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VALIC Seminar Coming Soon: Your Retirement Plan at Work – for All Administrators
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Nominations for Pittsburg State University College of Education Distinguished Service Award — Deadline October 27! – for All Administrators
PTA Play – for K-5 Administrators
Volunteer Training – for All Administrators
Locations for the October 13 District Professional Learning – for All Administrators
Classified Rate Confirmation Letters – for All Administrators
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VALIC Seminar Coming Soon: Your Retirement Plan at Work
From Kristen Woodbury
We have an opportunity for staff to attend a free educational workshop from VALIC about planning for their future.
Spouses are welcome to attend as well.
Please click on the link below and input the following registration code to register to attend the November 1st seminar ??? Your Retirement Plan at Work, part of our Financial Literacy Series.
https://my.valic.com/SeminarRegistration/Index.aspx
Registration Code: KCUKAN11AB
Kansas City, KS Public Schools Central Office
Room 133
5:15pm ??? 6:15pm
- Here are some things that might be on your to-do list that we can assist with:
- Get enrolled in your Traditional or ROTH 403(b) plan, or 457(b) plan
- Answer questions about your KPERS pension benefit
- Review your account portfolio
- Are you on pace?
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Nominations for Pittsburg State University College of Education Distinguished Service Award — Deadline October 27!
From Karen Lasota
One of the major events in the Pittsburg State University College of Education is the recognition of great teachers and school leaders and their contributions to the profession. We would like your help in nominating your teachers or administrators for our distinguished service award:
- The College of Education Distinguished Service Award goes to a teacher and an administrator in Kansas whose careers have been characterized by exemplary service. To be eligible for this award, the educator must be employed in a Kansas school system and be a Pittsburg State University alumnus. You may nominate both a teacher and an administrator by accessing this link: http://www.pittstate.edu/dotAsset/c7d09c0a-fd07-4694-9a51-b3349f6325ff.pdf.
Pittsburg State University College of Education will select the distinguished service award recipients this fall and they will be recognized at our fall student teacher recognition ceremony. Nomination instructions may be found on the form and the deadline for nominations for the Distinguished Service Award for the fall 2017 ceremony is Friday, October 27, 2017. Nominations may be sent by email to klasota@pittstate.edu in place of mailing paper forms.
Nominations for distinguished service this fall will remain active until Fall 2019. Nominations made in the Spring 2016 will remain active until Fall 2018. Nominations for distinguished service service in Spring 2015 will remain active this Fall 2017 and then will be removed from the list unless they are re-nominated.
PTA Play
From Stephanie Dickson
PTA Play is once again around the corner. This years??? performance by Theatre for Young America is a brand-new musical based on Doreen Cronin???s latest book in the wildly popular series that began with Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type (performed by TYA last season). It???s Halloween time at Farmer Brown???s farm and the literate farm animals want an old fashioned Holiday Celebration. One problem: Farmer Brown does not like scary things???no haunted house or creepy ghosts for him. But the clever, well-read cows, poultry and pigs create a party more fun than fright with apple-bobbing, costume parades and hilarious musical performances. This performance is suitable for all K-5th graders.
Curriculum Connections: Musical theatre adaptation of award-winning literature, farm life, personification of animals, holiday customs, humor.
Dates are Tuesday, Nov. 14th 9:45 showing will only be for early schools and 11:15 open to all.
Wednesday, Nov. 15th one showing at 9:45 open to all schools.
The show will run about an hour. The cost will be $2.50 per student.
Please contact Teresa Kloiber at IARC 627-6850 or Teresa.kloiber@kckps.org to schedule your school.
Any questions call or email Stephanie.dickson@kckps.org 913-627-6862.
Volunteer Training
From Tina Richardson
Volunteer Training will be held October 12,2017 2:00-3:00 Central Office 2010 N. 59th Street in room 273. Please contact Tina Richardson at 923-627-2682 for more information.
Locations for the October 13 District Professional Learning
From Alan King
The information for the October 13 District professional learning can be found the district curriculum page monthly.
To access the page:
>District Home page (kckps.org)
>Staff link
>Curriculum & Instruction link (in the blue set of links on the lower right)
>Monthly District PL Locations link (in the red set of links on the right)
Classified Rate Confirmation Letters
From Jody Mitchell
On Tuesday, 10/10/17 Classified employees will receive an email with detailed instructions on how to obtain their annual rate confirmation letter. Letters will be generated and sent to each employee through Talent Ed Records. Below is an example of the email they will receive (without the attachment):
Good Afternoon Staff!
Annually, the school district distributes a rate confirmation letter to Classified employees in order to share current payroll information specific to each individual employee. I am pleased to share that your 2017-18 rate confirmation letter will be available in the coming days through Talent Ed Records for your review and electronic signature. Attached are instructions to guide you through logging into Talent Ed Records for the first time. Once your rate confirmation letter is ready, you will receive an email (to your district email) from Talent Ed Records with a clickable link to your personalized letter. Please review and sign your letter by October 31, 2017.
As you work through this process, I understand you may have questions. In order to best serve you, please utilize the contacts below for assistance:
??? Technical questions regarding logging into the system or a username/password combination that is not working, please contact Andrea Ramirez at 913-279-2257 or andrea.ramirez@kckps.org (Please note: Andrea will not be able to assist you with position/pay questions.)
??? Position/pay-related questions regarding your class, step or hourly rate/annual salary, please contact Angela Monroe at 913-627-2421 or angela.monroe@kckps.org (Please note: Angela will not be able to assist you with technical issues.)
If Ms. Ramirez and Ms. Monroe are unavailable to assist you, please feel free to contact the Office of Human Resources at 913-279-2262 and a member of our team will be happy to help you.