Wednesday, December 4, 2019

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Para Qualifications Letter & District Support Plan for Missing Credentials on File – for All Administrators

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Para Qualifications Letter & District Support Plan for Missing Credentials on File

from Lisa Walker
Please be sure to read the email sent regarding highly qualified staff requirements for instructional aides or educational support professionals.

Included here are the letter and district support plan that will be shared with your staff members who do not have the required credentials. This information is shared so you will be aware of the plans in place to help all employees obtain the credentials.

Individual emails will be sent to staff members, with a “cc” to the principal, to those employees who do not have the credentials on file. Please touch base with these employees to make sure they have read the letter and understand they are required to attend a meeting next Wednesday, 12/11/19. At that time, the support plan will be shared and staff will have an opportunity to ask questions they might have.

Please let Lisa Walker know if you have questions.

Educational Support Professional Certification WorkKeys Academy DEC 2019 PDF

Para Letter Missing File Credential Notice DEC 2019 PDF

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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

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CIS and Absence Management – for All Administrators

Absence Management and CIS Update – for All Administrators

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CIS and Absence Management

from Elizabeth Faircloth
The HR team has been in communication with Frontline Absence Management support as well as District TIS staff to resolve the errors with absence reporting. As of Wednesday, November 20th, all errors should be resolved. If you or your staff see any errors, please contact Human Resources so that we may work to continue correcting those errors.

Absence Management and CIS Update

from Elizabeth Faircloth
On November 5, 2019, HR sent notification out via Admin Notice to provide you with information regarding the recent change in absence entries from half/whole days to hours. Recently, we discovered that there are errors in absence reporting and how it flows from the Frontline system to CIS. We have been working diligently with Frontline to correct this error and should see that resolved by the end of this week.

Notification will go out again once the error is resolved and employees are able to approve their time in CIS. Once this occurs, we ask that you thoroughly review each of your employees’ CIS records to ensure there are no errors. In the event of an error due to an absence adding too much time, please notify Human Resources as soon as possible so that we can assist in correcting the error prior to submission of payroll.

Monday, November 25, 2019

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CIS and Absence Management – for All Administrators

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2020 STAR Teacher Announcement-Nomination Information – for All Administrators
Absence Management and CIS Update – for All Administrators

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CIS and Absence Management

from Elizabeth Faircloth
The HR team has been in communication with Frontline Absence Management support as well as District TIS staff to resolve the errors with absence reporting. As of Wednesday, November 20th, all errors should be resolved. If you or your staff see any errors, please contact Human Resources so that we may work to continue correcting those errors.

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2020 STAR Teacher Announcement-Nomination Information

from Ariel Kittling
The Star Teacher nomination process is a wonderful opportunity to recognize our best teachers who raise the standard of our belief that ???Excellence is Required???. As principals, we are asking that you solicit feedback from your staff on who they feel exemplifies the necessary traits of a STAR Teacher and then engage your building leadership team to establish a nomination and election process. Once your leadership team has elected a representative as the nominee for your building, please submit your nominee???s name only via email to ana.perez-sievert@kckps.org no later than Friday, November 22, 2019 at 4.00 PM.

Similar to the criteria for the Kansas Teacher of the Year, your selection should represent the teacher who best exemplifies excellence in student learning and your school community. Specifically, your nominee should be:

??? An educator with strong pedagogy
??? An educator who is innovative, creative and has a growth mindset
??? An educator who is a positive influence on students and staff
??? An educator who is engaged in the community and professional affiliations
??? An educator who will be entering into year 6 or greater of teaching in the 2020-21 school year

We will formally provide the nominee with the District application packet the week of November 25. Their district application packet will be due back to HR by Friday, January 10, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. You will be copied on the email providing them with the nomination packet so that you can support in that process as well.

The individual selected from your building will be recognized at the district???s STAR Teacher Award Ceremony on Thursday, April 2, 2019 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., at the Central Office and Training Center. An EC-5 and a Secondary Star Teacher will advance as nominees for the State of Kansas Teacher of the Year Award.

If you have any questions regarding the Star Teacher nomination process, please contact Ana Perez-Sievert, Senior Office Administrator at 913-279-2314.

Absence Management and CIS Update

from Elizabeth Faircloth
On November 5, 2019, HR sent notification out via Admin Notice to provide you with information regarding the recent change in absence entries from half/whole days to hours. Recently, we discovered that there are errors in absence reporting and how it flows from the Frontline system to CIS. We have been working diligently with Frontline to correct this error and should see that resolved by the end of this week.

Notification will go out again once the error is resolved and employees are able to approve their time in CIS. Once this occurs, we ask that you thoroughly review each of your employees’ CIS records to ensure there are no errors. In the event of an error due to an absence adding too much time, please notify Human Resources as soon as possible so that we can assist in correcting the error prior to submission of payroll.