Calendar
 

March

21: 9-11:30 a.m., Progress Monitoring with FastBridge. Discover the basics of progress monitoring with FastBridge, including a working definition, purpose and available measures. 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 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. 

21: 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Ages & Stages Questionnaires® Data Analysis Workshop, Sublette. Learn more and register for the ASQ Data Analysis workshop here.  

21: 2 p.m., KSDE Child Nutrition and Wellness team’s Town Hall meeting. Join the virtual March Town Hall meeting at https://ksde.zoom.us/j/84920437369?pwd=dXgrdE5ickp6VVVHRTFWbkowN0FJUT09. 

21: 1-1:30 p.m., KSDE ESSER team Office Hours. The Office Hour Zoom link is https://ksde.zoom.us/j/87815848572. 

22: 9 a.m.-3 p.m., five-hour informational workshop for mechanics performing Part I Mechanical School/Activity Bus Safety Inspection. The workshop is for informational purposes only. Lunch isn’t provided, and there is no certification for attendees. Registration deadline is March 15. Dodge City, Dodge City USD 443 District Office, 2112 First Ave. Registrants can begin checking in at 8:30 a.m. Register here. 

25: 11 a.m., Kansas Teacher of the Year Regional Awards Banquet, Region 4, Wichita Marriott Hotel, 9100 E. Corporate Hills Drive. 

26: 11:30 a.m., Kansas Teacher of the Year Regional Awards Banquet, Region 2, Townsite Tower, 534 S. Kansas Ave. in Topeka. 

26: 5 p.m., Kansas Teacher of the Year Regional Awards Banquet, Region 3, Overland Park Sheraton, 6100 College Blvd. (near I-435 and Metcalf). 

28: 9 a.m., Entry-Level Driving Training (ELDT) Theory event for prospective Kansas school bus drivers, Dodge City USD 443 Administration Building, 2112 1st Ave. No cost. The registration deadline is March 22. Register at https://events.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=861. 

28: Deadline to finish pre-course work (two-hour online training) for the Youth Mental Health First Aid Community of Practice. 

28: 1-4 p.m., Introductory Ages & Stages Questionnaires®, Third Edition (ASQ-3) training. This training is designed to support the statewide expansion of the ASQ and is not specific to the Kindergarten Readiness Snapshot. Learn more and register for the ASQ-3 introductory training here.  

29: 9 a.m., commercial driver’s license (CDL) proxy test for prospective Kansas school bus drivers, Dodge City USD 443 Administration Building, 2112 1st Ave. No cost. The registration deadline is March 22. The cost is $13 for the commercial learner’s permit. Register at https://events.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=861. 

29: 6:30-8:30 p.m., session one of Youth Mental Health First Aid Community of Practice. Virtual.  

29: 9 a.m.-3 p.m., five-hour informational workshop for mechanics performing Part I Mechanical School/Activity Bus Safety Inspection. The workshop is for informational purposes only. Lunch isn’t provided, and there is no certification for attendees. Registration deadline is March 15. El Dorado USD 490, Performing Arts Center Auditorium, 500 West Central. Register here. 

30: 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Introductory Ages & Stages Questionnaires®: Social-Emotional, Second Edition (ASQ:SE-2) training. This training is designed to support the statewide expansion of the ASQ and is not specific to the Kindergarten Readiness Snapshot. Learn more and register for the ASQ:SE-2 introductory training here.  

30: 1-2 p.m., Star Assessments Spring Virtual Learning, sponsored by KSDE. “March Star Burst: Planning Instruction with Record Book and Nearpod.” Learn more about the month’s topic or join the Office Hours Breakout Room. Registration: https://renaissance.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAvdO6grjktHdQZS2CYzpUybAfoXroP2N5Y. 

30: 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Dyslexia: Tier I Supports for Middle/Secondary Students. ESSDACK, 1500 E. 11th in Hutchinson. The cost is $25, and lunch is provided. Optional one-half graduate-level college credit available from MidAmerica Nazarene University for $45. Register here. 

30-31: 2023 Kansas Federal Education Funds Administration Forum, Wichita Marriott, 9100 E. Corporate Hills Drive. Fee is $125. Registration information can be found at: https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0009-0020-0da0ee848a8a482bbc9e1536e45f8b27. For questions or concerns regarding registration, email Brad Schwartz at blschwartz@pittstate.edu. 

31: Final deadline for systems entering year five of KESA to have on-site Outside Visitation Team visit. 

31: Deadline to submit virtual school forms. 

31: Deadline to submit nominations for 2023 Kansas School Nurse of the Year and 2023 Kansas School Nurse Administrator of the Year. For more information, contact Katy Carter, Kansas School Nurses Organization Awards and Scholarship chair, by email at KCarter@usd266.com or call her at 316-462-8085. 

April 

1: 11 a.m., Kansas Teacher of the Year Regional Awards Banquet, Region 1, Tony Event Center, 800 The Midway in Salina. 

5: 6:30-8:30 p.m., session two of Youth Mental Health First Aid Community of Practice. Virtual.  

7: Deadline for districts that plan to offer an alternative school during the 2023-2024 to complete Google form at https://forms.gle/5sAidnRkpvb63pMc7.