KSDE Weekly

Nov. 21, 2024

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Posted: Nov 21, 2024
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The week of Nov. 18-22 is American Education Week, a time to celebrate the positive impact of public schools across the U.S. So, why is now an important time to be a teacher? That question was asked recently of several members of the new 2025 Kansas Teacher of the Year (KTOY) team.  

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Posted: Nov 21, 2024
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As the daughter of a former elementary school teacher, Adlyn Mieras, a senior at Blue Valley West High School, Blue Valley Unified School District 229, said she’s known from a young age she’s wanted to be a teacher because, as a student, she has “wanted to learn all the time.”  

“I felt being a teacher and helping others to find that similar passion for learning is something that I’ve always wanted to do,” she said. “I want to be a teacher for a long time.” 

Mieras and dozens of other Kansas high school students attended the northeast Kansas regional Educators Rising conference earlier this month where they competed in categories including lesson planning and teaching; TED talks; children’s literature; impromptu speaking; and interviewing. Future Teachers of America Day was celebrated this week, along with American Education Week.

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Posted: Nov 21, 2024
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Districts that have opted into the KSDE and IXL Math contract to receive IXL Math at no local cost are required to provide data on math practice for the 2024-25 school year twice a year.  

Two built-in IXL reports will allow you to create and submit your KSDE reporting in just a few minutes. 

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Posted: Nov 21, 2024
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The reporting for Period 1 for incidents of restraint and/or seclusion using emergency safety interventions (ESI) began on July 1 and ends Nov. 20.

District staff should begin entering this data into the Kansas Integrated Accountability System (KIAS) as soon as possible after Nov. 30 but before the submission window closes on Dec. 30.   

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