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April

5: All programs that want to be funded for Preschool-Aged At-Risk Approval must submit forms by April 5. The Preschool-Aged At-Risk Approval form for the 2024-2025 school year is available on the Early Childhood Preschool Programming Webpage

5: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 2024 ATE-K/Kansas Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (KACTE) Spring Conference, virtual. For more information, contact Alan English, ATE-K president, at EnglishAE@bethanylb.edu.

5: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. - Kansas Early Childhood Outcome Rating Process Workshop by KSDE Early Childhood and Special Education and Title Services teams. Fort Hays State University Ballroom, 700 College Drive, Memorial Union 208 in Hays; in-person for five professional learning contact hours. To register, click here. Email Chelie Nelson (chelie.nelson@nau.edu) with any questions.

9-10: Kansas State Board of Education meeting, in Topeka, on April 9. Click here to watch the livestream. On April 10, the State Board will be touring the Kansas State School for the Blind and the Kansas School for the Deaf.

10: 4-5 p.m. - KSDE’s monthly math meeting. Topic: Statistics/Other. Zoom link: https://ksde.zoom.us/j/88043941824. For more information, contact KSDE’s Jennifer Hamlet at jhamlet@kse.org or 785-296-6823.

10: 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. - KSDE: Summative Assessments in Science: Unit/Course Level. Greenbush, Lawrence. Cost is $35. Meals provided. In person. To register, click here.

10: 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. - KSDE: Summative Assessments in Science Unit/Course Level, at Smoky Hill Education Service Center in Salina, 605 E. Crawford, Room 2. Cost is $35. This event is in-person. Six credit hours and six professional development points are available. To register, click here.

10: 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. - KSDE: Summative Assessments in Science Unit/Course Level. This in-person event will be at Greenbush, in Girard. The cost is $35 and food will be provided. To register, click here.

10: 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., KSDE: Summative Assessments in Science Unit/Course Level. This in-person event will be at ESSDACK, 1500 E. 11th in Hutchinson. The cost is $35 and lunch is included. An optional one-half graduate-level college credit is available from MidAmerica Nazarene University for $45. To register, click here.

10: 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. - KSDE: Summative Assessments in Science Unit/Course Level. This in-person event will be at the Northwest Kansas Educational Service Center, 703 West 2nd in Oakley. The cost is $35. To register, click here.

10: 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. - KSDE: Summative Assessments in Science Unit/Course Level. This in-person event, with virtual options available, will be at the Southwest Plains Conference Center, 810 W. Larke Ave. in Sublette. The cost is $35. To register, click here.

13: Innovative Next Steps in Pre-K-12 Learning Education Conference, Bethany College, in Lindsborg. The registration fee of $40 for teachers and $10 for high school students includes lunch. College credit is available for $150 per credit hour (total of two hours). Register at https://bethanylb.edu/education-conference.

17: 1 p.m. - Creating a Cybersecurity Framework 2. This is the fourth workshop in the KSDE Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Professional Development Webinar Series. Developed by K-12 IT practitioners for K-12 IT practitioners, and aligned to cybersecurity risk management best practices, the K12 Security Information eXchange (K12 SIX) Essentials series establishes baseline cybersecurity standards for school districts in the U.S. It also provides guidance and tools to support their implementation. This session, which builds upon March’s session, is presented by Doug Levin, co-founder and national director of K12 SIX. Register now by clicking here.

18: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. - Kansas Multi-Tier System of Supports and Alignment’s Preschool Make-and-Take Training, Bluemont Hotel, 1212 Bluemont Ave., in Manhattan. Register here.

18-19: Brown v. Board of Education 70th Anniversary Conference, in Lawrence and Topeka. Register here for this free event.

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