Faculty & Staff

This page provides information about applying for professional development funding at Kinkaid, has links to a number of professional resources for teachers, and highlights Kinkaid faculty honors, accomplishments, awards, and professional activities.  While intended primarily for Kinkaid faculty, these also may be of interest to prospective teachers, current and prospective families, and other friends of the school.

Kinkaid offers excellence in programs—academics, fine arts, athletics—and facilities, but its experienced and talented faculty, recruited both locally and nationally, are the core of the school.  The faculty is committed to the highest professional standards, its work focused on the intellectual, personal, physical, and character development of children at the school.  For that reason, the faculty has developed and endorsed “Benchmarks of Excellence” for teaching at Kinkaid.  These benchmarks are the measure we use as we continually evaluate our work.

Because students learn best in environments where teachers continue to grow professionally, Kinkaid allocates significant resources to professional development and evaluates teachers in part on the basis of of carefully planned continuing education.  Teacher reports on professional activities confirm their commitment to professional growth.

Kinkaid faculty frequently publish articles, stories, and poems, make presentations at conferences and workshops, and receive honors, awards, and other recognition for their excellence in and out of the classroom and in performance venues.  Click here to read about recent faculty accomplishments.

 
The following provide links to information and resources for faculty:

• Before applying for funding for professional activity, teachers should read the school's continuing education guidelines and policies (click here for printable format).
  
• School year continuing education application form ("the purple form").  To request funding for professional development activity that takes place during the school year, teachers should complete this form.  It can be seen here in printable format .
• Summer continuing education request form ("the gold form").  To request funding for professional development activity that takes place during the summer months, teachers should complete this form.  It can be seen here in printable format.
• Kinkaid Travel Expense Report.  To request reimbursement for pre-approved travel expenses associated with professional development, teachers should complete this form.  It can be seen here in printable format.
• Special Summer Grants.  In addition to regular summer grants for continuing education, the school annually awards three significant special grants that enable teachers to undertake professionally relevant travel and major projects.  Click here to learn more about the Ballard, Hicks, and Moss Grants.
• "Why Choose an Independent School?", by Patrick Bassett, president of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), makes the case for the advantages of teaching and learning in independent schools.  It is available here in printable format.
• To access materials specific to Kinkaid faculty and staff (faculty and staff manuals, benefits information, procedure for on-line evaluation, etc.), go to the password protected Faculty/Staff page.
• Independent Teacher:  The eJournal for Independent School Educators, published twice a year (November and May), has articles of interest to teachers in independent schools.    The journal encourages independent school teacher to submit articles for publication.  There is no cost for subscriptions.
• Annenberg Media provides professional development on a variety of topics for teachers.  Much of it is free through videos available on-line.
• Books and journals.  These books and journals are of special interest to educators.  Many of them can be found in the office of the dean of faculty.