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New Teacher & Mentor Induction Plan Resources – for All Principals
Important Notice – for All Administrators
New Teacher & Mentor Induction Plan Resources
From Jan Thomas
New Teacher & Mentor resources and supplies should be ordered using these forms. Please submit those forms as well as any questions to Jan Thomas.
Important Notice
From Dr. Cynthia Lane
I am writing to let you know that Chief Rick Armstrong, who has been the KCKPS Police Department Chief since February, 2014, will be leaving the district at the end of December to assume the job of President and Chief Executive Officer of the Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Chief Armstrong for his leadership in establishing the KCKPS Police Department, and for his willingness to provide support as we transition to new department leadership.
The Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission is a non-profit citizen’s organization that works to benefit the entire community, uniting volunteer business and civic leaders from across the Kansas City metropolitan area with a common goal of fighting crime. This new position will offer Chief Armstrong the opportunity to impact the lives of the more than 2 million people in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, including the more than 220,000 school-aged children who live here.
During his tenure in the district, Chief Armstrong has established a first-rate police department, with a focus on the safety of students, staff and the community, but also on developing relationships with students, and leveraging those relationships to support students in their work to graduate prepared for college and careers in a global society. This work is much farther along than we could ever have expected, and I am confident that it will continue unimpeded as we transition to new department leadership.
During the next three months, I will work together with Chief Armstrong, the officers and leadership in the KCKPS Police Department, and you, the system???s leaders, to establish the vision for the qualities that the next leader of the department will need to possess. I am confident that we will be able to negotiate this transition smoothly, while continuing the work that has already drawn significant notice from school districts and police departments across the country.
Again, Chief Armstrong will be with us until the end of the year. I know that you will find the opportunity over the next few months to wish the Chief well in his new position.
Dr. Cynthia Lane
Superintendent