Grant Opportunity from the Credit Union

 KCTCU Classroom Mini-Grant

KCT Credit Union has partnered with Kane County Regional Office's nonprofit, Kane Excellence in Education Partnership to offer a mini grant to educators for classroom use.  Grants may be provided to educators that require additional resources in the classroom to promote the well-being of students and to create an environment of equity and equality.   Awards range from $100 to $1000.  Application closes October 15th.

Illinois TRS Pension Discussion

The TRS Director of Outreach will give an update on impact of the coronavirus on TRS investment returns, state revenues and what impact it will have on the future of pensions in Illinois. In addition, he will discuss the new optional Defined Contribution program, the new Supplemental Savings Plan and the one-time offering to all retiring Tier 1 members.  The discussion will be held on Thursday, September 30th at Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin.

Harter EAC Committee Meeting

 As a reminder, the EAC team for Harter will be meeting on Thursday, September 16th, at 2:50. Our team will review our purpose statement and norms for the year. We will meet each month to discuss pertinent topics for the middle school. The joint statement will be shared through the curriculum connection blog the following Wednesday after each meeting. This committee serves as an opportunity to engage in shared leadership and to provide a voice to our teachers. Topics include district-level initiatives and opportunities through the lens of the impact they have at the middle school level. We're excited to continue this work for our teachers at Harter. Our team currently includes the following teachers. If you are interested in being part of this paid team, please email Patrick Raleigh at 11509@kaneland.org.

EAC Team:

Kelsey Miller

Rachel Rebsom

Patti Patterman

Suzanne Satterfield

Marci Lapinskas

Alyssa Galvan

SBG Commitment Team Joint Statement

This past Thursday, the Standards-Based Grading (SBG) Commitment Team met.  The following is an update of the work the team accomplished: 

-The team shared introductions through an icebreaker activity among all stakeholders

-The team engaged in a True and False activity to identify the key actions and philosophies of the SBG Commitment. Discussions were held to distinguish between proficiency-based progress practices and standards-based grading practices

-The team discussed other staff members or stakeholders to invite to the committee. We currently looking for additional middle school representation as well as a voice from Special Education practitioners. 

-The team brainstormed ideas to create a communication grid for updates to all stakeholders

The SBG Commitment team will meet again on November 18th.  Thank you to all the team members that participated in the session.  The SBG Commitment team members include:

Katie Spallasso- Parent

Diana Book- Parent

Jennifer Simmons- BOE Member

Dr. Aaron Lawler- BOE Member

Kendall Lawson- HMS

Kristin Massey- KHS

Kirstin Murphy- Coach

Brian Zerfas- KME/KSS Assistant Principal

Carri Oslager- HS Assistant Principal

Dr. Rick Burchell- FVCC Director

Patrick Raleigh- DO

Quizlet is Not Approved

 Hi All-

We have not received a Digital Privacy Agreement from Quizlet. We know this is a popular app that many have used in the past. However, this seems to be a site that sells information to 3rd party vendors, so please discontinue using the site if you are. The following warnings have been issued from LEARN:

Learn has the following warnings for Quizlet -

• Privacy policies do indicate a version or effective date
• Unclear whether data are sold or rented to third parties
• Data are shared for third-party advertising and/or marketing
• Behavioral or targeted advertising is displayed
• Data are collected by third-party advertising or tracking services
• Unclear whether this product uses data to track and target advertisements on other third-party websites or services
• Data profiles are created and used for data enhancement, and/or targeted advertisements

Social Justice Tools

 As many of you embark in social justice conversations with your students, we wanted to share some tools for student-centered social justice conversations.  Please check out these ideas shared below.  Remember to also sign up for the one in-district credit book club.  Email Sarah Mumm if interested.  The book club starts in September and is a blended format.  

SEL SIP Goal Data Collection Begins Soon

Our final SIP Goal data collection process is coming soon.  Here are all the keys you will need to know for the SEL SIP Data Collection.  Please note this is different from the Satchel SEL data collection which is not used for SIP Data.

September 13th:  

All students 4th-12th grade will receive an email through their school email with a google form link to reflect on the 5 CASEL Competencies.  The google form survey will take only 2-5 mins for a student.  Teachers, please remind students between September 14th to 17th to complete this google form.  The form will close at 4:00pm on September 17th.

All K-3rd grade students will need to be given the printed google form SEL survey.  Please pass these out in your homeroom class and ask students to take them home and return them the following day completed.  Once you have collected all forms that were returned, please send them over to Sarah Mumm by September 20th.  Please note you do not need to keep track of who has returned the form, but give simple reminders to the class to please return.  The printed forms to pass out on September 13th will be in your mailbox by September 10th.  

 

All About Our Knights

  Let's take some time to share fun facts about our Knight Family.  Did you figure out the answers from last week's submissions?  Here they are for you.

1.  Who can polka? Laura Emmert- KBK

2. Who student taught in Australia? Kelly Samperi- KSS

3.  Who enjoys visiting National Parks?  Stacie Salzman- KST

4. Who has only ever worked at Kaneland?  From student teaching to first job to current postion. Stacey Gacek- KBK

Try your hand at these fun facts about your peers, can you guess who?

1. Who's 17th great grandfather is King Edward IV ?

2. Who swam competitively for 16 years? 

3. Who enjoys crafting, reading and playing with her 3 dogs?

4. Who TWO of our Knights have performed at Solider Field? 

Hints to help you match this week:

Barbara Dudzinski- KBK

Brian Zerfas- KME/KSS

Justina Ryk- KBK

Martne McCoy- KSS

Liz Land- KBK

Kaneland Connects Trivia

 Welcome to this week's Kaneland Connects Trivia!  We have some amazing graduate profile t-shirts to give away this week!!!  No winners from last week.  

Here is your trivia question for this week, please email the answer to Sarah Mumm at 10358@kaneland.org.  It is a 2 part answer, be sure to list both parts!

Which commitment focuses on the process of mapping out a path to meet learning expectations and having expectation clarity for both students and teachers.  Compared to which commitment focuses on the reporting and assessing of that learning expectation?  Be sure to submit the two part answer in the specific order to show your understanding between the two commitments.  Good luck!