Contents
Descriptions for December 18 Professional Learning Sessions – for All School Building Admins
Kidzone Open and Close Dates (Winter Break) – for District Staff and Kidzone Parents
Coats for Kids – 2nd delivery – for Principals and Counselors
Spring 2016 State Testing Information – for Administrators and Teacher Leaders
Message From the Superintendent – All Administrators
Descriptions for December 18 Professional Learning Sessions
From Alan King
This is a copy of an email that will go out to all teaching staff Monday morning.
Subject: December 18 Professional Learning Information
District level groups in Outlook have been used to share this information. Please share this with anyone who needs the information and did not receive it. Please contact the Help Desk (support@kckps.org) to request that your name be added to the appropriate group if you are not receiving this information directly.
Each month our district hosts a content-focused professional learning session on the quarterly professional learning days or on a Wednesday during the other months. The purpose of these sessions is for us to come together from across our district to focus our learning on our specific content areas. Just as teachers have to publish their objectives, we publish the outcomes, descriptions and locations of our learning sessions, and a description of how the professional learning addresses our district focus on literacy in all content areas as well as the name of the person to contact for each content should you have any questions. This year the majority of content sessions each month will focus on a common understanding of the process of rigorous unit development.
Information about the December 18 Professional Learning can be found at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OQBv3pcAnYKVAsNVCBjHDLeWHvCxSjDhvHT_sSnJgyU/edit?usp=sharing If you have questions about your session, please contact the content supervisor listed in the content area.
A list of dates for district level professional learning for this year and next can be found here.
Alan King
Director of Curriculum
Kidzone open and close dates (Winter Break)
From Daryel Garrison
This notice is to inform district staff and Kidzone parents. Kidzone will be closed from Monday, December 21st, 2015 through January 1st. Kidzone will resume on Monday, January 4th, 2016.
Coats for Kids – 2nd delivery
From Valerie Anzicek
There has been a second delivery of gently used and new coats and a variety of sizes available from KMBZ Coats for Kids for distribution. The coats are located at North Central Office at 2220 North 59th Street. The entrance door is marked with Coats for Kids signage. Staff picking up coats will need to bring their District ID’s and provide the number of coats for checkout.
Hours of operations: 8:00 am to 10:00 am and Noon until 2:00 pm.
This following outline the days of operation.
Monday, 12/14
Tuesday, 12/15
Wednesday, 12/16
Thursday, 12/17
Friday, CLOSED
Spring 2016 State Testing Information
From David Rand
We have been receiving inquiries regarding the timeline for providing detailed information on the Spring 2016 Kansas Assessment Program (KAP). Details have not been distributed to the field at this time because the details of the state assessment this spring are still changing and being updated. We would like to avoid providing the field with information that later is found to have changed or been incorrect. As a result, our plan is to distribute the Examiner’s Manual along with a detailed Power Point presentation of the manual when students return from break. There will be a formal training session in February for principals and their building test coordinator.
Attached to this notice, however, you will find a one-page overview of the Spring 2016 Kansas Assessment Program (KAP). Please note that this was updated on 12/4 and is still subject to changes and updates. This overview will provide the number of sessions, approximate testing times, need not test dates for entering students and additional information for each component of the 2016 KAP.
We appreciate your patience and understanding of why information has not yet been released. We are hopeful that there will not be any more major changes or updates to the information we provide in early January.
If you have any questions regarding this information, please do not hesitate to contact David Rand in DERA. Thank you very much!!!!!
Spring 2016 State Testing Information
From Cindy Lane
Dear Administrators,
As we come up to the Winter Break, and the end of the first semester, I want to take just a moment to say ???Thank you??? for all of the hard work you have put in to get us to this point. I am the first to acknowledge that this has not been an easy semester. We continue to raise our expectations for our students, and they continue to rise to meet them, but we do that against the backdrop of an extremely challenging state environment, where we see precious little support for the work we are doing.
I know that this team has gone all in with the work, and that you have given everything you have, in order to move us towards our goal. I also know that means that, as we approach the break, you are tired, if not exhausted. I do want to make sure that you don???t forget the many successes we have had, and the progress we are making. I am hoping that you will take time on Friday to celebrate with your staff, and to thank them for all of their hard work.
The holiday break will be good for all of us. Hopefully, we will find time for rest and rejuvenation, as well as some welcome time with our loved ones. I wish you and your staff much joy this holiday season. Feel free not to hold your staff any longer than necessary on Friday: When the critical tasks are done, send them on their way.
Have a very Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!
Warmly,
Cindy