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

Kansas Learning Network:A Progress Report

Presented to Kansas State Board of EducationOctober 11, 2011

Brad Neuenswander, Deputy CommissionerColleen Riley, Director

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Kansas State Department of Educationwww.ksde.org

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 2


KLN Needs Appraisals: Twelve new districts “on improvement” Each district will host a two-day Needs Appraisal

visit 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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SUSTAINABILITY

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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 5


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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TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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Documents

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