February

Through March 4: Educator Data Collection System is open now through March 4 for submission of Licensed Personnel Report. 

2: 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., KSDE’s “CLUES: What Do We Do With All of This Data?” ESSACK Service Center, Hutchinson. $35. Register HERE. 

5-9: National School Counseling Week.

6: 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., KSDE’s “CLUES: What Do We Do With All of This Data?” Greenbush Service Center, Girard. $35. Register HERE. 

6: 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Kansas Multi-Tier System of Supports and Alignment’s Preschool Make-and-Take Training, Boot Hill Casino and Resort, 4000 W. Comanche St. in Dodge City. Register here.

7: 4-5 p.m. KSDE’s monthly math meeting. Topic: Relevancy. Zoom: https://ksde.zoom.us/j/88043941824. For more information, contact KSDE’s Jennifer Hamlet via email at jhamlet@kse.org or by phone at 785-296-6823.

7: 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., “Sit and Get Won’t Grow Dendrites: 20 Professional Learning Strategies that Engage the Adult Brain,” Hope Community Church, 1831 E. 21^st St. in Andover. Presented by Marcia Tate. Sponsored by Learning Forward Kansas. The cost to attend is $300. More information and registration are available by clicking here.

9: Deadline for submitting form for alternative schools or programs count. Districts offering an alternative school or program during the 2023-2024 school year should complete this form.

12: Spring 2024 Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Program kickoff. The KU Tobacco Treatment Specialist (KU TTS) program is an online training course that will require about 14-18 hours to complete and concludes with eight hours of synchronous, virtual skills building training. The cost is $1,000. However, scholarships are available. The application for Spring 2024 TTS training has closed. To be added to the waitlist or submit interest in future trainings, please submit this form.

13-14: Kansas State Board of Education meeting, Topeka. Click here to watch the live stream.

15-16: Kansas Digital Learning Conference, Andover eCademy, 1411 N. Main in Andover. Register here.

21: 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., KSDE: Meaningful Feedback to Fuel Instruction. Greenbush, Lawrence. Cost is $35. Meals provided. In person. To register, click here.

21: 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., KSDE: Meaningful Feedback to Fuel Instruction. Smoky Hill Education Service Center in Salina, 605 E. Crawford, Room 2. Cost is $35. In person. Six credit hours and six professional development points available. To register, click here.

21: 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., KSDE: Meaningful Feedback to Fuel Instruction. Greenbush, Girard. Cost is $35. Meals provided. In person. To register, click here.

21: 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., KSDE: Meaningful Feedback to Fuel Instruction. ESSDACK, 1500 E. 11^th in Hutchinson. Cost is $35. Lunch is included. In person. Optional one-half graduate-level college credit available from MidAmerica Nazarene University for $45. To register, click here.

21: 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., KSDE: Meaningful Feedback to Fuel Instruction. Northwest Kansas Educational Service Center, 703 West 2^nd in Oakley. Cost is $35. In person. To register, click here.

21: 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., KSDE: Meaningful Feedback to Fuel Instruction. Southwest Plains Conference Center, 810 W. Larke Ave. in Sublette. Cost is $35. In-person and virtual options available. To register, click here.

21: 1 p.m., Vetting Online Educational Services. This is the second workshop in the KSDE Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Professional Development Webinar Series. Brittani Fairchild, a data privacy analyst for AEM/PTAC, will discuss how the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) applies in the context of education technology and provide a roadmap to understand how to protect student privacy in the digital context. Register now by clicking here.

22: 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., KSDE’s “CLUES: What Do We Do With All of This Data?” Southwest Plains Service Center, Sublette. $35. Register HERE.

22-23: KEEN Conference, Topeka.

29-March 1: 42^nd annual Kansas Division for Early Childhood Conference, Double Tree by Hilton, 2098 Airport Road in Wichita. For more information or to register, click here.