From Michelle Colvin
As a reminder, Special Education Special Day is Wednesday, October 19. All special education staff will participate in professional learning provided by Special Education Administrators and Special Education Teacher Leaders on that day.
High School Special Education Teachers, OTs, PTs, MTs, Adaptive PE Teachers, Teachers of the Visually Impaired, and the Audiologist will attend PL at South Branch Library at 3104 Strong Avenue from 1:00 to 3:00.
Middle School Special Education Teachers, Bridges, New Directions, and KVC Teachers, Secondary SLPs, Secondary School Psychs, and Secondary Teachers of the Gifted will attend PL in Rooms 132 and 133 at Central Office from 1:30 to 3:30.
Special Education Teachers at Early Elementary Schools, Elementary School Psychologists, Elementary Gifted Teachers, and Elementary SLPs will attend PL in the East Wing on 3rd floor of Central Office from 2:00 to 4:00.
Special Education Teachers at Late Elementary Schools will attend PL in Room 131 at Central Office from 2:30 to 4:30.
Early Childhood Teachers will attend PL at KCK ECC from 1:30 to 3:30.
All Special Education Paras will receive PL at Harmon Gym during their regular two-hour PL time (some time between 1:00 and 4:30 depending upon the para???s schedule).
Please contact Michelle Colvin at michelle.colvin@kckps.org or 627-2614 if you have any questions.
Superintendent’s District Literacy Advisory Council
From Dr. Cynthia Lane
Principals,
To further our goals of “Literacy as a Civil Right” for all of our students in??KCKPS, this year we embark on the 5th year of the Superintendent’s District??Literacy Advisory Council. This year, we plan to begin by using the??information obtained from the AIR Literacy Audit and data collected from the results of the 3-year Literacy Plan to advance our work in literacy instruction and intervention.
As you know, each school has had a representative on this council in the past. I am now writing to ask you to represent your school as well as choose a staff member to represent your school with you.
We will reconvene the KCK District Literacy Advisory Council on Tuesday, November 15, 2016, from 4:30 – 6:00 pm.
Meeting dates for this year are designated below:
Tuesday, January 17, 2017, 4:30 – 6:00 pm
Tuesday, March 7, 2017, 4:30 – 6:00 pm
Tuesday, May 2, 2017, 4:30 – 6:00 pm
Please let me know who will be representing your school with you this year. I look forward to seeing all of you at our first meeting on Tuesday, November 15 from 4:30 – 6:00 pm at Central Office.
Thank you for your commitment to this important work.
Previous Items
Co-Teaching
From Jennifer Martin
We were fortunate to have Dr. Richard Villa in our district for training with teachers and administrators during the 15-16 school year. Since that time, we have further strengthened the resources that are available in the district to address co-teaching as an effective instructional strategy.
If you would like building-level professional development, we have a team of co-teaching coaches available. Please contact Danita Long (Danita.long@kckps.org) to schedule initial training or get details about how the team can further support co-teaching in your building.
Requests for Family Advocacy Interpreters
From Rosie Rodriguez
Family Advocacy: October 26 ??? October 27
It???s time to begin gathering your building needs for interpreter requests. To facilitate this process, please fill out the following information and return to my attention, on or before Monday, October 17th.
From Michelle Colvin
MANDATORY DLM training will be held for all special education teachers who have students taking the DLM Assessment (Alternate State Assessment). The training will take place on Wednesday, October 12, at the South Branch Library at 3104 Strong Avenue, KC, KS during the following times:
High School Teachers – 1:00 to 3:00
Middle School Teachers – 1:30 to 3:30
Early Elementary Teachers – 2:00 to 4:00
Late Elementary Teachers – 2:30 to 4:30
Special Education Teachers, please arrive at this training with a fully charged computer as well as headphones/earbuds.
Prior to this training, you need to complete the following steps:
1. Access your KITE educator log in at https://educator.cete.us/AART/logIn.htm
If your KITE login is not working your should request a new password be sent to your email account. Your Moodle Training for DLM will not work unless you have a working KITE login.
2. Access the Moodle Training Site before our training on Wednesday.
b. Enter your Username (your email address) for example: clarym@usd204.net
Password: At your first login, use your temporary password which is the first part of your email address, up to the “@”.
c. AFTER you are logged in you should see “My Courses for training” for RETURNING or KS NEW participant.
Once you make it this far, you are ready for training on Wednesday.
Co-Teaching
From Jennifer Martin
We were fortunate to have Dr. Richard Villa in our district for training with teachers and administrators during the 15-16 school year. Since that time, we have further strengthened the resources that are available in the district to address co-teaching as an effective instructional strategy.
If you would like building-level professional development, we have a team of co-teaching coaches available. Please contact Danita Long (Danita.long@kckps.org) to schedule initial training or get details about how the team can further support co-teaching in your building.
Requests for Family Advocacy Interpreters
From Rosie Rodriguez
Family Advocacy: October 26 ??? October 27
It???s time to begin gathering your building needs for interpreter requests. To facilitate this process, please fill out the following information and return to my attention, on or before Monday, October 17th.
From Suzie Legg
The Curriculum Department is seeking feedback about our current Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum (GVC) for Instructional Window 1 specifically from teachers who plan and provide instruction in the core content areas of ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies.
With our documents being interactive, we are exploring a new method to collect feedback for Instructional Window 1. You will be able to comment directly on the GVC document. Your feedback should focus on the front matter of the GVC, and content areas within the Pacing Guide for IW1 only. Specific vs. General feedback will be appreciated.
By accessing the webcast in the link below, you will see an example of how you might give feedback. Once you have viewed the webcast, please access the GVC for the grade level you teach or support to make specific comments.
You will be able to comment on the GVC documents from October 14 through October 21. This feedback will be requested at the conclusion of each Instructional Window and will be used to inform the future design/content within the GVC.
Thank you for your thoughtful feedback.
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EC5 ESL Professional Learning-October 12
From Kristen Scott
Just a reminder that we are pulling all EC5 ESL staff to our professional learning session next Wednesday October 12th from 2:00-4:00 at the Central Office. I have asked those staff that are late start schools to work with you to ensure that they are here at 2:00.
Please email me if you have any questions.
DLM Assessment Training
From Michelle Colvin
MANDATORY DLM training will be held for all special education teachers who have students taking the DLM Assessment (Alternate State Assessment). The training will take place on Wednesday, October 12, at the South Branch Library at 3104 Strong Avenue, KC, KS during the following times:
High School Teachers – 1:00 to 3:00
Middle School Teachers – 1:30 to 3:30
Early Elementary Teachers – 2:00 to 4:00
Late Elementary Teachers – 2:30 to 4:30
Special Education Teachers, please arrive at this training with a fully charged computer as well as headphones/earbuds.
Prior to this training, you need to complete the following steps:
1. Access your KITE educator log in at https://educator.cete.us/AART/logIn.htm
If your KITE login is not working your should request a new password be sent to your email account. Your Moodle Training for DLM will not work unless you have a working KITE login.
2. Access the Moodle Training Site before our training on Wednesday.
b. Enter your Username (your email address) for example: clarym@usd204.net
Password: At your first login, use your temporary password which is the first part of your email address, up to the “@”.
c. AFTER you are logged in you should see “My Courses for training” for RETURNING or KS NEW participant.
Once you make it this far, you are ready for training on Wednesday.
Co-Teaching
From Jennifer Martin
We were fortunate to have Dr. Richard Villa in our district for training with teachers and administrators during the 15-16 school year. Since that time, we have further strengthened the resources that are available in the district to address co-teaching as an effective instructional strategy.
If you would like building-level professional development, we have a team of co-teaching coaches available. Please contact Danita Long (Danita.long@kckps.org) to schedule initial training or get details about how the team can further support co-teaching in your building.
Requests for Family Advocacy Interpreters
From Rosie Rodriguez
Family Advocacy: October 26 ??? October 27
It???s time to begin gathering your building needs for interpreter requests. To facilitate this process, please fill out the following information and return to my attention, on or before Monday, October 17th.
From Kristen Scott
Principals,
If you have technology that was purchased by ESL funds in the past that you are wanting to get rid of, please fill out a work order and have it sent to our department at the Central Office. Many of you have reached out to me about the Smart Boards, I-Touch devices and such that you are not using due to the new technology provided by the district.
We would need for this equipment to be sent to us by no later than the end of this month. After that we will not be collecting it and it will remain in your building.
If you have questions or concerns please email me.
From Kristen Scott
Just a reminder that we are pulling all EC5 ESL staff to our professional learning session next Wednesday October 12th from 2:00-4:00 at the Central Office. I have asked those staff that are late start schools to work with you to ensure that they are here at 2:00.
Please email me if you have any questions.
DLM Assessment Training
From Michelle Colvin
MANDATORY DLM training will be held for all special education teachers who have students taking the DLM Assessment (Alternate State Assessment). The training will take place on Wednesday, October 12, at the South Branch Library at 3104 Strong Avenue, KC, KS during the following times:
High School Teachers – 1:00 to 3:00
Middle School Teachers – 1:30 to 3:30
Early Elementary Teachers – 2:00 to 4:00
Late Elementary Teachers – 2:30 to 4:30
Special Education Teachers, please arrive at this training with a fully charged computer as well as headphones/earbuds.
Prior to this training, you need to complete the following steps:
1. Access your KITE educator log in at https://educator.cete.us/AART/logIn.htm
If your KITE login is not working your should request a new password be sent to your email account. Your Moodle Training for DLM will not work unless you have a working KITE login.
2. Access the Moodle Training Site before our training on Wednesday.
b. Enter your Username (your email address) for example: clarym@usd204.net
Password: At your first login, use your temporary password which is the first part of your email address, up to the “@”.
c. AFTER you are logged in you should see “My Courses for training” for RETURNING or KS NEW participant.
Once you make it this far, you are ready for training on Wednesday.
Co-Teaching
From Jennifer Martin
We were fortunate to have Dr. Richard Villa in our district for training with teachers and administrators during the 15-16 school year. Since that time, we have further strengthened the resources that are available in the district to address co-teaching as an effective instructional strategy.
If you would like building-level professional development, we have a team of co-teaching coaches available. Please contact Danita Long (Danita.long@kckps.org) to schedule initial training or get details about how the team can further support co-teaching in your building.
PTA Play
From Stephanie Dickson
The PTA play this year will be Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin. This award winning children’s book tells the story of Farmer Brown’s cows, who find a typewriter in the barn and mayhem follows.
Tuesday, Nov. 8th 9:30 and 11
Wednesday, Nov. 9th 9:45
Cost $2.50 Contact Teresa at IARC 627-6850 to reserve your space.
National School Lunch Week
From Josh Mathiasmeier
National School Lunch week is October 10-14. The theme this year is “Show Your School Lunch Spirit.” In accordance with this theme, Nutritional Services will have a “Spirit” Lunch-O-Meter that will measure the number of lunches that each site serves next week. During the week, the Meal-O-Meter will be filled up to show the progress towards the goal. If the school meets the goal, all students will get a treat the following week. Please join us in celebrating National School Lunch Week with your school spirit and lunch participation. Have a healthy day!
Requests for Family Advocacy Interpreters
From Rosie Rodriguez
Family Advocacy: October 26 ??? October 27
It???s time to begin gathering your building needs for interpreter requests. To facilitate this process, please fill out the following information and return to my attention, on or before Monday, October 17th.
From Kristen Scott
Principals,
If you have technology that was purchased by ESL funds in the past that you are wanting to get rid of, please fill out a work order and have it sent to our department at the Central Office. Many of you have reached out to me about the Smart Boards, I-Touch devices and such that you are not using due to the new technology provided by the district.
We would need for this equipment to be sent to us by no later than the end of this month. After that we will not be collecting it and it will remain in your building.
If you have questions or concerns please email me.
