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Individual Plan of Study (IPS)
Fall 2023 Statewide Professional Development

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Registration

 

All sessions are in-person:

Oct. 2: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Northwest Kansas Educational Service Center (NKESC)
703 W. 2nd St., Oakley
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Oct. 3: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Southwest Plains Regional Service Center 
810 Lark Ave., Sublette
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Oct. 6: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
ESSDACK
1500 E. 11th Ave. #200, Hutchinson
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Oct. 9: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Orion
13939 Diagonal Ave., Clearwater
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Oct. 13: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Smoky Hill Education Service Center   605 E. Crawford St., Salina
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Nov. 1: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Greenbush
1104 E. 1000 Rd., Lawrence
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Nov. 3: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Greenbush
947 W. 47 Hwy., Girard
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The Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) will be providing IPS Technical Assistance opportunities in the fall at educational service centers.

Topics being covered:

  • IPS Requirements (includes the process implemented by each school district and the product or plan created by each student).
     
  • IPS Digital Reference Guide (PDF) will be reviewed.
     
  • Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) – KSDE IPS Partnership will be discussed. Developed documents will be shared: scope and sequence document; an electronic portfolio recommendations and outcomes document and an education and career goal setting implementations and outcomes document.
    • Resource documents will be reviewed and shared.
       
  • Kansas Work-Based Learning (WBL) Continuum that incudes Elementary Career Field Awareness, Middle School Career and Technical Education (CTE) Cluster Exploration, and High School CTE Career Pathway Preparation.
    • Examples of WBL experiences across the continuum will be presented and participants will be encouraged to share local WBL experiences.
    • Postsecondary educational resources and labor market informational resources created by state agencies will be shared.

District representatives and IPS district teams are encouraged to attend (teachers, counselors and administrators).

IPS Coordinator
Helen Swanson
(785) 296-4912
hswanson@ksde.org

IPS Lead
Natalie Clark
(785) 296-4351
ndclark@ksde.org

Deputy Commissioner
Division of Learning Services

Dr. Ben Proctor
(785) 296-2303
bproctor@ksde.org

Director
Career, Standards and Assessment

Beth Fultz
(785) 296-3142
bfultz@ksde.org

Assistant Director
Career and Technical Education

Natalie D. Clark
(785) 296-4351
​ndclark@ksde.org

Assistant Director
Curricular Standards

Dr. David Fernkopf
(785) 296-8447
dfernkopf@ksde.org

Assistant Director
Assessment

Julie Ewing
(785) 296-2325
jewing@ksde.org

Assistant Director
Kansas Volunteer Commission

Dr. Jessica Dorsey
(785) 296-3163
jdorsey@ksde.org

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