Kyte Learning: Access and Compensation

ALL KYTE LEARNING MUST START AND END OUTSIDE OF THE CONTRACT DAY. START DATE and START TIME along with COMPLETED DATE and TIME COMPLETED must be included on your report. The start and completed time must also correspond with the length of the video watched. For example, a one hour video started at 4:00 PM must have a completed time no sooner than 5:00 PM.

We’re excited to offer an online learning system for our staff called Kyte Learning. This professional development platform has an ever-growing library of ed-tech specific video tutorials and courses to help you take your classroom to the next level! Kyte relies on teachers from around the country to share their best practices for using tech. This pre-built video content that gets straight to the point, so you spend a lot more time learning/discovering new ways to work with your tech, and less time searching other places on the internet for that perfect video or forum to answer your burning questions. Check out this cheeky video from one of the co-founders of Kyte to learn more.

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Kyte Compensation Instructions

Certificated staff have six technology per diem hours each school year. Staff are paid at the per diem rate for the first six hours of tech training. Once those six per diem hours are used (for example if you used 3 hours for attending a Building Tech Series and 3 hours for completing a Kyte course), staff may be paid for an additional 15 hours at the in-service rate for Kyte Learning. In total, each year, a staff member can be paid for up to 21 hours of Kyte Learning (provided their first six hours of tech training were done through Kyte.)

Staff are welcome to use Kyte Learning as often as desired for their own personal learning. To be compensated, the guidelines must be met and the tutorials must be completed outside the contract day. If they are not, the compensation form and Kyte Learning Detailed Report Excel Sheet will be returned for correction.

Submitting a request for compensation for Kyte Learning

Step 2: Run and save a Detailed Report from Kyte Learning’s new report interface. Make sure to select the following to be included in the report:

• Date Range for courses being submitted
• First and Last Name
• Email Address
• Course Title
• Percent Video Watched (must equal a minimum of 90%)
• Video Time Watched (this column is used to calculate the number of hours for compensation; of videos where % is more than 90%)
• Course Video Duration
• Assessment Score (must be 80% or above)
• Start Date and Date Completed
• Start Time and Time Completed

This will create an Excel spreadsheet with the above information. When submitting the compensation request, you will be asked to upload this document.

To see a more detailed walk-through on how to create this form, watch the video here.

Step 3: Enter time (by month) on the electronic Request for Compensation form in hours and minutes rounded to the nearest 15 minutes (.25 = quarter of an hour or 15 minutes). A minimum of one hour should be viewed prior to submitting a compensation request. For example, if training was done in January and February during a given school year, two forms will need to be submitted for each month.

Your Kyte Learning report will be submitted through the request for compensation form.

If you have questions about the process please reach out to Dana Kane (kaned@issaquah.wednet.edu)

Please note: The deadline for submitting electronic compensation forms for payment the following month is the last day of the previous month.

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