IMPORTANT TO NOTE

The KIDS reporting portal has closed. If you were missing data from the recent  EOYA upload for the dyslexia spring screening results, you will be receiving a letter to clarify what is needed. There are three parts of our work related to dyslexia which are connected to KESA compliance. They are listed below. 

1. Screening three times a year for K- fall of 9th grade. While only spring data is uploaded for K,1,2,3, and 8, screening for the other times of year in all grades is an expectation for all systems and may be part of your school improvement day conversations. For more information, see: KSDE Dyslexia Screening Protocol

2. Initial Dyslexia Training for new teachers, or teachers who are new to teaching in Kansas that hold these licenses: elementary education (PK-6), early childhood unified, high incidence special education (K-12), ELA grades 5-12, reading specialists, school psychologists, temporary non-renewable. These training modules are provided by KSDE and are to be used in facilitated training- with a skilled facilitator- who can identify misunderstandings and answer questions. There are slide decks, videos, and a facilitator guide to allow for you to provide this training to your new teachers. Slide decks or the videos can be used, based on the way your district wishes to provide the training. The training can be completed in a full day, or broken into five sessions. All training should be completed by March 1st- but the earlier the better for teachers to have this completed! There is not a substitute for this training. There is now a pre-test and a post-test for this training. The post-test is taken at the end of module 5. It can be printed off, signed and dated and a copy can be provided for verification of the completed training to the district facilitator- or the district can keep a roster of attendance. I would encourage the educator to keep a copy for their own records in case they move to another district. This verification is part of the SO66 report that a system does, therefore the system that provides the training that should retain records of who meets this requirement for reporting on the SO66 report. If you have a teacher who is not able to attend your in-person training, please do not have them complete videos/ training independently, but instread reach out to me at ELitDyslexia.gov. 

3. Required Annual Structured Literacy and/ or Dyslexia Training is to be provided for teachers that hold licenses in the areas of elementary education (PK-6), early childhood unified, high incidence special education (K-12), ELA grades 5-12, reading specialists, school psychologists, temporary non-renewable. The school system can design this training to meet the needs of individuals in their district and can determine the time and duration of the training. The training should be hands-on, with evidence-based practices, on the nature of dyslexia, procedures to identify students who are struggling in reading, intervention strategies and procedures, tiered interventions practices or progress monitoring. The training can be held during consecutive PLC meetings. If teachers are actively participating in one of the trainings that have been approved for the Kansas Seal of Literacy, and the district determines this will be their annual required annual training- that training can be used to meet the requirement for those teachers who are participating that year.