Week of March 19th...
LA Staff News
Week at a Glance
Budget due to central office. If I need to build something specific in for next year, please let me know ASAP!
Tuesday: Guy's Group at 11:00
Wednesday: Harvester's 10-12
Thursday: MN at Principal Meeting-AM
Teacher of the Year luncheon 11-1
Mini-showcase
Friday:
Teachers: What day do you want to give the survey?? See below. Need to complete this week.
College/Career Readiness and Community Partnerships
Northland CAPS Teacher Academy - Summer 2018 - July 10, 11 and 12
Please join teachers in the Northland for a professional development experience!
Attendees will collaborate with teachers and businesses across the Northland to find ways for providing authentic learning experiences for students. This is a great way to connect with businesses to promote PBL in your classroom! www.northlandcaps.org/academy
Survey Needed for Students
Along with 20 other local districts and teacher preparation programs, Liberty Public Schools (LPS) is a founding partner of the recently launched TEACH Kansas City initiative. This initiative’s goal is to elevate the perception of the teaching profession to attract more high school and college students to consider teaching, and then to provide those students with free resources, tools, and support to become teachers in the Kansas City area.
One of the elements of the partnership is the Career Interest Survey for high school students, which is a key enabler of LPS’s ability to identify and eventually recruit back its alumni to become teachers once they graduate from college.
This online survey is very short (3-5 min), and will provide LPS, your team, and your students with valuable information and opportunities:
Students get the option to sign up for TEACH Kansas City, where they will gain access to information, tools, and opportunities to help them explore and pursue teaching.
After the survey administration, schools will receive a summary of their student responses (e.g., career interests, desired career exploration resources, etc...) to further inform any existing college and career planning efforts in place, and with each annual administration, you will be able to track and benchmark results over time.
After students graduate from high school, schools will have access to data about their alumni who are TEACH Kansas City subscribers (e.g., how many are education majors, etc…) and the opportunity to communicate with them through TEACH Kansas City.
You can administer the survey however you like, but for maximum value, we recommend that all high school students (9th-12th grade) complete the survey once a year. If that is not feasible, we recommend all 11th and 12th grade students complete it. In terms of administration, we have found one easy option is to choose a course/subject that all students have (e.g., English) and a day where all students can take 3-5 minutes to complete the survey on their laptop. Once your plan is in place, all you need to do is to provide the relevant teachers the below instructions:
Allow 5 minutes at the start or finish of a class period to complete the survey
Explain to students that the survey is to get their input on their career interests and for them to sign up for free resources from TEACH Kansas City if they are interested
Direct students to this link: ontch.org/libertysurvey (note: this link is case-sensitive so all letters should be undercase)