Contents
New Items
Truancy Survey – for All Administrators
Change in Time: Mandated Reporting Staff Development Meeting – for All Administrators
Reminder About Last Year’s Changes to Checking for Completion of Elementary Grades – for Elementary Principals and Counselors
Infinite Campus Secretary and Building Coach Training – for All Administrators
Previous Items
Retirement Reception Information – for All Administrators
HGSS Standards Review and Revision – for All Administrators
Football Camp w/Darrell Stuckey – for ages 7-18 (please share) – for All Administrators
Econ Education from the Federal Reserve Bank – for All Secondary Principals
2018 Back to School Fair – for All Administrators
Clarification of Enrollment Options for SY2018-2019 – for All Administrators
KSDE 2018 Kansas Excellence in Math and Science Teaching Conference: STEAM Powered – for All Administrators
KSDE 2018 Impact Institute “Kansans CAN Teach” – for All Administrators
Annual Safety Campaign – for All Administrators
New Items
Truancy Survey
From Rosie Rodriguez
The Truancy Diversion Program is seeking your input to improve and better support your building. Click here to access our survey.
Mandated Reporting Staff Development Meeting
From Walter Thompson
All administrators are required to attend a Mandated Reporting Staff
Development meeting on Wednesday, May 30, 2018, which is to be held in the Conference rooms 131,132, and 133 at Central Office.
This meeting will take place from 8:00 AM -9:00 AM.
This meeting will be a follow up on Mandated Reporting of Child Abuse and the presenter will be Wyandotte County District Attorney, Mark Dupree.
Reminder About Last Year’s Changes to Checking for Completion of Elementary Grades
From Alan King
In previous years, elementary buildings were instructed to check grades to ensure that all domains of the report card have been addressed at least once within the school year. With the change of the elementary grading scale, we lost the cumulative property of our grading system. The cumulative property meant that all of the previous grades were calculated into the current grade. This made it easy in the 4th quarter for buildings to identify any domains that had not been assessed in particular areas.
Unfortunately, when we switched last year to the new scale, we were forced to abandon cumulative grading, causing us to lose the ability to see those gaps. There is not a report that clearly identifies across the year whether or not a standard has been assessed. As a result, buildings will NOT be expected to check for this.
If buildings want someone to look over the grades before teachers check out, they can do so at their own discretion.
This is the same item that appeared in the Administrators’ Notice in May 26, 2017.
Infinite Campus Secretary and Building Coach Training
From David Rand
As we discussed at one of the April administrator meetings, each school will identify one staff member to serve as a building coach for Infinite Campus next school year. This person will receive a two-day training along with your identified office staff member(s) in July to be a first line of support for staff in your building using Infinite Campus. If your building coach is not on duty when the training is held, they will be paid for the two days.
We are still finalizing how to provide compensation to the building coach for ongoing work done in supporting building staff members and will provide that information as soon as it is available. Please notify David Rand by e-mail who your building coach will be by Friday, May 24th. Also, please note that detailed information regarding training for teachers and other groups will be coming soon.
There will be 7 total groups for training, 4 for elementary and 3 for secondary and training will occur between July 16th and August 3rd. Elementary schools will send their building coach and up to two secretaries to one of the 4 sessions. Secondary schools will send their building coach and up to three secretaries to one of the 3 sessions. Please see the links below to sign-up for one of the two-day sessions and forward this information to your secretaries and building coach.
Elementary
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4AA5A922A5F49-elementary
Group 1 – 7/24 and 7/25
Group 2 – 7/27 and 7/30
Group 3 – 7/31 and 8/1
Group 4 – 8/2 and 8/3
Secondary
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0f4aa5a922a5f49-secondary
Group 1 – 7/16 and 7/17
Group 2 – 7/18 and 7/19
Group 3 – 7/20 and 7/23
If you have any questions about this information, please contact David Rand (david.rand@kckps.org) in DERA. Thank you very much!!!!!!
Previous Items
Retirement Reception Information
From Mike Keener
Retirement reception information can be found here on the Staff Intranet. Contact Mike Keener for any additions you may have.
We will post retirement reception flyers on this page as well, so that they can be printed and shared among staff.
HGSS Standards Review and Revision
From Teri Fulton
If you would like to comment on the current Social Studies standards or know individuals who do, you are invited to provide us feedback on our Public Comment webpage at http://standards.ksde.org/. This information will help us as we move forward in the process. The deadline for public comment is July 2nd. Thanks for your help.
Football Camp w/Darrell Stuckey – for ages 7-18 (please share)
From Grace Elmore
Econ Education from the Federal Reserve Bank
From Teri Fulton
Free K-12 teachers are invited to the 2018 summer teacher workshop series. Graduate Credit available.
Click here for more information.
2018 Back to School Fair
From Lisa Garcia-Stewart
Please have the flyer below distributed in your school.
2018 Wyandotte County Back to School Fair Flyer PDF
Clarification of Enrollment Options for SY2018-2019
From Lisa Garcia-Stewart
The purpose of this message is to clarify the various enrollment options for next school year for both currently enrolled students and students that will be new to the district. The re-enrollment information that was recently provided only applies to students currently enrolled in the district in grades Kindergarten through 11 that will be returning to the district next school year.
Please note that Early Childhood, incoming kindergarten, Sumner Academy, alternative sites and students new to the district do not use re-enrollment. Please see below for the process that applies for each of these situations. Much of this information can also be found on the district webpage for enrollment at??http://www.kckps.org/index.php/enrollment-information??.
First Time Pre-K Enrollment – All students that will be enrolling in early childhood for the first time must schedule an appointment through the Early Childhood department. Appointments can be made for any day the district office is open this summer by calling 913-627-5257. Additional information can be found at??http://staff.kckps.org/secretgarden/index.php/preschool-department??.
Returning Pre-K Enrollment – All students that will be returning for early childhood must schedule an appointment through the Early Childhood department. Appointments can be made for any day the district office is open this summer by calling 913-627-5257. Additional information can be found at??http://staff.kckps.org/secretgarden/index.php/preschool-department??.
Incoming Kindergarten Students – All incoming kindergarten students enroll at the school as part of Kindergarten Roundup regardless of whether they are brand new to the district or they previously attended pre-K in the district. Additional information regarding Kindergarten Roundup can be found at??http://kckps.org/index.php/kindergarten-roundup??.
Brand New Students and Students Returning to the District After Attending Elsewhere (Incoming Grades 1-12 for 2018-2019) – Any student that is brand new to the district or has previously attended and is now returning after attending another district will enroll for 2018-2019 through Centralized Enrollment unless they are entering kindergarten (*see Kindergarten Roundup). The dates for Centralized Enrollment will be 7/31 (10:00 am-7:00 pm), 8/1 (8:30 am-4:00 pm), 8/2 (10:00 am-7:00 pm) and 8/3 (8:30-2:30) and will occur at Central Office (2010 N. 59th St, KCKS 66104). Additional information about Centralized Enrollment can be found at??http://www.kckps.org/index.php/centralized-enrollment??.
Sumner Academy – Sumner admission is by application only. The application window is traditionally in late fall and early winter. Please note that the application window for Sumner is closed for the 2018-2019 school year. Additional information on Sumner admissions can be found at??http://www.kckps.org/index.php/sumner-admissions??.
Alternative Schools – In the majority of cases, students are referred to the alternative program by a district school. However, Student Services accepts appointments for students not currently enrolled that are interested in any of the alternative pathways. Additional information on the alternative pathways can be found at??http://staff.kckps.org/secretgarden/index.php/alternative-education-pathways??.
If you have any questions about enrollment options, please contact Student Services at 913-551-3200. Thank you very much!!!!!
KSDE 2018 Kansas Excellence in Math and Science Teaching Conference: STEAM Powered
From Matthew Andersen
On June 18th and 19th, the best math and science teachers in the state will come together to review, refresh and retool current math and science practices and inspire educators to provide a?? ???STEAM Powered??? classroom to their classrooms. This is a great opportunity for professional learning this summer that will help you to really use the implementation of the Kansas Standards for Mathematics as an opportunity to advance instruction in your classroom, building, and district!?? The mornings will include guest speakers from KATS, KATM, and others and chances to learn from expert math and science teachers in Kansas–including those that have been a part of innovative Math and Science Partnership grants in Kansas.?? For more information on this opportunity and session agendas, please visit:??http://events.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=823.
REGISTRATION CLOSES ON June 1, 2018.
KSDE 2018 Impact Institute “Kansans CAN Teach”
From Matthew Andersen
The theme for this year???s Impact Institutes is ???Kansans CAN Teach.??? Please join us at the Kansas State Department of Education Division of Learning Services 2018 Impact Institutes and begin the challenging work of each child???s success. Kansas teachers, counselors, principals, curriculum coordinators, instructional coaches, and educational professionals at all levels (birth through high school) will have the opportunity to select sessions and workshops on topics connected to many academic areas. These workshops will provide the help you need in providing our students the academic and cognitive preparation, the technical and employability skills, and the civic engagement opportunities to allow them to be successful. If you are interested, please visit:??http://events.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=704.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE for the June 4 & 5 Institute in Emporia is Friday, May 24th.
Annual Safety Campaign
From Curtis Stevenson
The KCKPS Maintenance Shop is kicking off its Annual Safety Campaign, ???I???m Thinking Safety,??? from now until July 31, 2018. The campaign is designed to bring safety awareness this summer during the school district???s various construction projects. There will be various events from classes, to safety reviews and retirement appreciation activities for our Shop employees to participate in during this special occasion.
We wanted to make you aware of this campaign taking place this summer for our Shop employees and ask that you communicate it to your staff.
In the spirit of our campaign, we encourage you and your staff to ???Think Safety.???