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Bullying and Suicide Prevention Action Plan – for All Administrators
Co-Teaching Training – for Teachers, Related Service Providers, Principals
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2018 Open Enrollment New Benefits & Enrollment Process – for All Administrators
Volunteer Orientation & Training – for All Administrators
Counting Kids Workshop – UPDATE – for All Administrators
It’s Attendance Awareness Month! – for All Administrators
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Bullying and Suicide Prevention Action Plan
From Tina Richardson
The plans need to include suicide prevention strategies mandated by the Jason Flatt Act. The Bully site Action / Suicide Prevention Plans serve the purpose to build and maintain relationships, that can develop skills for our students to strengthen problem solving, empathy, identify steps to seek help, and contribute to the personal and academic success of students. School teams needing help with strategies and/or writing their plans please contact Tina Richardson in Student Services. She is also available to help PLC and leadership teams with professional development around bullying and prevention. Please contact Tina Richardson. 913-627-2631or via email Tina.richardson@kckps.org
This year???s theme for this year???s Anti-Bullying Awareness Week for the state of Kansas will be ???Take a Stand, Lend a Hand.??? The dates are Oct. 2 -Oct. 7. This year the goal is to align the State Board/KSDE initiatives such as service learning, civic engagement, bullying prevention, suicidal ideation under one focus- don???t be a bystander, helping others promotes pro-social behavior.
Bully Site Action Plans / Suicide Prevention Plans are due on October 31, 2017 to Tina Richardson, Student Services.
Bullying and Suicide Prevention Action Plan Word Document
Co-Teaching Training
From Jennifer Martin
Initial co-teaching training where participants will become familiar with four approaches to co-teaching and address other issues relevant to co-teaching such as scheduling, role clarification, administrative support and lesson planning.
Who: Ideal for teachers who co-teach such as special education teacher & general education teacher, ESL & general education teacher, targeted literacy instructors and general education teacher in grades pre-k through twelfth.
When: Thursday, September 28, 2017 from 8:30 ??? 3:30
Where: Central Office and Training Center room 131
Register by contacting Danita Long at Danita.long@kckps.org and register at the TASN website (see link below). Please be aware that the training will run from 8:30 to 3:30. TASN lists the training as 9:00 ??? 3:00.
https://ksdetasn.org/events/HLblOQ
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2018 Open Enrollment New Benefits & Enrollment Process
From Crystal Primers
2018 Employee Benefits Open Enrollment will begin on Monday, October 2 and conclude on Friday, October 27. This is the time to change elections, add or remove family members from coverage and to learn about changes to benefits. These benefit changes will become effective on January 1, 2018.
Because there are several new benefits this open enrollment period, the school district asked our new benefits enrollment partner, BenefitsDirect, to conduct one-on-one meetings to inform staff about these changes and support them enrolling. All employees working 30 or more hours a week are required to attend a one-on-one meeting. If employees do not meet with a counselor and sign up for insurance, they will not have insurance from the District in 2018.
These meetings are scheduled at schools and other District locations for your convenience. See the attached flier for dates representatives will be at these locations. If your worksite location is not listed on the flier, please select from the list the best place for you to attend a one-on-one meeting. Instructions for how to set an appointment along with information about the benefits plans will be sent on Monday, Sept. 11. Please note: Teachers attending one-on-one meetings will have substitute teachers to cover their classrooms.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
If you have questions, please contact Senior Benefits Specialist Crystal Primers at 913.279.2200.
Thank you,
The Benefits Team
Volunteer Orientation & Training
From Tina Richardson
Volunteer Orientation and Training for all district volunteers will be September 12th, 2017 2:00-3:00 p.m. .Central Office room 273. Please RSVP to Tina Richardson 913-627-2631 or tina.richardson@kckps.org.
Counting Kids Workshop – UPDATE
From Bridgette DeSmet
The Counting Kids Workshop scheduled for Monday, September 11th is NOT mandatory for Principals. However, due to the importance of the count, please try to have someone from your school attend the meeting in your place.
Again, the meeting is:
Monday
September 11, 2017
8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Rooms 131-132-133
Central Office
It’s Attendance Awareness Month!
From Rosie Rodriguez
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