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Special Education Plan Time and Lunch Duty Reminder – for All Principals
Previous Items
3rd Grade PLC ELA Cadre – for Elementary Principals and Instructional Coaches
ESL Aide PL on November 13 – for All Administrators
FMLA Process for Administrators – for All Administrators
GCU Open House from 3:30-5:30pm on 11/8 at Central Office! – for All Administrators
American Education Week- Next Week – for All Administrators
CPI Calendar and Sign Up Link – for All Principals
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Special Education Plan Time and Lunch Duty Reminder
From Amy Jo Troyer
Administrators,
Last year, as part of the Teacher???s Contract Negotiations process, we had a joint study committee on planning time for special education teachers. What surfaced from those conversations is the awareness that there may be situations across the district where special education teachers aren???t receiving their duty free lunch and/or planning time. Please check in with your special education teachers and ensure that they are receiving both their planning time (225 minutes at a minimum, during the duty day) and their 25 minute duty free lunch. Teachers who supervise students during lunch should be submitting the appropriate timesheet to be compensated at the rate of $10.57/session. If you have teachers who have been doing lunch duty and have not been compensated, they can be retroactively compensated for the days they have done lunch duty since the beginning of the 2018/19 year by submitting those dates on a timesheet; if you have not submitted their name for lunch duty to HR for board approval, please do so once you are made aware. (As a reminder, this expense would be paid from your building budget.) If teachers are chronically missing their planning time, we ask that you partner with them to correct this situation as quickly as possible. In some situations they may also be entitled to retroactive compensation for their missed planning time.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please know that in the situations we???ve worked with thus far, while it may have taken multiple collaborative meetings to adjust or alter schedules, we???ve seen success in partnering together to ensure that special education teachers are getting a duty free lunch and planning time. Should you have questions or need guidance, please let us know how we can be of support.
Sincerely,
Human Resources, Special Education Department and NEA President
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3rd Grade PLC ELA Cadre
From Jasmine Shimerda
The Curriculum and Instruction Department is seeking 3rd grade PLCs to apply for the ELA cadre. This cadre will implement the new Fountas and Pinnell Resources. Also included in the work will be the development of reading and writing GVCs. See attachment and link for application.
3rd Grade?? PLC ELA??Cadre PDF
ESL Aide PL on November 13
From Kristen Scott
All ESL Aides will have a professional learning session on November 13th from 9:00-3:00 at the Central Office.
FMLA Process for Administrators
From Jody Mitchell
The following flowchart outlines the FMLA process from an Administrator’s perspective. Effective immediately, all employees returning from a continuous FMLA will be required to hand deliver their doctor’s release to HR before returning to work. Employees will be notified of this direction during the FMLA communication process. Please direct any employee attempting to provide a release to HR.
GCU Open House from 3:30-5:30pm on 11/8 at Central Office!
From Kim Smith
You???re invited to a Higher Education Advising Open House at KCKPS Central Office on Thursday, 11/08 from 3:30-5:30pm.
Stop by and learn more about the more than 200 fully online degree programs, scholarships, grants and other financial options, application process, and more!
As a KCKPS employee, you are eligible for the following benefits:
???10% scholarship for all KCKPS employees
???5% scholarship for spouses KCKPS employees
???5% scholarship for parents of students
???200+ Fully Online Bachelor, Master, and Doctoral Programs in Education, Health Care, IT, Business, Behavioral Heath, School Counseling and Professional Counseling
???On Site Advising at Your School and Central Office
???New Start Dates Every Month
???Additional Scholarships (up to $6,000) Available
???TEACH Grant Available (up to $8,000 off Masters and $16,000 off Bachelors)
*RSVP at www.gcu.edu/kckps , via email Micki.Reed@gcu.edu or via text 816-491-4533.
Flyer PDF
American Education Week- Next Week
From Melissa Fears
Good Afternoon Staff,
The week of November 12-16, 2018 is American Education Week (history). Each year, during this week, we take the opportunity to share messages about the importance of education with our community, highlighting the many different actors who contribute to strong public schools. The NEA has developed a list of suggested activities, and we invite staff and sites to participate in any or all of the activities listed below.
Monday: Kick-off event
Tuesday: Recognize your parents
Wednesday: Recognize your Education Support Professionals
Thursday: Invite members of the community (or Central Office staff) to be an “Educator for a Day”
Friday: Recognize your substitutes
Additional fliers and activities that you might find useful can be found at http://www.nea.org/grants/19823.htm. As you participate in American Education Week activities, please let Jen Holt and Melissa Bedford Fears know what you’re doing, so we can share some of them on our social media channels. As you share on your channels, please use any or all of the following hashtags: #WeAreKCKPS, #AmericanEducationWeek, #AEW2018. In addition, if you have special guests in your building for Educator for A Day, please send pictures!
Sincerely,
Dr. Charles Foust
Superintendent
KCKPS
Jen Holt
President
NEA-KCK
CPI Calendar and Sign Up Link
From Melanie French
Please use the sign up link on the bottom right of the calendar to sign up your staff for CPI training. You will also need to request a professional day and sub if needed.
CPI Calendar Sign Up Link PDF