To serve on an Outside Visitation Team (OVT), each member must be trained regarding the roles and responsibilities of serving in that role. KSDE recognizes that because of the number of educators that have changed positions or retired from education over the past several years it can be difficult to maintain consistent OVT membership. To make it easier to train potential OVT members to be a part of your teams, we have developed an online training module that will allow new members to be trained at their convenience. The entire training takes about an hour, although it is set up for you to complete at your own pace.

Please use the link below to access the KSDE training portal. You will need to create an account if you do not already have one, and then you will be able to access the training, complete it at your own pace, and print the certificate of completion. You can find the OVT Member Training course under the Teacher Licensure and Accreditation tab (TLA), or by searching OVT. A link to the training is also provided below. Thank you for your willingness to train and serve as an OVT member. This is a critical component of the accreditation process.

There is currently a need for additional trained OVT Chairs across the state. If after you have completed the training, you are interested in serving as an Outside Visitation Team (OVT) chair there is additional training that is required. This training is currently being provided via Zoom or face-to-face. If you are interested in serving as an OVT Chair, please contact KSDE at accreditation@ksde.org for additional training information.


If this is your first time on the KSDE Training Portal, you will need to create an account. Otherwise, if you have logged into this site in the past, you can use the "forgot password" feature, if needed. Or if you do not remember the email address you used in your account, please contact KSDE from the portal for credentials.

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