Monthly Archives: March 2011

Center focuses on technology needs of school administrators

Kentucky superintendents, principals and other school leaders who are helping shape schools to prepare students for a digital, global age have a new resource available to them. The Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE) is moving to the University of Kentucky College of Education (pending approval by the UK Board of Trustees). The center partners [...]

By |2011-03-23T14:27:36-04:00March 31, 2011|

Revisiting guidelines on evaluations, performance

Education Commissioner Terry Holliday Having been a teacher, principal, superintendent and commissioner, I have experienced the evaluation process at every level. My two key principles for evaluation are that all instruments should be aligned and that all instruments should be growth instruments. I realize that employment decisions must eventually be made; however, I have always adhered to W. Edwards [...]

By |2020-09-22T10:25:51-04:00March 31, 2011|

Fifteen honored as top civic educators

Merritt Robinson, of DuPont Manual High School (Jefferson County), was recognized with the 2011 Kentucky Outstanding Civic Education Leadership Award during the 2011 PNC/Kentucky High School Athletic Assocation (KHSAA) Boys Sweet 16 Basketball Tournament March 18 at Rupp Arena in Lexington.

By |2019-01-22T14:51:10-05:00March 24, 2011|

Prichard Committee names Silberman new executive director

Former Fayette County and Daviess County school superintendent Stu Silberman recently was named as executive director of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence. Silberman, who announced his retirement in February from Fayette County, is a three-time Kentucky Superintendent of the Year. Silberman succeeds Robert Sexton, the committee’s founding executive director who died in August 2010. Silberman will assume the Prichard [...]

By |2011-03-22T13:25:15-04:00March 24, 2011|

Georgetown College offers online program for Masters in Teacher Leadership

This fall, graduate students in Georgetown College’s new online Teacher Leader Master’s (TLMA) Cohorts program will be able to take courses in their homes while receiving individualized faculty attention and access to a peer support network. This program provides the option of completing the program as a member of a small online professional community (cohort) with a maximum of 20 students. [...]

By |2011-03-21T15:27:31-04:00March 22, 2011|
Go to Top