Kansas Educational Leadership Institute
Timeline of Events
May 3, 2012:
Let's Talk Seminar Series: Common Core/21st Century Curriculum/Accreditation
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, Leadership Studies Building, Town Hall
Registration: 8:30 a.m.; Seminar: 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
April 5, 2012:
Let's Talk Seminar Series: Social Media/Technology Innovations
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
February 9, 2012:
Let's Talk Seminar Series: Legal Advisors and School Leaders
Topeka, KS
February, 2012
– KELI Advisory Council Meeting
January, 2012
– KELI Steering Committee Meeting
November, 2011
– KELI Mentors attend cohort meetings at one of two locations
KELI Cohort Meeting on the K-State Campus
– KELI Advisory Council Meets for the first time
– KELI is featured in an article in the KSSA Newsletter
October, 2011
– KELI presents a breakout session at the KSDE Extreme Makeover Conference
– KELI presents breakout sessions at all six Education Summit regional meetings
– KELI mentors complete two day training with certified coaching trainers from
Coaching for Results, Inc.
KELI Mentor Training on the K-State Campus
– KELI is featured in an article in the K-State College of Education Connections magazine
September, 2011
– Mentors finalize concepts of program requirements and choose formal mentor training program options
July, 2011
– KELI mentors begin meeting regularly on site with assigned mentees from a list of 26 Kansas Superintendents new to their positions.
– KELI mentors hold first work session to define mentoring/induction program activities
– KELI is recognized by KSDE as a regional professional learning center and is authorized to validate completion of m– KSDE announces reimbursement plan for KELI mentoring/induction participants
June, 2011
– KELI presents at the KSSA Summer 2011 Annual Superintendents’ Conference
– KELI Steering Committee holds its first face to face meeting
– Nine KELI Mentors are selected
– KELI Five Year Plan is submitted to KSDE
May, 2011
– Invited guests attend the Grand Opening Celebration of KELI in the Town Hall, Leadership Studies Building, at Kansas State University. Commissioner of Education Diane DeBacker, KSSA President Mike Mathes and College of Education Dean Mike Holen endorse KELI; International educational development consultant Dr. Dean Fink presents the keynote address on the importance of collaboration. (See the Resources page for links to program photos, videos and presentation.)
KELI Grand Opening Presentation by Dr. Mary Devin
– KELI Steering Committee meets by conference call in its first session
March 30, 2011
– Planners approve proposal for establishing the Kansas Educational Leadership Institute (KELI) to be housed in the College of Education at Kansas State University
December, 2010
– Representatives from major state organizations/agencies open discussion on the need for a state wide system of support for the growth and development of educational leadership needed in Kansas the 21st Century
