Tuesday, March 1, 2016

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Deaf Culture Awareness Seminar??- for PreK-12 Building Administrators
Teacher Transfer??- for All Administrators
Expenditure Deadline??- for All Administrators
HR Related Board Items??(Corrected) – for All Administrators
2016 Math Relays??- for Secondary Administrators

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Deaf Culture Awareness Seminar

From??Melissa Veatch
The Special Education Department is excited to offer this opportunity to support our growing population of students that are Deaf/Hard Hearing in our schools!

Please RSVP to Melissa Veatch by March 10th. The names of administrators, teachers, related service providers, counselors, police officers, or other staff that wish to attend must be board approved to receive extra duty pay.

Please contact Melissa at??Melissa.Veatch@kckps.org??or 913-449-7456 if you have any questions!

Seminar Flyer??.pdf

Teacher Transfer

From??Lisa Wilson
The window for certified voluntary transfer requests will be open from March 1, 2016 through April 15, 2016.

To access the request form teachers can log in to the employee portal and see the link on the left.

The window to request a transfer closes on April 15, 2016 and requests submitted after this date will not be accepted.

Teachers who wish to be considered for a transfer, even if a vacancy does not currently exist, must submit a request to be considered.

All voluntary transfers will be completed by the last working day for elementary principals. If you do not receive notice of a transfer you will remain at your same site unless notified otherwise by Human Resources.

Expenditure Deadline

From??Bob Young
As a reminder, all requisitions for expenditures of non-salary accounts must be entered into the District’s financial software and approved by the budget manager not later than 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1, 2016.

Board Items

From??Lisa Wilson
Correction ??? All Human Resource related board agenda items must be turned in to Lisa Wilson the Tuesday before the board for the regular agenda and the Thursday before the Board for the addendum. In the case of an emergency add, please let Lisa Wilson or Dr. Kelli Mather know, but understand these will be exceptions.

2016 Math Relays

From??John Scanlan

It is time to start planning for 2016 Math Relays. This year???s relays will be held on Saturday, March 5th at Wyandotte High School.

Important Dates:
Monday, Feb. 8th??through Friday, Feb. 26th – Individual events conducted at the building level using STS.
By February 10th??- Individuals interested in serving as a coach, proctor or judge need to submit their name using this??link.??https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1dw0SrA-bfuhe0JLucaEtp_uUxDuGOq6iGCvfJWzaeI0/viewform

FYI: Coach compensation is covered by the district budget based on a 25:1 student to coach ratio. Additional coaches need to be paid for by the building budget.

By??February 19th??- Coaches should arrange for transportation.
Contact Debbie Baker in Transportation, 627-3100, to make arrangements. Let her know that the trip is for math relays so she can charge it to the district budget.

By??February 26th??- Names of the students who will attend the Relays need to be provided using the links below. Each school can sent up to 98 participants.
Middle School Registration??https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FhdnE6eA_vzSnYn_SsiMV0HVwWCA-hD449fJZfyUHbY/edit#gid=1
High School (and Sumner 8th grade) Registration??https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bro_c1SWU3_2-CgD-_AfGctlK_D4BlxxNeeMBaBcOVo/edit#gid=1

Note: The registration deadline exists to help us plan for support staff and lunches. After the registration deadline, students can be substituted, but not added.

Detailed Information regarding the??Math Relays.??https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B0iU28ZeSkPFfmhrSmw3OXktVmVyTXgyNTNrNHhpMGtrcm81QlVHakJWQU1GUHNEZnZHUXM

I have reached out to your math aligned teacher leader to assist with communication and coordination at your building.

ELPA21 Fast Facts Sheet