Tiger Teacher Nation Regional Inservice Day - CHOOSE YOUR SESSIONS!
Welcome to the Tiger Teacher Nation Regional Inservice Day Website at https://ttnjan172022.sched.com/!
- Be sure to login (create an account if you don’t have one from last year) so you can create your schedule for the day.
- We need you to select your sessions by 8:00 AM on Wednesday, January 12 so we can make final room assignments.
- Please watch this video and/or read here carefully to learn more about this year’s event and the selections we need you to make.
- CLICK HERE FOR ALL of THE DETAILS...
Seal of Biliteracy Results for 2020-2021
- 3 gold
- 8 silver
The Kansas Seal of Biliteracy recognizes students who have achieved functional proficiency in English and another language and sometimes more than two languages. Read more...
Dr. Watson's End of the Year Message
Hello, and Happy New Year!
As we wrap up 2021 and head into 2022, I want to take this opportunity through video to look back on some of the great things that we’ve accomplished together during the past 12 months and take a look at the exciting things to come in the next year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4My2HlhofaU.
Thank you for your hard work and dedication. I know the past 21 months have been difficult because of the pandemic, but we will get through this together. We are strong Kansans. I believe in you, and I believe that 2022 will be a great year for Kansas education. I wish you and yours all of the best in the coming year.
Sincerely,
Dr. Randy Watson
Kansas Commissioner of Education
Daily Ritual
Hand Crafted by John E. Will
To whom it may concern,
(To CBS Evening News - "On the Road")
My name is Rene Burns and I am the Principal of O’Loughlin Elementary in Hays, Kansas. I would like to nominate Mr. John Will for your On the Road series. I would like to say I know Mr. Will personally, but I just met him 15 minutes ago.
He stopped by our school to deliver his very own homemade Lincoln logs. He drove 116 miles to deliver these to our local schools. Every year he travels across Kansas to deliver these creations and all the while smiling and visiting with each school he encounters. He shared that he understands that the screens are the future, but he feels that kids need to touch, move, and explore.
This man has an opinion, and he is doing something about it. He is putting in the work, the love, the passion to make a difference. He left me his card with his information on it but more importantly, he left me with such an impression. I believe he said he is 86 years old. He said he is not traveling to Wichita anymore; the traffic is a little too much. So, he maps out the locations each year and finds smaller towns to drive through to deliver his wooden blocks.
In this day in age, the world is full of people with strong opinions. We could all learn a lot from Mr. John Will. His belief is that screens are the future, but children can learn a lot by touching, moving, and building. So, he is actively giving them the opportunity to do just that.
Thanks for considering him for your future segments.
COVID TESTING AVAILABLE AT ROCKWELL!
- Enter east doors next to the basketball court
- Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 7:00am-7:45 am
***Prior to attending be sure to check the USD 489 Website Covid Testing Information for any updates or changes to the testing schedule.
Schools are About More Than Teaching
On the Friday of Labor Day Weekend during my eighth-grade year, both of my parents were in a catastrophic motorcycle accident...read more
FastBridge - AutoReading Subtest
Teachers,
I have witnessed, and had reported to me, several issues with audio loading properly for the AutoReading test on FastBridge.
If students are working on an AutoReading subtest and either don’t have sound or have scratchy/muffled sound, this means their page did not load correctly. They need to close the tab and log back into FastBridge. If they close the tab in the middle of a subtest, they will start back at the beginning of that subtest. Doing this has been successful with every student I have worked with (some did have to do it more than once – 4 is the winner right now).
If they don’t tell you they couldn’t hear until they finish, you will have to delete their score before they can redo it. The steps to delete a score are linked below and have been added to the Canvas/Seesaw courses.
https://fastbridge.illuminateed.com/hc/en-us/articles/1260802484609-Deleting-a-Score
~Allison Kitchen
- USD 489 - FastBridge Assessment Overview 2021-22
- Logging into FastBridge for the First Time
- Forgotten Password
- FAST Assessment Estimated Administration Times
- Quick Sheets, Student Materials and Demo Videos can be Accessed on the Assessment Page HERE
- How To Access the List of Student Usernames & Passwords for Your Building
- LETRS Professional Learning Overview
- LETRS FAQ
- Scope & Sequence - Grade-level drafts, K-3 (Grades 4 & 5 are still being developed): K-3 Scope and Sequence drafts
NGSS NOW
Blog Post: Am I Following This Recipe Correctly?
When designing effective science learning, a common question is how often students need feedback and from whom. The newest post from NextGenScience’s On The Same Wavelength blog explores how teacher and peer feedback supports student progress in the mastery of three-dimensional learning objectives.
See the post here
