1. Kansas Leads the World in the Success of Each Student.
Brad Neuenswander, Deputy Commissioner

2. Can We Lead? New Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESSA)
New Kansas Education Systems Accreditation (KESA)
New State Board of Education Vision (KansansCan)
New School Funding Formula

3. “Leading change means bringing people with you to a better state than any of you could have envisaged alone.” ― A.J. Sheppard

6. Kansas leads the world in the success of each student..
A NEW Vision for Kansas….
Kansas leads the world in the success of each student..
Based on the feedback received across the state, the board has adopted as its new vision for education “Kansas leads the world in the success of each student.”
We intend to challenge the status quo, move away from placing emphasis on a single test score and focus more on helping each student identify and achieve their career aspirations.
Teachers, administrators and support staff already are doing great work preparing Kansas’ students for success, and this new vision stands to unite our efforts across the state. You will hear us say we need to rethink how our schools are asked to operate. From a state perspective, we will look at every requirement to determine if and how we are supporting or impeding our schools’ abilities to address the needs of each child.

8. Social/emotional Factors Measured Locally
Social/emotional learning is the process through which students and adults acquire the knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary to:
Understand and manage emotions
Set and achieve positive goals
Feel and show empathy for others
Establish and maintain positive relationships
Make responsible decisions

10. ALL Kansas Children Ready for Kindergarten
Goal: Each student enters kindergarten at age 5 socially, emotionally, and academically prepared for success.
The goal is, “Each student enters kindergarten at age 5 socially, emotionally, and academically prepared for success.” This is the aspirational goal and it will take time to get there. From a state agency perspective, the work starts with gathering consistent state-wide data for decision making.
KSDE needs consistent data that shows how many children arrive at kindergarten “ready” each year and how many do not. This data will be used at the state level for making policy and resource decisions, but the robust data that schools will have for local use will help inform classroom practices, supports and possible needs for intervention.

11. Resources
If you have questions, or to access additional resources, go to go to K on the index and click Kindergarten Readiness. There you will find fact sheets, timelines, factoid postcards, videos and lots of other resources to support early learning. There is also a link to the newly published Kansas Full-Day Kindergarten guide, so whether you’re taking a fresh look at your existing full day kindergarten program or are starting one for the first time, this guide can point you in the right direction about what high quality kindergarten looks like. Topics such as curriculum, classroom management, room arrangement, supplies and materials, and even scheduling are included in this guide.

12. Resources

13. Individual Plan of Study (IPS)
Goal
Beginning in the middle grades, each student develops an IPS that engages the student and family, and leads the student to a high school diploma and postsecondary success.

14. Individual Plans of Study (IPS)
An IPS is both a product developed/maintained by the student, beginning in the middle grades, and a process adopted by the school(s)
A student’s IPS contains:
Identified talents, interests related to broad career fields from multiple interest inventories
All high school courses mapped according to career interest areas
A Postsecondary plan (starts general, becomes more specific)
An electronic portfolio (projects, assessments, resume, job shadow summaries, etc.)

16. By the year 2020
Kansas needs 71% of workers to have a post secondary certificate or degree. Approximately 36% need to be bachelor degrees or higher Approximately 35% need to have a certificate or associate degree

18. Starting with a class of 100 HS Freshmen
In Kansas, ON AVERAGE…
86 will graduate HS
56 will enroll in a 2-yr or 4-yr postsecondary institution
46 will complete 1 year of college and return the 2nd year, or have completed their certificate or degree
32 will complete a postsecondary degree or credential in 6 years
With 71% of all jobs in Kansas requiring some college or above, what are the 68 students not completing a credential 6 years after HS going to do????
This is why career education/exploration is so important for K-12, it’s the only way to close this large gap
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19. Risk Factors Cumulative Poverty Chronic Absenteeism
Risk Factors that influence success
Cumulative Poverty
Chronic Absenteeism
Suspension and Expulsion
Student Mobility
Percent of New Teachers

22. Kansans Can School Redesign Demonstration Schools
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. – Walt Disney

24. Jay
Timeline:
Building the Launch Pad – Schools have a shared vision with their community, have set the Redesign team and have created goals and action steps to achieve the goals.  This includes researching various methodologies, such as Personalized or Competency-based Learning.
Designing the Rocket – Creating the comprehensive redesign plan and testing some redesign theories.
Building the Rocket – Dedicating all resources, human, financial capital, materials are dedicated, professional development plan is in place, comprehensive redesign plan is finalized.
Show and Launch – Districts will present their comprehensive redesign plans to their local school boards and to the Kansas State Board of Education prior to a 2018 launch.

25. Today’s students are the future workforce and future leaders of Kansas
Today’s students are the future workforce and future leaders of Kansas. Kansans Can achieve anything and, together, Kansans Can lead the world in the success of each student.