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Volume 3 - Issue
18 - January 31, 2005 |
Regional
Community Forums
The
Regional Community Forums have been scheduled and the
dates and locations have been publicized. For additional
information, please visit the News
page of the Kyrene Web site.
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School
Forums
The
School Forums began last week, and will continue until
the end of this week. You are encouraged to attend one
of the forums, which coincide with early release days.
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K-8
Programming Study Update
The
K-8 Programming Study Committee met on Thursday, January
27 from 1:00-5:00.
The focus of the meeting was:
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Review plans for forums, feedback from first forums and
Board meeting update.
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Addition of meeting dates (Feb. 4: 8-12, Feb. 11: 1-5)
and review of timelines for working with the Board.
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Status report on middle school ideas -- agreement to
devote an entire meeting to discussing this (Feb. 4).
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Status report on elementary ideas -- agreement to devote
an entire meeting to discussing this (February 11).
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Processing (in small groups) of ideas from Current and
Alternative Administrative Models Solutions Team and
Current and Alternative Support Services Models
Solutions Team.
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Agenda planning for next 3 meetings.
The
next meeting of the Committee is February 4 from
8-12 in room T-4 at the District Office. Visit
the Kyrene Web site for detailed minutes from the
meeting. Important:
No action has been taken on the elementary,
middle school, administrative or support services ideas.
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K-8
and Compensation Study Fact Sheets
Please take a few moments to
review the attached fact sheets regarding the Compensation
Study and the K-8
Programming Study. School Forums are currently
underway, and these Fact Sheets are being provided so
that you can have a succinct, clear set of information
about the initiatives prior to the Forums. Thank you for
reviewing this very important information.
Visit
the K-8 Programming Study Web page
Visit
the Compensation Study Web page
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Interested
in Pursuing an Administrative Certificate?
Kyrene, in conjunction with
Chapman University, would like to continue its
partnership in providing administrative coursework to
individuals who already have a Master's degree and would
like to meet the requirements for an Arizona Principal
Certificate. Participants may begin taking these classes
any time a new class is offered. Principal certificate
requirements can be found on the Arizona Department of
Education’s Web
site.
The next course that will
be offered in Kyrene is Legality of School Finance for
Administrators taught by Fred Stone, Business Manager of
Higley Unified School District. Course dates are April
1, 2, 8, 9, 15, and 16. Classes meet on Fridays from
4:30-9:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 8 a.m - 4 p.m. The
class location is yet to be determined.
If you are interested in
enrolling in this course, please fill out the attached
form, include your payment of $310 for a 3-credit
course, and mail your form to Patty Hineman in the
Curriculum and Assessment Department, Mail Stop #25, by
Friday, February 28. There is a minimum enrollment
needed to offer these courses, so sign up today. Tuition
is non-refundable unless the class is cancelled due to
low enrollment. Should you have additional questions,
contact Patty
Hineman at x4115.
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Kyrene
Reading Resources Open House Well Attended
The
Kyrene School District is in the process of adopting a
comprehensive core reading program that will serve as a
foundation for reading instruction at all grade levels
beginning in the 2005-2006 school year. The Reading
Steering Committee has narrowed the resources to three
K-6 companies and three 6-8 companies.
On
the evenings of January 24 and 25, three K-6 reading
companies and three 6-8 reading companies involved in
Kyrene’s reading adoption process presented their
materials to 81 Kyrene teachers and administrators that
attended. The evaluations completed by participants will
be data that the Reading Adoption Committee will
consider in selecting a reading company for K-6 and 6-8
teachers.
Kindergarten
through eighth
grade
reading materials will be on display at all middle
schools and at the Ben Furlong Center through March 1,
2005. We encourage Kyrene staff to review materials at
any of the middle school sites. Parents and other
interested community members are welcome to review the
reading resource materials that are on display in the
Curriculum and Assessment Department at the Ben Furlong
Center from 8:00 – 4:00 pm. Feedback forms will be
available for Kyrene staff, parents, and community
members.
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Experience
Kyrene
The
Experience Kyrene enrollment expo is coming up on
February 17. Communities around the Valley will begin
learning about the event this week through
advertisements, news articles, and District
publications. A flyer will be sent to schools this week,
and schools have the option to use the flyer to promote
the event if they wish. For questions, contact
Communications Supervisor Johnny
Cruz at x4174.
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Annual
Non-compensable Leave Reminder
We
are fast approaching February and we want to remind
everyone that Human Resource Services must receive
written requests to the Board for annual non-compensable
leave for the 2005-2006 school year no later than February
15, 2005.
Specific
information regarding non-compensable leave can be found
in the Meet and Confer Documents posted online at http://www.kyrene.org/hr/meetconfer/meet-and-confer.htm
Letters
of request may be sent c/o Karla
Izzett at mail stop #13, or may be faxed to
480-783-4002.
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Sexual
Harassment and Child Abuse Reporting
Mandatory training in Sexual
Harassment and Child Abuse Reporting is required of all
employees. In order to ensure that all of our employees
are trained in a timely way, a couple of make-up
training sessions have been scheduled. These have been
scheduled at times consistent with early release days.
For new staff or those that missed the earlier
trainings, this is your opportunity to complete the
training at the District Office. The training will be
for all groups of employees: certified, support, and
administrative. The first training took place last
Friday. The next training will occur on Wednesday,
February 2 from 3 to 3:45 p.m. If you plan the training,
please contact Denise Peña. For questions please
contact Denise Peña
at 4171 or Tammi
Utley at 4009.
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Staff
Development
Visit the Staff
Development Web page for additional information
about upcoming training and staff development
opportunities.
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