Month: September 2015

Contents

Science Cadre Opportunity – for Elementary Administrators
Procedures for Building Level Hearings – for All Principals
Fractions Clinic this Thursday – for Elementary 4th & 5th and 6th Grade Math Teachers
United Way Coordinators Needed – for All Principals
Event Security – for Middle and High School Administrators
ESL Aide Professional Learning – for Secondary Principals

Science Cadre Opportunity

From Teri Fulton
The Next Generation Science Standards Cadre will be starting up again and I would appreciate recommendation for teachers from your building. This is a small Cadre dedicated to engaging in work involving the Next Generation Science Standards and their integration into Curriculum.

Learning Goals for the NGSS Cadre 2015-16:
??? Identify the alignment between the Learning Goals and the Performance Tasks
??? Identify student work that reflects that alignment
??? Develop an understanding of the Engineering components in NGSS within the three Science strands

Criteria for Selection:
??? Have a working understanding of Next Generation Science Standards, their various components, and intent

To ensure equity among buildings, teacher application does not guarantee acceptance into cadre. If you have teachers who are interested, please forward them this email, along with this link to apply by October 1.

Procedures for Building Level Hearings

From Valerie Anzicek

Student Services will be providing training on procedures for building level hearings.

There will be two sessions held to accommodate coverage for your building. Please choose one session you will be in attendance and RSVP to Matthia Kelsey through email at matthia.kelsey@kckps.org by Wednesday, September 23rd.

Session One:
Thursday, September 24th at 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm in Room 132 located on the 1st floor ??? Central Office

Session Two:
Friday, September 25th at 8:30 am to 10:30 am in Room 132 located on the 1st floor ??? Central Office

Outcomes of the meeting will be???

-Develop a deeper understanding of the process and procedures involved in building level hearings.
-Familiarize ourselves with the communication process involved in coordinating and conducting building level hearings.
-Identify resources that will assist you and support you in the process.

Fractions Clinic this Thursday

From Suzie Legg
Please pass this information along to your 4th-6th grade teachers. We are very excited to provide this Fractions Clinic opportunity for teachers on Thursday, September 24th! The Learning Goal for this session is: Describe the relationship between fractions, decimals, and percents in regard to comparing and ordering. Please ask teachers to RSVP to session(s) they will be attending using this link (http://tinyurl.com/fractions1516), so we can plan accordingly. School leadership is also welcome to attend!

A flyer can be accessed here, so that it may be displayed in the building if you choose to do so.

United Way Coordinators Needed

From Grace Elmore
The annual United Way Campaign is coming up soon and each building needs a coordinator.

Principals, please submit the name and contact information for your building’s coordinator to Grace Elmore, grace.elmore@kckps.org, on or before September 23, 2015.

The United Way Campaign will run from October 1-31. The annual kickoff event will be September 28 at the Central Office at 4:30 p.m. in the 3rd floor East Wing.

Event Security

From Michael Webb
Please remember to get your permits (for events) approved as far in advance as possible to ensure we can arrange for security at your events. Since the permitting system does not allow entries for events taking place off of school district property, please be sure to notify your school officer, call us, or email us so we can arrange appropriate security for your event taking place at an outside venue.

ESL Aide Professional Learning

From Kristen Scott
Please see this document and respond by September 25th.

Contents

Requests for Family Advocacy Interpreters??- for??All Principals
Procedures for Building Level Hearings??- for??All Principals
Fractions Clinic this Thursday??- for??Elementary 4th & 5th and 6th Grade Math Teachers
United Way Coordinators Needed – for All Principals

Requests for Family Advocacy Interpreters

From Valerie Anzicek

Family Advocacy: October 21 and 22

It???s time to begin gathering your building needs for interpreter requests. To facilitate this process, please fill out this form and return to my attention, on or before Tuesday, September 29th.

Procedures for Building Level Hearings

From Valerie Anzicek

Student Services will be providing training on procedures for building level hearings.

There will be two sessions held to accommodate coverage for your building. Please choose one session you will be in attendance and RSVP to Matthia Kelsey through email at matthia.kelsey@kckps.org by Wednesday, September 23rd.

Session One:
Thursday, September 24th at 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm in Room 132 located on the 1st floor ??? Central Office

Session Two:
Friday, September 25th at 8:30 am to 10:30 am in Room 132 located on the 1st floor ??? Central Office

Outcomes of the meeting will be???

-Develop a deeper understanding of the process and procedures involved in building level hearings.
-Familiarize ourselves with the communication process involved in coordinating and conducting building level hearings.
-Identify resources that will assist you and support you in the process.

Fractions Clinic this Thursday

From Suzie Legg
Please pass this information along to your 4th-6th grade teachers. We are very excited to provide this Fractions Clinic opportunity for teachers on Thursday, September 24th! The Learning Goal for this session is: Describe the relationship between fractions, decimals, and percents in regard to comparing and ordering. Please ask teachers to RSVP to session(s) they will be attending using this link (http://tinyurl.com/fractions1516), so we can plan accordingly. School leadership is also welcome to attend!

A flyer can be accessed here, so that it may be displayed in the building if you choose to do so.

United Way Coordinators Needed

From Grace Elmore
The annual United Way Campaign is coming up soon and each building needs a coordinator.

Principals, please submit the name and contact information for your building’s coordinator to Grace Elmore, grace.elmore@kckps.org, on or before September 23, 2015.

The United Way Campaign will run from October 1-31. The annual kickoff event will be September 28 at the Central Office at 4:30 p.m. in the 3rd floor East Wing.

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ELA Cadre Opportunity – for Elementary Administrators

 

ELA Cadre Opportunity

From Jen Fergerson

ELA?? Cadre will be starting up again?? and I would appreciate you taking the time to recommend teachers from your building.

Learning Goal for ELA Cadre 2015-2016:?? Develop supports for planning Rigorous units of study in Writing

Foundational Targets:
??????????????? understand reading like a writer
??????????????? understand the process of planning a rigorous unit
??????????????? understand the role of learning goals/standards within a unit of study
??????????????? understand workshop model (Whole Class Lesson-[mini-lesson-demonstration, conversation, inquiry], Independent Writing and Conferring, Share Time)
??????????????? understand genre specific units of study
??????????????? use characteristics of text to develop understanding of units of study
??????????????? identify professional texts that support the implementation of writer???s workshop

Criteria for Selection
??????????????? Is open to new learning and is a great model of what is meant by “be a learner”.
??????????????? Has attended Writer???s Workshop Professional Learning Sessions with District consultants (Isoke Nia, Matt Glover)
??????????????? Has experience or some basic knowledge about most of the Foundational Targets
??????????????? Has experience with unpacking standards
??????????????? Can operate as a leader and support others

To ensure equity among buildings, teacher application does not guarantee acceptance into cadre. If you have teachers that are interested, please feel free to forward them this communication, along with this link to apply.

All applications are due by Wednesday September 23rd.

Contents

Science Cadre Opportunity – for Elementary Administrators

General Music Professional Leave – 10/8/15 – for Elementary Principals

Principals, please read and forward to your ESL Staff??- for All Principals

Student Count – Very Important – for All Principals

Science Cadre Opportunity

From Teri Fulton
The Next Generation Science Standards Cadre will be starting up again and I would appreciate recommendation for teachers from your building. This is a small Cadre dedicated to engaging in work involving the Next Generation Science Standards and their integration into Curriculum.

Learning Goals for the NGSS Cadre 2015-16:
??? Identify the alignment between the Learning Goals and the Performance Tasks
??? Identify student work that reflects that alignment
??? Develop an understanding of the Engineering components in NGSS within the three Science strands

Criteria for Selection:
??? Have a working understanding of Next Generation Science Standards, their various components, and intent

To ensure equity among buildings, teacher application does not guarantee acceptance into cadre. If you have teachers who are interested, please forward them this email, along with this link to apply by October 1.

General Music Professional Leave – 10/8/15

From Jodie Lin

All elementary music teachers will attend a district training on 10/8/15. IARC will pay for the substitutes for this learning opportunity. Teachers have been instructed to enter leave and have the leave sent to me for approval/payment.

Principals, please read and forward to your ESL Staff

From Kristin Scott

Good Morning ESL Team,

Pre-K and Elementary, all of your teacher schedules and push-ins in websilk should have been approved by your principal and the ESL teacher. Keep in mind, that you only split teacher???s schedule as needed to adjust the push-in times, and create individual student schedule as needed for pull-out.

Secondary, all of your push-ins should already be entered in websilk. Principal or ESL teacher do not need to approve schedules.

If you have not entered the push-in or pull-out, these need to be done ASAP or no later than this Friday, Sept. 18th (this is the last day you can enter any schedule). DO NOT touch any schedule after Sept. 18th. Websilk will be locked on Sept. 21st.

If you are done with the schedules, you can start working on your ILPs. ILPs are due October 15th, and it is ongoing for the rest of the year.

All of your Weekly meeting logs should be up-to-date in websilk. We still show a lot of school have not entered your meeting log yet. This is ongoing for the rest of the year.

All current ESL students should be identified by now and entered in websilk by this Friday as well. This too is ongoing for the rest of the year.

If you have any questions about Sept. 20th count, please contact Connie. If you have questions about student’s code, please contact Chavonne.

Student Count – Very Important

From Bridgette DeSmet

This is a reminder that there is one more practice count scheduled for Friday, September 18. It is imperative that we receive your accurate count in a timely manner. Please remember that the counts is more than just a head count. The numbers reported should reflect the inclusion of all students who attended at least one day since the beginning of the school year. Students that have transferred, dropped or withdrawn should not be included in this count.

Our final count will be Monday, September 21.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Contents

Elementary ELA Cadre Opportunity – for Elementary Administrators

Social Studies Cadre Opportunity – for Elementary Administrators

Principals, please read and forward to your ESL Staff??- for All Principals

Student Count – Very Important – for All Principals

Elementary ELA Cadre Opportunity

From Jen Fergerson
ELA Cadre will be starting up again and I would appreciate you taking the time to recommend teachers from your building.

Learning Goal for ELA Cadre 2015-2016: Develop supports for planning Rigorous units of study in Writing

Foundational Targets:
??? understand reading like a writer
??? understand the process of planning a rigorous unit
??? understand the role of learning goals/standards within a unit of study
??? understand workshop model (Whole Class Lesson-[mini-lesson-demonstration, conversation, inquiry], Independent Writing and Conferring, Share Time)
??? understand genre specific units of study
??? use characteristics of text to develop understanding of units of study
??? identify professional texts that support the implementation of writer???s workshop

Criteria for Selection
??? Is open to new learning and is a great model of what is meant by “be a learner”.
??? Has attended Writer???s Workshop Professional Learning Sessions with District consultants (Isoke Nia, Matt Glover)
??? Has experience or some basic knowledge about most of the Foundational Targets
??? Has experience with unpacking standards
??? Can operate as a leader and support others

To ensure equity among buildings, teacher application does not guarantee acceptance into cadre. If you have teachers that are interested, please feel free to forward them this communication, along with this link.

All applications are due by Wednesday September 23rd.

Social Studies Cadre Opportunity

From Teri Fulton & Jen Fergerson

Social Studies Cadre will be starting up again and we would appreciate recommendations for teachers from your building.

Learning Goal for Social Studies Cadre 2015-16:
Determine the cognitive complexity of learning goals and their alignment to Performance Tasks

Criteria for Selection: Teachers who???
*Have experience and learning involving Rigorous Unit Planning
*Are currently using Learning Goals and Standards, Unit Maps, and Performance Tasks to plan for Social Studies instruction

To ensure equity among buildings, teacher application does not guarantee acceptance into cadre. If you have teachers who are interested, please forward them this message, along with this link.

Please have teachers respond no later than October 1 in order to be considered.

Principals, please read and forward to your ESL Staff

From Kristin Scott

Good Morning ESL Team,

Pre-K and Elementary, all of your teacher schedules and push-ins in websilk should have been approved by your principal and the ESL teacher. Keep in mind, that you only split teacher???s schedule as needed to adjust the push-in times, and create individual student schedule as needed for pull-out.

Secondary, all of your push-ins should already be entered in websilk. Principal or ESL teacher do not need to approve schedules.

If you have not entered the push-in or pull-out, these need to be done ASAP or no later than this Friday, Sept. 18th (this is the last day you can enter any schedule). DO NOT touch any schedule after Sept. 18th. Websilk will be locked on Sept. 21st.

If you are done with the schedules, you can start working on your ILPs. ILPs are due October 15th, and it is ongoing for the rest of the year.

All of your Weekly meeting logs should be up-to-date in websilk. We still show a lot of school have not entered your meeting log yet. This is ongoing for the rest of the year.

All current ESL students should be identified by now and entered in websilk by this Friday as well. This too is ongoing for the rest of the year.

If you have any questions about Sept. 20th count, please contact Connie. If you have questions about student’s code, please contact Chavonne.

Student Count – Very Important

From Bridgette DeSmet

This is a reminder that there is one more practice count scheduled for Friday, September 18. It is imperative that we receive your accurate count in a timely manner. Please remember that the counts is more than just a head count. The numbers reported should reflect the inclusion of all students who attended at least one day since the beginning of the school year. Students that have transferred, dropped or withdrawn should not be included in this count.

Our final count will be Monday, September 21.

Please contact me if you have any questions.