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2018-2019 Dates for District Monthly Professional Learning – for All Principals, Assistant Principals, Instructional Coaches
Non-Returning Staff Laptops and iPads – 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
ESL PL for 2018/2019 – for All Administrators
Infinite Campus Secretary and Building Coach Training – for All Administrators
School iPads & Chromebooks – for Building Administrators
The Administrators’ Notice Goes on Summer Hiatus after Friday, May 25 – for All Administrators
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2018-2019 Dates for District Monthly Professional Learning
From Alan King
The dates for District Professional Learning for the 2018-2019 School Year are below.?? Please take note that the August Professional Learning is only two hours in length.
8/7–(8:00 – 10:00)
9/5–(afternoon)
10/12–Quarter (8:00 – 11:00) — Teacher Record Prep in afternoon
11/7–(afternoon)
12/21–Quarter (8:00 – 11:00) — Teacher Record Prep in afternoon
1/16–(afternoon)
2/6–(afternoon)
3/8–Quarter (8:00 – 11:00) — Teacher Record Prep in afternoon
4/17–(afternoon)
5/8–(afternoon)
These dates are available in the Curriculum area?? in the district intranet.????http://staff.kckps.org/secretgarden/index.php/curriculum-instruction
Non-Returning Staff Laptops and iPads
From Joe Fives
Just a reminder:
Staff not returning for the 2018-2019 school year need to turn in their laptops and iPads (if issued one through the school) to their administrator or supervisor before they leave. Please label the device with the name of the staff member in case we need to contact them regarding the laptop or iPad.
**See the attached document for directions on how to sign out of devices before turning them in.
Device Turn-In PDF
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!!!!!!
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.
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
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.