2016 Kansas Horizon Nominations Due October 1, 2015 – for Administrators
From Gail Marie Taylor
Principals ~ Please nominate one of your teachers that have successfully completed their first year of teaching that has performed in a way that distinguishes him/her from other novice teachers.
Please complete this packet and forward to Amy Jo Troyer no later than October 1, 2015.
Fractions Clinic – Addition and Subtraction – for Elementary and Middle School Principals – Please share with 4th & 5th Grade Teachers and 6th Grade Math Teachers
2016 Kansas Horizon Nominations Due October 1, 2015 – for Administrators
Information from your EDs: Thursday PD Schedule – for EC5 Principals
From Suzie Legg
Please share with your 4th and 5th grade teachers and 6th grade math teachers for an opportunity to explore using conceptual models and understanding to add and subtract fractions.
From Gail Marie Taylor
Principals ~ Please nominate one of your teachers that have successfully completed their first year of teaching that has performed in a way that distinguishes him/her from other novice teachers.
Please complete this packet and forward to Amy Jo Troyer no later than October 1, 2015.
From Alicia Miguel
Starting October 1st, the Schedule for 1st and 3rd Thursday PD will be 8:30-4:30, with one hour lunch. Please, remember that lunch is on your own.
Please, remember that on October 1st you will have 90 minutes to plan for the October 9 district inservice. Feel free to bring any resources that you might need to help with your planning, such as Leading Groups, Groups at Work, etc.
Submitting Student Samples of Performance Tasks – for Elementary Administrators and Teacher Leaders
From Alan King
We wanted to provide more information about submitting copies of student samples from the Performance Tasks for this year. The purpose of this collection is to provide annotated exemplars for teacher use. The annotations highlight specific criteria established within the scoring key. The exemplars represent a point in time, showing varieties of authentic student thinking in response to content specific prompts.
Like last year, after each Performance Task (not including Letter ID & Modified Sentence Dictations), classroom teachers will submit copies of two student samples along with a cover page (linked in the Pacing Guides). Selected samples must Meet the Expectations of the Performance Task in the Content column, as well as in at least two of the other three columns.
This year, schools will need to determine their own process for collecting and submitting student samples. Hard copies of these student samples should be sent to the Curriculum Department (Math: Attn-Amanda Kain, SS/ELA and Science: Attn-Teri Fulton. As an alternative this year, samples can be submitted electronically instead of hard copy. Links to submit the samples electronically are included on the cover page (linked in the Pacing Guides).
For your convenience, the link below provides an overview of the Performance Tasks for Administrators and Teacher Leaders. The intention of this document is to provide those outside the day-to-day instruction and planning with the same information teachers are seeing embedded in their Pacing Guides. Teachers will continue to access the same information via the GVC-Pacing Guides so that Performance Tasks remain in the context of the units of study.
Link to Performance Task Doc – https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NT5wtYQW4lJgcJSs6f7NCpexVOSdjE7_7pLpswAaEY8/edit?usp=sharing
Please let us know if you have any questions.
Elementary Curriculum Team (Suzie, Jen, Teri, Amanda, Julie)
KC Symphony – 4th and 5th grade strings – for Elementary Principals
PTA Play – for Elementary Principals
ESL Aide Professional Learning – for Secondary Principals
From Jodie Lin
Our annual Arts Partners plan provides the opportunity for our elementary strings students to attend a KC Symphony concert. Mark you calendars for this event – October 16th.
*Strings teachers will work with you regarding rosters, sack or late lunches, bus details, etc.
*Each year additional adults are needed to monitor buses and supervise students, as this program will serve over 800 students. Strings teachers will reach out to peers for assistance.
*Buses will be depart at 10:30 a.m. and will return approximately at 1:00 p.m.
From Jodie Lin
The annual PTA play provides an opportunity for live theatre for our elementary students. The play is set for 11/17 and 11/18 at Wyandotte High School. As last year, tickets are $2.50.
Stephanie Dickson emailed details to you. Please respond to her to reserve your seats.
From Kristen Scott
Please see this document and respond by September 25th.
Information from your EDs – for EC5 Principals
District Inservice – for EC5 Administrators
ESL Aide Professional Learning – for Secondary Principals
From Dr. Alicia Miguel
T1. H R is reminding us that any staff that is absent 3 consecutive days must be reported to their office. HR will then contact the employee to inform them of FMLA if their absence goes beyond the 3 days. H R has shared that failure to do any of the above could result in a fine to the district/supervisor.
2. Reminder that the Kansas Horizon Award is open for nominations. This is for a teacher who has completed one year of teaching with us. You may obtain more information from H R.
From Dr. Alicia Miguel
This is a reminder that District Inservice is from the system???s perspective, a more global view of what the system is focusing on than the specific needs of your school. From the September 21 email, the purpose of district inservice is “to come together as a district to build common knowledge and understanding as a system”.With this in mind, and looking at the handout with Learning Goals and Targets that was provided for you last week (attached), the focus of next District Inservice should come from the Foundational Targets (at the bottom of the handout):
Foundational Targets
Identify and explain the relationship between:
Teaching Map (attached) and Big 3 Plus
DCIP targets and the teaching map
DCIP targets and the evidences of the Big 3 Plus
Understand:
DCIP
Non-Negotiable Targets for Achievement
Literacy Plan
KCKPS Growth Tool
Instructional practices of the Teaching Map
Literacy Grounding Statement
Big 3 Plus Evidences
These targets are to be addressed over the three District Inservices. You and your partner school(s) will decide how you divide this work among the three district in service dates. You will have 90 minutes on Thursday, October 1 to get together with your partner school and plan. The only thing that is specific to your school from the list above is the Literacy Plan, that you have already addressed on a separate Wednesday, and will continue to be the focus throughout the year.
District-Professional-Learning-2015_16.docx
From Kristen Scott
Please see this document and respond by September 25th.
