Teaching & Learning

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February 9th: Leading for Impact BLT/DLT

February 16th: Early Release

February 16th: WeKan/Mentee District Support

February 17th: MTSS BSEL Training

February 21st: Teacher Inservice

February 22nd: Unit 3 LETRS HHS

February 23rd: Unit 3 LETRS HMS

February 28th: Kansas Teacher of the Year Visit

****February 21st-March 11th: An optional FastBridge screening window has been set for February 21st – March 11th. Teachers can use this to monitor student’s progress if they would like, but they are not required to do so.

489 STAFF INTERESTED IN ATTENDING Let Shanna Dinkel know. We will pay the $75 registration fee. You will register yourself and choose BILL DISTRICT (Accounts Payable 323 W.12th Hays, KS 67601)

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Calling all KS educators! Come to the Kansas Association of Teachers of Mathematics 2022 Annual Conference on March 25 in Emporia, KS. This will be a great opportunity to network with math educators from across the state and learn new strategies to support your students.

Register here! https://events.greenbush.org/session/kansas-association-of-mathematics-annual-stat-20220106204157

• Please see the information below regarding an upcoming HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON WORKSHOP scheduled for February 22, 23, and March 1, and 2, 2022 from 4:30 to 5:30 PM virtually. Th Teacher in-service Workshop delivered virtually (February 22, 23 March 1, 2, 2022 at 4:30-5:30 pm)
• Face to face Teacher Workshop and Flight with Arduino Coding and payload construction (March 12-13, 2022)
• Individual school-based work by student/teacher research teams (late March/early April 2022)
• Virtual mentoring of students and teachers by FHSU HAB team
• Analysis and sharing data through a virtual poster session prepared by student teams (April 2022)
• Teacher participant stipend $800
• Teacher lodging and travel stipend $400
• Workshop materials and supplies will be provided for student payload design
• Limited to first 12 registrants
• Deadline to register February 9, 2022
• Registration fee $20 (non-refundable)

For more information and to register online please go:

https://www.fhsu.edu/smei/high-altitude-balloon/is workshop is being held to promote Student Research Engagement with NASA fore Grades 3-12 SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION INSTUITUTE , FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY.

February, March, April Workshops & More...

Virtual Valentines 2022: Melting the Miles between Classrooms: The goal of this project is to spread cheer and happiness across the globe by connecting classrooms. Students make Valentine’s and send them to a classroom that they’ve been paired with. If they so choose, they can become more involved with the project and learn more about the community and careers of the classroom they’ve been paired with. This project spans pk-12 and can involve as much or little educational technology as the teacher wishes. This project has the potential to spread a lot of needed joy and love this season. Check out the website to learn more and get registered!

Hays Post Teacher of the Month!

Kaleigh is a 2nd/3rd grade teacher at O'Loughlin

Previously, Moises worked at Lincoln Elementary as an ELL para. He has returned to our district and is now an ELL teacher. He will be teaching at Hays High School, O'Loughlin Elementary and Roosevelt Elementary.

Thank you district subs! Also, thank you teachers who have helped cover classes!

Formative assessment is the process (not a test!) by which teachers plan and continually adapt their instruction to respond to their students’ academic progress; formative assessment does not necessarily include traditional tests or quizzes, nor is it necessarily graded.

The mini-tests are designed to be used frequently during instruction to provide feedback to help students, to evaluate students’ learning, and to aid teachers in adjusting instruction. In its most helpful form, the formative assessment uses classroom activities and discussions that require students to not simply answer questions but also reveal their reasoning that led to those answers.

In turn, teachers can immediately analyze their observations of these activities to determine individual students’ strengths and weaknesses so that they might help students address the specific mistakes they may be making or misconceptions they may hold.

(link PDF attached – Creating a Mini Test)

(Link to Interim Guide - https://ksassessments.org/sites/default/files/documents/interim/Interim_Guide_for_Educators_and_Test_Coordinators.pdf

KITE has a new way to exit the app from the iPad this year…

• 2021-22 Kansas Assessment Program Overview

When the test is done, after they click on End Test, it prompts are you sure you want to end? The student says Yes, it asks where the test was taken (school, home, other) and students choose School and Submit. It then takes them back to their Home Screen with their name on top. The student clicks Sign Out and it takes them to the KITE Log In screen and the student then clicks on Close KITE. It asks if you want to close session and the student selects Quit. It then pops up with another screen with a LOT of wording about their Exam Session Finished. The only option is Start Another Exam. At that point, the student just needs to hit their Home button to get out and then I do suggest swiping up and closing the KITE app.

It appears that MOST red screens (if you are experiencing quite a few) are due to students closing out incorrectly. You might just pass this information on to your staff if you see an issue letting them know to make sure kids are closing out correctly.

~Amy Arnhold

District Covid mitigation levels will be suspended as a result of guidance from KSDE and KDHE and local health officials. Guidelines have been updated and can be found on the COVID page of our website - https://www.usd489.com/page/covid-19-resources

• Enter east doors next to the basketball court
• Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 7:00am-7:45 am

"I’ve been an educator for 36 years, and if there’s one thing I think every educator can agree on, it’s that increasing the number of words our students know is a good thing. Period," Angela Peery.

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Each Wednesday in February two identical 1-hour virtual sessions will be offered at both 9:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Attendees must pre-register to attend!

February 2: Local School Wellness Policies: Regulations and Resources
Gather the information and resources necessary to bring wellness committees back together stronger!
Register to attend at https://ksde.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMud-mspzwsG9MxK3X9kUqEvMZHCPo7Jwy

February 9: Nutrition Education Explore
FREE nutrition education resources that can be used to move your school’s wellness policy initiatives to the
next level! This opportunity will include access to the 4th grade Body Venture Unit and the possibility of receiving a kit.
Register to attend at https://ksde.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIsd-6vrD8qGta0nZtFjOyL90YM_4kI97Bk

February 16: Mental Health: Food and Mood – Understanding Science & Evaluating Evidence
Hear from guest Speaker, Dr. Amanda Zangrillo, PsyD, BCBA-D, an associate professor and department director of the
Severe Behavior Program at the Munroe-Meyer Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center to learn
decision-making strategies and critical evaluation skills around the dynamic interplay of nutrition and behavioral health
for school-aged youth.
Register to attend at https://ksde.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqd--tqj4pHdU4UGP6dtSLpp7ToEd14_jY

February 23: Motivational Interviewing
Learn how motivational interviewing techniques can be used to intervene and help school age
children become motivated to change addictive behaviors that are preventing them from making
healthier choices.
Register to attend at https://ksde.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMufu2grTgsHtP3KDQGD1kLM7FLxFW-bmLx

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~Story courtesy of Hays Post, Cristina Janney

Submission Deadline: March 9th

https://haysartscouncil.org/creative-writing

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
  

A Teaching and Learning SeeSaw (elementary) and Canvas (secondary) page has been created and shared with teachers throughout the district. The goal for creating these courses is to share resources, dates, and general information in a one-stop-shop method. In the course you will find a calendar with PD dates, assessment windows, days off, early releases, etc. You will also find resource folders/modules with several tutorials or info for FastBridge, eduCLIMBER, ELA, Math, Progress Monitoring, and more. If there is anything you would like to see added to this page let Allison or Marie know.

Creating an Incident in eduClimber

USD 489

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Last month we learned about ACES and how adverse childhood experiences and how those can impact us later in life. This month, we will be discussing the prevalence of ACES in the classroom and learning about what a child with a high ACE score might “look” like in the classroom. Click here for more information

~Rebecca S. Clark, LSCSW, MS.Ed.

Episode seven of the Kansas State Department of Education’s “Insight Podcast” is now available. Kansas Commissioner of Education Dr. Randy Watson, and host of the podcast, sits down with KSDE’s Shanna Bigler, mental health education program consultant, to delve deeper into social-emotional growth.

Watson also introduces listeners to Susanne Stevenson, a fourth-grade teacher at Beeson Elementary School, Dodge City Unified School District 443, and the 2022 Kansas Teacher of the Year.

These 20- to 30-minute monthly podcasts enable Kansans to access education news when it’s convenient for them.

Please feel free to share this podcast with parents, educators and community members by providing a link to it in your school and district newsletters and through your social media accounts.

Access this month’s “Inside Podcast,” as well as previous podcasts, by visiting https://anchor.fm/ksdeinsight.

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• How to Strengthen Tier 1 Phonics? Ask your ELASS for help in implementing effective instructional routines.
• LETRS Professional Learning Overview
• LETRS FAQ
• K-3, Morphology Scope and Sequence Drafts - Scope and Sequence drafts
  

FHSU Science of Language and Literacy Flyer

Teachers College Phonics Videos - https://vimeo.com/showcase/6802092

Teachers College Entire Vimeo Video Collection - https://vimeo.com/tcrwp/videos

Explore the Site -The new site is here to stay starting Friday, January 28th! We will phase out the old site so we can add more features for you on the new one!

—The Mystery Science Team

***Find lessons with a Top 5 Bonus! See all units at once!***

“I love that I am not only seeing the content for my selected grade level but have the option to go between grade levels. I also love the suggested topics grouped by interest.”

Megan

Kindergarten Teacher, KY

All PD sponsored by KSDE are free of charge.

Math Differentiation - Quantiles 101: (90 min)

Educator Guide: (Link)

GREAT NEWS on a new resource to frame conversations with parents to support student success!

• Start Career Awareness conversations in Elementary and Middle School
• Please find the first Cool Careers Video created by our friends at Hire Paths. More coming soon!! https://hirepaths.com/cool-careers-videos

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Electronic Portfolio – What is Needed? What Works?

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

2:00 to 3:30 PM – Zoom

Registration Link: https://ksde.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvcu6ppz4iHty87qwBHGnjO5bAYpw7DA-Y

Kansans Can Star Recognition and the IPS Component

Tuesday, March 29th, 2022

2:00 to 3:30 PM – Zoom

Registration Link: https://ksde.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvde6vpz8tEtwIdAgmYKJj-AL-ZTciskbm

KS Department of Education: https://appspublic.ksde.org/TLL/SearchLicense.aspx

Speech/Language Pathologist: https://www.ksha.org/licensing.php

KS Board of Nursing: https://www.kansas.gov/ksbn-verifications/search/records

KS Board of Healing Arts: http://www.ksbha.org/searchforlicensee.shtmll

KS Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board: https://ksbsrb.ks.gov/