Month: August 2016

Contents

New Items

GEMS Migration??- for All Administrators
PACT Sessions??- for All Administrators
Meal Applications??- for All Building Staff

Previous Items

ESI & De-escalation??- for Principals
Physics of Flight – FREE program??- for Middle School Principals
ELPA Update??- for Principals

New Items

GEMS Migration

From Sherry Samples
We have moved all licenses and credentials from the old HR system (GEMS) to the new Business Plus system. In doing so, like with any large transfer of data, things do not always translate correctly. As a result, we are asking that each employee with a license through KSDE (teachers, administrators, counselors, etc..) and those with licenses through other agencies such as nurses, verify the accuracy of the information on Employee Online. The information will appear under Job Information, Credentials, just below the paycheck stub section. If the information as it appears is NOT correct, send a copy of your license through either intradistrict mail or as an email attachment. It may be sent to Kathryn Zahn or me. Upon receipt the information will be updated and be viewable within two weeks. If the information as it appears is duplicated, please email us that information also and indicate what is duplicated.

Supervisors and principals, please forward this information to each of your employees. It is very important the credential information be correct. Failure to maintain a valid license for the position, according to the credential record, may impact the employment and benefit status.

PACT Sessions

From Rosie Rodriguez

The first PACT session will begin on September 12th from 6-8 at Coronado Middle School.?? You can follow your student’s progress by clicking on your schools link.?? This form will allow you to verify student’s progress and confirm completion of the PACT Program.?? If you have any questions, please contact the PACT Coordinator Rosie Rodriguez.

Argentine Middle School

Arrowhead Middle School

Central Middle School

Coronado Middle School

Eisenhower Middle School

Northwest Middle School

Rosedale Middle School

West Middle School

F.L. Schlagle

J.C. Harmon

Sumner

Washington High School

Wyandotte High School

Meal Applications

From Josh Mathiasmeier
Cafeteria staff will be running reports for all buildings in order to discover which students have not submitted a meal application for this school year. In order for us to be able to offer free meals to our students and in hopes to extend that to high school in the near future, each student needs to submit a meal application every year. If you have any questions, please direct them to Nutritional Services Office at (913) 627-3900. Thank you for your assistance in completing this critical task.

Previous Items

ESI & De-escalation

From Michelle Colvin
Make sure all staff in your building receive training on De-escalation and ESI; also make sure staff know where to access the ESI forms and how to complete them.
De-escalation Techniques PowerPoint: http://ksdetasn.org/resources/892
ESI Webinar is available on KSDE website: http://ksdetasn.org/resources/411
ESI PowerPoint without voiceover: http://ksdetasn.org/resources/410
Once all staff (including secretaries, custodians, etc.) have seen both the De-escalation & Emergency Safety Interventions webinar, please email or send the blue sheet to Michelle Colvin.

Physics of Flight – FREE program

From Jodie Lin
Physics of Flight – free for 7 teachers.

NASA grant award in collaboration with the Cosmosphere Space Museum

The grant will pay the district substitute pay for the day. All materials supplied.

Your building is responsible for the bus if you take advantage of the opportunity.

To reserve your spot, contact Angel Mercier: Angel Mercier [amercier@jccc.edu]

ELPA Update

From Kristen Scott
Principals,
We have learned from KSDE that the ELPA results will not be available to us until October. We have communicated to your ESL staff that they are to continue with current ILPs, and create ILPs on new students.
Also, the K-ELPA window for this year will be February 1-March 10. It is the same assessment as last year, delivered online, but it will be administered through KITE this year. There will also be two sections, speaking and writing, that will have to be human scored. As soon as KSDE provides us with information on training for scoring we will communicate with you and your ESL staff.
If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me.

Contents

New Items

ESI & De-escalation??- for Principals
Physics of Flight – FREE program??- for Middle School Principals

Previous Items

ELPA Update??- for Principals
Social Work Services??- for All Administrators

New Items

ESI & De-escalation

From Michelle Colvin
Make sure all staff in your building receive training on De-escalation and ESI; also make sure staff know where to access the ESI forms and how to complete them.
De-escalation Techniques PowerPoint: http://ksdetasn.org/resources/892
ESI Webinar is available on KSDE website: http://ksdetasn.org/resources/411
ESI PowerPoint without voiceover: http://ksdetasn.org/resources/410
Once all staff (including secretaries, custodians, etc.) have seen both the De-escalation & Emergency Safety Interventions webinar, please email or send the blue sheet to Michelle Colvin.

Physics of Flight – FREE program

From Jodie Lin
Physics of Flight – free for 7 teachers.

NASA grant award in collaboration with the Cosmosphere Space Museum

The grant will pay the district substitute pay for the day. All materials supplied.

Your building is responsible for the bus if you take advantage of the opportunity.

To reserve your spot, contact Angel Mercier: Angel Mercier [amercier@jccc.edu]

Previous Items

ELPA Update

From Kristen Scott
Principals,
We have learned from KSDE that the ELPA results will not be available to us until October. We have communicated to your ESL staff that they are to continue with current ILPs, and create ILPs on new students.
Also, the K-ELPA window for this year will be February 1-March 10. It is the same assessment as last year, delivered online, but it will be administered through KITE this year. There will also be two sections, speaking and writing, that will have to be human scored. As soon as KSDE provides us with information on training for scoring we will communicate with you and your ESL staff.
If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me.

Social Work Services

From Michelle Colvin
This year there will be some changes to counseling services and social work duties and services. The changes outlined will be in place for students in early childhood settings through middle school. The changes will not affect high school through age twenty-one.

Counseling Services will be delivered by the special education teacher except for students receiving counseling services in center-based classrooms. Center-based classrooms include lifeskills, intensive support, STEPS, and ED.

We will begin identifying students as being eligible for social work services, rather than counseling services. Some students may continue to have counseling services on their IEP, but those students??? counseling services will be provided by the special education teacher.

Social workers will be using an eligibility procedure based on multi-tiered systems of support.

Social workers will be begin consulting with special education teachers immediately to assist teachers in planning and implementing counseling services. Social workers will be in contact with special education teachers this week to set a time to discuss students with counseling services.

The attached FAQ document should help clarify the social workers??? role with counseling services and their continued role in identification.

Thank you for your support as we align the provision of social work services with evidence-based practices.

Social Work Services FAQ (Word Document)

Contents

New Items

Beginning Teacher/Mentor Information??- for Principals

Previous Items

ELPA Update??- for Principals
Special Education Staff Resignations & Recommendations for Hire??- for Principals
Social Work Services??- for All Administrators

New Items

Beginning Teacher/Mentor Information

From Shelly Beech
This is a friendly reminder that if you have not submitted your list of mentors for your Beginning Teachers, they were due last Friday, August 26. Please submit this information to Taneka Brown.
Thank you.

Previous Items

ELPA Update

From Kristen Scott
Principals,
We have learned from KSDE that the ELPA results will not be available to us until October. We have communicated to your ESL staff that they are to continue with current ILPs, and create ILPs on new students.
Also, the K-ELPA window for this year will be February 1-March 10. It is the same assessment as last year, delivered online, but it will be administered through KITE this year. There will also be two sections, speaking and writing, that will have to be human scored. As soon as KSDE provides us with information on training for scoring we will communicate with you and your ESL staff.
If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me.

Special Education Staff Resignations & Recommendations for Hire

From Michelle Colvin
All resignations from special education staff need to be emailed to Michelle Colvin. Michelle will complete the ATF since special education staff is paid out of a special education budget. Also, please cc: Michelle Colvin when recommendations for hire are made for Special Education Staff. This will enable her to keep track as vacancies are filled. Please call Michelle at (913) 627-2614 or email her at michelle.colvin@kckps.org if you have any questions. Thanks for your assistance.

Social Work Services

From Michelle Colvin
This year there will be some changes to counseling services and social work duties and services. The changes outlined will be in place for students in early childhood settings through middle school. The changes will not affect high school through age twenty-one.

Counseling Services will be delivered by the special education teacher except for students receiving counseling services in center-based classrooms. Center-based classrooms include lifeskills, intensive support, STEPS, and ED.

We will begin identifying students as being eligible for social work services, rather than counseling services. Some students may continue to have counseling services on their IEP, but those students??? counseling services will be provided by the special education teacher.

Social workers will be using an eligibility procedure based on multi-tiered systems of support.

Social workers will be begin consulting with special education teachers immediately to assist teachers in planning and implementing counseling services. Social workers will be in contact with special education teachers this week to set a time to discuss students with counseling services.

The attached FAQ document should help clarify the social workers??? role with counseling services and their continued role in identification.

Thank you for your support as we align the provision of social work services with evidence-based practices.

Social Work Services FAQ (Word Document)

Contents

New Items

ELPA Update??- for Principals
Surplus Furniture/Equipment??- for All Administrators
KCK Literacy Festival-Book Battle Coach/Team Sign-up??- for K-12 Building Administrators
Bond Referendum??- for All Principals

Previous Items

Special Education Staff Resignations & Recommendations for Hire??- for Principals
Social Work Services??- for All Administrators
Deadline and Guidelines for the Administrators’ Notice??- for All Administrators

New Items

ELPA Update

From Kristen Scott
Principals,

We have learned from KSDE that the ELPA results will not be available to us until October. We have communicated to your ESL staff that they are to continue with current ILPs, and create ILPs on new students.
Also, the K-ELPA window for this year will be February 1-March 10. It is the same assessment as last year, delivered online, but it will be administered through KITE this year. There will also be two sections, speaking and writing, that will have to be human scored. As soon as KSDE provides us with information on training for scoring we will communicate with you and your ESL staff.
If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me.

Surplus Furniture/Equipment

From Robert Young
All requests to have excess furniture or equipment removed from you building/department should be directed to the Purchasing Department. If you have items for which you no longer have a need, the Purchasing Department will make arrangements for the movement of these items. Free surplus furniture/equipment will be posted out to all buildings/departments by the Inventory Specialist as a part of this process. This inventory will then be auctioned if there is no need within the organization. This will allow for the proper tracking of fixed assets within the District, which in turn assists record keeping relating to insurance, etc. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

KCK Literacy Festival-Book Battle Coach/Team Sign-up

From Suzie Legg
Please see the included flyer for information on signing up your school team for the annual Book Battle. Please forward to your school Book Battle Coach to sign up your team.
Flyer PDF

Bond Referendum

From David A. Smith
As we begin our push for the November 8 bond referendum, we need individuals from each building who can work to get information out to their school community in order to support passage of the bond. Can each of you send me the name and contact information for both a staff person and a parent whom we could invite to be a part of our bond effort? Thank you in advance for your help.

Previous Items

Special Education Staff Resignations & Recommendations for Hire

From Michelle Colvin
All resignations from special education staff need to be emailed to Michelle Colvin. Michelle will complete the ATF since special education staff is paid out of a special education budget. Also, please cc: Michelle Colvin when recommendations for hire are made for Special Education Staff. This will enable her to keep track as vacancies are filled. Please call Michelle at (913) 627-2614 or email her at michelle.colvin@kckps.org if you have any questions. Thanks for your assistance.

Social Work Services

From Michelle Colvin
This year there will be some changes to counseling services and social work duties and services. The changes outlined will be in place for students in early childhood settings through middle school. The changes will not affect high school through age twenty-one.

Counseling Services will be delivered by the special education teacher except for students receiving counseling services in center-based classrooms. Center-based classrooms include lifeskills, intensive support, STEPS, and ED.

We will begin identifying students as being eligible for social work services, rather than counseling services. Some students may continue to have counseling services on their IEP, but those students??? counseling services will be provided by the special education teacher.

Social workers will be using an eligibility procedure based on multi-tiered systems of support.

Social workers will be begin consulting with special education teachers immediately to assist teachers in planning and implementing counseling services. Social workers will be in contact with special education teachers this week to set a time to discuss students with counseling services.

The attached FAQ document should help clarify the social workers??? role with counseling services and their continued role in identification.

Thank you for your support as we align the provision of social work services with evidence-based practices.

Social Work Services FAQ (Word Document)

Deadline and Guidelines for the Administrators’ Notice

From David A. Smith
Just a reminder about the deadlines and guidelines for the Administrator???s Notice.

The deadline is 4:30 p.m. each day for items that need to be published the following day. Anything submitted after 4:30 p.m. will automatically be pushed to a publication date of two days later. For example:

?? Items submitted BEFORE 4:30 p.m. on a Monday will be published in the Tuesday Administrator???s Notice.
?? Items submitted AFTER 4:30 p.m. on a Monday, will be published in the Wednesday Administrator???s Notice.

The system is set up to automatically post whatever is submitted BEFORE the deadline.

News submitted can only run for a total of five school days. However, please remember that all news published is archived and will remain on the website (and is searchable for any staff to find).

Contents

New Items

Previous Items

Special Education Staff Resignations & Recommendations for Hire??- for Principals
Social Work Services??- for All Administrators
Deadline and Guidelines for the Administrators’ Notice??- for All Administrators
09/08/16 Thursday Counting Kids Workshop – required of ALL PRINCIPALS??- for All Administrators
Student Counts??- for All Principals

New Items

Previous Items

Special Education Staff Resignations & Recommendations for Hire

From Michelle Colvin
All resignations from special education staff need to be emailed to Michelle Colvin. Michelle will complete the ATF since special education staff is paid out of a special education budget. Also, please cc: Michelle Colvin when recommendations for hire are made for Special Education Staff. This will enable her to keep track as vacancies are filled. Please call Michelle at (913) 627-2614 or email her at michelle.colvin@kckps.org if you have any questions. Thanks for your assistance.

Social Work Services

From Michelle Colvin
This year there will be some changes to counseling services and social work duties and services. The changes outlined will be in place for students in early childhood settings through middle school. The changes will not affect high school through age twenty-one.

Counseling Services will be delivered by the special education teacher except for students receiving counseling services in center-based classrooms. Center-based classrooms include lifeskills, intensive support, STEPS, and ED.

We will begin identifying students as being eligible for social work services, rather than counseling services. Some students may continue to have counseling services on their IEP, but those students??? counseling services will be provided by the special education teacher.

Social workers will be using an eligibility procedure based on multi-tiered systems of support.

Social workers will be begin consulting with special education teachers immediately to assist teachers in planning and implementing counseling services. Social workers will be in contact with special education teachers this week to set a time to discuss students with counseling services.

The attached FAQ document should help clarify the social workers??? role with counseling services and their continued role in identification.

Thank you for your support as we align the provision of social work services with evidence-based practices.

Social Work Services FAQ (Word Document)

Deadline and Guidelines for the Administrators’ Notice

From David A. Smith
Just a reminder about the deadlines and guidelines for the Administrator???s Notice.

The deadline is 4:30 p.m. each day for items that need to be published the following day. Anything submitted after 4:30 p.m. will automatically be pushed to a publication date of two days later. For example:

?? Items submitted BEFORE 4:30 p.m. on a Monday will be published in the Tuesday Administrator???s Notice.
?? Items submitted AFTER 4:30 p.m. on a Monday, will be published in the Wednesday Administrator???s Notice.

The system is set up to automatically post whatever is submitted BEFORE the deadline.

News submitted can only run for a total of five school days. However, please remember that all news published is archived and will remain on the website (and is searchable for any staff to find).

09/08/16 Thursday Counting Kids Workshop – required of ALL PRINCIPALS

From Bridgette DeSmet
This year the onsite workshop is being replaced by a webinar that will take place:
09/08/16 Thursday
9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
I will share details when they are available from KSDE.

Student Counts

From Bridgette DeSmet
Student Count 2016/2017 Information

Please share this information with your staff member who will be putting together the counts for your school.

Practice Count dates:

08/23/16 Tuesday
08/30/16 Tuesday
09/06/16 Tuesday
09/09/16 Friday
09/13/16 Tuesday
09/16/16 Friday
09/20/16 OFFICIAL COUNT DAY

Attached is the Student Count form to be used for your practice and official student counts.

Please note:

Numbers entered must reflect the inclusion of ALL students who attended at least 1 (one) day since the beginning of the school year. Students that have transferred, dropped or withdrawn should not be included in this count.

It is very important that we receive EVERY practice count as it will play a part in determining staffing, etc.

Blank Student Count Form (Excel)