Transcript Kansas Learning Network: A Progress Report Presented to Kansas State Board of Education October 11, 2011 Brad Neuenswander, Deputy Commissioner Colleen Riley, Director.

Kansas Learning Network:
A Progress Report
Presented to Kansas State Board of Education
October 11, 2011
Brad Neuenswander, Deputy Commissioner
Colleen Riley, Director
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Kansas Learning Network
2011-2012
 Kansas Learning Network (KLN) Needs Appraisals
 KLN Sustainability
 Fellows
 Project Management Organization
 KLN Technical Assistance
 District Facilitators
 Leadership Institute
 Communities of Practice
 KLN Implementation Coaches
 KLN Future
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Kansas State Department of Education
www.ksde.org
KLN Needs Appraisals:
 Twelve new districts “on improvement”
 Each district will host a two-day Needs Appraisal visit
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Data, document, and survey review
Focus groups and interviews
Classroom observations
Final report with recommendations for improvement
 Visiting teams include Cross & Joftus (C & J)
consultants, district staff, KSDE staff, and KLN Fellows
 Completed Needs Appraisals:
• Shawnee Heights and Derby
 Upcoming Needs Appraisals:
• Emporia, Bluestem, Lansing, McLouth, Stanton, Salina, Ft. Larned,
Colby, Atchison and Satanta
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Kansas State Department of Education
www.ksde.org
SUSTAINABILITY
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Kansas State Department of Education
www.ksde.org
KLN Fellows:
 Request For Applications (RFA) distributed to
service centers, universities, and support
organizations
 Fellow applications reviewed by committee,
fourteen Fellows selected
 Fellows trained in Needs Appraisal/classroom
walkthrough processes by C&J Staff
 Fellows now participating in Needs Appraisal
visits in focus groups and classroom
observations
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Kansas State Department of Education
www.ksde.org
KLN Project Management
Organization:
 RFA for Project Management Organization (PMO) to
plan/manage all KLN activities distributed to service
centers, universities, and support organizations
 Partnership of Greenbush Service Center and Southwest
Plains Service Center selected
 Greenbush: Bart Swartz, Michael Koonce, and Denise Richard
 SW Plains: Kelly Gillespie, Mike Ronen, and Belinda Miller
 Scheduling/managing Needs Appraisal visits
 Supporting work on Communities of Practice (CoP) and
Leadership Institute
 Taking lead role in communications within KLN
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Kansas State Department of Education
www.ksde.org
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
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Kansas State Department of Education
www.ksde.org
KLN District Facilitators:
 Each new district has been assigned a District Facilitator
(DF)
 Will help prioritize recommendations outlined in the final
Needs Appraisal report to districts
 Will assist district staff in writing district improvement plan
 Cohort 1 districts will work with a DF as needed, or they
will participate in other Leadership initiatives supporting
their CoP
 Cohort 2-4 districts will work with the same DF as
previous years
 All DFs will help districts choose one or two CoPs
Kansas State Department of Education
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www.ksde.org
KLN Leadership Institute:
 Only for Cohort 1 Districts (Garden City, KCK, Topeka,
and Wichita)
 Effort being led by C & J Consultant, Ray Daniels
 First meeting (conference call) has been held to discuss
for Leadership Institute work within the Cohort 1
 All Cohort 1 Districts are moving forward to sustain
leadership efforts
 C&J working with the Cohort 1 Districts to focus and
support each districts identified leadership efforts
Kansas State Department of Education
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www.ksde.org
KLN Communities of Practice:
 Three CoPs will be offered
 Curriculum (C&J Lead: Connie Wehmeyer)
 Instructional Improvement (C&J Lead: Gus Jacob)
 Tiered Interventions (C&J Lead: Jim Karleskint)
 A webinar was held to review details with districts
 Each CoP will have 3 "stages" from which districts can
choose depending on their readiness and
implementation
 Survey will be sent to districts this week asking them to
choose one or two CoPs in which to participate
 DFs will help districts choose the CoP(s)
Kansas State Department of Education
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www.ksde.org
KLN Implementation Coaches:
 New Implementation Coaches (IC) were chosen from
applications submitted and reviewed this summer
 New and veteran ICs have been trained and placed with
schools on improvement
 Districts have been asked to sign contract and commit to
paying for IC work over the coming year
 ICs are submitting school visit logs
 Logs are automatically emailed to contacts at the school, district,
and KSDE
Kansas State Department of Education
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www.ksde.org
KLN Future:
 C&J is updating last year’s evaluation of KLN with data
gathered in the 2010-11 school year
 Use data gathered to determine future efforts and report
results in schools and districts within KLN
Kansas State Department of Education
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www.ksde.org