Month: January 2018

Contents

New Items

Star Teacher Nominations Due – for Principals
Human Trafficking Presentation – for Counselors, Police Department, Social Workers, School Psychologists

Previous Items

Summer Teaching Opportunity in China – for All Administrators
Grand Canyon University Educational Advising Open House – for All Administrators

New Items

Star Teacher Nominations Due

From Carlos Clay
We’re excited to open nomination for the 2018 KCKPS STAR Teacher Award! Principal, Please familiarize yourself with the attachments and what we are asking out educators to reflect on during this process. Below we have outlined some key dates to remember for this year’s STAR Teacher Award Process.
Deadline to submit the name of the nominee-Tuesday, January 23, 2018, by 4:00 p.m. (Please note: The KCKPS STAR Teacher Application packet will be sent via email by HR to each Nominee on Wednesday, January 24, 2018)
Save the date -Star Teacher Ceremony-April 4, 2018 from 4:30 pm -6:30 pm
Please feel free to contact Carlos Clay if you have any questions

STAR Teacher Principal Nominee Request?? (Word Document)

STAR Teacher Nomination Form (Word Document)

Human Trafficking Presentation

From Jennifer Martin
Kansas City, Kansas is hosting a presentation from the Office of the Kansas Attorney General on the topic of human trafficking. It will take place at the Central Office and Training Center from 9:00 – 11:30 on February 14th.

Please use the link below to register:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdA7pJvWBB7z-r7_gUGGrRD-dy2HeCjbSeFPyVYMQZ8y0d2hg/viewform?usp=sf_link

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Summer Teaching Opportunity in China

From Shelly Beech
Please share the attached information with your teachers. The attachment provides information on an opportunity for our teachers to teach in China for two weeks this summer.

Flyer PDF

Grand Canyon University Educational Advising Open House

From Taneka Brown
Grand Canyon University Educational Advising Open House
Wednesday, January 17th from 3:30-5:30pm at KCKPS Central office Room 273. No cost to attend and sandwiches will be provided. RSVP to Micki Reed via text: 816-491-4533 or email: micki.reed@gcu.edu

KCKPS Partner Grand Canyon University has recently launched several new programs online:
?? Master of Science in Biology with an Emphasis in Education
?? Master of Science in Chemistry with an Emphasis in Education
?? Master of Science in Sociology with an Emphasis in Education
?? Master of Arts in Communication with an Emphasis in Education
?? Master of Arts in English with an Emphasis in Education
?? Master of Arts in History with an Emphasis in Education

These Graduate level programs prepare students to teach dual credit at the high school level, and undergraduate courses for both campus and online modalities at two-year or four-year institutions. In these program, students will focus on skills development in addition to learning strategies for curriculum design, adult learning theories and how to incorporate technology in a distance learning environment.

Students can graduate in as little as 16 months by completing just one class per term. Contact Micki Reed at micki.reed@gcu.edu to learn more about a $4,000 scholarship opportunity and classes starting March 8, 2018.

Contents

New Items

Summer Teaching Opportunity in China – for All Administrators
Grand Canyon University Educational Advising Open House – for All Administrators

Previous Items

How are you celebrating Black History Month/MLK Day? – for All Administrators
Family Advocacy – for All Administrators

New Items

Summer Teaching Opportunity in China

From Shelly Beech
Please share the attached information with your teachers. The attachment provides information on an opportunity for our teachers to teach in China for two weeks this summer.

Flyer PDF

Grand Canyon University Educational Advising Open House

From Taneka Brown
Grand Canyon University Educational Advising Open House
Wednesday, January 17th from 3:30-5:30pm at KCKPS Central office Room 273. No cost to attend and sandwiches will be provided. RSVP to Micki Reed via text: 816-491-4533 or email: micki.reed@gcu.edu

KCKPS Partner Grand Canyon University has recently launched several new programs online:
?? Master of Science in Biology with an Emphasis in Education
?? Master of Science in Chemistry with an Emphasis in Education
?? Master of Science in Sociology with an Emphasis in Education
?? Master of Arts in Communication with an Emphasis in Education
?? Master of Arts in English with an Emphasis in Education
?? Master of Arts in History with an Emphasis in Education

These Graduate level programs prepare students to teach dual credit at the high school level, and undergraduate courses for both campus and online modalities at two-year or four-year institutions. In these program, students will focus on skills development in addition to learning strategies for curriculum design, adult learning theories and how to incorporate technology in a distance learning environment.

Students can graduate in as little as 16 months by completing just one class per term. Contact Micki Reed at micki.reed@gcu.edu to learn more about a $4,000 scholarship opportunity and classes starting March 8, 2018.

Previous Items

How are you celebrating Black History Month/MLK Day?

From Grace Elmore
How are you celebrating Black History Month/MLK Day?

Let us know what your school is doing so we can cover your event/lesson. Email us at grace.elmore@kckps.org.

Family Advocacy

From Rosie Rodriguez
Family Advocacy is rapidly approaching. We are preparing to serve and fulfill your interpreter needs and at this time we are asking that you submit your school’s FA schedule. To facilitate this process, please fill out and submit the form below on or before Monday, January 15th.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSerQcxenE3gkq4qity5lR47aEbxhBbY-niVvpwJNsz7Dv6QjQ/viewform

Contents

New Items

Previous Items

How are you celebrating Black History Month/MLK Day? – for All Administrators
Family Advocacy – for All Administrators

New Items

Previous Items

How are you celebrating Black History Month/MLK Day?

From Grace Elmore
How are you celebrating Black History Month/MLK Day?

Let us know what your school is doing so we can cover your event/lesson. Email us at grace.elmore@kckps.org.

Family Advocacy

From Rosie Rodriguez
Family Advocacy is rapidly approaching. We are preparing to serve and fulfill your interpreter needs and at this time we are asking that you submit your school’s FA schedule. To facilitate this process, please fill out and submit the form below on or before Monday, January 15th.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSccWB3ZkWkNQmDNvooRRCOJw-Shx67j1mVKzzY1floVXlBLDQ/viewform

Contents

New Items

How are you celebrating Black History Month/MLK Day? – for All Administrators
Family Advocacy – for All Administrators

Previous Items

ESL Praxis Practice Sessions – for All Administrators
District Welcome Center – for All Administrators
Nominations Being Accepted for ???Student of the Month??? and ???Employee of the Month??? – for All Administrators
K-ELPA2 is Coming! – for All Administrators

New Items

How are you celebrating Black History Month/MLK Day?

From Grace Elmore
How are you celebrating Black History Month/MLK Day?

Let us know what your school is doing so we can cover your event/lesson. Email us at grace.elmore@kckps.org.

Family Advocacy

From Rosie Rodriguez
Family Advocacy is rapidly approaching. We are preparing to serve and fulfill your interpreter needs and at this time we are asking that you submit your school’s FA schedule. To facilitate this process, please fill out and submit the form below on or before Monday, January 15th.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSerQcxenE3gkq4qity5lR47aEbxhBbY-niVvpwJNsz7Dv6QjQ/viewform

Previous Items

ESL Praxis Practice Sessions

From Kristen Scott
Principals,

The ESL Department will be offering Praxis Practice Sessions again this semester for those teachers interested in taking the Praxis to earn their ESL Endorsement. Please forward this message and link below to your teachers. Thanks!

https://goo.gl/forms/fAhw99tuyEqnP1di2

District Welcome Center

From Kristen Scott
Dear Administrators,

I am pleased to announce the development of a Welcome Center at KCKPS. The Welcome Center will be used to enroll first-time students to the school district in grades kindergarten to 12th grade. It will be located in the Central Office and Training Center, 2010 N. 59th Street, and will open in March, 2018. The hours of operation will be Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

???This is a great opportunity for the school district to familiarize parents and students with the great opportunities available at KCKPS in a one-stop-shop setting,??? said Dr. Cynthia Lane, superintendent of schools.

Along with school enrollment, parents and guardians of first-time students to the district will be able to complete lunch applications and special dietary forms, learn about school bus transportation and drop off immunization forms and other documentation at the Welcome Center. There will also be information about the district???s vision and the Diploma+ initiative provided to families.

Staff will be present to assist with translation.

The Welcome Center will NOT replace online re-enrollment for students returning to the school district.

The Winter edition of the Education Connection contained an article about the Welcome Center to help inform the community. In the coming weeks, there will be more information about the Welcome Center. In the meantime, please make sure your staff is aware of this important change for enrollment of first-time students to the district.

Thank you for your assistance.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with questions at Kristen.scott@kckps.org.

Nominations Being Accepted for ???Student of the Month??? and ???Employee of the Month???

From Dr. Cynthia Lane
Greetings Everyone,

As we begin the new semester, I want to encourage us to lift up our students and staff in celebration of their achievements, efforts and character. Please consider nominating these outstanding individuals to the Board of Education’s recognition programs: “Student of the Month” and ???Employee of the Month.” We have amazing students and employees to celebrate. I look forward to reading the powerful stories that you include in the nominations and to meeting the families and friends of students and employees.

Nomination forms are available on the district website.

Click here to nominate an employee.
Click here to nominate a student.

For more information, contact the Communications Office, (913) 279-2225.

Thank you for your support and attention to this matter.

K-ELPA2 is Coming!

From David Rand and Kristen Scott
The K-ELPA2 window will open on February 1st. In preparation we will be training your ESL staff: EC5 ESL staff will be pulled on January 10th from 2:00 to 4:00 here at the Central Office; and Secondary staff will receive their training on January 17th during district PL.

NOTE: If your K-ELPA2 building test coordinator is going to be someone other than an ESL staff member, please send them to the appropriate training session noted above.

We are also requesting that you designate someone as your K-ELPA2 building test coordinator. This individual can be one of your ESL staff members, or anyone else that you feel can manage this responsibility. This individual will be the point of contact for David Rand in DERA and the ESL department for communication purposes as well as handling tasks within the testing system. Please email David Rand and Kristen Scott the name of your building test coordinator by next Thursday, January 11th.

More information will be shared in the future.

Contents

New Items

Previous Items

Freedom Riders – JCCC free theatre tickets – for Secondary Principals
Classroom and Individual School Grants – for All Administrators
ESL Praxis Practice Sessions – for All Administrators
District Welcome Center – for All Administrators
Nominations Being Accepted for ???Student of the Month??? and ???Employee of the Month??? – for All Administrators
K-ELPA2 is Coming! – for All Administrators

New Items

Previous Items

Freedom Riders – JCCC free theatre tickets

From Jodie Lin
This complimentary ticket offer is a first come basis. There are limited funds for bus reimbursements. To redeem this offer, email amercier@jccc.edu or call: 913-469-9500, ext. 4221

10 a.m. I January 25 I JCCC I Carlsen Center, Yardley Hall

Freedom Riders
This new play, with original songs and music, explores the valiant and courageous personalities behind one of the most critical chapters in the history of the Civil Rights movement.

Set in 1961, fifteen years after the United States Supreme Court had outlawed segregation, bus lines and cities throughout the South still enforced a rigid system of separating black and white citizens. The Freedom Riders, black and white Americans, from the North and South, decided to travel together on buses that crossed state lines despite the hateful segregation and racism that had a strong hold in so many parts of the United States. The unforgettable heroes, and the facts behind the events portrayed in Freedom Riders, are essential to a full understanding of the Civil Rights era and American history.

Show length: 60 minutes

Classroom and Individual School Grants

From Amanda Chavez
Available grants for teachers have been updated on the “Grants” page on the Staff Intranet. Available grant opportunities include funding for school gardens as well as classroom supplies. Please be sure to submit the appropriate Grants Approval Form before applying.

The Kauffman Foundation has released information for Individual School Grants that are due on February 1st. If your school meets the qualifications and intends to apply, please send me an email to let me know you plan on applying along with the Grants Approval Form. I am happy to answer questions about the proposals and qualifications or help in any way that I can.

Details can be found here.

ESL Praxis Practice Sessions

From Kristen Scott
Principals,

The ESL Department will be offering Praxis Practice Sessions again this semester for those teachers interested in taking the Praxis to earn their ESL Endorsement. Please forward this message and link below to your teachers. Thanks!

https://goo.gl/forms/fAhw99tuyEqnP1di2

District Welcome Center

From Kristen Scott
Dear Administrators,

I am pleased to announce the development of a Welcome Center at KCKPS. The Welcome Center will be used to enroll first-time students to the school district in grades kindergarten to 12th grade. It will be located in the Central Office and Training Center, 2010 N. 59th Street, and will open in March, 2018. The hours of operation will be Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

???This is a great opportunity for the school district to familiarize parents and students with the great opportunities available at KCKPS in a one-stop-shop setting,??? said Dr. Cynthia Lane, superintendent of schools.

Along with school enrollment, parents and guardians of first-time students to the district will be able to complete lunch applications and special dietary forms, learn about school bus transportation and drop off immunization forms and other documentation at the Welcome Center. There will also be information about the district???s vision and the Diploma+ initiative provided to families.

Staff will be present to assist with translation.

The Welcome Center will NOT replace online re-enrollment for students returning to the school district.

The Winter edition of the Education Connection contained an article about the Welcome Center to help inform the community. In the coming weeks, there will be more information about the Welcome Center. In the meantime, please make sure your staff is aware of this important change for enrollment of first-time students to the district.

Thank you for your assistance.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with questions at Kristen.scott@kckps.org.

Nominations Being Accepted for ???Student of the Month??? and ???Employee of the Month???

From Dr. Cynthia Lane
Greetings Everyone,

As we begin the new semester, I want to encourage us to lift up our students and staff in celebration of their achievements, efforts and character. Please consider nominating these outstanding individuals to the Board of Education’s recognition programs: “Student of the Month” and ???Employee of the Month.” We have amazing students and employees to celebrate. I look forward to reading the powerful stories that you include in the nominations and to meeting the families and friends of students and employees.

Nomination forms are available on the district website.

Click here to nominate an employee.
Click here to nominate a student.

For more information, contact the Communications Office, (913) 279-2225.

Thank you for your support and attention to this matter.

K-ELPA2 is Coming!

From David Rand and Kristen Scott
The K-ELPA2 window will open on February 1st. In preparation we will be training your ESL staff: EC5 ESL staff will be pulled on January 10th from 2:00 to 4:00 here at the Central Office; and Secondary staff will receive their training on January 17th during district PL.

NOTE: If your K-ELPA2 building test coordinator is going to be someone other than an ESL staff member, please send them to the appropriate training session noted above.

We are also requesting that you designate someone as your K-ELPA2 building test coordinator. This individual can be one of your ESL staff members, or anyone else that you feel can manage this responsibility. This individual will be the point of contact for David Rand in DERA and the ESL department for communication purposes as well as handling tasks within the testing system. Please email David Rand and Kristen Scott the name of your building test coordinator by next Thursday, January 11th.

More information will be shared in the future.