Contents
New Items
Impact 360 – for All Principals
Previous Items
Content Wednesdays and Quarterly District Professional Learning – for All Principals
Anniversary Pins – for All Administrators
Reminder: Permit Window Closed on September 20th – for All Principals
Frontline Absence Management Administrator Guides – for All Administrators
ESL Staff PL on October 10th – for All Principals
Centralized Intake for Alternative High School – for High School Administrators
New Items
Impact 360
From Sean DeMaree
I am very excited to share with you the first edition of Impact 360! This monthly newsletter contains a monthly message, videos for educators and students, a character education connection, lesson ideas and a monthly white board message all related to Social Emotional Learning. This month???s issue is fully dedicated to Bully Awareness, and includes information to share with parents during Family Advocacy Days. Hopefully you will find this newsletter as a monthly motivation to help expand our student???s social-emotional skills so that we are educating the whole student, and truly Inspiring Excellence: Every Grownup, Every Child, Every Day.
Previous Items
Content Wednesdays and Quarterly District Professional Learning
From Alan King
Professional Learning for Content Wednesdays and end of Quarter Days will take place at a district level this year. The focus for these days will be on strategies and techniques which will guide our instruction to assist students in reaching the rigor demanded by the standards. Please contact Alan King if you have any questions.
Anniversary Pins
From Jody Mitchell
The district is revitalizing the Anniversary Pin Program for staff reaching a milestone work anniversary. At the end of each month, all locations will receive an interoffice envelope containing employee letters from Dr. Foust and the associated anniversary pins. This week, you will receive your letters/pins for employees who reached an anniversary from July 1st ??? Sept. 30th, 2018. Any employee who has reached a milestone in the past and did not receive a pin (5, 10, 15, 20, years etc.) can reach out to Michelle Lynn in the HR office.
Administrators will continue to disperse the letters and anniversary pins for their employees through way of special recognition. If you are in need of ideas how to recognize your staff, please reach out to the HR Directors for assistance. The HR staff will participate in the recognitions throughout the year, and will be in contact with you to gather specifics for your building/department.
Please contact HR with any questions. Thanks you!
Reminder: Permit Window Closed on September 20th
From Valerie Anzicek
This is a reminder that the permit window for new requests to enroll and babysitting permits was closed on September 20th.
Requests that will be accepted is for families that have moved or keeping the student at their current school.
The Parent and Student Handbook outlines this information on page 5.
Special circumstances regarding family situations do arise and these will be reviewed by Lisa Garcia-Stewart, Director of Student Services.
Frontline Absence Management Administrator Guides
From Amy Jo Troyer
As a follow up from our Principal’s Meeting on Friday, please see below and attached for Frontline/Absence Management Guides for Supervisors.
Please feel free to reach out to Stephanie Pepper or Amy Jo Troyer for more information or clarification on these guides.
Thanks!
1. Editing PD Absences – PD entries will default to being charged to the primary building or department assigned to the employee in Frontline. If another building or department should be charged for the PD absence, this guide will outline the steps required for you to edit a Professional Development absence to denote that. While the accounting code itself cannot be edited, the notes will be helpful to our teams to ensure proper coding.
2. Reconcile Absences – Reconciling an absence confirms your acknowledgement that the person was absent and also gives you insight into the details of the absence (Leave Type, Vacancy or Specific Employee, Sub Assigned, etc.) This guide will outline the steps required to reconcile absences.
3. Monthly Summary – Fill rates by building are available at any time through the Campus User dashboard for reports. This guide will outline the steps required to access the reporting section and run the Monthly Summary report.
ESL Staff PL on October 10th
From Kristen Scott
This is a reminder that we are pulling ESL teaching staff for our professional learning on October 10th. EC5 ESL teachers will report to the Central Office from 9:00-11:00; Secondary from 1:00-3:00.
Only teaching staff should report to this PL; ESL instructional aides will have a separate PL session on November 13th.
Middle school administrators please provide coverage so your middle school teachers can be here by 1:00.
If you have any questions please email me.
Centralized Intake for Alternative High School
From Donna Devine
- The date, their appointment time,??and location of Centralized Alternative High School Enrollment
- To be????on time.
- The process will take around 2-3??hours.
- Students under 18??must??be accompanied by a parent/legal guardian. Students 18 and over may attend by themselves.
?? ?? ?? ?? ?? At the Centralized??Intake:
- Students and Parents receive information about District Alternative schools, Virtual High??Schools outside the District and Community GED Programs.
- Students??complete a Reading Comprehension Assessment. Students??must demonstrate a 6th grade??reading/comprehension??level??to be eligible to attend a KCKPS Alternative School (8th grade for Gateway to College).
- Students and Parents meet with an Academic Adviser.
- If approved,??Students and Parents attend Orientation for 500 Reach.
- If approved??for Fairfax Learning Center, students??are??placed on a wait list and will??attend Orientation at FLC once notified??of available space.
- Community Partners??are??available on site??to provide GED information