Category: Administrator Notice

Contents

New Items

ESL ILP and KELPA Information – for All Administrators
Elementary New and Beginning Teachers Math Learning Clinics – for Elementary Principals

Previous Items

2020 STAR Teacher Announcement-Nomination Information – for All Administrators
District Wellness Survey – for All Administrators
4/5 Elementary ELA Cadre – for Elementary Principals
Title IX Process Reminders – for All Principals
December 3rd Board Items Due Nov. 19 by 5:00 pm – for All Administrators

New Items

ESL ILP and KELPA Information

from Kristen Scott
Principals, the following information was shared with your ESL staff Thursday morning. I wanted to provide the information to you as well. If you have any questions or concerns please reach out to me. Thank you.

Good morning everyone,

This email will address ILPs as well as planning for KELPA. All of this information will be shared with principals as well.

First, the window to monitor ILPs will be open from November 15-December 15. The link below provides audio visual directions on how to initiate and monitor the ILP in Infinite Campus. Directions are also attached. Here is the link demonstrating the information:

http://somup.com/cqXIrhfo0z

Second, we are preparing for KELPA. As stated at our October PL session, KELPA testing plans are due to me by December 20th; below is the link to use to fill out your plan. Please follow the directions so we ensure that you have covered everything involved with KELPA – you must be in your “m” account to access the document. I am also attaching a KELPA At a Glance document as well.

https://sites.google.com/m.kckps.org/kelpa2/before-kelpa

If you have any questions or concerns please reach out to your ESL IC or myself. Also, if I am missing anyone from this email please have that individual email me so I can add them to our group. Thank you.

Elementary New and Beginning Teachers Math Learning Clinics

from Marica Rhone

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AYfcEh7X8f06yIFUOVyJpIWH0GOUB4wyzOTN98PdhBE/edit?usp=sharing

Previous Items

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.

District Wellness Survey

from Jody Mitchell
In an effort to evolve and advance the District???s Wellness Program, HR is in the process of planning new initiatives for 2020. In order to hear all ideas, District employees will receive an email and link on Monday, November 18th. Employees will be given a two week window to complete a survey which asks about their Wellness preferences. This survey is important to guide the direction of our program and all voices are very important. Please support your employees in submitting their feedback.

4/5 Elementary ELA Cadre

from Cheryl Beyer
The Curriculum and Instruction Department is seeking 4th and 5th grade classroom teachers to represent these grade levels in work around reviewing ELA resources. We will engage in a cadre that will come together to examine and review materials to support standards based ELA instruction for 4th and 5th grade. Please share this link with teachers that might be interested.

Title IX Process Reminders

from Lisa Walker
Thanks for your engagement at last week’s professional learning around Title IX and the School Improvement Process.

As Title IX incidents (based on conduct of a sexual/gender bias nature) occur, please remember to take the following steps:

1. After taking the initial incident report and conducting a preliminary assessment to understand what level of seriousness you’re dealing with, complete the Title IX Incident Report form.
2. Email the form to titleix@kckps.org and COPY your IIO and building principal (if assistant principal is completing the form). NOTE CHANGE IN EMAIL ADDRESS from directions shared at last week’s meeting.
3. If initial assessment indicates a little “i”, start your investigation and proceed as usual. Bridgette or I will check in with you regarding your process and strategize to make sure we’ve got everything covered and you have the support you need.

Forms are in the shared drive and the Reporting and Investigation Procedures document has been updated to include the titleix@kckps.org email address, as well as Lisa’s MOBILE number.

The shared drive also includes a PDF of the Prezi used at last week’s sessions. (Reporting and Investigation Procedures document, as well as the Title IX Incident Report Form are attached for easy access.)

Please look for the Flowchart and Investigation Template to follow soon.

We appreciate YOU and call if you have any questions.

December 3rd Board Items Due Nov. 19 by 5:00 pm

from Ana Perez-Sievert
Due to the holiday the December 3rd Board items will be due on Tuesday November 19, 2019 by 5:00 pm.

Contents

New Items

District Wellness Survey – for All Administrators
December 3rd Board Items Due Nov. 19 by 5:00 pm – for All Administrators

Previous Items

2020 STAR Teacher Announcement-Nomination Information – for All Administrators
4/5 Elementary ELA Cadre – for Elementary Principals
Title IX Process Reminders – for All Principals

New Items

District Wellness Survey

from Jody Mitchell
In an effort to evolve and advance the District???s Wellness Program, HR is in the process of planning new initiatives for 2020. In order to hear all ideas, District employees will receive an email and link on Monday, November 18th. Employees will be given a two week window to complete a survey which asks about their Wellness preferences. This survey is important to guide the direction of our program and all voices are very important. Please support your employees in submitting their feedback.

December 3rd Board Items Due Nov. 19 by 5:00 pm

from Ana Perez-Sievert
Due to the holiday the December 3rd Board items will be due on Tuesday November 19, 2019 by 5:00 pm.

Previous Items

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.

4/5 Elementary ELA Cadre

from Cheryl Beyer
The Curriculum and Instruction Department is seeking 4th and 5th grade classroom teachers to represent these grade levels in work around reviewing ELA resources. We will engage in a cadre that will come together to examine and review materials to support standards based ELA instruction for 4th and 5th grade. Please share this link with teachers that might be interested.

Title IX Process Reminders

from Lisa Walker
Thanks for your engagement at last week’s professional learning around Title IX and the School Improvement Process.

As Title IX incidents (based on conduct of a sexual/gender bias nature) occur, please remember to take the following steps:

1. After taking the initial incident report and conducting a preliminary assessment to understand what level of seriousness you’re dealing with, complete the Title IX Incident Report form.
2. Email the form to titleix@kckps.org and COPY your IIO and building principal (if assistant principal is completing the form). NOTE CHANGE IN EMAIL ADDRESS from directions shared at last week’s meeting.
3. If initial assessment indicates a little “i”, start your investigation and proceed as usual. Bridgette or I will check in with you regarding your process and strategize to make sure we’ve got everything covered and you have the support you need.

Forms are in the shared drive and the Reporting and Investigation Procedures document has been updated to include the titleix@kckps.org email address, as well as Lisa’s MOBILE number.

The shared drive also includes a PDF of the Prezi used at last week’s sessions. (Reporting and Investigation Procedures document, as well as the Title IX Incident Report Form are attached for easy access.)

Please look for the Flowchart and Investigation Template to follow soon.

We appreciate YOU and call if you have any questions.

Contents

New Items

Title IX Process Reminders – for All Principals

Previous Items

2020 STAR Teacher Announcement-Nomination Information – for All Administrators
ESL Aide PL on November 12th – for Principals
4/5 Elementary ELA Cadre – for Elementary Principals
ESL Coursework Toward Endorsement – for Administrators

New Items

Title IX Process Reminders

from Lisa Walker
Thanks for your engagement at last week’s professional learning around Title IX and the School Improvement Process.

As Title IX incidents (based on conduct of a sexual/gender bias nature) occur, please remember to take the following steps:

1. After taking the initial incident report and conducting a preliminary assessment to understand what level of seriousness you’re dealing with, complete the Title IX Incident Report form.
2. Email the form to titleix@kckps.org and COPY your IIO and building principal (if assistant principal is completing the form). NOTE CHANGE IN EMAIL ADDRESS from directions shared at last week’s meeting.
3. If initial assessment indicates a little “i”, start your investigation and proceed as usual. Bridgette or I will check in with you regarding your process and strategize to make sure we’ve got everything covered and you have the support you need.

Forms are in the shared drive and the Reporting and Investigation Procedures document has been updated to include the titleix@kckps.org email address, as well as Lisa’s MOBILE number.

The shared drive also includes a PDF of the Prezi used at last week’s sessions. (Reporting and Investigation Procedures document, as well as the Title IX Incident Report Form are attached for easy access.)

Please look for the Flowchart and Investigation Template to follow soon.

We appreciate YOU and call if you have any questions.

Previous Items

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.

ESL Aide PL on November 12th

from Kristen Scott
As part of the Step Up grant, our ESL Aides receive their own professional learning. Their next session will be on Tuesday, November 12th from 9:00-3:00 here at the Central Office.
Aides have been informed to adjust their schedule with you the building principal to ensure they are here for their session.
If you have any questions please reach out to me. Thank you.

4/5 Elementary ELA Cadre

from Cheryl Beyer
The Curriculum and Instruction Department is seeking 4th and 5th grade classroom teachers to represent these grade levels in work around reviewing ELA resources. We will engage in a cadre that will come together to examine and review materials to support standards based ELA instruction for 4th and 5th grade. Please share this link with teachers that might be interested.

Previous Items

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.

ESL Coursework Toward Endorsement

from Kristen Scott
Principals,Please pass this information along to your teachers. They can apply to be part of the last cohort of teachers to earn 15 graduate credit hours for free towards their ESL endorsement. Attached is a flyer that can be shared which also has the address of where they can apply if interested. We can accept up to 25 teachers for this last cohort!
If they have any questions they can email me. Thank you.

Contents

New Items

2020 STAR Teacher Announcement-Nomination Information – for All Administrators
4/5 Elementary ELA Cadre – for Elementary Principals

Previous Items

ESL Aide PL on November 12th – for Principals
2019-20 GARH Board Policy Update – Days to Hours – for All Administrators
BusinessPLUS Training – for All Administrators
ESL Coursework Toward Endorsement – for Administrators

New Items

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.

4/5 Elementary ELA Cadre

from Cheryl Beyer
The Curriculum and Instruction Department is seeking 4th and 5th grade classroom teachers to represent these grade levels in work around reviewing ELA resources. We will engage in a cadre that will come together to examine and review materials to support standards based ELA instruction for 4th and 5th grade. Please share this link with teachers that might be interested.

Previous Items

ESL Aide PL on November 12th

from Kristen Scott
As part of the Step Up grant, our ESL Aides receive their own professional learning. Their next session will be on Tuesday, November 12th from 9:00-3:00 here at the Central Office.
Aides have been informed to adjust their schedule with you the building principal to ensure they are here for their session.
If you have any questions please reach out to me. Thank you.

2019-20 GARH Board Policy Update – Days to Hours

from Amy Jo Troyer
Recently, the Board of Education approved changes to policy GARH ??? Attendance, Absences, Leaves, Vacations which will allow employees to enter absences in one hour increments rather than half/whole day increments. As of close of business on November 10, 2019, all District employees will have the ability to enter their absences in a minimum of one hour increments.

We have attached an interactive PDF which details key employee notes and we ask that you share this PDF flyer with your staff. In addition, we have listed several key talking points for supervisors regarding this change:

1) Employees will have the ability to enter absences for as little as one (1) hour or as much as a full duty day.
2) Employees are advised to contact Human Resources if they notice a discrepancy in their work schedule times and the work times schedule listed in Absence Management. Human Resources can correct this for them.
3) Employees are advised to update any future dated absences they have previously keyed in, as they will not automatically update to hours once the change in the system occurs.

As supervisors, this change will also impact you, so we have listed a few things you may want to consider when approving or denying leave requests:

1) Supervisors should consider requests for time off and review the daily absences at their site to determine classroom/duty coverage needs prior to approving or denying leave requests.
2) For substitute eligible positions, substitutes will be granted for absences of 3 or more consecutive hours. Any absence of 2 or fewer consecutive hours will require staff coverage arrangements to be made at the building level.
3) You should be receiving a daily absentee report from Frontline which lists the absences for that day in your building or department.
a. To view absences in real time, you may use the ???Daily Report??? function on the home screen of your Campus User account.
b. If you do not receive a daily absentee report, or would like additional training in Absence Management to better manage your daily absences, please contact Elizabeth Faircloth at 913-279-2262.

We welcome any questions you may have and look forward to supporting you and your staff during this transition! Our team can be reached by phone at 913-279-2262.

Leave Transition PDF

BusinessPLUS Training

from Wayne Correll
We are training the substitute treasurer???s on Friday, November 8th from 1:30 ??? 4:00 pm in the Computer Lab, Room 268.
We invite all new Administrators, Treasurer???s and those that are backing them up during an absence.

We have found with our new staff, we need to offer these more often. After the holiday???s we will be targeting our Wednesday Afternoon???s With Purchasing to either Business Plus or Visa trainings. Look for more on this in the coming weeks!

ESL Coursework Toward Endorsement

from Kristen Scott
Principals,Please pass this information along to your teachers. They can apply to be part of the last cohort of teachers to earn 15 graduate credit hours for free towards their ESL endorsement. Attached is a flyer that can be shared which also has the address of where they can apply if interested. We can accept up to 25 teachers for this last cohort!
If they have any questions they can email me. Thank you.

Contents

New Items

Previous Items

Secondary ELA GVC Refinement and Resources Cadre – for All Principals
ESL Aide PL on November 12th – for Principals
2019-20 GARH Board Policy Update – Days to Hours – for All Administrators
BusinessPLUS Training – for All Administrators
ESL Coursework Toward Endorsement – for Administrators

New Items

Previous Items

Secondary ELA GVC Refinement and Resources Cadre

from Kristi Chalk
The Curriculum and Instruction Department is seeking secondary teachers to participate in an ELA cadre to enhance support for standards-based planning and instruction. This cadre will explore and evaluate new curriculum resources, which will align to the rigor of integrated reading and writing instruction. This cadre will continue to refine the Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum (GVC), including alignment to any newly identified curriculum resources. Please share this information with teachers who might be interested in participating in this cadre work.

Secondary ELA GVC Refinement and Resources Cadre PDF

ESL Aide PL on November 12th

from Kristen Scott
As part of the Step Up grant, our ESL Aides receive their own professional learning. Their next session will be on Tuesday, November 12th from 9:00-3:00 here at the Central Office.
Aides have been informed to adjust their schedule with you the building principal to ensure they are here for their session.
If you have any questions please reach out to me. Thank you.

2019-20 GARH Board Policy Update – Days to Hours

from Amy Jo Troyer
Recently, the Board of Education approved changes to policy GARH ??? Attendance, Absences, Leaves, Vacations which will allow employees to enter absences in one hour increments rather than half/whole day increments. As of close of business on November 10, 2019, all District employees will have the ability to enter their absences in a minimum of one hour increments.

We have attached an interactive PDF which details key employee notes and we ask that you share this PDF flyer with your staff. In addition, we have listed several key talking points for supervisors regarding this change:

1) Employees will have the ability to enter absences for as little as one (1) hour or as much as a full duty day.
2) Employees are advised to contact Human Resources if they notice a discrepancy in their work schedule times and the work times schedule listed in Absence Management. Human Resources can correct this for them.
3) Employees are advised to update any future dated absences they have previously keyed in, as they will not automatically update to hours once the change in the system occurs.

As supervisors, this change will also impact you, so we have listed a few things you may want to consider when approving or denying leave requests:

1) Supervisors should consider requests for time off and review the daily absences at their site to determine classroom/duty coverage needs prior to approving or denying leave requests.
2) For substitute eligible positions, substitutes will be granted for absences of 3 or more consecutive hours. Any absence of 2 or fewer consecutive hours will require staff coverage arrangements to be made at the building level.
3) You should be receiving a daily absentee report from Frontline which lists the absences for that day in your building or department.
a. To view absences in real time, you may use the ???Daily Report??? function on the home screen of your Campus User account.
b. If you do not receive a daily absentee report, or would like additional training in Absence Management to better manage your daily absences, please contact Elizabeth Faircloth at 913-279-2262.

We welcome any questions you may have and look forward to supporting you and your staff during this transition! Our team can be reached by phone at 913-279-2262.

Leave Transition PDF

BusinessPLUS Training

from Wayne Correll
We are training the substitute treasurer???s on Friday, November 8th from 1:30 ??? 4:00 pm in the Computer Lab, Room 268.
We invite all new Administrators, Treasurer???s and those that are backing them up during an absence.

We have found with our new staff, we need to offer these more often. After the holiday???s we will be targeting our Wednesday Afternoon???s With Purchasing to either Business Plus or Visa trainings. Look for more on this in the coming weeks!

ESL Coursework Toward Endorsement

from Kristen Scott
Principals,Please pass this information along to your teachers. They can apply to be part of the last cohort of teachers to earn 15 graduate credit hours for free towards their ESL endorsement. Attached is a flyer that can be shared which also has the address of where they can apply if interested. We can accept up to 25 teachers for this last cohort!
If they have any questions they can email me. Thank you.