A few weeks ago I received an email from Pupil Transportation Section Supervisor Elisa Hanley asking if I could come photograph the bus driver trainer program Vehicle at Speed. It sounded like an interesting opportunity, so of course I said yes.
The Stoneware Art Factory in Louisville offers an opportunity for children grades 3-12 to experience a direct connection to history through a short tour of one of the oldest stoneware manufacturers in the United States. The complimentary teacher packet includes “From Mud to Mug” fact sheet, vocabulary and 200 years of company history in context to Kentucky/U.S history. The educational [...]
Individual Learning Plan (ILP) trainings are being offered throughout the month of September and early October 2014. The ILP is designed to help students with career and education exploration activities, set career and life goals, research scholarships, build resumes and much more. The ILP is a powerful tool for helping students reach college and career readiness goals. District and school [...]
The U.S. Department of Education has new guidance for schools and districts on how to keep parents and students better informed about what student data is collected and how it is used. The new guidance recommends that schools and districts provide parents with information, such as: What information are you collecting about students? Why are you collecting this information? How is [...]
An archive copy of #PGES4Me, the Kentucky Department of Education’s official launch of the Professional Growth and Effectiveness System is now available. Click here to download a zipped file of the handouts that were used during the event (download will not be possible from iOS devices). The documents are numbered in the order they were used. The sessions from #PGES4Me were [...]
Jay Simmons The Carlisle County school district had a very successful year in 2013-14 despite the severe weather that kept us out of school for 19 days. Carlisle Co. Elementary School has continued to implement the new Kentucky Core Academic Standards in mathematics and English/language arts, and end-of-the- year MAP testing showed that a large percentage of students [...]