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Reminder: Registration open for Great Ideas in Education Conference: Lighting the Path Forward

Reminder: Registration open for Great Ideas in Education Conference: Lighting the Path Forward

Make plans to attend this year’s Great Ideas in Education conference, “Lighting the Path Forward,” Oct. 23-25, by clicking here.  

For room reservations for the Hyatt Regency Wichita, click here. For the Fairfield Inn and Suites room reservations, click here.

KSDE is focusing presentations to provide excellent professional development in the following areas: 

Four Fundamentals 

  1. Balanced Assessment System 
    1. Data - How it is used to make instructional decisions?

    2. Kansas Educational Data System (KEDS) 

  2. Structured Literacy 
  3. High Quality Instruction 
  4. Standards Alignment 


KESA System Structures to support Fundamentals

  • Family and Community Partnerships 
  • Resource Allocation 
  • Educator Evaluation 
  • Professional Learning 
  • Professional Collaboration 
  • Tiered System of Supports 


Safe and Supportive Schools 

Technology and Cybersecurity 

KSDE is encouraging districts and buildings to bring a leadership team to learn together. Each district will be slightly different according to size and district needs. The following are some ideas for the make-up of those teams:   

  • Superintendent 
  • Curriculum leaders 
  • Building administrators 
  • Classroom teachers  
  • Special ed professional/teacher(s)  
  • ELL professional  
  • CTE teacher(s)  
  • Fine Arts teacher(s) 
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Posted: Jul 18, 2024,
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