Friday, December 11, 2020

The Principals’ Office newsletter has a new name:

Curriculum & Instruction

Attn: Secondary Administrators

Re: Curriculum & Instruction Cadre Updates (ELA, Social Studies, World Language)

Cadre work is valuable to the refinement and revision of GVCs in order to ensure student success and to support all teachers in continued planning and instruction.  Currently, three content areas at the secondary level are engaging teachers in a high-level of collaboration to refine and revise both middle school and high school GVCs.  Please refer to this document for pertinent information and updates regarding the cadre work for ELA, Social Studies, and World Language.  Please do not hesitate to reach out with questions or concerns regarding this cadre work and how it impacts secondary teachers across our system.  

Attn:  Secondary Administrators

Re:  Secondary ELA myPerspectives Learning Journey

Are we there yet?  Secondary ELA educators have been tasked with understanding, interacting, and utilizing our new literacy curriculum resource, myPerspectives.  During our first semester, we engaged in this new resource in diverse ways.  Through this short video presentation created for the lens of a building administrator, revisit the beginning of our learning journey into myPerspectives and gain an awareness of where we are in our stage of development and how we can continue to navigate different challenges and opportunities together. You will find many helpful resources throughout this presentation.

Link to Video Presentation (approximately 30 minutes) 

Link to Slides    

Attn:  EC – 5 Administrators 

Re: Elementary Module 2A Mandatory Dyslexia Training 

Module 2A: 

General education teachers, special education teachers, and administrators must complete Module 2A of the mandatory KSDE/KCKPS Dyslexia training series.  This will need to be completed asynchronously between December 14 and January 22.  Paraprofessionals and instructional aides are also encouraged to complete the training.  

This Canvas link to enroll for Module 2A provides: 

• Recorded professional learning session for Module 2A 
• Participant Google slides.  These slides must be accessed from the KCKPS Google account and all participants will be asked to make their own copy of the slides in order to take notes and access links during the recorded training session.  There is also a required exit slip (used for attendance/completion) at the end of the training. 

Attendance/completion for this professional development should be recorded in Frontline by each individual building once teachers complete the module and the exit slip.  Frontline and exit slip completion records are used as data for KSDE.  

Module 1: 

General education teachers, special education teachers, and administrators should have Module 1 completed.  Each participant must complete the exit slip at the end of the Module.  We are providing the link to the Exit Slip Google form spreadsheet for your reference to determine if members of your staff still need to complete this first training. 

We are also providing the Canvas link to the Module 1 training resources for those who still need to complete the process. Note this is the same link as for Module 2A.  Curriculum and Instruction has set up an Elementary Dyslexia Training course in Canvas where all training modules will be housed. 

Please contact Tracy Cooper (tracy.cooper@kckps.org) with any questions.

12.8.20

Attn:  Middle School Administrators and Head Custodians

Re:  Middle School Amplify Science Materials Delivery

Each middle school will be receiving an additional shipment of Amplify Science Kits prior to winter break.  By adding these kits, it will minimize the need to share materials across so many different classrooms.  

Delivery carriers will be contacting the head custodian/school to schedule a delivery date.  These materials will be delivered on pallets. Delivery drivers will bring a pallet jack in order to bring the materials into the building at a single drop point just inside the school.  This shipping information sheet will provide more specifics on the number of pallets and number of boxes (see rows 32 and 33 on the first tab) that will be included in the delivery.  Once materials have arrived, please use the shipping information sheet and the packing list for the shipment (found in a clear plastic envelope affixed to the outside of one of the boxes) to confirm receipt of the expected materials.  Please email Tresia Hassan (tresia.hassan@kckps.org) and Spencer Martin (spencer.martin@kckps.org) to confirm delivery and report any discrepancies.  

Please ensure that your science teachers are also made aware of when these materials arrive so that they can access any needed materials for upcoming units of study and store materials that may not be needed until next school year.  

Please reach out to Spencer Martin, Secondary Science Instructional Coach (spencer.martin@kckps.org)  or Suzie Legg, Curriculum Coordinator (suzie.legg@kckps.org) with any questions.

ESOL

In person pre-screening testing will pause for ESL students until January 11th, 2021. An updated list of students that are still in need of pre-screening testing will be sent out in the following weeks. Buildings will need to continue to monitor newly enrolled students that need pre-screened and make accommodations for testing to follow the state requirements of testing two weeks after enrollment. More information to come regarding testing in January.

Human Resources

The following policies have been updated for the 2020-21 School Year:

*HAE
*IC
*IJ
*JCDAA
*JQKA
*KMA
*KN
*CF
*DFE
*GAAD
*GAOC

If you have not done so already, please print these off and post them in your staff break room or main office.  Once they are posted please take a picture of them and email the photos to DeAndre Tuggle.

Next Power Hour

Thank you for attending our 1^st HR Power Hour.  We would encourage anyone who was able to attend to share with your colleagues that this is an available resource for them.  We will be having our next zoom session December 22, 2020 from 9:30am – 10:30am.  During this time any questions that Building Administrators or IIO’s may have they can ask our HR Staff.  Also, from an HR Standpoint, we will share any announcements or updates we may have.

Please use the below link to join the zoom:

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89268219477?pwd=T3hUTjk5Z1p3QWFSUldHd0E4Q3N4dz09

Meeting ID: 892 6821 9477
Passcode: 2K1ga7

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