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Content Wednesdays and Quarterly District Professional Learning – for All Principals
Impact 360 – for All Principals
Anniversary Pins – for All Administrators
Frontline Absence Management Administrator Guides – for All Administrators
Centralized Intake for Alternative High School – for High School Administrators
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Content Wednesdays and Quarterly District Professional Learning
From Alan King
Professional Learning for Content Wednesdays and end of Quarter Days will take place at a district level this year. The focus for these days will be on strategies and techniques which will guide our instruction to assist students in reaching the rigor demanded by the standards. Please contact Alan King if you have any questions.
Impact 360
From Sean DeMaree
I am very excited to share with you the first edition of Impact 360! This monthly newsletter contains a monthly message, videos for educators and students, a character education connection, lesson ideas and a monthly white board message all related to Social Emotional Learning. This month???s issue is fully dedicated to Bully Awareness, and includes information to share with parents during Family Advocacy Days. Hopefully you will find this newsletter as a monthly motivation to help expand our student???s social-emotional skills so that we are educating the whole student, and truly Inspiring Excellence: Every Grownup, Every Child, Every Day.
Impact 360 Newsletter PDF
Anniversary Pins
From Jody Mitchell
The district is revitalizing the Anniversary Pin Program for staff reaching a milestone work anniversary. At the end of each month, all locations will receive an interoffice envelope containing employee letters from Dr. Foust and the associated anniversary pins. This week, you will receive your letters/pins for employees who reached an anniversary from July 1st ??? Sept. 30th, 2018. Any employee who has reached a milestone in the past and did not receive a pin (5, 10, 15, 20, years etc.) can reach out to Michelle Lynn in the HR office.
Administrators will continue to disperse the letters and anniversary pins for their employees through way of special recognition. If you are in need of ideas how to recognize your staff, please reach out to the HR Directors for assistance. The HR staff will participate in the recognitions throughout the year, and will be in contact with you to gather specifics for your building/department.
Please contact HR with any questions. Thanks you!
Frontline Absence Management Administrator Guides
From Amy Jo Troyer
As a follow up from our Principal’s Meeting on Friday, please see below and attached for Frontline/Absence Management Guides for Supervisors.
Please feel free to reach out to Stephanie Pepper or Amy Jo Troyer for more information or clarification on these guides.
Thanks!
1. Editing PD Absences – PD entries will default to being charged to the primary building or department assigned to the employee in Frontline. If another building or department should be charged for the PD absence, this guide will outline the steps required for you to edit a Professional Development absence to denote that. While the accounting code itself cannot be edited, the notes will be helpful to our teams to ensure proper coding.
2. Reconcile Absences – Reconciling an absence confirms your acknowledgement that the person was absent and also gives you insight into the details of the absence (Leave Type, Vacancy or Specific Employee, Sub Assigned, etc.) This guide will outline the steps required to reconcile absences.
3. Monthly Summary – Fill rates by building are available at any time through the Campus User dashboard for reports. This guide will outline the steps required to access the reporting section and run the Monthly Summary report.
Centralized Intake for Alternative High School
From Donna Devine
The??first quarter is rapidly drawing to a close. Counselors,??Administrators and KCKPS??Staff: If??through discussions with parents and students regarding grades and credits??you find there is a need to??explore Alternative High School Pathways, please note the following:
Centralized Intake for Alternative High??School??will take place on??Tuesday,??October 23, 2018??at the KCKPS??Central Office and Training Center.
(The next Centralized??intake opportunity is after??the close of the 2nd quarter on??January 15, 2019)
Appointments are required??and??can be scheduled by calling??Noemi Sanchez, Student Services Bilingual??Administrative Assistant??at 279-2249.??
Please encourage families to make their own appointments??as they??know the??times that??works best for them. However, if you do??call to make an appointment for a student, please know??Student Services will not be contacting families to let them know you have scheduled an appointment for them. You are responsible for letting families know the following:
- The date, their appointment time,??and location of Centralized Alternative High School Enrollment
- To be????on time.
- The process will take around 2-3??hours.
- Students under 18??must??be accompanied by a parent/legal guardian. Students 18 and over may attend by themselves.
?? ?? ?? ?? ?? At the Centralized??Intake:
- Students and Parents receive information about District Alternative schools, Virtual High??Schools outside the District and Community GED Programs.
- Students??complete a Reading Comprehension Assessment. Students??must demonstrate a 6th grade??reading/comprehension??level??to be eligible to attend a KCKPS Alternative School (8th grade for Gateway to College).
- Students and Parents meet with an Academic Adviser.
- If approved,??Students and Parents attend Orientation for 500 Reach.
- If approved??for Fairfax Learning Center, students??are??placed on a wait list and will??attend Orientation at FLC once notified??of available space.
- Community Partners??are??available on site??to provide GED information
Students who have never attended??school in??KCKPS??must enroll through the Welcome Center??prior to the Centralized Alternative??Intake. To save a trip to the Central Office, enrollment can be completed at the Welcome Center??an hour prior to the Centralized Alternative??Intake appointment time. No reservation is??needed for the Welcome Center. The Welcome Center is open M-F, 8 am – 3:00 pm.
The??Required Enrollment Documents for Enrollment at the Welcome Center??include:
Proof of Residency by a person named on the Birth Certificate
Attached is a document?? that may be helpful to use as you talk to parents and students about??District Alternative High??School options.
