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Star Teacher Nominations – for All Administrators
ESL MAP Testing – for Secondary Administrators
ESL December Professional Learning – for EC5 Administrators
Star Teacher Nominations
From Gail Taylor
Hi All! ~STAR Teacher Nominations~
Please find attached the letter outlining the process for STAR Teacher. (You can download it here.) Please note the letter provides a suggested process to nominate a teacher.
The only thing required on December 10th is the name of the teacher please e-mail the teacher???s name to me.
The packet is attached for your reference, however, it is not due until January 14, 2016.
Requirements for STAR Teacher:
The teacher must have a minimum of five years of teaching experience, strong pedagogy, should have professional affiliations and be involved in the community through service or volunteer programs.
The teacher should be exceptionally skilled, dedicated, and inspire students of all backgrounds and abilities to learn.
The candidate should have the respect and admiration of students, parents, and colleagues and should play an active and useful role in the community as well as in the school.
The award carries with it a number of public appearances; therefore, the nominee should be poised, articulate, and possess the energy to with stand a busy schedule.
The nominee must be committed to serving as a leader in efforts to improve schools, student performance, and the teaching profession in Kansas.
The state nominees must be classroom teachers; however, the district STAR teachers can be licensed professionals covered by the teachers bargaining unit (such as librarians, counselors, school nurses, speech language pathologists, school psychologists, occupational therapists, etc.).
ESL MAP Testing
From Kristen Scott
Secondary administrators,
Please allow your ESL teachers to give the winter MAP to their classes so they may have data to monitor their building plan.
If you have any questions or concerns please let me know. Thank you.
ESL December Professional Learning
From Kristen Scott
We will pull the EC5 ESL staff on Wednesday afternoon, December 16th from 1:00 to 3:30 here at the Central Office. This will allow the ESL staff to remain with their building on December 18th.
Please forward this information to your ESL staff. Thank you.