Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Contents

New Items

ESL PL for 2018/2019 – for All Administrators
The Administrators’ Notice Goes on Summer Hiatus after Friday, May 25 – for All Administrators

Previous Items

Retirement Reception Information – for All Administrators
2019 Next Gen STEM Teaching Project – for All Administrators
Reminder About Last Year’s Changes to Checking for Completion of Elementary Grades – for Elementary Principals and Counselors
Truancy Survey – for All Administrators
Elementary Master Scheduling Training – for Elementary Administrators
2018 Back to School Fair – 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
Change in Time: Mandated Reporting Staff Development Meeting – for All Administrators
Annual Safety Campaign – for All Administrators
Infinite Campus Secretary and Building Coach Training – for All Administrators
School iPads & Chromebooks – for Building Administrators

New Items

ESL PL for 2018/2019

From Kristen Scott
This notice is to inform you of the dates for ESL PL for the 2018/2019 school year as well as our focus for these sessions. ESL staff will be pulled on the following dates next year, all are Wednesdays:
August 15th-beginning of the year compliance tasks (September 20th, ILPs, ESL SIT Addendum)
October 10th-Embedded ESL strategies into DQs 2, 3 and 4 and their alignment to the 3 District Priorities
January 16th-mid year compliance tasks (ILPs and KELPA)
April 10th -Embedded ESL strategies into DQs 2, 3 and 4 and their alignment to the 3 District Priorities
EC5 ESL teachers will always attend from 9:00-11:00; Secondary will attend from 1:00-3:00. All sessions will be in rooms 131-132 at the Central Office. Middle School Administrators, we will need your assistance on these 4 dates; please work out some arrangement with staff so your ESL teachers can be to the Central Office by 1:00.
If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me.

The Administrators’ Notice Goes on Summer Hiatus after Friday, May 25

From Mike Keener
As the regular school year winds down this week, the Administrators’ Notice will go on its regular Summer Hiatus after this Friday. It will restart in mid-July, after administrators report for the 2018-19 school year.

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.

2019 Next Gen STEM Teaching Project

From Teri Fulton
Please share this information with Science teachers, K-12.?? On behalf of the U.S. Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP) and its Next Generation STEM Teaching Project (NGSTP), the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) is seeking applications for the 2018-19 academic year. NGSTP is a professional development opportunity for K-12 teachers which includes the opportunity to gain funding for a classroom project.?? Selected teachers will participate in an NSTA Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) or Three-Dimensional Instruction workshop. They will propose an anchor phenomenon and develop a plan using the Three-Dimensional Model of Instruction, and will receive a budget for supplies to use in the classroom to implement their plan.
http://www.cvent.com/events/2019-next-generation-stem-teaching-project/event-summary-3325cff8196b4370b338360ab93290cf.aspx

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.

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.

Elementary Master Scheduling Training

From David Rand

Training for elementary school master scheduling will be on Tuesday, May 29th and Wednesday, May 30th at the South Branch Library. Schools with a late start time (9:00) will be trained on Tuesday, May 29th from 12:30-4:30 and schools with an early start time (8:15 or 8:30) will be trained on Wednesday, May 30th from 12:00-4:00. Both trainings will be held in Conference Room A at the South Branch Library (3104 Strong Ave., Kansas City, KS 66106).

In order to be prepared for the training, please make sure each participant brings a fully charged laptop, a list of all teachers for next year, what they will be teaching and rosters of students that will be in each class.

If you have any questions regarding this issue, please do not hesitate to contact David Rand (david.rand@kckps.org). Thank you very much!!!!!!

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

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.

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.

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.???

Annual Safety Campaign Flyer PDF

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!!!!!!

School iPads & Chromebooks

From Joe Fives
Please see the document below for directions on how to prepare iPads and Chromebooks for summer storage.

If you have additional questions, please contact the help desk.
279-2330 or support@kckps.org

Student Devices Info PDF