MTSS EC-5 Review Team

At the annual initiatives meeting it was requested to share the MTSS Steering committee team members.  This team will be meeting over the course of this year to determine the shift for EC-5 to MTSS from RTI.  Please feel free to contact any of these staff members with updates or questions.

Staff Member	Staff Category Represented	School
Vikki Moeller	Social Worker	KBK
Natalie Warne	Social Worker	KME
Nichole Kenyon	Psychologist	KSS
Kathy Ronzio	Psychologist	KME
Nicole Full	SPED Staff	KST
JoAnn Hartman	SPED Staff	KBK
Jimmy Boyle	SPED Staff	KSS
Britt Mattern	SPED Staff	KME
Jenelle Mance	RTI Staff	KME
Julia Cloat	RTI Staff	KME
Kelly Johnson	RTI Staff	KSS
Rachael Wilson	RTI Staff	KSS
Stacey Gacek	RTI Staff	KBK
	RTI Staff	KBK
David Argabright	RTI Staff	KST
Chris Sears	RTI Staff	KST
Anne Olsen and Rachael Walker	Instructional Coach	Intermediate
Nancy Meisenger/Natalie Smith	Instructional Coach	Primary
Kristi Purnell	Primary Teacher	KST
Tiffany Reuter	Primary Teacher	KME
Terra Pyfer	Intermediate Teacher	KST
Katie Reilley	Intermediate Teacher	KBK
Erin Eickman	Intermediate Teacher	KME
Cathy Curtain	Intermediate Teacher	KSS
Jake Countryman	Administration	KSS
Jake Countryman	Administration	KME
Martne McCoy/Sam Aversa	Administration	KBK
Laura Garland/Sam Aversa	Administration	KST
Laurie Villalobos	6-8 Rep	HMS
Kristin Faber	9-12 Rep	KHS
Sarah Mumm	District Office Administration	Educational Service
Fran Eggleston	District Office Administration	Educational Service

October 14-18 is Digital Citizenship Week. As students, teachers and families adjust to our 1:1 learning environment, here are some resources from Common Sense Media to help promote Digital Citizenship:
K-5 Resources
6-8 Resources
9-12 Resources

6-12 AAC/OC Update

Thank you to everyone who has shared their feedback on the AAC/OC meeting structure and goals of the committee. Unfortunately, we are not going to be able to run this committee this year. With all of the craziness of the year, and the work of so many teams and KLCs, I was only able to get a commitment from 4 teachers, which would not be enough. However, I want to take this time to welcome anyone who has questions or concerns to please feel free to reach out to the Educational Services Department if need be. I am confident that we have the structures in place to have our needs met.

IgKnight Sharing Cafe Expectations

During our IgKnight Conference, you will have the opportunity to sign up during the 3rd breakout session entitled IgKnight Sharing Cafe. This will be opened with a limited number of seats in the high school library. The intent of the Sharing Cafe is to take advantage of on fo the following:

1) Collaborate, share, and design next-steps based on your professional learning from today
2) Begin a Canvas course on Collective Efficacy or Grading Smarter and Not Harder; or
3) Review key resources and become a think tank with your peers to build an application project to implement and bring your professional learning to life


Or just chat and share with peers what you have learned in the morning.

This session may lead to 1.0 in district credit for Canvas course completion or implementation of a think tank project. If you need some time to just debrief and plan how to apply what you have learned today, this is the session for you!

EC-5 Collaborative Inquiry Data Dive

Just a reminder to all EC-5 staff that want to share feedback on the data review for Collaborative Inquiry.  The team will be meeting in November, but using the fall time to review the data through Canvas.  Check out and share your feedback using this course code:  https://kaneland.instructure.com/enroll/PY9B7H. Alternatively, they can sign up at https://kaneland.instructure.com/register and use the following join code: PY9B7H

Annual KEA Initiatives Meeting Tomorrow

We are excited to host the annual KEA initiatives meeting tomorrow at Harter Community Room.  This year we will be hosting the meeting together EC-12.  It will be the first time to have a full district meeting and we look forward to the conversations across the grade spans. Please be sure to check out the updated timeline doc and share any questions you may have with your ARs who will be attending.  Thank you! 

Pay It Forward Community Read

We hope you are all enjoying the Pay It Forward community ready.  If you are still in need of a book we have just a few free copies left.  Please be sure to check out the blog for updates and chances to win Kaneland spirit wear prizes.  If your class or students have been doing anything to make someone's day and pay it forward, please submit your story or video to Sarah Mumm to be shared in the blog post coming up.  Happy reading.