July

17: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. 2023-2024 School Year Kick-Off Event for Jump Start Your Success in School Nutrition Programs. Jump Start offers a blend of in-person, live virtual, on-demand and personalized training opportunities for new and aspiring school food service directors and managers. This training opportunity is for those with less than three years of experience. For more information about the program or event, contact KSDE’s Kelly Chanay at kchanay@ksde.org. All participants must register at https://ksde.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_577eu6HSSn2VhRk.

17: Registration deadline for Fort Hays State University’s Trauma-Informed Practices virtual workshop. The workshop is 9-11 a.m. July 25-26. The cost is $40. To register, contact Mary Cooper by email at mccooper2@fhsu.edu or by phone at (785) 628-4283.

17: Registration deadline for Fort Hays State University’s Introduction to Restorative Practices and Using Circles Effectively. The workshop will take place via Zoom from noon to 2 p.m. July 25-26. The cost is $40. For questions about the workshop, contact Dr. Sarah M. Lancaster at smlancaster2@fhsu.edu. To register, contact Mary Cooper by email at mccooper2@fhsu.edu or by phone at (785) 628-4283.

18: 9 a.m.-noon and 1:30-4 p.m., Local Foods Culinary Workshop, Wichita, National Institute of Culinary and Hospitality Education. For more information, contact Kelly Chanay, assistant director for the Kansas State Department of Education’s (KSDE) Child Nutrition and Wellness team, at kchanay@ksde.org.

19: 9 a.m.-noon, Kansas State Department of Education and the Kansas Highway Patrol are partnering for Reasonable Suspicion Training for commercial driver’s license supervisors. Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB), 1420 S.W. Arrowhead Road, in Topeka. Free of charge to any Kansas school district employee or any Kansas school bus contractor employee. Click this link to register https://events.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=854.

19: 1:30-2:30 p.m., Star Early Literacy 101, virtual. Learn what Star Early Literacy is, why it should be administered and how to leverage it as a universal screener. Also learn how the Star scale connects student test performance to learning progressions, resources, Kansas standards and other scores. Administer the Star Early Literacy test with fidelity. Register here.

20-21: #EpicEducators23 Summer Retreat, Alvin E. Morris Administrative Center, 903 South Edgemoor St. in Wichita. Keynote speakers are Dr. Richard Villa (“Differentiated Instruction”) and Dr. Mary Kaye Siebert (“Courage to Teach” facilitator). There is a $25 registration cost. For more information and to register, visit bit.ly/41KwcLf.

21: Quarterly reporting for ESSER funds closes on CommonApp.

24: 9-11 a.m., FastBridge Essentials: Progress Monitoring Day 1. Virtual. Get started with a quick tour of how to navigate the FastBridge system and then dive into assessments you can use to progress monitor students: CBM Automatically, CBM Reading and Early Reading Nonsense Words. Register here.

24-27: Blue Valley USD 229 AP CSP and AP CSA Workshops. For Kansas residents only. Register here.

25: 9-11 a.m., FastBridge Essentials: Progress Monitoring Day 2, virtual. Learn how to select students for monitoring, set up progress monitoring groups, choose the details needed for each group’s schedule, how to indicate the specific intervention, and where to go to conduct the monitoring. Use the Individual Progress Monitoring Report, such as the trend, goal and projection lines, as well as specific student errors, in order to interpret the data, evaluate intervention effectiveness and intensify interventions. Register here.

25-26: 9-11 a.m., Fort Hays State University’s Trauma-Informed Practices workshop via Zoom. The registration deadline is July 17. Cost: $40. To register, contact Mary Cooper by email at mccooper2@fhsu.edu or by phone at (785) 628-4283. One-, two- or three-course credits available. To apply for college credit at FHSU, contact Heather Musil at hjmusil@fhsu.edu.

25-26: Noon-2 p.m., Fort Hays State University’s Introduction to Restorative Practices and Using Circles Effectively via Zoom. The cost is $40. The registration deadline is July 17. To register, contact Mary Cooper by email at mccooper2@fhsu.edu or by phone at (785) 628-4283. One-, two- or three-course credits available. To apply for college credit at FHSU, contact Heather Musil at hjmusil@fhsu.edu.

26-27: 2023 KSDE Special Education and Title Services Leadership Conference for all Kansas education administrators. Wichita Hyatt Regency. To register, go here.

27: Achieving Equity in AP, Blue Valley USD 229. For Kansas residents only. Register here.

27: 9-11 a.m., FastBridge Lightning Round, virtual. A space for collaboration, resources and to ask FastBridge questions, exclusively for Kansas educators. Register here.

27-28: 12-13: 9 a.m.-noon, KSDE and Phenomenon Elementary Science Education virtual training. This is a repeated session. There will be approximately two hours of additional asynchronous engagement before, during and after the training. Applicants will be asked to commit to engaging during this time. College credit is optional, and certificates of professional learning will be provided. There is no cost to participants. Participants will be confirmed via email by May 15th and kits of materials will be shipped to the addresses provided below. Please email mrichard@ksde.org with questions. Register here.

27-28: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., The Colors of Nature: Investigating the Interactions of Science and Art, McPherson Opera House, 219 S. Main in McPherson. Through a series of investigations, participants will become familiar with the core practices of science, math and art to develop scientific and artistic habits of mind that empower engagement in self-directed inquiry. Registrations received by July 22 will be eligible for a classroom grant of up to $150 from the Norene Ketcherside Endowment Fund for Fine Arts. The grant may be used to purchase classroom supplies during the 2023-2024 school year. To learn more, contact Becky Goss at 620-245-9070 or 620-242-7169 or by email at becky@mcphersonfoundation.org. Registration is capped at 40 participants. Register here.

31: 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., in-person training appropriate for K-12 school counselors to set up 2023-2024 comprehensive school counseling program for success, Southwest Plains Conference Center, 810 W. Lark Ave. in Sublette. Registration is $25 per person, which includes lunch. For more information, click here. To register for the training, click here.

31-Aug. 3: Online AP CSP and AP CSA AP Summer Institute. Register now.