Month: April 2017

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Evaluations Due – for All Administrators

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EC5 ESL PL – for EC5 Administrators

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Evaluations Due

From Sherry Samples
As a reminder, all evaluations are due on Monday, May 1 unless told otherwise. Please monitor and remind employees of the need to sign their evaluation. After an employee has signed his/her evaluation you must go in and click the button “Mark Process Complete” in the lower right corner. Failure to do so will result in the evaluation appearing on the incomplete evaluation report when it has actually been completed.
Any employee who has difficulty logging in may call the TIS help desk.

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EC5 ESL PL

From Kristin Scott
We will be pulling the EC5 ESL staff on Wednesday, May 3rd from 2:00 to 4:00. Their meeting will be here at the Central Office. Please allow your staff to leave early enough to be here at 2:00. Thank you.

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EC5 ESL PL – for EC5 Administrators

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MAP Test Re-takes Not Allowable – for All Administrators

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EC5 ESL PL

From Kristin Scott
We will be pulling the EC5 ESL staff on Wednesday, May 3rd from 2:00 to 4:00. Their meeting will be here at the Central Office. Please allow your staff to leave early enough to be here at 2:00. Thank you.

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MAP Test Re-takes Not Allowable

From David Rand
The re-testing of students on MAP due to perceived lack of effort is no longer allowed. The settings in MAP have been updated so that students will only be allowed to test once. While it was previously allowable to re-test students based on extenuating circumstances, the practice has become too widespread. Please let your teachers know that it is important to prepare students to perform their best and active proctoring helps prevent students from randomly answering questions or submitting a test without trying. We will review requests to re-test students based on extenuating circumstances, but general re-testing is no longer allowed. I apologize for any inconvenience.

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STAR Teacher Celebration this Wednesday! – for Principals and Instructional Administrators
MAP Test Re-takes Not Allowable – for All Administrators

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STAR Teacher Celebration this Wednesday!

From Amy Jo Troyer
Please note that the KCKPS STAR Teacher Celebration will be held in the Central Office, First Floor Training Rooms, on Wednesday, April 26th from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. As a reminder, we invite each building to have one representative in attendance for the event and appreciate that many of you have already confirmed your building representative attendance with Michelle Lynn in HR. We look forward to celebrating the success of our educators with you on Wednesday!

MAP Test Re-takes Not Allowable

From David Rand
The re-testing of students on MAP due to perceived lack of effort is no longer allowed. The settings in MAP have been updated so that students will only be allowed to test once. While it was previously allowable to re-test students based on extenuating circumstances, the practice has become too widespread. Please let your teachers know that it is important to prepare students to perform their best and active proctoring helps prevent students from randomly answering questions or submitting a test without trying. We will review requests to re-test students based on extenuating circumstances, but general re-testing is no longer allowed. I apologize for any inconvenience.

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STAR Teacher Celebration this Wednesday! – for Principals and Instructional Administrators

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MAP Test Re-takes Not Allowable – for All Administrators

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STAR Teacher Celebration this Wednesday!

From Amy Jo Troyer
Please note that the KCKPS STAR Teacher Celebration will be held in the Central Office, First Floor Training Rooms, on Wednesday, April 26th from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. As a reminder, we invite each building to have one representative in attendance for the event and appreciate that many of you have already confirmed your building representative attendance with Michelle Lynn in HR. We look forward to celebrating the success of our educators with you on Wednesday!

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MAP Test Re-takes Not Allowable

From David Rand
The re-testing of students on MAP due to perceived lack of effort is no longer allowed. The settings in MAP have been updated so that students will only be allowed to test once. While it was previously allowable to re-test students based on extenuating circumstances, the practice has become too widespread. Please let your teachers know that it is important to prepare students to perform their best and active proctoring helps prevent students from randomly answering questions or submitting a test without trying. We will review requests to re-test students based on extenuating circumstances, but general re-testing is no longer allowed. I apologize for any inconvenience.

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Bridges Academic and Science Fair – for All Administrators
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Bridges Academic and Science Fair

From David DeLoach
Please come by and be a guest judge for our Academic/Science Fair at Bridges, 3101 N. 10th Street, on May 3. You can guest judge and view projects between 9 and 1.

8:15a-8:30a: High school students prepare project displays.

8:30a-8:45a: Middle school students prepare project displays.

9a-10a: Students will be with their projects for oral presentations. Guest judges may visit and ask questions about the projects for scoring.

11:00a-1:00p: Students will maintain their regular class
schedule. (During this time, guest judges may come and continue judging/scoring projects. All district staff are welcome to view the projects and complete a
score card).

1:00p-3:00p: Projects remain on display for family, visitors, or any remaining staff.

4:00p ??? 6:00p: Score tallies and awards will be determined.

6:00p-7:00p: Any remaining visitors may use this time to view projects.

7:00p: Student displays will be taken down at this time.

MAP Test Re-takes Not Allowable

From David Rand
The re-testing of students on MAP due to perceived lack of effort is no longer allowed. The settings in MAP have been updated so that students will only be allowed to test once. While it was previously allowable to re-test students based on extenuating circumstances, the practice has become too widespread. Please let your teachers know that it is important to prepare students to perform their best and active proctoring helps prevent students from randomly answering questions or submitting a test without trying. We will review requests to re-test students based on extenuating circumstances, but general re-testing is no longer allowed. I apologize for any inconvenience.