the email, please confirm the certified grade level, certified core content area or classified position details if not included in the original posting, who the candidate would be replacing* and any special notes (such as extra days, stipend, schedule, etc.) that would be helpful to the Advisor when making the offer. (*For new allocations, simply indicate as such.)
A PDF (with screenshots) is attached to guide you through this process as well.
Recommendations should be sent to the following:
??? Angela Monroe ??? All Classified Hires
??? Ariel Kittling ??? All Certified Hires + Coaches
Important Summer School Information
from Jody Mitchell
KCKPS Summer School Important Information for Staff
2018-19 Summer School dates: June 3rd-June 27th
Selection process for staff: Interested internal staff must apply through Talent Ed to open Summer School positions. Building leaders will interview and select staff to work at their respective buildings, and notify HR of their wish to hire by May 17th. HR will confirm pay rates with selected staff.
Mandatory Board Approval: All staff accepting offers to work summer school must be board approved PRIOR to working ??? this requirement includes Classified staff, Teachers and Administrators.
Payment: Board approved Certified Teachers will be paid their hourly rate of pay for hours submitted via the timesheet system by the applicable payroll deadlines. Board approved Classified staff will be notified by HR of the pay rate based on their position worked during summer school. Classified hours will be paid through the CIS system.
Sick/Personal requests: Refer to Board Policy regarding usage requirements. Administrators submit requests through Aesop. Teachers and Classified staff do not submit in Aesop due to being paid by hourly rate.
**Summer School hires submitted to HR after the May 17th deadline will not be permitted to work on June 3rd**
