Elementary Education Monthly Update
May 2019
Primary Connection (K-2)
Intermediate Connection (3-4)
Upper Elementary Connection (5-6)
Summer Self-Care for Teachers
First and foremost get outdoors. You've been confined to outdoor time via recess duty since August no doubt. Enjoy what summers in Kansas offer which is abundant sunshine, cool mornings, and longer days. Take a walk, walk your dog, walk with your neighbor, or just go outdoors and play with your kids if you have them. Check out summer programs at local rec centers or swimming pools. Breathe...
I highly encourage you to shut down and unplug at least one day per week. Really! Be brave and go without your phone, social media, text messages, iPads, etc. for one full day per week. You will be so surprised how much more relaxed you will feel and how much we often take for granted simple things that our tech takes us away from. For example, having real conversations at mealtime with family, making actual phone calls to relatives and not just a quick Facebook check-in or text message. Go ahead and give it try!
Do not, I repeat, do not go to your classroom for at least 3 weeks. Leave it be. The more you go to your classroom the more you start to get anxious and begin prepping for next year. Mark some dates off on your calendar that are no-school-zone days. Enjoy the gift of time that you have!
Thank you for a wonderful school year. Now, rest up, take care of you, and come back in August ready to rock it once again!
Student Summer Learning
Teacher Summer Professional Development Opportunites
- 2019 Arts Integration Symposium, July 22 - 24, Kansas City
- KU Summer Educational Improvement Conference - June 7, KU Edwards Campus, Overland Park
- Project Based Learning Kansas from the Buck Institute, June 11 - 13, Goddard
- USD 434 Santa Fe Trail Summer Symposium, June 25 - 26, Carbondale
- Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain, June 3, Topeka
- USD 407 Russell Summer Professional Development, June 20 - 21 and July 8, July 12, Russell
- KSDE Summer Impact Institutes - See information below
- KSDE Excellence in Math and Science Teaching Conference - See information below
- Greenbush University, June 3 - 7, Lawrence and Girard
Great Summer Reads
- What School Could Be by Ted Dintersmith
- Teach Like a Pirate: Increase Student Engagement, Boost Your Creativity, and Transform Your Life as an Educator, by Dave Burgess
- Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain, by Zaretta Hammond
- Adventures in Teacher Leadership: Pathways, Strategies, and Inspiration for Every Teacher, by Rebecca Mieliwocki and Joseph Fatheree
- The Burnout Cure: Learn to Love Teaching Again, by Chase Mielke
- Engage the Brain: How to Design for Learning that Taps into the Power of Emotion, by Allison Posey
- Teaching Literacy in the Visible Learning Classroom K-5, by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and John Hattie
- Project Based Learning: How to Create Rigorous and Engaging Learning Experiences, by Suzie Boss
- The Writing Strategies Book, by Jennifer Serravallo
Happenings Around KSDE
KSDE Impact Institute
Please join us at the Kansas State Department of Education Division of Learning Services’ 2019 Impact Institutes. Kansas teachers, counselors, principals, curriculum coordinators, instructional coaches, and educational professionals at all levels (birth through high school) will have the opportunity to select sessions and workshops on topics connected to many academic areas. These workshops will provide the help you need in providing our students the academic and cognitive preparation, the technical and employability skills, and the civic engagement opportunities to allow them to be successful. TO REGISTER: click here - Washburn Impact Institute COST $25 per person
Thursday, Jun 27, 2019, 08:00 AM
Washburn University - Memorial Union, 1820 Southwest Jewell Avenue, Topeka, KS, USA
KSDE Impact Institute
Please join us at the Kansas State Department of Education Division of Learning Services’ 2019 Impact Institutes. Kansas teachers, counselors, principals, curriculum coordinators, instructional coaches, and educational professionals at all levels (birth through high school) will have the opportunity to select sessions and workshops on topics connected to many academic areas. These workshops will provide the help you need in providing our students the academic and cognitive preparation, the technical and employability skills, and the civic engagement opportunities to allow them to be successful. TO REGISTER: click here - Pratt Community College Impact Institute COST $25 per person
Wednesday, Jul 17, 2019, 08:00 AM
Pratt Community College Bookstore, 348 KS-61, Pratt, KS, USA
Kansas Excellence in Math and Science Teaching Conference
The mornings will include guest speakers from KATS, KATM, and other chances to learn from expert math and science teachers. The elementary, middle, and high school educators that joined us for the Learn While Teach PD project will be leading our science sessions. Come learn more about using driving questions boards, talk move questioning techniques, and how to really anchor science learning in phenomena from this great group.
College credit available, fees vary depending on membership(s), includes lunch each day and snack each afternoon. To enroll or for more information - click here KS Excellence in Math and Science Teaching Conference
Monday, Jun 17, 2019, 08:00 AM
Newman University, McCormick Street, Wichita, KS, USA
Cindy Hadicke, Elementary Program Consultant
Email: chadicke@ksde.org
Website: www.ksde.org
Location: 900 SW Jackson Street, Suite 653
Phone: 785-296-2749
Twitter: @iheartk_6