Oh my gosh, is there life in Kansas this summer ? lol
How are things progressing on the the Greensburg rebuilding? How are the flood victions in SE Kansas doing? Has water receeded or are they/you still waiting? Are FEMA/other relief efforts coming through?
I'm in Atchison and we just had a wonderful (11th annual) Ameila Earhart Festival this weekend. Weather was wonderful (cool) and thousands of people enjoyed all the weekend activities culminating with Paul Austin's amazing fireworks over the Missouri River choreographed to music ! Just amazing....even my 2 year old grandson sat like he was mesmorized for the entire 30 minute show......first time he sat down all day, I think ...lol! Two (female, of course) aerobatic pilots did amazing stunts over the river, all within just feet of the home Amelia was born in. Pretty amazing stuff....Amelia was such a pioneer for women's rights !
So, someone else interested in telling us what else is going on in Kansas?
On 7/22/07, cookie queen wrote: > On 7/22/07, Rhonda wrote: >> On 7/22/07, lucy wrote: >>> Oh my gosh, is there life in Kansas this summer ? lol >>> >>> How are things progressing on the the Greensburg >>> rebuilding? How are the flood victions in SE Kansas doing? >>> Has water receeded or are they/you still waiting? Are >>> FEMA/other relief efforts coming through? >>> >>> I'm in Atchison and we just had a wonderful (11th annual) >>> Ameila Earhart Festival this weekend. Weather was wonderful >>> (cool) and thousands of people enjoyed all the weekend >>> activities culminating with Paul Austin's amazing fireworks >>> over the Missouri River choreographed to music ! Just >>> amazing....even my 2 year old grandson sat like he was >>> mesmorized for the entire 30 minute show......first time he >>> sat down all day, I think ...lol! Two (female, of course) >>> aerobatic pilots did amazing stunts over the river, all >>> within just feet of the home Amelia was born in. Pretty >>> amazing stuff....Amelia was such a pioneer for women's >>> rights ! >>> >>> So, someone else interested in telling us what else is >>> going on in Kansas? >> >> >> I just moved to Kansas city in June ,and love it. I am >> looking for an elementary ESL position anybody know of any?? >> Thanks for any info!
On 7/24/07, Rhonda wrote: > On 7/23/07, lucy wrote: >> cookie queen, >> I did a quick search and found possible 3 ESL jobs in the KC > area. Sorry I don't know >> where you live or how far you're willing to commute. >> The site for Ks State Bd of Ed is [link removed].
Nothing new to add, just happy to see this board return to life!
News out of SE Kansas is minimal. I asked a Coffeyville teacher (where they had the extra problem of the oil spill) if school would start as usual for them and he had not heard a word from his school this summer. All of the area hotels are at capacity with all of the clean-up crews, etc.
In looking over the posts from past months, I'd love a response to e.n.g's question about the ACT ... I worry about my student's performance on the ACT.
Science * Middle School English/science - Usd #381 * Middle School English/science - Usd #381
Coaching * 9-12 Social Studies Teacher/coach - Republic County Usd 109 * Coaching - Head Basketball Girls - Colby Usd 315
Fine Arts * K-5 Vocal Music - Usd #467 - Wichita County Schools - Leoti * K-12 Vocal & Instrumental Music - Usd #468 Healy Public Schools * High School Art Teacher - Usd 210 Hugoton
Counselor * School Psychologist - High Plains Educational Cooperative #611 * 1/2 Time Elementary Counselor - Usd #381 * - Usd 363 Holcomb
Special Education * Early Childhood Teacher - High Plains Educational Cooperative #611 * Interrelated Special Education Teacher - High Plains Educational Cooperative #611 * Physical Therapist - High Plains Educational Cooperative #611 * Speech/language Pathologist - High Plains Educational Cooperative #611 * Gifted Facilitator - High Plains Educational Cooperative #611 * Special Education Teacher - Liberal Unified School District #480 * Special Education Teacher - Rawlins County Usd 105
Administration * Vice Principal/activities Director - Unified School District #273
Higher Education * Physical Therapist - High Plains Educational Cooperative #611 * Speech/language Pathologist - High Plains Educational Cooperative #611 * School Psychologist - High Plains Educational Cooperative #611 * Gifted Facilitator - High Plains Educational Cooperative #611 * Occupational Therapist - High Plains Educational Cooperative #611
Vocational * 9-12 Vocational Agriculture Instructor - Unified School District 208 Wakeeney
Spec. Ed - Related Serv. * Interrelated Special Education Teacher - High Plains Educational Cooperative #611 * Physical Therapist - High Plains Educational Cooperative #611 * Speech/language Pathologist - High Plains Educational Cooperative #611 * School Psychologist - High Plains Educational Cooperative #611 * Gifted Facilitator - High Plains Educational Cooperative #611 * Occupational Therapist - High Plains Educational Cooperative #611 * Speech Pathologist - Southwest Kansas Area Cooperative District
Technology * Student Information Coordinator - Usd 405-lyons * District Technology Coordinator - Osborne County Usd 392
Social Science * 9-12 Social Studies Teacher/coach - Republic County Usd 109
Other * Interrelated Special Education Teacher - High Plains Educational Cooperative #611 * K-5 Vocal Music - Usd #467 - Wichita County Schools - Leoti * Student Information Coordinator - Usd 405-lyons * Drama/debate/language Arts/broadcasting - Ulysses Usd214 * Treasurer/payroll Clerk - Holcomb School
ZONE: 2 Early Childhood * Early Childhood Teachers - Manhattan-ogden Usd 383 * Infant/toddler Teacher - Emporia Child Care * Physical Therapist - Early Intervention Program - Tarc * - Baldwin City Usd 348
Elementary K-8 * Preschool Teacher - Valley Falls Usd 338 * Title I Teacher - Usd 383 * Elementary Teacher - Usd #393 Solomon
Language Arts * High School Reading Teacher - Usd 437 * Clay Center Community Middle School Language Arts/reading - Clay County Unified School District 379 * English Teacher 9-12 - Usd 409 Atchison Public Schools * Language Arts Teacher Secondary - Manhattan-ogden Usd 383 * Middle School Language Arts - Holton Usd 336
Math * Math Teacher 6-8 - Usd 409 Atchison Public Schools
Science * High School Agriculture Teacher - Seaman Usd #345 * - Baldwin City Usd 348
Fine Arts * Elementary Music - Central Heights Usd 288
Counselor * Guidance Counselor - Usd #437 Auburn Washburn * Middle School Counselor - Geary County Usd 475 * Trio Student Support Services - Cloud County Community College * High School Counselor 9-12 - Usd 409 Atchison Public Schools
Special Education * Physical Therapist - Lawrence Usd 497 * Transition Coordinator - Usd 320, Wamego Special Services Cooperative * Behavior Management Specialist - Lakemary Center * Special Education Teacher - Lakemary Center
Administration * Curriculum Dir & Data Analysis - Usd 378 Riley County * K-8 Assistant Principal - Usd #339, Jefferson County North
Higher Education * Trio Student Support Services - Cloud County Community College * Coordinator Of Student Services/military Affairs Liaison - Cloud County Community College
Community College * Trio Student Support Services - Cloud County Community College * Coordinator Of Student Services/military Affairs Liaison - Cloud County Community College
Vocational * High School Business Teacher - Usd 320, Wamego Public Schools * High School Agriculture Teacher - Seaman Usd #345
Spec. Ed - Related Serv. * Physical Therapist - Lawrence Usd 497 * Transition Coordinator - Usd 320, Wamego Special Services Cooperative * Physical Therapist - Early Intervention Program - Tarc * Behavior Management Specialist - Lakemary Center * Special Education Teacher - Lakemary Center
Technology * Technology Coordinator - Rural Vista Usd 481 * Technology Director - Usd 284, Chase County Schools
Business * Business Education Teacher - Usd383 * High School Business Teacher - Usd 320, Wamego Public Schools
FACS * Family And Consumer Science - Topeka Public Schools
Other * High School Reading Teacher - Usd 437 * Early Childhood Teachers - Manhattan-ogden Usd 383 * Curriculum Dir & Data Analysis - Usd 378 Riley County * Preschool Teacher - Valley Falls Usd 338 * Title I Teacher - Usd 383 * Technical Education - Geary County Usd 475 * Language Arts Teacher Secondary - Manhattan-ogden Usd 383
ZONE: 3 Early Childhood * Nanny - College Nannies & Tutors * - Ymca Of Greater Kansas City * Speech Language Pathologist - Wyandotte County Infant Todder Services * Head Start Lead Teacher - Olathe Head Start
Library * Elementary Librarian - Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools
ESL * Elementary Esl Teacher - Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools
Math * - Usd 342
Science * - Usd 342
Special Education * Elementary Special Education Teachers K-5 - Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools * Speech Language Pathologist - Wyandotte County Infant Todder Services
Classified Support * District Level Human Resources Office Assistant - Gardner Edgerton Usd 231
Spec. Ed - Related Serv. * Speech Language Pathologist - Wyandotte County Infant Todder Services
Other * Site Assistant - Ymca Of Greater Kansas City- School Age Services
ZONE: 4 Elementary K-8 * 2nd Grade - Altoona-midway Usd387 * Teaching Positions - Annoor Islamic School * Elementary Teacher - Usd #393 Solomon * 2nd Grade - St. Patrick Catholic Elementary School * Primary Teaching Position - St. Patrick Catholic Elementary School * Kindergarten - Parsons Usd 503 * Elementary Teacher - Independence Usd 446
Language Arts * High School English - Parsons District Schools
Math * Teaching Positions - Annoor Islamic School
Science * Teaching Positions - Annoor Islamic School * Science Or Social Science Teacher - Community Learning Center
Physical Education * Teaching Positions - Annoor Islamic School
Special Education * Middle School Inter-related Teacher - Tri-county Special Education Interlocal #607
Vocational * Vocational Agriculture Instructor - Caney Valley Usd 436
Language Arts * Reading Support Teacher - Usd 308 Hutchinson Public Schools * High School English - Andale High School Usd 267 * 6th Grade - St. Francis Of Assisi Catholic School * Secondary English - Usd 309 Nickerson - South Hutchinson * Reading Specialist At Garden Plain Elementary - Usd 267 Renwick
Science * 6th Grade Science - Usd 402 * Secondary Science - Garden Plain High School
Physical Education * - Annoor Islamic School
Fine Arts * Parti-time Instrumental Teaching Assistant - Wichita Collegiate School * Part-time Instrumental Music Assistant - Wichita Collegiate School
Counselor * K-8 Counselor - Remington Usd 206
Special Education * Elementary Social Worker .5 - Derby Usd 260 * Middle School Gifted Teacher - Derby Usd 260
Administration * Interim Elementary Principal For 07-08 Yr - Usd 263- mulvane
Spec. Ed - Related Serv. * Registered Nurse - Heartspring * Elementary Social Worker .5 - Derby Usd 260
Social Science * Secondary Social Studies/ms Computer - Renwick Schools
Business * Part-time Elem Technology Teacher - Haysville Usd 261
FACS * Facs/career Explorations 6th, 7th, 8th Gr - Usd 263- mulvane School District
Other * Registered Nurse - Heartspring * Interdisciplinary Team Teacher - Usd 308 Hutchinson Public Schools * Literacy/math Support Teacher - Usd 490, El Dorado Public Schools * Facs/career Explorations 6th, 7th, 8th Gr - Usd 263- mulvane School District
Did anyone make it to the KSDE Summer Academies? This year, there was not an academy in my area of the state. Total bummer. The one I went to last year was FANTASTIC. If anyone made it, can you share any updates/news flashes about state assessments (testing windows, new subjects being added [sci, soc stud], etc.)
If anything from the academy (in general not just assessment stuff, that applies to HS) is accessible via the Internet, send it my way.
I don't have time to read all the info now....will return to it later. If we can believe the info it looks like we should all move to Indiana or California. Don't think so !
I am starting a post card exchange for the 2007-2008 school year. We will start mailing out postcards September 10th and have them all mailed out by April 1st. I will email you a list of participants by August 27th with the addresses.
I want this to be a learning experience for my students. They will experience writing addresses and they will learn the locations and a few facts about each state. You can send pre-made postcards or make them yourself.
Once I get the list of participants (with their school addresses) I will mail one to everyone on the list. Each class would send a postcard to everyone on the list. So, by the end of the exchange, your class would send a postcard to hopefully every state and receive one from every state too! The real purpose is to have a fun way to study each state.
Please keep in mind that if you decide to drop out of the exchange, you need to let me know so the students are not disappointed. I want this to be an awesome experience for our students so, please sign up for our exchange.
Email me your name, address, email address, and state if you would like to join. You can participate from any grade level. [email removed]
Please join!! Here are the states we still need! Delaware Hawaii Idaho Iowa Kansas Louisiana Maine New Mexico Rhode Island South Dakota Utah Vermont Washington West Virginia Wisconsin
Email me if you would like to join! [email removed]
On 8/06/07, Amy Sanders wrote: > I am starting a post card exchange for the 2007-2008 > school year. We will start mailing out postcards September > 10th and have them all mailed out by April 1st. I will > email you a list of participants by August 27th with the > addresses. > > I want this to be a learning experience for my students. > They will experience writing addresses and they will learn > the locations and a few facts about each state. You can > send pre-made postcards or make them yourself. > > Once I get the list of participants (with their school > addresses) I will mail one to everyone on the list. Each > class would send a postcard to everyone on the list. So, > by the end of the exchange, your class would send a > postcard to hopefully every state and receive one from > every state too! The real purpose is to have a fun way to > study each state. > > Please keep in mind that if you decide to drop out of the > exchange, you need to let me know so the students are not > disappointed. I want this to be an awesome experience for > our students so, please sign up for our exchange. > > Email me your name, address, email address, and state if > you would like to join. You can participate from any grade > level. > [email removed]
Thanks for explaining about J Dansby. This KS board has so few posts I guess we should welcome anything. lol Parts of SE KS flooded earlier in the summer but not recently. TX has been hard hit this season, hasn't it. I was born and raised in OK and am familiar with the part of OK (around Kingfisher) that flooded a few days ago. It was a nice little town. I crossed over the bridge N of town many times on our way to OK City, but never thought about it flooding. It is a nice bridge and the creek bed was usually dry. I love Corpus. Glad Dean missed you. They've had hurricanes in the past haven't they? My sister lived in Corpus in the 70s and they had freezing weather one winter day. She said it was so strange...all the palm leaves turned black and many people didn't even own a coat to wear. I think we will go to SanAntonio in Oct. or early Nov. We haven't been there for a few years and thought fall might be a good (meaning not hot/HUMID) time to visit. Have a good weekend
May, I was born and raised in Indiana but received my BA from an Oklahoma university, left for a few years and then returned and stayed there most of my adult life. I lived in the Lawton/Fort Sill area for 18 years, and I absolutely loved it. In 1997 for some reason I decided I needed a change and moved to Texas. Corpus may be a good place to visit, but I miss my Oklahoma friends and eventually want to move somewhere closer to the Oklahoma border. The Nueces River flooded in July and has never had a chance to go back into its banks because of all of the rain we've received. I live in an apartment complex near a housing addition in back of which flows the Nueces River. Somce of those people have had to use boats to get back and forth since July. It really is a mess, but, thank God, I think the only loss of life was one young boy who fell in the river while he was trying to go swimming. The death toll has been so high in some places. Yes, we were very lucky that Dean did not hit us, but he caused so much destruction in so many places. You have a great weekend. I have students coming in a few minutes, so I have to go back to work now! Peggy On 8/23/07, May wrote: > Thanks for explaining about J Dansby. > This KS board has so few posts I guess we should welcome anything. lol > Parts of SE KS flooded earlier in the summer but not recently. > TX has been hard hit this season, hasn't it. I was born and raised > in OK and am familiar with the part of OK (around Kingfisher) that flooded a > few days ago. It was a nice little town. I crossed over the bridge N of town many times > on our way to OK City, but never thought about it flooding. It is a nice bridge and the > creek bed was usually dry. > I love Corpus. Glad Dean missed you. They've had hurricanes in the past > haven't they? My sister lived in Corpus in the 70s and they had freezing > weather one winter day. She said it was so strange...all the palm leaves turned > black and many people didn't even own a coat to wear. > I think we will go to SanAntonio in Oct. or early Nov. > We haven't been there for a few years and thought fall might be a good > (meaning not hot/HUMID) time to visit. > Have a good weekend
Yes, but the pay and benefits are horrible in most districts and a master's is required to move up the salary scale........no thank you................
On 9/17/07, Kylie wrote: > Checkout the new teacher recruitment website for the state > of Kansas at [link removed]!
Please forward this to all the Kansas educators that you know..
Hello All,
I would like to invite you all to participate in a project (the Kansas K-12 Teacher - Student Search Engine) that I have been working on in my spare time. Here are the details..
--------------- This search engine is for Kansas educators and students. It's purpose is to create a safe search engine that provides relevant search results for Kansas teachers and students. This search engine only contains sites submitted by our contributors and our contributors are comprised only of Kansas K-12 Teachers, Administrators and the occasional Tech Guy (like me). By using this search engine you receive only HIGH QUALITY search results, and not a bunch of junk that needs to be sifted through. Have you ever had a student use a unreliable source from a web page that they found online? I hear about this all the time and it is just one of the reasons I started this project. The Kansas K-12 Teacher - Student Search Engine provides search results from several thousand educational, school district and Kansas specific web sites and it is growing more every day!
Please consider contributing to this project. It's easy to do.. Just go HERE - [link removed].
If you contribute to this project, please only add sites that have a valid educational or professional development use. Please also submit sites that are specifically relevant to education in Kansas. KSDE.ORG is a good example, but specific USD web sites are acceptable as well. --------------
So, I am contacting you because I need your help in 3 ways. First and formost, I need teachers to contribute to the project, by submitting high quality educational sites to the search engine. If nothing else, It would be helpful if you submitted the sites that you yourself or your students use in your classroom. Any site that teachers, administrators, students use in their everyday educational life should be submitted. Everything from Professional Development sites to sites that teach the ABC's are acceptable.
Second, It would be helpful, if you would forward this e- mail to teachers that you know in other school districts in Kansas. The more people that participate the more valuable this Search Engine becomes..
Third, USE IT! The Kansas K-12 Teacher - Student Search Engine has not been around that long, but it already contains several thousand educational websites. The more we use it and the more you contribute to it, the better and more relevant it will become!
[link removed]
Thank you,
Wayne Campbell [email removed]
(about me: I am the network admin for USD 447 and all around tech guy. This project is just too big to try to accomplish for my school alone, so I decided to make it a personal project for all Kansas K-12 teachers and students. I hope you find it worth while!)
On 10/09/07, Wayne Campbell wrote: > Please forward this to all the Kansas educators that you > know.. > > Hello All, > > I would like to invite you all to participate in a project > (the Kansas K-12 Teacher - Student Search Engine) that I > have been working on in my spare time. Here are the > details.. > > --------------- > This search engine is for Kansas educators and students. > It's purpose is to create a safe search engine that > provides relevant search results for Kansas teachers and > students. This search engine only contains sites > submitted by our contributors and our contributors are > comprised only of Kansas K-12 Teachers, Administrators and > the occasional Tech Guy (like me). By using this search > engine you receive only HIGH QUALITY search results, and > not a bunch of junk that needs to be sifted through. Have > you ever had a student use a unreliable source from a web > page that they found online? I hear about this all the > time and it is just one of the reasons I started this > project. The Kansas K-12 Teacher - Student Search Engine > provides search results from several thousand educational, > school district and Kansas specific web sites and it is > growing more every day! > > Please consider contributing to this project. It's easy to > do.. Just go HERE - > [link removed];
I have changed the Kansas K-12 Search Engine into a nation wide K-12 teacher - student search engine. I had intended to create search engines for each state, but due to constraints from google, that was not possible. So I decided to make 1 big educational search engine for all K-12 teachers and students nationwide. Please feel free to join and contribute!
On 7/22/07, cookie queen wrote:
> On 7/22/07, Rhonda wrote:
>> On 7/22/07, lucy wrote:
>>> Oh my gosh, is there life in Kansas this summer ? lol
>>>
>>> How are things progressing on the the Greensburg
>>> rebuilding? How are the flood victions in SE Kansas...See More