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Tanesha McCluney Named the Receptionist for the Central Office – for All Administrators
Previous Items
Welcome Center Flyers in Other Languages – for??Elementary and Secondary Administrators
Summer Professional Learning Opportunity K-12 – for All Administrators
Special Notice – for All Administrators
KSDE Science Phenomena Based Learning Fellow – for All Administrators
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Tanesha McCluney Named the Receptionist for the Central Office
From Melissa Fears
Please join me in welcoming Tanesha McCluney as the new Receptionist for the Central Office. Her first day will be Wednesday, April 11. She will office on the 3rd floor of the Central Office in the space where Gerri Skaggs used to sit.
Ms. McCluney will be responsible for serving as the primary receptionist for the school district as well as greeting guests and performing general office support to the Communications Team.
Prior to joining the district, she was a customer quality specialist with Apria Healthcare in Overland Park, Kansas.
She is a proud graduate of F.L. Schlagle High School and a resident of Kansas City, Kansas.
Please stop by to introduce yourself and welcome her to the district.
Previous Items
Welcome Center Flyers in Other Languages
From Kristen Scott
Please forward the attached flyers to whomever greets families around enrollment. The Welcome Center opened on April 9th; all new families to the district can be directed there to begin the enrollment process.
Welcome Center Flyer – Burmese
Welcome Center Flyer – Hmong
Welcome Center Flyer – Nepali
Welcome Center Flyer – Spanish
Welcome Center Flyer – Swahili
Summer Professional Learning Opportunity K-12
From Teri Fulton
This is an opportunity for K-12 teachers to participate in a five day summer institute for K-12 teachers that will emphasize the importance of
the natural environment and ecosystems for Kansans and for the economy of the state.
Ecological Culture Application Flyer PDF
Special Notice
From Dr. Cynthia Lane
Over the past several years, David Smith, the Chief Public Affairs Officer for the district, has been serving as our lead lobbyist in Topeka. Today, in addition to the school finance challenges, we are facing the potential of a constitution amendment that proposes to remove the provision of “suitable finance” for public schools from our state’s constitution. These continued threats require that we strengthen time and attention in the Kansas Legislature.
Beginning Monday, April 9, 2018, I am releasing David of his other duties in order to focus full time on our lobbying efforts. Melissa Bedford Fears, Director of Communication and Marketing, will take the lead with media and support to schools with crisis situations and sensitive communications.
I encourage everyone to be engaged and informed on the issues we are facing in our state legislature. Your voices are important as we continue to advocate for KCKPS, and schools across our state.
KSDE Science Phenomena Based Learning Fellow
From Teri Fulton
The Kansas Department of Education (KSDE) is seeking science educators to participate in a program to develop master teachers for science education. Fifteen Kansas science educators will be selected to participate in this pilot program offering professional development to educators as they implement a high quality unit of instruction embodying the Kansas Curricular Standards for Science.
The program will provide both in-person and virtual learning experiences to participants aimed at increasing their ability to understand and implement instruction aligned to standards in a science project based learning instructional format to support KSDE state redesign efforts. For the first year of the program, KSDE is seeking educators who will be teaching 5th, MS-Physical Science, and HS Biology in the 2018-2019 school year.
Please consider this great learning opportunity for you and your students. This would also be a great way to help move your district forward in PBL instruction for science embodying our Kansas Curricular Standards for Science and state redesign efforts!
More KSDE Science Phenomena Based Fellowship Information and Application Form