KSDE Weekly

Standards and Instruction

Posted: Oct 23, 2024
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Kansas Child Care Training Opportunities, Inc. (KCCTO) is excited to announce hard copies of the recently updated Core Competencies for Early Childhood Care and Education Professionals have begun arriving in districts. Each school district will receive three hard copies to share with early childhood staff. 

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Posted: Oct 17, 2024
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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) Preparedness program now offers free One Health lesson plans for Kansas K-12 educators. One Health is an initiative that seeks to help educate students about the connections between the health of humans, animals and their shared environment.  

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Posted: Oct 17, 2024
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The Kansas State Interagency Coordinating Council (SICC) is hosting a virtual retreat for local councils, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., on Nov. 1. 

This free event is a learning opportunity for anyone who works with children birth to five years of age.

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Posted: Oct 10, 2024
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The Kansas State Interagency Coordinating Council (SICC) is hosting a virtual retreat for local councils, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., on Nov. 1. 

This free event is a learning opportunity for anyone who works with children birth to five years of age.

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Posted: Oct 10, 2024
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The Kansas State Department of Education’s virtual monthly science collaborations for the 2024-25 school year start this month. 

Mark your calendars for these monthly meetups for curriculum leaders, science teachers and new science teachers in a professional learning community (PLC). Get updates from KSDE, meet colleagues, ask questions and share resources. 

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Posted: Oct 3, 2024
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October kicks off the Kansas State Department of Education’s virtual monthly science collaborations for the 2024-25 school year.

Mark your calendars for these monthly meet-ups for curriculum leaders, science teachers and new science teachers in a professional learning community (PLC). Get updates from KSDE, meet colleagues, ask questions and share resources.

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Posted: Oct 3, 2024
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Most school districts should have received printed copies of the Kansas Early Learning Standards (KELS). These also are available online with accompanying resources at kels.ksde.org. The standards are now available in Spanish.   

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Posted: Oct 3, 2024
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The Kansas MTSS & Alignment preschool team is providing a free, one-day event that will engage preschool teachers in understanding the importance of standards-based activities for their classrooms. 

This hands-on, make and take event will help Pre-K teachers create standards-based, small group activities for preschool students that align with educational standards while also catering to the developmental needs and interests of young children.  

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Posted: Oct 3, 2024
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Technical assistance sessions are scheduled in October and November to provide K-12 school districts with the tools to support the implementation of a high-quality Individual Plan of Study (IPS) process.  

Topics will include the Students’ Right to Know Act, Kansas degree statistics, Kansas Training Information Program (K-TIP), potential earnings of the U.S. military, Kansas Department of Labor’s labor market information and other information relevant to the students’ understanding of potential earnings.  

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