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Special Education Special Day – for Principals
Coach It Right! – FREE Football Clinic – for Middle/High School Admin, Athletic Directors, Football Coaches
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Most Likely to Succeed Screening – for All Administrators
Performance Evaluation Due Date Reminders – for All Administrators
PACT Program – for All Administrators
Teacher Transfer – for All Administrators
HR Related Board Items (Corrected) – for All Administrators
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Special Education Special Day
From Michelle Colvin
As a reminder, Special Education Special Day is Wednesday, April 6. All special education staff will participate in professional learning provided by Special Education Administrators and Teacher Leaders on that day.
High School Special Education Teachers, OTs, PTs, MTs, Adaptive PE Teachers, Teachers of the Visually Impaired, and the Audiologist will attend PL at South Branch Library at 3104 Strong Avenue from 1:00 to 3:00.
Middle School Special Education Teachers, Bridges and New Directions Teachers, SLPs, and Secondary Teachers of the Gifted will attend PL in Rooms 132 and 133 at Central Office from 1:30 to 3:30.
Special Education Teachers at Early Elementary Schools, School Psychologists, and School Social Workers will attend PL in the East Wing on 3rd floor of Central Office from 2:00 to 4:00.
Special Education Teachers at Late Elementary Schools, and Elementary Teachers of the Gifted will attend PL in Room 131 at Central Office from 2:30 to 4:30.
Early Childhood Teachers will attend PL at KCK ECC from 1:30 to 3:30.
All Special Education Paras will receive PL at the Technical Education Center at 6565 State Avenue during their regular two-hour PL time (some time between 1:00 and 4:30 depending upon the para’s schedule).
Please contact Michelle Colvin at michelle.colvin@kckps.org or 627-2614 if you have any questions.
Coach It Right! – FREE Football Clinic
From Brandon Gillette
Saturday, April 2, 9am to 1pm (includes lunch)
At Pembroke Hill Upper School
5121 State Line Road
Kansas City, MO 64112
Head football coach of Avila, Justin Berna, will talk about the importance of character-driven athletics.
Dr. James Roberson will discuss football-related injuries and conduct a Q&A session.
Joe Headen, head football coach of Susquehanna Township High School in Pennsylvania, will discuss what it takes to maintain a successful football program.
This event is free (and lunch from Joe’s KC BBQ is provided) but you must registered to attend.
Register at www.championsofcharacter.org. Click on the Coach it Right picture.
Flyer PDF
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Most Likely to Succeed Screening
From Jan Thomas
Greetings!
You are cordially invited to join KCKPS and a host of Kansas City area professionals on Wednesday, April 27, at the Schlagle High School Auditorium, for a special screening of the new education documentary, Most Likely to Succeed, based on the book by the same title. Doors open at 5:00pm, hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be provided. The screening will begin promptly at 5:30 p.m. Please plan to stick around after the screening for a short panel discussion.
Sal Khan from Khan Academy said, “the 21st century is going to be all about building, creating, and innovating. This remarkable film shows a path of how we can empower all of our children to do that.” For more information on the movie, please visit http://mltsfilm.org/.
Admission to the screening is free, but space is limited. Please Register by April 14 using the following link:
http://tinyurl.com/mlts-kckps
We hope you are able to join us to preview one of the ???best edu-documentaries ever produced??? (Education Week).
Sincerely,
Dr. Cynthia Lane
KCKPS Superintendent
Performance Evaluation Due Date Reminders
From Gail Taylor
Certified Staff: 1st and 2nd year teacher evaluations must be completed by April 7, 2016.
Classified Staff: Evaluations are due May 1, (will accept on May 2nd since May 1st is a Sunday for 2016)
PACT Program
From Rosie Rodriguez
Attention Administrators, the last day to refer students to the PACT program will be on April 15. If you have any questions please direct them to Rosie Rodriguez, Truancy/PACT Program Specialist. Thanks!
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.
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.