The Kentucky Association for School Councils’ newest workshops for teachers and council members are ready to be booked to meet a school’s needs. Teacher PGES Implementation Tools workshop makes implementation easier for teachers and principals and will include: steps for writing Student Growth Goals best practices for teachers to be scored Effective tools for Peer Observations and constructive peer feedback innovative [...]
Assessing current procedures leads to ‘game-changing’ success with PGES.
The Kentucky Writing Project has several summer offerings for professional learning. The first is June 26-27 in Louisville, and will feature Kentucky Department of Education’s Carol Franks., who will engage participants in a deeper look at Professional Growth and Effectiveness System (PGES) resources to support student growth goal-setting. She will lead participants through the process of identifying enduring skills, concepts or processes to [...]
The 2014 Kentucky State Police Trooper Island Scholarship Program for high school seniors is accepting applications until April 21. Created in 2008, the program strives to expand the mission of Trooper Island, a boys and girls camp located on Dale Hollow Lake in southeastern Kentucky. The hope is to provide scholastic financial support for young people attending a college or [...]
Jim Palm The Southgate Independent school district’s best asset is its school staff who serves students in preschool through 8th grade. Southgate Independent also has certified teachers with a master's degree or five years or more of experience as those who educate the district’s students. Each teacher in the district is knowledgeable in his/her subject areas and grade [...]
Kentucky Board of Education member Brigitte Blom Ramsey has been named associate executive director of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence. Ramsey succeeds Cindy Heine, who is retiring after 31 years of service with the committee. Ramsey, of Falmouth, has been director of strategic resources and public policy of the United Way of Greater Cincinnati since 2011. She is a [...]
This summer the University of Kentucky's College of Education is sponsoring a two-day workshop on standards-based grading. Tom Guskey, Gerry Swan and Lee Ann Jung will be leading the workshop, which will take place June 30-July 1 in Lexington. Find more information at http://p20.education.uky.edu/summer-institute/.
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has announced that the review process for the FY2015 Read to Achieve (RTA) RFA is complete. Awards can be found on the KDE Competitive Grant Awards site. As always, awards are contingent on available funding and districts/schools meeting programmatic and budgetary requirements. At this time, the budget bill (HB235) has not been enacted by [...]
Schools and districts have an important role in protecting student privacy. The Privacy Technical Assistance Center released new guidance to help educators and administrators evaluate policies and procedures for disclosure of student data.
Kelly Sprinkles During his first school year as the new superintendent of the Knox County school district, Kelly Sprinkles has already put his thumb print on what he wants for the students in his district. A native of Knox County, Sprinkles hit the ground running to define the district’s identity and plan for its future. “It’s about giving [...]