2023 KSDE SETS Summer Leadership Conference
View CONFERENCE AGENDA
All materials provided by presenters have been posted below. If materials are not linked below they have not been provided by the presenter(s).
Tuesday (Pre-Conference) July 25
8:00 Registration Open
9:00-12:30 Special Education Administrators Quarterly 1
- Agenda
- Link to Special Education Administrator's Guide and Resources
- Getting to know the KSDE SETS Team PowerPoint - PPT
- Special Education Administrators Checklist - Link
9:00-4:00 Title/LCP Administrators Quarterly 1- Materials Below
- Getting to know the KSDE SETS Team PowerPoint - PPT
- 2023-2024 LCP Application McKinney-Vento Title I- PDF of slide deck
12:30-2:00 Kansas Infinitec Executive Board Meeting
1:30-2:00 TASN Marketplace
2:00-5:00 FY 2024 MIS Worksop- Please check in as you arrive for this meeting.
Wednesday, July 26 Conference
7:00am- 8:00am Registration and Check-in and Breakfast
8:00 - 9:30 General Session
Overcoming the Impact of Poverty on the Brain- Horacio Sanchez
If you were intrigued by Horatio Sanchez's keynote at the KSDE SETS Leadership Conference last week, the following resources/events might be of interest:
- Mindfulness and School-Based Yoga: Tools for the Classroom eLearning Course Informational Webinar (Online) on August 9, 2023. Attendees will learn about a new eLearning course seeking to learn and implement trauma-responsive practices that support child/youth well-being and are practical to implement in the classroom and other applicable settings.Register: https://www.ksdetasn.org/events/_LfXAQ
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Neuroscience in Education eCoaching Series (Online) with Dr. Lori Desautels begins September 6, 2023. Learn more about the Applied Educational Neuroscience Framework and identify school/community-wide practices to support children/youth, staff, and caregivers. Two series are available – one for administrators and one for educators. Use the links below to register. Limited seats are available!
Administrator Series Registration: https://www.ksdetasn.org/event_groups/odOZ-Q
Educator Series Registration: https://www.ksdetasn.org/event_groups/Qf5X9Q -
Trauma-Responsive School Community eLearning Modules. These online eLearning modules provide information on trauma-responsive practices and individual/group applications. A facilitation guide is available for building, district, and community-wide implementation.
Access the modules here: https://moodle.kansastasn.org/ - Stay tuned to the SMHI webpage (http://www.ksdetasn.org/smhi) and social media pages (http://www.facebook.com/TASNSMHI and http://www.twitter.com/TASNSMHI) to learn more about an upcoming onsite training for potential facilitators.
10:00 Breakout Block A
- A1: Designing School Climates that Maximize Student Achievement
- A2: Best Practices in Early Childhood: What Administrators Need to Know
- A3: Every Student Succeeds Act - Ensuring Stability for Children in Foster Care Implementation in Kansas
11:30 Breakout Block B
- B1: My District is Non-Compliant Now What?....Coming Soon
- B2: Winning Recruitment: Developing a Playbook for Tackling the Educator Shortage in Kansas and Retention - PDF
- B3: Data and Duties: How digging deep into the data can help a liaison meet their 10 responsibilities
- B4: Emergency Safety Intervention Regulatory Changes - PDF
1:45 Breakout Block C
- C1: Understanding IDEA Maintenance of Effort (MOE) reporting requirements and utilizing allowable exceptions of MOE - PDF
- C2: Indicator 12: Promoting smooth transitions from Part C to B
- C3: Education for Homeless Children and Youth program (EHCY) funding and How to Effectively Provide Services to Students Experiencing Homelessness
- PowerPoint Presentation - PPT
- C4: Creating Environments Supportive of New Special Education Teachers - PDF
- C5: What's New or Changing with Kansas Assessments for 2023-2024 - PDF
3:00 General Session
Legal Updates- Mark Ward and Brian Dempsey
Thursday, July 27 Conference
8:00 Breakout Block D
- D1: Single Audit Session
- D2: Meaningfully Engaging Families and Communities in Sharing Kindergarten Readiness Snapshot (ASQ) Data
- D3: Evidence to Make Effective Practice, Program, and Process Decisions
- D4:Advancing Equity and Outcomes: Sustaining Practices that Promote Resilience
- D5: Breaking Down Barriers to Inclusion: Learnings from the Field
9:15 Breakout Block E
- E1: Implementation Indicators to Inform Professional Learning and Coaching for Staff
- E2: Indicator 6: Understanding Indicator 6 Data - How to promote positive change towards more inclusive environments
- E3: What administrators need to know to support effective instruction within Inclusive Learning Environments
- E4: Professional Development Needs in Kansas Integrated Accountability System (KIAS) Alternative Integrated Monitoring Settings
- E5: Title IV-A, Formula grant and competitive Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) grant
10:30 General Session
Kansans CAN: Presentation by Dr. Randy Watson, Kansas Commissioner - PDF
Fiscal and Legislative Update Dr. Craig Neuenswander & Dale Brungardt - PDF