Seeking Proposals: IgKnight Professional Learning Conference 2025 (EC-12)

We will once again be hosting our own internal professional development conference on November 24, 2025! We will continue to offer a variety of sessions to meet the diverse needs of Kaneland staff. We are seeking internal staff who are interested in sharing their knowledge, experiences and resources with colleagues by hosting a session. If you would like to host a session, please complete this FORM. If you have a session topic request but do not want to personally facilitate the session,  please still submit a proposal and we will try to find a presenter knowledgeable on the topic of interest. Early bird proposals are due by May 15, 2025. For your reference, the negotiated in-district presentation rates are below.

**Contractual In-District Presentation Pay Rates: 

-Initial Lead (# of presentation hours x 2 plan hours x $40)

-Subsequent Lead (# of presentation hours x 0.5 plan hours x $40)

-Initial Support (# of presentation hours x 0.5 plan hours x $40)

-Subsequent Support (# of presentation hours x 0.25 plan hours x $40)

IAR Virtual Parent Meeting (K-8)

 Please share this invite with all your parents for the upcoming IAR Parent Night on March 20th.  Join the fun and learning tips for the upcoming IAR!  INVITE LINK

Curriculum Chat (K-5)

 This week the Curriculum Chats met with KPASS!  The running agenda captured some of the notes of the discussion.  Running Curriculum Chat Agenda  

This week's discussion with KPASS staff that were able to attend was captured on video LINK.

The next Curriculum Chat will be held on March 19th with ELA KPASS staff.  Please remember these are optional events for staff.  Here is the recurring link.    

Math Review Committee (K-5)

 Today, the Math Curriculum Review team met for and the following key tasks were discussed and accomplished:

• The team reviewed all data sets from the 2-28 Vendor Showcase and shared openly feedback from classroom use, vendor meetings and material review. 

• The team collaborated through a google meets with Burlington School District to hear their feedback on their math review pilot and use of I-Ready.

• Grade level teams met and began to brainstorm professional development topics in math to focus on for next year.  These topics will be shared with Instructional Coaches and the Educational Service Department for planning. 

• The team decided to move forward with the following two programs:  Imagine Learning and I-Ready.

• The team will be meeting again on April 16 in the PM for final decision making.  The process for collecting feedback for the final math tool will be a survey for any staff member that has taught any of the final pilot programs that will be sent April 7th.  Math committee members will be coming to final consensus (or 85% majority) on April 16th, it is essential that you are present for this final meeting.  

Thank you to all members and pilot teachers for engaging and sharing today.  This process has been a collaborative process and decisions are not easy.  Your time that has been dedicated to this process is appreciated!