2025 KSDE SETS Administrators Conference

Kansas MTSS and Alignment collaborates with districts to implement a framework and structures designed to increase student growth and achievement. Dedicated leaders and teachers across Kansas have put this framework and associated practices into place, achieving increased student growth and achievement. This session highlights the resulting reading growth and achievement for all students, but specifically students with disabilities. Kansas MTSS Project members will share framework structures, leadership qualities, and instructional practices that had the greatest impact on this student growth and achievement.

In today’s competitive education landscape, recruiting and retaining top talent is more important—and more challenging—than ever. This session is designed specifically for administrators who are ready to take their hiring strategies to the next level. Join us as we explore the innovative, easy-to-use recruitment tools available through EducateKansas.org, Kansas’s premier educator recruitment platform.

You’ll learn how to effectively post jobs, showcase your district, and access a growing network of qualified candidates. We’ll walk through features tailored to support your unique hiring needs, including customizable employer profiles, applicant tracking resources, and tips for increasing your visibility in the educator job market. This session will provide practical insights and walk-away tools to help you attract, engage, and hire the educators your students deserve.

Creating a positive, proactive approach to chronic absenteeism engages families as well as students, educators, and the community. School leaders can promote this approach and lead staff in consistently sending the message that attendance matters. This workshop will highlight specific practices that help to reduce chronic absenteeism and establish a school-wide culture of attendance. Practical examples of best practices and resources will be shared with all participants to implement in their school/district.

In this overview session, participants will learn how elements of structure can impact student outcomes and improve staff job satisfaction. Data from a Kansas school will be presented and learning opportunities that will be available during the ’25-’26 school year for more in-depth information on the impact of structure will be shared.

With the completion of the American Rescue Plan – Homeless Children and Youth Funds (ARP-HCY), ensuring the Title I set aside is sufficient to serve students experiencing homelessness is more important than ever. In this session we will review the requirements of the Set Aside Title I funds for students experiencing homelessness, the allowable uses of these funds, when to use the set aside, and discuss the importance of including the McKinney Vento liaison when calculating the set aside amount. To stress the relevance of the Title I set aside, we will briefly review the definition of homelessness as stated in the McKinney Vento Act and the McKinney Vento statewide data.