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Save the Date: KCKPS 2019 Continuing Education Fair – for All Administrators
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Evaluation Information for April and May – for All Administrators
Teacher Transfer Window – Opens March 18th – for All Administrators
Surplus Items Available – for All Administrators
Classroom Libraries – for All Administrators
Summer Opportunity for All Educators: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Project 2019 Summer Intensive Seminar – for All Administrators
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Save the Date: KCKPS 2019 Continuing Education Fair
from Kim Smith
Greeting Administrators,
This week, I will send out the attached flyer to all buildings regarding our upcoming continuing education fair. The envelope is addressed to building secretaries, so please thank your secretaries for me, for distributing the flyers to all staff!
We have invited 17 Universities and Colleges to Central Office for a Continuing Education Fair. This is an excellent opportunity for certified and classified staff to receive information from multiple colleges about continuing education opportunities (some colleges offer discounted tuition rates). There will be representatives available to speak with staff interested in the following programs:
- Continuing Education Courses for Licensure
- Adult/Accelerated Bachelors and Masters Programs
- Programs for adding additional endorsements to current teaching license (Ex. ESOL, SPED)
- Programs for adding leadership endorsements (Ex. School Leadership)
- Alternative Routes to the Classroom/ Transition to Teaching Programs
- Para/Aide to Teaching Programs
- Programs for Associate Degrees
- Dual Bachelors and Masters Programs
- Terminal Degrees
- Non-Degree Seeking Professional Development Opportunities
Please share this information with your staff. We would like to garner support for this event by having great district-wide attendance!
If you have additional questions, please feel free to contact a member of the Professional Workforce Development team.
Continuing Education Fair Flyer PDF
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Evaluation Information for April and May
from Shelly Beech
This is a reminder that the April 12 and May 1 evaluation deadlines are fast approaching.?? Listed below is information to keep in mind as you complete these evaluations:
Certified Evaluations (1st and 2nd year teachers)
- Evaluations must be signed by the April 12 due date for 1st and 2nd year teachers. ??There are two signatures required for all certified staff:?? iObservation and Talent Ed Perform
- You must have completed at least four (4) formal observations for the year in the iObservation system.?? Please remember that you have to mark them complete in order for the information to show up on the evaluation form.
- The evaluation form in iObservation should be completed with final comments for each teacher.?? Please keep in mind the feedback should be meaningful and apply to the Model of Instruction and the teacher???s growth plan.
- The final evaluation form from iObservation should be saved and uploaded into Talent Ed Perform under the Goal Status Tab.
- You must complete two (2) steps in Talent Ed Perform:?? Goal Status, and Evaluation Meeting.
- The process must be marked complete (lower right corner) in order for the green check mark to show up.
- Special Circumstances ??? in some cases you may have a teacher that is out of leave.?? If that is the case, you still need to complete the process and provide written information as to why it was not completed.
Classified Evaluations
- If you have not already done so, you will need to make sure that all classified staff have a process started and show up on the evaluation tab in Talent Ed.
- Evaluations must be signed by May 1, 2019. The process required the employee and the evaluator to sign electronically.
- For all May 1 classified staff you have one signature to complete in Talent Ed Perform (Manage evaluations on the staff tab)
- The process must be marked complete (lower right corner) in order for the green check mark to show up.
If you have any questions, please let me know.?? If you need assistance please contact Michelle Lynn, michelle.lynn@kckps.org?? in the HR office.
Thank you for your attention to this very important process.
Teacher Transfer Window – Opens March 18th
from Ariel Kitting
As a reminder, the Teacher Transfer Window opens March 18th, 2019 and will remain open until 11:59 p.m. on March 29th, 2019. A separate and more detailed notice will go out to teachers via email on the 18th.
To be eligible, teachers must have completed 3 or more years of service in KCK by the start of the 2019-20 school year and they must hold appropriate licensure for the position(s) they wish to be considered for.
Once applications are submitted, you may begin to receive candidates for consideration if you have open ATF???s in Talent Ed. If you select an internal candidate to recommend for hire, please follow the same, standard recommendation for hire protocol as you would for any hire.
Surplus Items Available
from Beth Porter
The following items are available on a first come first serve basis. Please email Beth Porter if you would like to claim any of these items.
1. Black Lateral File Cabinets
2. Black Rolling Task Chairs
3. Podium/Presentation Cabinet
4. Round classroom tables
5. Cherry Wood 2 drawer executive desk
6. Cherry Wood 4 drawer executive desk
7. Black & Silver lobby chair
8. Black Executive Desk Chair
9. Brown Wooden Executive Desk
10. Brown Rolling Computer Desk
11. Light blue lobby chair
12. Wooden 6-drawer locking file cabinet
13. Pedestal Desk
14. Tall Black Metal Storage Cabinets
15. Black & Grey Pedestal Desk
16. Black Metal Bookcase
17. Black Rolling AV Cart
18. Various Student Chairs
19. Clover tables
20. Clover table with dry erase top
21. Kidney tables
22. Rectangular classroom table
23. Tall Cream Colored Storage Cabinet
Classroom Libraries
from Kristi Chalk
It???s that time of year. Spring is here, and with that comes the opportunity to think about reorganizing many classroom items, resources, and materials. Questions have recently started to surface concerning the management of classroom libraries. Here are a few suggestions when thinking about how to preserve, repurpose, and purge the literature that is available to our young readers:
Old books or no books?
Consider the condition of the books in the classroom library and whether or not they still hold interest for young readers. If books are gently used, and students are still engaging with them, devise a plan with a content PLC or a grade level team to decide what might work best. Students might be interested in a particular series or genre. Individual teachers might also formulate a plan for what types of books their students might want to have access to. Give yourself (and teachers) the permission to reshuffle and redistribute, based on what works best for your building needs.
Time to Purge?
Whether keeping books or redistributing them, remember that the goal of the classroom library is to cultivate the love of reading and continue to foster habits of good, independent readers. Here are more specific examples of how classroom libraries could be redistributed (not a complete list): ?? Offer books at a parent night or a school event.
- Consider offering books as prizes for students.
- Consider individual student interests. Most students would welcome the opportunity to select specific books that they could hold onto. Let students choose the books they would like to take home.
- More specifically, ELA teachers might be inspired and energized to organize books for literature circles.
To summarize, sites should consider the condition of the books and interest level for use in the building in whatever capacity the site chooses. It is highly encouraged that the books selected, which are not remaining in the building, should be offered to students/families before discarding them. Any books that are in poor condition should be discarded. It is important to note as well that books which are given away will not be replenished.
“. . . remember why we build classroom libraries in the first place: so our students will fall in love with reading and find the right book at the right time. We cannot offer our students meaningful book access with damaged, outdated, or uninteresting materials.”
-from The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child by Donalyn Miller and Susan Kelley
Summer Opportunity for All Educators: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Project 2019 Summer Intensive Seminar
from Kristi Chalk
Please forward this information to all staff members. Culturally relevant pedagogy will be addressed through multiple-lenses during this four-week learning opportunity.