Administrators' Notice

Contents

ESL MAP Testing – for Secondary Administrators
ESL December Professional Learning – for EC5 Administrators
Use of Kitchen Facilities – for All Building Administrators
Spring 2015 Student State Assessment Reports – for Building Administrators and Teacher Leaders
ELPA Professional Learning for ESL Staff – for All Administrators

ESL MAP Testing

From Kristen Scott
Secondary administrators,

Please allow your ESL teachers to give the winter MAP to their classes so they may have data to monitor their building plan.
If you have any questions or concerns please let me know. Thank you.

ESL December Professional Learning

From Kristen Scott
We will pull the EC5 ESL staff on Wednesday afternoon, December 16th from 1:00 to 3:30 here at the Central Office. This will allow the ESL staff to remain with their building on December 18th.
Please forward this information to your ESL staff. Thank you.

Use of Kitchen Facilities

From Josh Mathiasmeier
We are in the season of celebrating and many of us are planning appreciation of our own employees during this season. In response, we thought it would be important to remind all staff that no outside food can be brought into the kitchen for cooking or service. If you are interested in purchasing food for celebrations or having a special event, please use the Nutritional Services Request form here. We can purchase, cook and serve for your event and look forward to doing so! In the interest of protecting our students and community from any potential foodborne illness and to maintain compliance with all local, state and federal regulations, it is extremely important that we all follow this policy. If you have questions or concerns, please contact us directly at 627-3900 and we will be happy to assist you. Happy Holidays!

Spring 2015 Student State Assessment Reports

From David Rand
Between now and Thanksgiving break, schools should be receiving printed copies of last spring’s ELA and Math individual student state assessment reports through inter-office mail. Please distribute these reports to parents prior to winter break in the manner that will best ensure the reports make it home. The reports that you receive will be based on your current school year enrollment as of the end of October so you should have very few reports for students that are not in your building this year. We are currently working on a student report in Spanish and will provide those to buildings as soon as they are ready. Please note that these reports were created by the district in an attempt to make them more parent friendly and will look different that student reports you may have accessed in the KITE Educator Portal. If you have any questions regarding these reports, please contact David Rand in DERA. Thank you very much!

ELPA Professional Learning for ESL Staff

From Kristen Scott
This is a heads up to all building principals that we will be pulling ESL staff on specific Wednesdays to provide training on the ELPA test (the new KELPA test).
High school ESL staff will be pulled Wednesday, February 24th from 1 to 3.
Middle school ESL staff will be pulled Wednesday, March 2 from 1:30 to 3:30.
EC5 3:30 release buildings ESL staff will be pulled Wednesday, February 24th from 2 to 4. And EC5 4:00 release buildings ESL staff will be pulled on Wednesday, March 2 from 2:30 to 4:30.

This information will come out again in mid-January.

Contents

ESL MAP Testing – for Secondary Administrators
ESL December Professional Learning – for EC5 Administrators
Sales Tax on District Purchasing Cards – for All Administrators
Spring 2015 Student State Assessment Reports – for Building Administrators and Teacher Leaders
ESL December Professional Learning – for Principals and Counselors
ELPA Professional Learning for ESL Staff – for All Administrators

ESL MAP Testing

From Kristen Scott
Secondary administrators,

Please allow your ESL teachers to give the winter MAP to their classes so they may have data to monitor their building plan.
If you have any questions or concerns please let me know. Thank you.

ESL December Professional Learning

From Kristen Scott
We will pull the EC5 ESL staff on Wednesday afternoon, December 16th from 1:00 to 3:30 here at the Central Office. This will allow the ESL staff to remain with their building on December 18th.
Please forward this information to your ESL staff. Thank you.

Sales Tax on District Purchasing Cards

From Bob Young
Administrators using District Purchasing Cards for the purchase of goods and services need to make sure that sales tax is not being charged as a part of the transaction. The District’s Sales Tax and Use Entity Exemption number is printed on the Purchasing Card for your reference at the time of the transaction. If a hard copy of the document is required by the vendor, the Purhcasing Department can email or fax this document in a very short time.

If you fail to require this exemption at the time of purchase, you will be asked by the Accounts Payable Department (in writing) to solicit a refund from the vendor at the time of payment of your Visa statement. You will be allowed thirty (30) days to resolve this matter. This can been done by contacting the vendor and providing them the information to make the correction and credit your account or, as the card holder, you may reimburse the District for the sales tax charges. This can be handled in the form of a personal check, cashier’s check, or money order. If you have not resolved the matter by the end of the thirty day time frame, your District Purchasing Card will be inactivated.

This may often not be a large amount of money, but it is reviewed and cited by our Auditors when it occurs. Thank you for your help and cooperation with this matter.

Spring 2015 Student State Assessment Reports

From David Rand
Between now and Thanksgiving break, schools should be receiving printed copies of last spring’s ELA and Math individual student state assessment reports through inter-office mail. Please distribute these reports to parents prior to winter break in the manner that will best ensure the reports make it home. The reports that you receive will be based on your current school year enrollment as of the end of October so you should have very few reports for students that are not in your building this year. We are currently working on a student report in Spanish and will provide those to buildings as soon as they are ready. Please note that these reports were created by the district in an attempt to make them more parent friendly and will look different that student reports you may have accessed in the KITE Educator Portal. If you have any questions regarding these reports, please contact David Rand in DERA. Thank you very much!

ESOL Sit Addendum

From Valerie Anzicek
This is a reminder of an ESOL SIT Addendum to be utilized when an ESOL student is being referred to the SIT process.
The ESOL SIT Addendum is comprised of the following:
1) ESOL SIT Addendum Flowchart
2) ESOL Addendum to the SIT Process Steps
3) Parent/Caregiver Interview Overview
4) Parent/Caregiver Interview Questions
5) KCKPS English Language Proficiency Level Descriptors
6) Sequential Second Language Acquisition Checklist Overview
7) Sequential Second Language Acquisition Checklist
8) Factors to consider to determine if delays are due to learning a second language or due to a possible disability
9) Misconceptions and current thinking about second language acquisitions
The ESOL Addendum to the SIT Process is outlined on Page 1 and comprehensively consists of:
A) Prior to the SIT meeting, setting up translation/interpreter services if needed, the classroom teacher, ESL teacher, and parent completing the Parent/Caregiver Interview. Identifying the student???s language proficiency level utilizing the ELP Level Descriptors. Completing the appropriate Sequential Second Language Acquisition Checklist.
B) Throughout the SIT Process, the SIT team will review building required documentation as well as the information listed in Part A above. Documenting interventions and progress, along with reevaluating the Sequential Second Language Acquisition Checklist.

*For explicit instructions on the ESOL Addendum to the SIT Process please see page 1 of the ESOL SIT Addendum.
It is paramount that an ESOL team member from the building as well as parents be included as a part of the SIT team for any ESL student. Translation/Interpreter services can be set up through Student Services.

ELPA Professional Learning for ESL Staff

From Kristen Scott
This is a heads up to all building principals that we will be pulling ESL staff on specific Wednesdays to provide training on the ELPA test (the new KELPA test).
High school ESL staff will be pulled Wednesday, February 24th from 1 to 3.
Middle school ESL staff will be pulled Wednesday, March 2 from 1:30 to 3:30.
EC5 3:30 release buildings ESL staff will be pulled Wednesday, February 24th from 2 to 4. And EC5 4:00 release buildings ESL staff will be pulled on Wednesday, March 2 from 2:30 to 4:30.

This information will come out again in mid-January.

Contents

ESL MAP Testing – for Secondary Administrators
ESL December Professional Learning – for EC5 Administrators

ESL MAP Testing

From Kristen Scott
Secondary administrators,

Please allow your ESL teachers to give the winter MAP to their classes so they may have data to monitor their building plan.
If you have any questions or concerns please let me know. Thank you.

ESL December Professional Learning

From Kristen Scott
We will pull the EC5 ESL staff on Wednesday afternoon, December 16th from 1:00 to 3:30 here at the Central Office. This will allow the ESL staff to remain with their building on December 18th.
Please forward this information to your ESL staff. Thank you.

Contents

Important Reminder About Timesheets – for All Administrators
ESL MAP Testing – for Secondary Administrators
ESL December Professional Learning – for EC5 Administrators

Important Reminder About Timesheets

From Connie Brand

Please inform your staff that they need to have their timesheet in the timesheet system by end of day today, November 16 in order for them to be paid the next payday.

Any timesheet that will be paid on the 11/30/15 payday must be approved by tomorrow, Tuesday, November 17.

If the timesheet is not approved by Tuesday November 17 the employee will not be paid for that timesheet until the 12/15/15 payday.

We will no longer be cutting paper checks to employees for timesheets that missed the timesheet approval deadline between regular payrolls.

If an employee contacts the Payroll Department about their timesheet and it was not approved by November 17 we will refer them back to you with their questions.

We know this is a shift from the way we have done business in the past but the time has come for us to enforce these deadlines so we can move forward with our new software conversion and the short payroll period.

Thank you for your help and support in this process change.

 

ESL MAP Testing

From Kristen Scott
Secondary administrators,

Please allow your ESL teachers to give the winter MAP to their classes so they may have data to monitor their building plan.
If you have any questions or concerns please let me know. Thank you.

ESL December Professional Learning

From Kristen Scott
We will pull the EC5 ESL staff on Wednesday afternoon, December 16th from 1:00 to 3:30 here at the Central Office. This will allow the ESL staff to remain with their building on December 18th.
Please forward this information to your ESL staff. Thank you.

Contents

Star Teacher Nominations – for All Administrators
ESL MAP Testing – for Secondary Administrators
ESL December Professional Learning – for EC5 Administrators

Star Teacher Nominations

From Gail Taylor

Hi All! ~STAR Teacher Nominations~

Please find attached the letter outlining the process for STAR Teacher. (You can download it here.) Please note the letter provides a suggested process to nominate a teacher.

The only thing required on December 10th is the name of the teacher please e-mail the teacher???s name to me.

The packet is attached for your reference, however, it is not due until January 14, 2016.

Requirements for STAR Teacher:

The teacher must have a minimum of five years of teaching experience, strong pedagogy, should have professional affiliations and be involved in the community through service or volunteer programs.

The teacher should be exceptionally skilled, dedicated, and inspire students of all backgrounds and abilities to learn.

The candidate should have the respect and admiration of students, parents, and colleagues and should play an active and useful role in the community as well as in the school.

The award carries with it a number of public appearances; therefore, the nominee should be poised, articulate, and possess the energy to with stand a busy schedule.

The nominee must be committed to serving as a leader in efforts to improve schools, student performance, and the teaching profession in Kansas.

The state nominees must be classroom teachers; however, the district STAR teachers can be licensed professionals covered by the teachers bargaining unit (such as librarians, counselors, school nurses, speech language pathologists, school psychologists, occupational therapists, etc.).

ESL MAP Testing

From Kristen Scott
Secondary administrators,

Please allow your ESL teachers to give the winter MAP to their classes so they may have data to monitor their building plan.
If you have any questions or concerns please let me know. Thank you.

ESL December Professional Learning

From Kristen Scott
We will pull the EC5 ESL staff on Wednesday afternoon, December 16th from 1:00 to 3:30 here at the Central Office. This will allow the ESL staff to remain with their building on December 18th.
Please forward this information to your ESL staff. Thank you.