Kansas

Voices from the Field: An Interview with Dr. Joel Gillaspie from KSDE

Voices from the Field spotlights stakeholders in Region 12 and their work to improve educational opportunities and outcomes. R12CC is privileged to collaborate with and share the insights of Dr. Joel Gillaspie, Teacher Licensure and Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Coordinator at the Kansas State Department of Education. In his role with the Kansas State

2024-08-28T14:46:35-04:00August 27th, 2024|Blog, Kansas, News|

Year 5 Project Highlights

Work during our fifth and final project year continues to focus on providing high-quality technical assistance, building collaborative relationships, and supporting educational agencies to make systemic changes. View these project highlights to learn more about our work: Download the PDF

2024-06-28T12:51:14-04:00June 28th, 2024|Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, News|

Program Evaluation to Strengthen Kansas’ Registered Teacher Apprenticeship

by Katie Allen Since 2022, Registered Teacher Apprenticeship (RTA) has become a new model of interest to many state and local education agencies as they seek to increase the number of highly qualified, licensed teachers. RTA is an on-the-job paid training model with mentoring that utilizes a competency-based framework in tandem with higher education

2024-04-09T13:08:17-04:00April 8th, 2024|Blog, Kansas, News, Resources|

Kansans Can: Spring 2024 Project Updates

R12CC continues to host a monthly Executive Leadership Forum with Kansas superintendents to support them as they lead change management initiatives. Superintendents and state education leaders also took part in two workshops designed to support the creation of the Kansas Executive Leadership Development System. The goal of these workshops is to identify key competencies and

2024-03-20T23:42:19-04:00March 20th, 2024|Kansas, News|

R12CC Projects Presented at National Conference

Team members from R12CC, the Colorado Department of Education (CDE), Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE), and Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) convened with stakeholders from across the country in Washington, DC at the Meeting the Moment conference. The convening provided an opportunity to connect with education leaders from all 50 states

2024-03-21T15:11:27-04:00March 20th, 2024|Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, News|

Kansas Registered Teacher Apprenticeship: Using Program Evaluation Planning to Support Continuous Improvement and Scaling

Shane Carter, Director of Teacher Licensure, and Joel Gillaspie, Coordinator of Teacher Licensure at Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) joined Katie Allen and Rich Resendez, Co-Directors of the Region 12 Comprehensive Center (R12CC) on March 5-6, 2024 to share information about the design, implementation, and evaluation of

2024-03-04T11:03:10-05:00March 4th, 2024|Kansas, News, Resources|