2025 KSDE Great Ideas in Education

2025 KSDE Great Ideas in Education

You will be able to validate your attendance (Check-In to sessions) using your personal schedule.

8:00am CDT

Registration Open Meeting Planner Office

9:30am CDT

General Session #1 School Improvement Resources and Results (Coherence of work) Grand Eagle BallroomPat Bone • Ben Proctor • Shane Carter • Beth Fultz • Bert Moore • Amanda Petersen • Jay Scott

10:00am CDT

Vendor Area Open Expo Hall

10:30am CDT

Setting the Standard for Your Balanced Assessment System Redbud BJulie Ewing Federal identification of schools for support MapleJoe Jewitt • Twyla Sprouse Implementing Instructional Materials Effectively Cypress ACaitlin Sharp • Cory Epler “Boosting Brilliance: How Administrators Can Support Quality Instruction in Early Childhood Classrooms.” OakNatalie McClane KESA Supports - Jay and Team OsageJay Scott Improving School Climate and Mental Health (Mandated Reporting: 2025 Updated DCF Language and impact for schools) WalnutTrish Backman • Kent Reed Navigating a VUCA World (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity) BirchCarol Brooks Simoneau Leveraging the Math and Science Toolkits: Your GPS to Mastering Standards Alignment RedBud AJennifer Hamlet Navigating the ELA and HGSS Toolkits: This session will neither excite nor bore you. Cypress BNate McAlister Literacy Leadership Unlocked: Terms, Tools and Transformational Shifts Redbud CLaurie Curtis "The Sunflower State Shield: Cybersecurity for Education" CedarRyan Kurtenbach Protecting your Data Assets – How to Ensure your Data is Secure, Private, Accurate, Available, and Usable Grand Eagle BallroomKyle Lord

12:00pm CDT

Lunch and Vendors Expo Hall

1:40pm CDT

IPS Supports BirchNatalie Clark Anchoring in a Vision for Quality Instruction Cypress ACory Epler • Caitlin Sharp Family Partnerships: Supporting Quality Instruction in Early Childhood OakStacy Clarke • Natalie McClane • Amanda Petersen • Tabatha Rosproy Multiplying Success: Strategies for Quality Math Instruction RedBud AJennifer Hamlet Science in Focus: Using the KSDE Vision for Quality Instruction in Science to Guide Instructional Leadership CedarStephanie Oler Addressing Bullying Prevention Cypress BTrish Backman • Kent Reed ELA - EL Quality Classroom Instruction Redbud CEmily Scott Social Studies Quality Classroom Instruction Redbud BNate McAlister • Rachel Swearengin • Adam Topliff Strengthen and Support the Four KSDE Fundamentals through Visual Learning MapleJoyce Huser

2:45pm CDT

Break/Visit Vendors Expo Hall

3:10pm CDT

Setting the Standard for Your Balanced Assessment System (Repeat) Redbud BJulie Ewing Modernized CTE Framework: Enhancing Student Career Readiness Through Real-World Application of Reading, Math and Science - Natalie Clark and CTE Team BirchNatalie Clark Federal identification of schools for support - Twyla and Joe (Repeat) MapleJoe Jewitt • Twyla Sprouse Implementing Instructional Materials Effectively Cypress ACaitlin Sharp • Cory Epler “Boosting Brilliance: How Administrators Can Support Quality Instruction in Early Childhood Classrooms.” OakNatalie McClane KESA Supports (Repeat) OsageJay Scott Improving School Climate and Mental Health Suicide Prevention: WalnutTrish Backman • Kent Reed Leveraging the Math and Science Toolkits: Your GPS to Mastering Standards Alignment ( REPEAT) RedBud AJennifer Hamlet • Stephanie Oler Navigating the ELA and HGSS Toolkits: This session will neither excite nor bore you. Cypress BNate McAlister Literacy Leadership Unlocked: Terms, Tools and Transformational Shifts (Repeat) Redbud CLaurie Curtis "From Tech to Trust: Safeguarding AI in Education" Cedar Protecting your Data Assets – How to Ensure your Data is Secure, Private, Accurate, Available, and Usable (repeat) Grand Eagle BallroomKyle Lord

4:30pm CDT

Vendor Fair/DLT meetings Expo HallVendors

7:00am CDT

Registration/Breakfast/Announcements Grand Eagle Ballroom and LobbyBen Proctor • Pat Bone • Renee Nugent

8:30am CDT

Vendors Open Expo HallVendors

8:45am CDT

Collaboration Room Birch DLT - Balanced Assessment - USD 216 Deerfield ? CedarUSD 216 "Building Pathways to Success: A Guide to Special Education and Title Services Compliance Maple At-Risk Spending for Positive Outcomes Redbud BDale Brundgardt • Frank Harwood DLT - Structured Literacy/Resource Allocation and Professional Learning.- USD 483 Kismet Plains ? Grand Eagle BallroomUSD 483 DLT - Quality Instruction/Educator Evaluation. - USD 303 Ness City OakUSD 303 • Derek Reinhardt Breaking Through Resistance:For School/District Leaders: WalnutBecca Silver DLT -Standards Alignment and Collaboration. - USD 114 Riverside ? Cypress BUSD 414 Hidden Struggles-Dyslexia and DLD: Distinctions, Overlaps, and Implications for School System OsageMelissa Brunner • Laurie Curtis KESA Facilitator Training Redbud CJay Scott Safe and Secure Schools Summitt RedBud AJohn Calvert • Ben Thursby Champions for Change: Strong Literacy Leadership in Kansas Cypress A

10:00am CDT

Break/Visit Vendors Expo Hall

10:20am CDT

DLT - Balanced Assessment - USD 475 Geary County? OakUSD 475 "Building Pathways to Success: A Comprehensive Guide to Licensure, IPS/CTE, Graduation Requirements, and Post-Secondary Outcomes" BirchNatalie Clark At-Risk Accountability Plan Redbud BDale Brundgardt • Frank Harwood DLT - Quality Instruction/Professional Learning - USD 430 South Brown County Cypress BUSD 430 Breaking Through Resistance:For School/District Leaders: WalnutBecca Silver DLT - Standards Alignment/Professional Collaboration. - USD 343 Perry Lecompton? Grand Eagle BallroomUSD 343 DLT - Structured Literacy - USD 473 Chapman? CedarUSD 473 Hidden Struggles-Dyslexia and DLD: Distinctions, Overlaps, and Implications for School System OsageMelissa Brunner • Laurie Curtis

12:00pm CDT

Lunch/Vendors Expo Hall

1:30pm CDT

DLT - Balanced Assessment and leading from the middle - USD 262 Valley Center ? CedarUSD 262 Collaboration Room Walnut Collaboration Room Osage "Building Pathways to Success: A Guide to Special Education and Title Services Compliance Maple Individual Plan of Study (IPS): Middle and High School Career and Academic Plans Lead to Increased Academic Achievement and Improved Career Readiness BirchNatalie Clark Special Education Funding Redbud BDale Brundgardt • Frank Harwood DLT - System Wide Quality Instruction - USD 259 Wichita EagleUSD 259 DLT - Effective PLCs - USD 373 Newton ? OakUSD 373 DLT - Standards Alignment and Collaboration.- USD 251 North Lyon County Cypress BUSD 251

3:00pm CDT

Break Promenade

3:15pm CDT

Special Education Q & A Maple Collaboration Room Walnut Collaboration Room Osage "Building Pathways to Success: A Comprehensive Guide to Licensure, IPS/CTE, Graduation Requirements, and Post-Secondary Outcomes" (Repeat) BirchNatalie Clark School Finance Q & A Redbud BDale Brundgardt • Frank Harwood Quality Instruction for EL students - Emily? OakEmily Scott General Session - Panel Discussion on Measures of Progress Grand Eagle BallroomBen Proctor • Haley Steinlage "From Tech to Trust: Safeguarding AI in Education" Cypress BRyan Kurtenbach

4:30pm CDT

KSSA Meeting Grand Eagle Ballroom

7:00am CDT

Breakfast Grand Eagle Ballroom

8:00am CDT

General Session Grand Eagle Ballroom

9:00am CDT

1A - 2A District DLT Discussion RedBud A 3A-4A District DLT Discussion Redbud C 3A-4A District DLT Discussion Redbud BTrish Backman 5A-6A District DLT Discussion Cypress AAmber Miller If needed Cypress B

10:00am CDT

Break Grand Eagle Ballroom Foyer

10:15am CDT

General Session Grand Eagle BallroomDon Epps • Jane Groff • Jay Scott