As the 2024 Kentucky Teacher of the Year, I have been gifted the incredible honor and opportunity to represent teachers across the Commonwealth – their brilliance, their passion, their dedication.
The tools and resources provided by the Family Friendly Schools initiative offer ideas that can be implemented as part of our continuous improvement efforts.
The inclusion and promotion of arts in education is so powerful because all education exists in a sociocultural context.
I know we all tend to tune out challenging news, especially when it does not improve much from year to year, but we need continue to focus on the importance of recruiting – and retaining – high-quality educators.
In this new role, my aim is to serve our children by working with each of you. We are all teachers of reading and writing, regardless of our content area expertise.
From 2022-2023, the KDE Division of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, alongside regional education cooperatives, had 11,997 participants in their trainings and initiatives with 68% of districts participating. To see this much enthusiasm and desire to grow to support all students is something Kentucky should be immensely proud of!
Lafayette takes pride in being acknowledged for this honorable award.
Jennifer Ginn, assistant director of communications for the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE), was named the recipient of the 2023 Kevin M. Noland-Mary Ann Miller Award at the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) meeting on Dec. 7.
While I know Kentucky has many great and innovative educators across the state, I also know that students cannot learn if they are not in school. And unfortunately, too many of our students miss school on a regular basis.
Two Clark County Public Schools have been recognized for their commitment to family engagement: Baker Intermediate School and Conkwright Elementary School have been certified as Family Friendly Schools by the Prichard Committee.