ChrisWendt

Proud Husband, Father and Executive Director of Elementary Schools for USD 259.

[ChrisWendt @ChrisWendt259]

The power of why, leadership vision and creating the conditions for staff & student success were on full display tonight with our @WichitaUSD259 Aspiring Building Leaders. Our ABLs are dedicated to creating a future ready system!

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Introducing the @WichitaUSD259 Aspiring Building Leaders! This is our fifth cohort of teacher leaders growing into building administrators. Stay tuned for greatness throughout this semester! #wpsproud

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We had a couple powerhouse presenters tonight with our ⁦@WichitaUSD259⁩ leadership pathways. Thank you to ⁦@KsCommissioner⁩ for facilitating our empowered teacher fellowship and to ⁦@DeniseWren2⁩ for leading our aspiring building leaders! #wpsproud

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Our ⁦@WichitaUSD259⁩ Elementary Assistant Principals are incredible leaders. A full day of learning & application of instructional leadership, relational capacity, relevance in our classrooms and coaching for staff and student success. I’m #wpsproud to serve these leaders.

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Wow! What a great night at our ⁦@WichitaUSD259⁩ pipeline PLCs! Our EmpowerEd Teacher Fellowship met with ⁦@WPSsupt259⁩ who was interviewed about teacher leadership & the Aspiring Building Leaders did a deep dive into building vision work. #wpsproud #leadershipmatters

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The culture of our ⁦@WichitaUSD259⁩ Aspiring Building Leaders is strong! We spent our evening deep diving into Covey’s work on building trust, creating a positive culture and understanding the importance of competence and character. Great job cohort 4! #wpsproud

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This is what #teacherleadership looks like! Our ⁦@WichitaUSD259⁩ leadership pipeline is strong! Our second session of our EmpowerED Teacher Fellowship focused on crossing the leadership bridge, building a theory of action and our professional “why”. So very #wpsproud!

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Here we Go! The first ever meeting of our ⁦@WichitaUSD259⁩ EmpowerED Teacher Fellowship took place Tuesday night. These amazing teachers will embark on a year long journey of teacher leadership development Thanks ⁦@mrsmartin259⁩ & ⁦@mrs_smoke⁩ for facilitating

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Our ⁦@WichitaUSD259⁩ Aspiring Building Leaders are learning more about PSEL 1 and the importance of building a positive culture for student success. Big shoutout to ⁦@jamiejunker3⁩ and LaTonia Kennedy for facilitating our learning this evening! Very #wpsproud

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Welcome the ⁦@WichitaUSD259⁩ Aspiring Building Leaders Cohort 4! Our first sessions have been spent building relational capacity and learning about the importance of creating a culture of trust as a leader. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for more greatness! #wpsproud

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Our ⁦@WichitaUSD259⁩ elementary assistant principals are amazing leaders! Today we engaged in instructional leadership, the neurosequental model, belonging & restorative practices and school improvement. I am so grateful to work with such talented professionals. #wpsproud

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And that’s a wrap! Congratulations to our ⁦@WichitaUSD259⁩ Aspiring Building Leaders!! Cohort 3 completed a semester long PLC and they did amazing! Tonight was our final assessment and celebration dinner. Our leadership pipeline is strong with these great leaders!

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It was a great day of learning at ⁦@DodgeUSD259⁩ today. It was fun to see the future of the ⁦@Chiefs⁩ deeply involved in their literacy work. Thank you to our ⁦@WichitaUSD259⁩ staff for investing in the future of all our students, including student athletes!

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Our ⁦@WichitaUSD259⁩ Aspiring Building Leaders took part in a master class in achievement focus and results orientation tonight. Thank you to Laura Drouhard and ⁦@MrAmigo⁩ for facilitating our leadership pipeline PLC. #wpsproud

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Shoutout to our ⁦@WichitaUSD259⁩ first year principals for a great day of collaboration and learning. Another thank you to our facilities team for their presentation today. These first year principals will be growing our district’s success for years to come! #wpsproud

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⁦@SpaghtWPS⁩ is Great! Shoutout to our ⁦@WichitaUSD259⁩ staff and students at Spaght Elementary for their hard work today and everyday. #wpsproud

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Our ⁦@WichitaUSD259⁩ aspiring building leaders are investing in creating successful teams tonight! Our ABLs are learning the importance of we is greater than me. Our leadership pipeline is strong with these amazing educators. ⁦@DeniseWren2 ⁦@DrMeyer11⁩

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Our ⁦@WichitaUSD259⁩ elementary assistant principals are such incredible leaders. We had an amazing PLC centered around instructional leadership, positively relating to and with the students & staff we serve while ensuring a positive & intentional culture. Very #wpsproud

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Our ⁦@WichitaUSD259⁩ Aspiring Building Leaders had the opportunity to learn about investing in human capital this evening from our CHRO Sean Hudspeth. A great night of applying our educational leadership standards in our principal pipeline work. #wpsproud

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Our ⁦@WichitaUSD259⁩ first year principals engaged in a PLC focused on relational capacity, building culture, & managing human and financial capital. Our WPS staff and students are in good hands for years to come! ⁦@BJohnson_Edu⁩ #wpsproud